Samantha Soto
Mr. Young
Project Adventure Period 7/8 A
June 1, 2009
Obesity
The world as a whole has developed the problem of overly wait people. Through the past few years the United States has been know and proven to have the most overly obese people in the world. Investigators have pin pointed the cause of this as being the fault of the easy access to junk appose to the nutrients of fruits and vegetables who have a season limit to cretin types. Obesity starts in the home and spreads to society as generations are created.
How one becomes obese can be determined by many different factors. The easiest way is to take notice is to how other family members carry themselves. It is common to find a whole family of obese people but it is not completely their fault. Sometimes it is the side effect of certain medications given to ill persons. Either way it does not have to end up with obesity with proper training anybody could overcome this epidemic happening in this nation.
The first effective policy to battle the prevalence of obesity in the United States would be to look at weight loss programs and diets. The dietary guidelines for Americans are recommendations of what Americans should strive do daily in order to lead a healthy, long life. Among these recommendations are eating a good assortment of fruits, vegetables, and whole grain products, consuming less saturated fat and sugar, eating sensible portion sizes, and doing at least thirty minutes of moderate exercise daily.
The only way obesity will be taken care of is if the people of the United States start treating their body's right. People should become more educated about what does what for their body. If they knew the harm most foods can do to the average person more would change their diet and live healthy.