If the problem was addressed the rate would be decreasing, but sadly it is not. In today 's day in age it is a lot easier to gain weight and live an unhealthy lifestyle rather than to eat nutritious meals and stay active. It is especially easy for children, “ CDC estimates that more than a third of U.S. children ages 2–19 are overweight or obese”(Should the U.S. government be involved in the fight against childhood obesity? 1).There can be many different factors that contribute to being overweight as a child; genes, community, parenting, family income, but the child can not hold full responsibility for his/her body. Specific contributions to a child being overweight could be the marketing of junk food and not enough safe, public places for children to play and be active. Sadly, these problems have not been attended to and it is affecting those young in age, even toddlers, “Almost a quarter of children ages 2–5 considered obese or overweight”(Should the U.S. government be involved in the fight against childhood obesity?). When obesity is affecting children this young, it is only logical to assume it is not the child’s fault, they simply do not know better. The parent or caretaker should have the knowledge and intelligence to feed their child with the most nutritious and well-balanced meals because you are what you eat! It is not good that the amount of children obese is increasing, especially because it leads to health
If the problem was addressed the rate would be decreasing, but sadly it is not. In today 's day in age it is a lot easier to gain weight and live an unhealthy lifestyle rather than to eat nutritious meals and stay active. It is especially easy for children, “ CDC estimates that more than a third of U.S. children ages 2–19 are overweight or obese”(Should the U.S. government be involved in the fight against childhood obesity? 1).There can be many different factors that contribute to being overweight as a child; genes, community, parenting, family income, but the child can not hold full responsibility for his/her body. Specific contributions to a child being overweight could be the marketing of junk food and not enough safe, public places for children to play and be active. Sadly, these problems have not been attended to and it is affecting those young in age, even toddlers, “Almost a quarter of children ages 2–5 considered obese or overweight”(Should the U.S. government be involved in the fight against childhood obesity?). When obesity is affecting children this young, it is only logical to assume it is not the child’s fault, they simply do not know better. The parent or caretaker should have the knowledge and intelligence to feed their child with the most nutritious and well-balanced meals because you are what you eat! It is not good that the amount of children obese is increasing, especially because it leads to health