Obesity Proposal
Tori Maish
Rachel Damhof
Period 9
Our Obesity Proposal
From the age of six, Sarah started gaining weight. The pounds piled on as she started sneaking food into her room late at night. Imagine a poor six year old girl embarrassed to leave her house knowing the kids at school would call her names and make fat jokes. Later in life,
Sarah ended up in a wheelchair weighing 407 pounds. Obesity has become one of the major causes of death in the United States. About 42% of American adults are overweight or obese.
This puts us at the second fattest country in the world behind Mexico. All Americans have quick and easy access to unhealthy food at any given time during the day. Food is everywhere, advertised on television, screaming with bright colors on shelves at the store, at 24hour fast food services, and glowing in vending machines at school and at work. There is not one reason to go hungry; however, this unlimited access to food is creating an extremely unhealthy community for us to live in. Therefore, Americans need to start making changes to their daily lifestyles before this issue grows any worse than it already is. In an effort to prevent obese Americans we must take control. I propose Americans should be taxed based on their BMI rather than their income.
Monthly weighins will be held at all doctor’s offices and each BMI point will be worth 15 dollars. The first advantage of this solution is creating healthier lifestyles for the American people. If every American has a healthy BMI for their age and height, our country will start to
have people living a much healthier lifestyle. We will find fewer cars on the road and more people walking in the streets. The television ratings will plummet because of the lack of viewers watching television. You will not find Americans sitting at home on the couch with a big bowl of icecream watching movies all day, rather they will be spending their time working out at the gym. We will
Rachel Damhof
Period 9
Our Obesity Proposal
From the age of six, Sarah started gaining weight. The pounds piled on as she started sneaking food into her room late at night. Imagine a poor six year old girl embarrassed to leave her house knowing the kids at school would call her names and make fat jokes. Later in life,
Sarah ended up in a wheelchair weighing 407 pounds. Obesity has become one of the major causes of death in the United States. About 42% of American adults are overweight or obese.
This puts us at the second fattest country in the world behind Mexico. All Americans have quick and easy access to unhealthy food at any given time during the day. Food is everywhere, advertised on television, screaming with bright colors on shelves at the store, at 24hour fast food services, and glowing in vending machines at school and at work. There is not one reason to go hungry; however, this unlimited access to food is creating an extremely unhealthy community for us to live in. Therefore, Americans need to start making changes to their daily lifestyles before this issue grows any worse than it already is. In an effort to prevent obese Americans we must take control. I propose Americans should be taxed based on their BMI rather than their income.
Monthly weighins will be held at all doctor’s offices and each BMI point will be worth 15 dollars. The first advantage of this solution is creating healthier lifestyles for the American people. If every American has a healthy BMI for their age and height, our country will start to
have people living a much healthier lifestyle. We will find fewer cars on the road and more people walking in the streets. The television ratings will plummet because of the lack of viewers watching television. You will not find Americans sitting at home on the couch with a big bowl of icecream watching movies all day, rather they will be spending their time working out at the gym. We will