Bad Nutritional Habits Essay

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Bad Nutritional Habits Nutrition is an important part of our daily lives because of the numerous effects it has on our health and fitness. There are many different influences that can affect a person’s nutritional habits. The type of environment and the way people are raised often affect the way they diet and whether that diet is healthy or unhealthy. Because a person cannot always choose how and where he or she is raised, education concerning nutrition and healthy diets should be taught to all ages and social classes. Lack of nutritional education and obesity rates are positively correlated in the United States. This lack of education as well as poor nutritional habits have played a major role in the increased amount of obese individuals in the United States, and throughout the world. The diet of the average person in the United States can be seen as less than ideal to anyone who has knowledge of nutrition and proper diet. According to Center For Science In the Public Interest (CSPINET), the diet of the an average individual in America is said to lead to increase the risk of many diseases. This is due to the amount of saturated fat, sodium, calories, and added sugar (para. 1). In 2016, Frerichs, Intolubbe-Chmil, Trowbridge, Brittin, Teitelbaum, & Huang, explain that the factors of …show more content…

Whether it’s environment, education, or socioeconomic status, nutritional education is recommended for everyone. Frerichs et al. (2016) addresses the decrease of healthy foods in individual’s diets, and the increase of unhealthy food and recommends food literacy and education on nutrition. Nutrition education during childhood has the potential to shape perceptions and behaviors towards food, and contribute to the ways those children develop their eating habits (p. 1). The education about nutrition is important for the future generations, and will hopefully decrease the rate of obesity and bad nutritional habits in the

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