If you look around you in today’s society you will notice multiple bad habits done by people. In the world of today our society seems to constantly be rushed. Always on the go, mostly eating badly, and forgetting the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Some don’t get enough sleep, some don’t eat the right foods, and some don’t even know how to quit smoking or drinking for a couple of minutes. I find this to absurd. Now, granted I seek into the bad habits from time to time, but after hearing what CDC had to say my mind opened up more. Our society (especially the younger individuals), do not realize what is going on and how badly they are hurting not only their self but their community too. A change for a better life style for not only one
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Phones, computers, video games, kids laying around, etc. You rarely see kids playing outside anymore or striving and begging to go do or play their sport. Instead, they are crying and complaining. Their electronics are more important to them and that is why the obesity level in American kids and also adults have risen in the past decade. According to CDC’s report, “Only 24% of U.S. adults ate five or more servings of fruits, and vegetables each day.” Now, I don’t know about you but I find that to be absorbed because I love my fruits and vegetables. However, this is because eating healthy is no longer enforced or campaigned that much anymore. As a community and state of Texas we need to take actions like Philadelphia or Pennsylvania. According to CDC they have banned trans-fats, not to mention parts of Florida who requires their kids to have at least 30 minutes of physical activity after school every …show more content…
This would be smoking and drinking. According to CDC, “Each year, an estimated 443,000 people in the U.S. die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke.” This is in the tops of killing in the US cancer being number one, but what causes cancer?, smoking and drinking can. Media doesn’t help this issue either. Spending billions of dollars just to promote tobacco and alcohol products instead of stopping it, and showing the risks it holds. College students are number one’s at risk for this awful life style as drugs can fall into hand as well. In order to stop this way of living we need to step
Phones, computers, video games, kids laying around, etc. You rarely see kids playing outside anymore or striving and begging to go do or play their sport. Instead, they are crying and complaining. Their electronics are more important to them and that is why the obesity level in American kids and also adults have risen in the past decade. According to CDC’s report, “Only 24% of U.S. adults ate five or more servings of fruits, and vegetables each day.” Now, I don’t know about you but I find that to be absorbed because I love my fruits and vegetables. However, this is because eating healthy is no longer enforced or campaigned that much anymore. As a community and state of Texas we need to take actions like Philadelphia or Pennsylvania. According to CDC they have banned trans-fats, not to mention parts of Florida who requires their kids to have at least 30 minutes of physical activity after school every …show more content…
This would be smoking and drinking. According to CDC, “Each year, an estimated 443,000 people in the U.S. die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke.” This is in the tops of killing in the US cancer being number one, but what causes cancer?, smoking and drinking can. Media doesn’t help this issue either. Spending billions of dollars just to promote tobacco and alcohol products instead of stopping it, and showing the risks it holds. College students are number one’s at risk for this awful life style as drugs can fall into hand as well. In order to stop this way of living we need to step