Childhood Obesity is Preventable

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Childhood obesity in America is a growing disease that has become

an epidemic that has lasting psychological effects, because of

advertisement of fast food, lack of physical activities, and parental control

has made food become a major health issue in many young teenagers’

lives today. Overall, who is to blame?

Obesity plagues America and threatens to seriously degrade our

society in many ways. There are some that would argue to say that

obesity is okay and that it is not that big of a deal, they are wrong. There

are some variations pertaining to build but everyone’s body is

designed to carry a certain weight, when you increase that weight you

threaten the balance of your body and can expect your body to break

down much sooner than expected. For example, think of a machine, a

machine that was designed to lift 100 pounds could easily do the job and

continue doing the job for a very long time before breaking down. Now,

think of that same machine lifting 300 pounds instead, since it was

designed for only 100 pounds, how much quicker will that machine break

down? It is also in our nature to not desire obesity, we are genetically

designed just like the rest of nature to desire the fit and healthy of

society. This is the root cause of social dislike for obesity as well as

personal dislike for obesity.

Which brings us to the focus of how childhood obesity has become

an enormous issue today. In order to truly understand the impact of

obesity and why we should prevent it, we first need to look at the causes

of obesity and what keeps people obese. The logical first step for us to

look at is childhood obesity, even if children are merely o...

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... of the blame.

In conclusion, while childhood obesity is alarming, it is preventable and treatable.

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