If this takes place then being educated on the health problems will allow them to know the health problems that they can encounter in the future. The Department of Education should take action and start teaching students about how to choose good food and to be able to understand how the choices they make when choosing foods will have an affect on both their health and the environment. Having the students educated about how to choose the right foods will help the obesity epidemic decrease. Students being educated and understanding about the right choices to make when choosing foods will have a good effect and will improve the health of the students now as well as in the future. An online article, Teen Obesity: Is Lack Of Education The Real Cause?, on Huffington Post, claims that “It’s often said to be a lack of motivation, but for obese teens, the problem might be a lack of health education. A new study found that although 76 percent of obese teens have reported that they are trying to lose weight, their actions show that they might not be properly informed about how to make healthy decisions that will result in weight loss” (1). This also shows how many teens are not properly educated about how to eat healthy in order to try to lose weight. Even though some obese individuals want to make a change and try to and want to lose weight it is not possible without having the appropriate knowledge on how to eat
If this takes place then being educated on the health problems will allow them to know the health problems that they can encounter in the future. The Department of Education should take action and start teaching students about how to choose good food and to be able to understand how the choices they make when choosing foods will have an affect on both their health and the environment. Having the students educated about how to choose the right foods will help the obesity epidemic decrease. Students being educated and understanding about the right choices to make when choosing foods will have a good effect and will improve the health of the students now as well as in the future. An online article, Teen Obesity: Is Lack Of Education The Real Cause?, on Huffington Post, claims that “It’s often said to be a lack of motivation, but for obese teens, the problem might be a lack of health education. A new study found that although 76 percent of obese teens have reported that they are trying to lose weight, their actions show that they might not be properly informed about how to make healthy decisions that will result in weight loss” (1). This also shows how many teens are not properly educated about how to eat healthy in order to try to lose weight. Even though some obese individuals want to make a change and try to and want to lose weight it is not possible without having the appropriate knowledge on how to eat