Casual Analysis: Obesity Prevention

Eng111
Oct. 30 2012
Casual Analysis
Obesity Prevention “Only recently, however, has obesity been recognised as a population wide problem that requires preventive action… In England, the United States, and Australia more than a half of all adults are overweight or obese, and trend data show a dramatic increase in prevalence over the past two decades” (Population 728-729). Since obesity has taken a toll on this nations population, government has made new rules and regulations in hope of decreasing the numbers. The government is trying to prevent obesity by influencing healthy food choices in many public places. Sometimes making healthy food choices are difficult. Obesity prevention should be expanded further than eating habits.
For one thing, eating healthy is not the better tasting food. Sometimes it is hard to deny chili cheese fries, donuts, gushers, or elephant ears over a salad or carrots. A person has to have a good mindset to eat healthy which many Americans do not have. If a person goes to the grocery store that person may notice the food that is bad for them is cheaper than the food a person is supposed to eat. Fruit and vegetables are more expensive than buying Twinkies or getting a dollar sandwich at McDonalds. Today it does not take much to add up the grocery bill. There could be only seven things in the cart and the cost is around fifty bucks. Most healthy foods get looked passed because nobody has the money right now to have a two hundred and forty dollar grocery bill from purchasing healthy
It is sad when a bigger person is spotted in Wal-Mart riding on a mobile cart when everyone knows the overweight person could be walking. Maybe she would not be as big if she could burn a few calories strolling through Wal-Mart instead of riding on a cart. It is a person’s choice on how much they weigh. Anyone can eat healthy, exercise, or live a healthy lifestyle if they chose, it is called being in control. Laziness is not inherited by genetics it is a learned behavior from observations in a person’s environment. Laziness is a major problem of why people are gaining weight and unfortunately laziness is getting worse.
Michelle Obamas anti-obesity program already supports being active. Though, maybe the government should stress more physical activity to counteract laziness. The government should make a rule for schools to make summer gym a requirement. Kids should have summer gym at least twice in junior high and twice in high school for a month each. The classes could last at least two hours each day. This would help kids get out of the house and actually preform physical activities instead of playing video games or texting on their phones. Just setting requirements like summer gym could slightly improve obesity in this