Thursday, November 14, 2019
Fighting for a Better Health Essay -- essays research papers fc
               Fighting for a Better Health      As of today, America has undergone many issues involving health like diabetes, heart disease, and lung cancer. Many of the health issues are caused by components very well known to us such as pollution, alcohol, drugs, sexually-transmitted diseases, and so forth. Little was known about the fact that food, being an important necessity for human life, has started America’s major epidemic among children and teens -- obesity. With more than 50 million youths attending schools everyday (HHS 1), it’s scary to think of the fact that three-fourths of the adolescents don’t eat a healthy diet. In order to fight against the trend of obesity, we must take action with methods to reduce the rate in which obesity is growing among adolescents. The voice of the people has already gotten government officials working together with school and state officials to develop ways to reverse the trend of obesity in teens starting with schools. With one out of seven students being obese (Brownlee 1), high schools are the main targets to fight obesity. For this reason, government nutrition inspectors sought to find out what America’s children were eating; to their surprise, they found that the majority of students only consumed high calorie snacks and chips along with a high volume of carbonated drinks rather than the school cafeteria lunch. The foods that are consumed by the students have lower nutritional values than that of the government standards. Several students were asked why they would eat low nutrition foods other than that of the cafeteria; many said it’s because of the long lunch line while others responded that the cafeteria food tasted horrible. Nicole Talbott, a student from Fremont High in Oakland, Califor nia, said, â€Å"Lunch for me is chips, soda, maybe a chocolate ice cream taco. Everyday, just about the same thing. That’s all I eat – the bad stuff†(Egan 1). â€Å"Most of it’s a time issue,†â€Å"claims Mary Ann Weber, assistant director for the division of Child Nutrition Services for the Ohio Department of Education.†â€Å"Kids don’t want to stand in line†(Vail 2). Through my experiences in high school, I remember that many students don’t have the patience to wait their whole lunchtime in line, especially when several schools on... ... 2002: 1+.      SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. San Bernardino      Valley Coll. Lib., San Bernardino. 22 Sept 2002      . Kiefer, Francine. â€Å"Bush Joins New War: Battle of Bulge.†     The Christian Science Monitor 20 June 2002: 1+.      SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. San Bernardino      Valley Coll. Lib., San Bernardino. 27 Sept 2002      . Khoo, Adrianna. â€Å"Food for Thought: What Parents Can Do To      Prevent Childhood Obesity.†Children’s Advocate      Newsmagazine Mar/Apr 2001: 1+. SIRS Researcher. SIRS      Knowledge. San Bernardino Valley Coll. Lib., San      Bernardino. 27 Sept 2002 . Vail, Kathleen. â€Å"Insert Coins In Slot.†American School      Board Journal Feb 1999: 28-31. SIRS Researcher. SIRS      Knowledge Source. San Bernardino Valley Coll. Lib.,      San Bernardino. 23 Sept 2002 .
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