Public Health Concern

 America is one of the most overweight countries in the world. Obesity has no particular face, race, age, or ethnicity. Anyone can fall victim to such a disorder. This is a major health concern that is taken very lightly. Being overweight causes many health issues such as diabetes, heart disease, and an endless number of complications. Unfortunately, obesity is beginning to take the face of many children in America. Some may wonder what can be more upsetting than knowing your child’s life is being shortened. However, what is more upsetting than this is knowing that some parents do not care that their children are overweight and do not view this as a problem.

I was never a very overweight person, myself. However, living in America, I see obesity everyday. I see children that appear to weigh as much as I do, at the age of 5 and 6. I understand that everyone comes in all shapes and sizes, but there is such a thing as size unhealthy. It breaks my heart to see children who are severely overweight and it angers me when I see their parents further enhance the problem by buying them unhealthy foods. Children pick up these bad habits from their parents. Unless parents realize what they are allowing their child to eat is killing them, than the problem will never be solved.

Although we live in one of the most obese countries, people are taking this issue very lightly, especially in children. They advertise the horrors of obesity and the problems that come from this disorder, but parents are still insisting on feeding their children unhealthy foods. Just a few simple changes, such as what your child eats after school, can make the difference, over a course of time. Why make your child’s life more difficult than it has to be.