Obesity Epidemic
Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat. A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight. Obesity has been a problem throughout the years within young children. Parents do not realize that they have been irresponsible in their duties as caregivers, society’s most innocent people, the children, are suffering. No one can say that the government has not done anything because they have actually done a lot to help out. Taxes on sugared beverages had no real difference on the consumption or on obesity for children. They had a small effect, but only on those who had came from a family with low income (“Study: Small Soda Taxes n.pag.). First Lady, Michelle Obama got a standing ovation because she seemed to harangue food producers about improving their labels, making their foods more nutritious for people. As you can see, she cares a lot about this obesity problem in America and is doing whatever she can to make things better (Tennant 2). A beverage tax was adopted in West Virginia and Arkansas, which unfortunately, had no effect. Soft drinks have obesity rates highest in nation. Not a single food or beverage is responsible for obesity because it depends how much an individual decides to consume (F. Jacobson 2). “The Rand study confirms that small taxes on soda don’t reduce...
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