Monday, January 24, 2011
"Why the Increase in Obesity in America Over the Years?"
Over the past four years the percentage of obese adults has gone up from 13.4% to 35.1%. But why? An answer to this was discussed in the article, Why the Increase in Obesity in America Over the Years?, found on the LiveStrong website. According to the article the reason for this increase can be found in environmental factors that are controllable; this includes an increase in calories, less physical activity, and social factors. However many Americans aren't doing anything to control these factors because they are comfortable with the way their lifestyle is. People are so use to their "relaxed" living of life that they aren't taking the time to notice this issue and do something to change it. America's increase in portion size at restaurants, lack of sidewalks in community, vending machines, expensive gym memberships, and even mechanical can openers are encouraging this "relaxed" lifestyle that we all want to live. We all need to take a step back and reevaluate our lifestyle and make simples changes in order to bring down this increase in obesity that our country is now facing.
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I think that there is definitely a problem in America. A good solution to this problem to me is sports. From personal experience, sports help keep kids in shape and healthy. Sports are a "fun" way to exercise and I think that we sould start promoting sports more rather than simply running or working out. To me, it is a lot harder to keep a steady workout if you are not working towards something. Sports give people motivation to workout and keep their weight down. This country needs to promote sports and other "fun" exercises so that kids are exercising and don't even realize it. Why should we get rid of recess in middle school? This is contributing to obesity, because middle school is when many bad habits begin. By promoting sports, and "fun" workouts, I think we will see obesity in this country on the decline.
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