Take It Easy On The Snack Packs

Obesity is a matter of personal responsibility of whether to choose to eat healthy or not. A big percentage of the United States population would choose to go get a greasy fast food burger than get a healthy salad. With this poor choice of food can come consequences, which puts on excessive amounts of weight called obesity, as well as illness, disabilities, and death.
The government has tried to put some action into the matter, but has not gone the greater distance to decrease this problem enough. There needs to be more sufficient laws passed to create healthier menus at fast food restaurants, and also sold in quick shops. I read in an article written by Gregg Cebrzynski where he discusses how many fast food restaurants have put up new healthy foods on their menu but take them down because they don't sell. What they need to do instead of taking it off the menu is put more healthy items on the menu so that there is a greater selection of healthy items. This would allow for people to go out and get something quick to eat while it being a healthy purchase.
According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine many people that are obese are more subjective to getting diabetes, cancer, or a heart attack. Having at least extra 20% of body weight can put a toll on the human body fairly quick. People all across the world that are obese experience ankle, knee, and feet problems which can limit mobility. As well as disease and disabilities obesity can cause death. Approximately 300,000 deaths a year are contributed to these bad eating habits and choices. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D. labeled obesity as the second leading cause of preventable deaths in America. With this alarming statistic the government should act upon this because this shows that many deaths in the U.S. could be prevented. If a few laws were passed to reduce the amount of unhealthy foods available then there would be a major decrease in the amount of obese people each year, which would increase the efficiency of our society.
There are many different ways in which that number could be reduced by many thousands. From eating a reasonable amount of food, exercising, and knowing nutritional value; these are all ways to help lose or maintain a steady weight. By cutting down a little on each meal can help lose many calories. Also by knowing the nutritional values of the food that is being eaten can help. By eating foods with less fat and less calories it would help reduce weight over time. Another way of cutting down on weight is exercise. It is the most efficient way to work the heart to keep the cardiovascular system strong. It will also work off a lot of the fat that is on the body.
With all of this being said it should be brought attention to that obesity is a growing problem in the United States that gets worse each year. There should be more enforced laws or instructions for fast food restaurants to create healthier menus and more advertisement on ways to lose weight. Overtime I think that it would help tremendous if more action was done about this matter of obesity.











Works Cited
Carson-DeWitt, Rosalyn, and Rebecca J. Frey. "Obesity." Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Gale Group, 2002.
Opponents, comp. "Obesity." SIRS. Online database. 13 Jan. 2009 .
ProQuest Staff, comp. "Obesity Timeline." Obesity Timeline (2008).



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