Obesity Epidemic

Obesity the epidemic

Obesity has become an epidemic due to the invention of technology. People are not walking like they used to. People drive all over the place. Most people on this day have a schedule full of activities, not allowing time to cook and eat healthy foods. Many parents place their children in different activities after school like sports. Not thinking that this can put an extra load on the parent driving the children to these type of activities, shortening the time necessary to cook a good healthy meal.  People buy frozen meals which are not healthy.

One of the main causes contributing to obesity is having a car in the family that is used for everything instead of people considering to walk. Another thing is technology kids watching so many hours of television and playing too many hours of video games. Can contribute to obesity because children do not want to do anything else. These children do not play outside like they used to twenty years ago. Also many of our children do not walk to school like many years ago.

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Some of the actions that we can take is walk with our children to school more often. Do not allow them to sit for prolonged time watching television for a long period and do not let them play video games for prolonged hours either. Cook healthy meals for them and teach them how to eat and cook healthy. Let them participate so they can learn to remain healthy.  If we allow our children to continue this trend their health will deteriorate by having diabetes type II and complications from it.  The problem with obesity in our children at an early age will increase the probability of adult obesity, giving them heart problems also contributing to having high blood pressure.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/an-epidemic-of-obesity/

In conclusion we can stop the increasing rate of obesity by walking more daily, eating healthy and passing our new generations this good habits. Exercising regularly and not allowing our kids to stay sitting down for long periods. Motivating them to play outside and help them become more active can stop obesity.