Are you at risk?

                Obesity is one of the fastest growing problems in America.  With over a third of the population overweight, we have a rising epidemic of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and even depression.  Most families eat fast food about five times a week.  This is absolutely outrageous.  Our parents, schools, and government are all responsible for this health problem.  It’s important our parents are providing healthy foods in the household and also encouraging exercise and physical activity.  Our schools definitely need to be strong influences on our young people to exercise and make good eating habits.  Cafeterias should have a variety of health foods available during breakfast and lunch every school day for children to choose from.  Our government could help so much by enforcing fast food restaurants to provide healthy foods.  With eighty-five percent of young people either overweight or obese, studies also show that these children will continue to remain overweight or obese when they are adults.  Technology has played a huge role in turning our society into what it is today.  Yes, technology has major positive influences in advancing society; however it has also taken young people away from fun physical activity.  Many children come home from school and go straight to the television, or the computer.  We as a united group need to discourage so much tube time.  Obesity is causing deaths and severe health problems that we as a society have to suffer for.  We must make a change now, because if we wait it will be too late to fix the damage caused by this epidemic.