In America, childhood obesity is a serious epidemic, impacting many children. When people think of the problem of childhood obesity, they tend to point fingers at fast food restaurants like, McDonalds, saying that their serving sizes are to blame. However, it is he or her lifestyles that are to blame. I believe that we are the problem that obesity is a pandemic in our society. I plan to make a difference in the fight against childhood obesity by promoting non-screen activities to the children I babysit for. I also aim to provide ongoing help to children all around the world, who are overweight and underweight. One year ago I was given the opportunity to travel to a remote village in a large impoverished region in Haiti. When I arrived, I was instantly greeted by the stench of inadequate sanitation and restrooms. The people in this village looked skeletal, and no food was to be found anywhere. A child with a bloated stomach did not even bother to wave away the flies that were congregating on his face, almost like he has given up. Children in this village eat twice a day, if they are lucky. I surmise that to fight childhood obesity, we have to look at the other end of the spectrum and asset the needs of the impoverished. At New Cassel, I have launched a Walking Club. I started this program to promote daily exercise for the elderly. I have promoted …show more content…
Children need to be put on a path to a healthy future during their yearly years. There is a desperate need for us as future health-care providers and future parents to do something to help reverse the childhood obesity epidemic in our world today. Many children who are overweight are already experiencing health complications, but many of these diseases are irreversible. My passion sparks from the issue that children already have health difficulties, but also the health problems they will likely acquire in the years to come if something is not done soon. The marvelous new is, there is a huge deal that can be done to reverse this