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Weight of the Nation: Children in Crisis, Sean Ashley, Period 6 Carr:
ReplyDeleteChildren have ran into many problems with their health due to their parents genes. The genes they received have caused huge epidemics over the years. One of the biggest epidemics is obesity. Many children have become so over weight from their genes and an unhealthy lifestyle they have gotten type 2 diabetes which can cause huge problems in their futures. It can have many consequences like developing into type 1 diabetes which could be life threatening at times, it also can cause modern day annoyances like having to look more closely at what you eat and taking insulin everyday and much more.
I think school lunches could be a huge cause of childhood obesity depending on where you're from and what school you go to it can hugely affect your lifestyle. Most schools I have seen have used many unhealthy foods in their daily menu things like burgers, burritos, french fries, tacos, and side foods like chips rice krispies cookies. These things if consumed often can highly affect your health but why don't schools take these foods off the menu? One reason is because they don't have the money to buy more healthy foods. Also they snack foods companies want their food in schools so they can make more money and their food is cheap so schools buy it and stock it for the children to eat. Schools are getting almost no funds towards their food now because they have to pay for all of the classroom things and janitors and things like that.
Weight of the Nation: Children in crisis: school lunches; Kyle C. , Period 6, Carr, log:
ReplyDeleteIn early times, we had cancer; in the nineteen-eighties, we had AIDS; now, diabetes is stepping up to the plate. Diabetes is the result of a problem that has taken over the American people: obesity. With obesity becoming more likely with every generation, and with the social media targeting kids with unhealthy foods constantly, it is no wonder why America is out of shape.
The concept of unhealthy school lunches is one of the major contributing factors. Evolution struck the district food system like a hammer. Like the rest of America, schools unfortunately were forced to convert to Capitalism---this means more convenience, efficiency, simplification, lack of quality, lack of care towards health, more care directed to money. Today’s school cafeterias work with assembly lines, where minimum-wage workers spend the day doing the same action over and over again, as the product approaches them on a conveyer belt. School lunches come in the form of neatly packaged food, usually pumped with preservatives, chemicals, etcetera. The modern school cafeteria is much like the cafeteria in a shopping mall, where children are organized into lines, all walking at the same pace to eat the same food, distributed by the same people, collectively, with lack of quality dedicated to each meal.
The school lunch system can only get worse: it has been forced to become more mechanized, more synthetic, but this low-quality sense of work is not the biggest of the problem. The quality of the food itself. Most food distributed to schools comes from the same source as Mcdonalds. Because of the excess amount of fat, sugar, sodium, and calories, diabetes only becomes progressively more common. Not only this, but some schools even have access to fast food, which is distrbuted by the school system as a reward. In my opinion, it is sad that parents actually put their trust in schools to provide healthy lunches--routes for making healthy choices are slowly becoming more scarce. Obesity can only be seen as a norm more often, if the American people refuse to take official action.
Children in Crisis, Ashton D. EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteWe need to demand more from our schools. Most of the schools across America could care less about P.E. Only 5 of our 50 states require physical education from their students and most of it is easy, not helping the students stay in shape or get fit whatsoever. Our P.E. programs are not ideal for the average teenager to stay healthy or even be at all healthy. We only make our students do very little exercise in P.E. and it is not very hard for anybody. Our schools are so lazy when it comes to physical education.
Children in Crisis, Chloe Y. EDA period #6 Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteThe typical amount of hours spend at school in America are eight, five times a week. The children should be able to access nutritional choices if they spend so much time there. Some of the food choices can be almost half of the calories that are needed in one days serving. Parents send their kids to school thinking that their children are getting all of the full nutrient they need in a day when really are they are getting is empty calories. It’s already hard enough that kids barley exercise and now they are eating so much junk food each day of school.
Children have been raised to love the taste of sweet and salty foods. Never did the parents think maybe this is hurting my child or that it is causing them to become diabetic. Only 10% of parents seek out help for their obese children some don’t even notice. A survey done by life.dailyburn.com showed that the government spends more money on prison food than school cafeteria food. The cafeteria lunches don’t prioritize nutrition but what taste the best. The school lunches serve food that is most profitable and that taste the best so that they can make money. Something needs to change the children in the America should not have a shorter life expectancy than their elders.
Haley L. EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteChildren that are obese are at a greater risk to be obese when they are adults. Also, when they would be adults, they would be at a higher risk for diabetes, hypertension and more. One of the kids even said, “Being fat can hold you back.” Not only is being overweight or obese hard on your health, but it is also hard on your mental/emotional health. It is believed that if you were born in the 2000, that you would become obese at some point in your lifetime. Doctors and people who study obesity believe that having a TV in your room helps cause obesity, because they get used to watching TV before they go to bed and it becomes a habit. Studies are also showing that advertizing shapes what adults and children want to eat.
One way to stop the marketing of unhealthy foods, that cause us to crave it, is to start marketing more healthy foods for our diet. These unhealthy foods are causing adults and kids to become obese. Also, that only 10% of parents with obese children seek medical health for their children. One thing causing this weight to add up is unhealthy drink’s, like soda, juices, and energy drinks. 12 ounces of coke has 10 teaspoons of sugar! Even 12 ounces of Orange Juice has 8 teaspoons of sugar! Energy drinks, too, are only supposed to be consumed by adults, and are not meant for adolescents and kids. In the end, all of these things are contributing factors to the weight gain in children, adolescents and adults, but what we do with this problem is what matters.
Bryn T-B, EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeletePhysical Education in Schools- “Children in Crisis”
The state of PE in schools is shown in the video “Children in Crisis” to be dire indeed. There is no federal law mandating that schools offer a physical education program; additionally, only 5% of states in the US require that students take a gym class to graduate high school. Only one out of six states require PE three times a week. Clearly, the current system is failing. However, while I agree that physical education is an important part of maintaining one’s health, I don’t believe these classes are effective in creating a lifelong desire to be fit.
In middle school, from my personal experience, the curriculum is patchy at best. For example, each class had different activities depending on the week. However, some weeks we had assemblies, or perhaps a mile day, or any other incident that would prevent us from doing the week’s designated activity. The next week might be completely free from any sort of interruption. Thus, one class would get significantly more time with an activity than a different class.
Additionally, the view of a student on their Physical Education classes will color their views on physical activities for the rest of their lives. So, it is important to offer activities that they will truly enjoy, and that will motivate them to continue exercising for the rest of their lives. For example, students who play a sport perhaps should be allowed to count that as their PE class, rather than take a redundant school course that would discourage them from working hard in either their sport or that class.
Haley L. EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
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One of the biggest threats to the country is obesity. Not only is it one of the biggest threats but also it is one of the leading causes to death. Yet, the only problem isn’t just the health concerns, but the cost of it. Health Care is expensive and may rise. One of the health concerns is that 25% of adults have excess fat in their liver. Even if obese adults wanted to change their diet, and become healthy again, it would be a commitment for the rest of their lives, and they would have to stick with it. One of the things that helps lead to obesity is that 75% of people drive to work, and that only 1 in 4 adults get physical activity. Not only are adults becoming obese, but also, so are their children. The children now consume 7.5 hours of entertainment from electronics per day.
What doesn’t help is that the sizes are going up, and people are consuming 600 more calories than they need, and the cheap foods can be packed with so many calories that they are killing people with the weight that it comes with. Rates of obesity are higher in lower income neighborhoods, and rates of obesity are lower in higher income neighborhoods. These unhealthy foods that are causing this weight gain and are popular in the American diet. You can tell the difference between the selling of healthy foods and unhealthy foods because the profit margins for soda are 90% and the profit margins for fruit are 10%. To change the obesity rate in America, we need to start consuming healthier foods, exercise, and over all, make better choices.
Children in crisis, Jacob F. EDA Period 6, Carr
ReplyDeleteI think that the people who make the school lunches are only thinking about profits and not about the health of the children. The people that make the food think only about how many are buying and not about how many aren’t buying because they don’t like how it tastes and how it looks, because it isn’t health that the companies are worrying about. It said in the video that childhood obesity had tripled, and I think that the school lunches are a main part of that problem. It also said that this generation of children are going to be the first that is going to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents, and I think that the school lunches are a very large part of the problem, because they have a lot of calories in them that can be avoided if we made them healthier and make them appetizing to eat because otherwise the children will not eat them they will just throw away the lunch.
In the video they said that 1 in 3 children get diabetes, and I think that the school lunches are the main problem. Because they don’t regulate them things that they put in them so they just make fatty lunches. Also the kids won't exercise when they are at school because they won’t have any energy.
Challenges, Jacob F. EDA Period 6, Carr
ReplyDeleteThe challenges of having an overweight country have made it so 5 to 10 deaths are caused by diabetes from obesity. One third of the population is obese and many are overweight. 36 Percent have Cardiovascular disease, and diabetes causes 35% of deaths. The food that kids eat is out of their control when they are young so many of the kids are overweight from the pack of attention from their parents. A challenge that we need to overcome is that 75 percent of adults drive to work and get little to no exercise per day. plus their portion sizes are up so that they eat calories that they don't need and won't use so it will just turn to fat and just make them overweight. Also because families have low income they will have to order off the dollar menu at a fast food place to be able to have food, so they will gain weight from eating food that is bad for them. It is hard for kids to get enough exercise for the amount of food they eat because the TV distracts them from wanting to go outside and play to get exercise. Because the government doesn't help fruit and vegetable growers to make their food cheaper, people cannot pay to buy their food and make a healthier lifestyle.
Haley L. EDA Period 6 Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteChildren in Crisis
Children that are obese are at a greater risk to be obese when they are adults. Also, when they would be adults, they would be at a higher risk for diabetes, hypertension and more. One of the kids even said, “Being fat can hold you back.” Not only is being overweight or obese hard on your health, but it is also hard on your mental/emotional health. It is believed that if you were born in the 2000, that you would become obese at some point in your lifetime. Doctors and people who study obesity believe that having a TV in your room helps cause obesity, because they get used to watching TV before they go to bed and it becomes a habit. Studies are also showing that advertising shapes what adults and children want to eat.
One way to stop the marketing of unhealthy foods, that cause us to crave it, is to start marketing more healthy foods for our diet. These unhealthy foods are causing adults and kids to become obese. Also, that only 10% of parents with obese children seek medical health for their children. One thing causing this weight to add up is unhealthy drinks, like soda, juices, and energy drinks. 12 ounces of coke has 10 teaspoons of sugar! Even 12 ounces of Orange Juice has 8 teaspoons of sugar! Energy drinks, too, are only supposed to be consumed by adults, and are not meant for adolescents and kids. In the end, all of these things are contributing factors to the weight gain in children, adolescents and adults, but what we do with this problem is what matters.
Children In Crisis: School Lunches
ReplyDeleteMeghan S. EDA Period 6 Mrs. Carr
Unhealthy meals being served to children at school is a huge contributor to the rise of obesity; in fact in the video it states that twenty percent of the rise in obesity is caused by availability of junk food in schools. In several schools aside from the already unhealthy prepackaged frozen entrees that are being served the schools are allowing products such as chips, cookies, pizza, and sugar-filled drinks to be bought as well. Several children-and I know this from firsthand experience-will just buy a cookie and a gatorade rather than whatever the school is serving. Aside from the fact that these junk foods are readily available and highly preferred, the school lunches are not very nutritious to begin with. Although schools are attempting to become healthier by implementing salad bars and serving fruit; these nutritious factors are not even dominant enough matter next to all the deep-fried calories of the rest of the lunch. In the video several parents are blaming the school board for their children’s weight’ claiming that these meals are the reason that the child is obese, when it has clearly never occurred to them that they can pack a nutritious lunch for their child to take and eat at schools. I think another issue is addressed here: aside from the parents’ ignorance some children receive free lunch from the cafeteria and have no other means of receiving food; so this could possibly be the only meal they eat the entire day; and when it is this unhealthy: children are in crisis.
Children in Crisis: School Lunches
ReplyDeleteRiley K., EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
In “Children in Crisis”, an issue that I would like to address is the school lunches. It is most definitely a factor to the rising obesity epidemic for children ages 4-18, though I do not think it is the only reason. I think that even though the government says it is truly worried about this rising issue, it is more worried about the cost and time it takes to prepare the school lunches. Even though there are some families who are able to pack a meal for their children, not all families are as fortunate. The students buying a school lunch do not get much of a choice as to what they are eating, and usually find none of the limited choices appealing. So, the students who buy their lunch and do not like any of the options can go to the snack bar where there are certainly more choices that the student prefers, but all just as or even more unhealthy than the school lunches. There are also the kids who are a part of their school’s lunch program, when their parents cannot pay for their child’s lunch. Those kids then have to eat whatever the school gives them, or do not eat any lunch at all. Not only is the food not nutritious, but the kids do not want to eat it. To solve this problem, the government must make healthier, more appealing school lunches available. It is better they address this issue before it becomes even more out of hand.
Jared McCracken E.D.A. Carr Period 6th
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Those poor children are helpless. Obesity is mainly caused by the lack of physical education. Think about the types of physical activities that many schools used to have. They would hire a football coach to teach you how to do push-ups and sit-ups correctly. Whereas nowadays you can hardly find a school that has a basketball court filled with children. What has happened to the physical education in schools? It has all gone away due to the laziness of this new generation. When you are given the chance to go exercise you only have a couple of minutes to do so. Plus anything that your are allowed to do has to be “safe” and not in any way possible to harm yourself or others. There is flat-out no exercising or calorie burning programs in these schools to help overweight kids lose weight. This just helps people realize that we need help. The Obesity is impacting all of America in a very negative way, and something needs to be done. We see people each and every day that are obese and overweight, I think that it’s time to speak up to our families, friends, and everyone else. The government needs to know that this is on our minds. We need to help those who can’t help themselves and put an end to the major problem of Obesity. America, we can do this. We can put an end to all of the suffering, bullying, and problems that this illness has caused our children. So let’s be more healthy and active... for the children!
Bryn T-B, EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
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One of the major challenges to solving the obesity epidemic in this country is the lack of small farmers to fulfill a major demand of healthy fruits and vegetables. Many local growers feel unrepresented in government, and do not receive enough subsidies to be able to scale up their production of fresh produce. It is even stated by Anthony Iton, the senior vice president of Healthy Communities, “We don’t make, in this country, enough fruits and vegetables to be able to even meet the dietary recommendations of this country.”
The most obvious “player” in this challenge is the small farmer. They attempt to meet the needs of consumers as best they can, and are willing to grow more healthy fruits and vegetables, if only it could be made financially viable for them. Another “player” in all of this is the government. They are a conglomerate of many different opinions and ideas; however, on the whole, they have put more resources into large farming companies instead of investing in smaller growers. A third contributor is the large farming company, who hold the majority of government funding and subsidies. The fourth are the supermarkets. Like the government, they are diverse: some favor the major farming companies, while others are attempting to offer produce from smaller, more local growers. The final contributor is the consumer. They have the power, through their words and purchases, to influence what types of foods supermarkets stock on their shelves, but this power is rarely obvious to the consumer.
A solution to this problem could be to shift a small percentage of government subsidies from the large farming companies to the smaller growers. This would certainly impact the large companies; however, they are certainly large and profitable enough to keep themselves afloat. Additionally, this extra help would allow small farmers to begin to grow and produce more produce for the consumer, who could enjoy the fruits and vegetables at a lower price. This could result in increased sales of produce, and thus in more sales tax benefits for the government, and the cycle could begin again.
Jared McCracken E.D.A. Carr Period 6th
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Obesity started in the 1980’s and has effected America in a very negative way. Obesity has been a major problem for America for a long time. It may be easy to say that every person needs to exercise for 2 hours a day, but you can’t just simply change a life in a minute, it takes lots of time to break a habit, to where you can get outside and exercise every day in your life. Health care costs have become outrageous, because of the staggering side effects of obesity. We try and make our lives easier with technology by building escalators, elevators, cars, trains, and boats. In truth, one of the reasons they are not exercising is because they have a car or take the elevator. The exercise that they used to get, from walking up and down stairs to going to a friend’s house has disappeared Restaurants serve as much as five times the normal portion size a person needs for one meal. This increase in portion sizes is why we are so obese. Many unhealthy items are cheaper and more available to where you live. The United States of America doesn't have enough farmers to support the entire U.S. with fruits and vegetables. There needs to be be some sort of change. A drastic change that will help save America. We need to start somewhere and hope that we see more and more results of less obese people in the U.S. as soon as possible. Come on America!!!
Ailyn A, Mrs.Carr,E.D.A.,Per 6,”Children in crisis”
ReplyDeleteI think that physical education in school should be mandatory. I'm very surprised that it is not mandatory in some states. When it is mandatory for a class that's when the kids might actually exercise because out of school they're too busy hanging out with friends or something.If they made it mandatory in all the states then kids would have to do it and not have a choice.Therefore the kids get the exercise they need.
I also think that teachers should at least talk about physical education in class more. They don't necessarily have to be doing it physically but talking about it can certainly help a lot. It could motivate the kids to want to exercise more and be healthy. Also kids may not understand that obesity is a big problem so talking about that can certainly help too.In classes talking about what is healthy and what you can eat to help your body get the nutrient they need can also be helpful. Another thing they can talk about is what is bad for your body to take it and they could learn more about calories and how much your bodies needs.That is another way physical education in schools can help.
Only one in six schools in the United States have P.E. three times a week.The fact that only one in six schools have P.E. I think is ridiculous kids need more than that.I think more schools should require it because it helps kids stay and be healthy.Requiring P.E. can be good because some kids may not have space to exercise and so doing it at school can give them the space and the opportunity they need.
Children In Crisis
ReplyDeleteMicah P, 6 EDA Carr
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Children are at an over exposure to unhealthy food advertisements all the time, and they are at a serious disadvantage, because they can do little to nothing about it. These ads cause them to become overweight or obese, which can also lead to having a harder life, both socially and physically. For example, they can’t do as much physical activity, and have more health issues, and socially, they sometimes get made fun of for their weight. This epidemic of obesity is striking the youth much more than it ever has.
The more kids that are exposed to TV commercials advertising unhealthy eating only adds to the problem. Kids now, are much more lazy than their previous generations. They are less active and eat more. With kids just sitting in front of the TV and eating all day, it contributes to their unhealthy diet/lifestyle which is seriously affecting their weight. With the amount of obesity in children and adults across the country, health care costs are rising fast. This takes more money out of schools and goes to medical care for a problem that the parents helped create, which in both ways harms the kids in the long run.
Adults should start to take action with enforcing healthier diets with their children, limit TV time, feed them food with more nutritious value, and get them more active. Even kids that know that they are overweight should try to do something about it, it’s not easy, no, but they could take little steps at a time. Improve their diet, exercise habits, TV time, etc.
Andrew, G, 6 Carr
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Children in our day and age are at a disadvantage. They are being too exposed to food which leads to them getting becoming overweight. These overweight kids are being held back and can not do as much as other, healthier kids can. It doesn’t help kids get any healthier when other kids are bullying them and making them feel bad about themselves which just leads to eating more. The constant advertising of food and other products does not help either because with kids being lazy, they watch TV more and more. Kids today are delving themselves further into this crisis.Kids of this generation must break these really unhealthy habits in order to solve the issue at hand. We must take action and enforce a healthier lifestyle as a starter. Eventually we should start exercise routines and healthier diets for kids. We must also not allow kids to watch TV as constantly as they’re doing nowadays, that is one of the biggest factors in their slothy ways. We need them to live a good life, they are our future. If we just allow them to continue this life they choose to live, then the future is most definitely going to be a future filled with lazy overweight adults who will do nothing with themselves. It’s their duty to make a change for their future, but they need our help. Let’s lend them a hand and do the thing that will be most beneficial for this world.
Sean Ashley 6 Carr
ReplyDeleteThe challenges from being an unhealthy country are pretty hard to overcome. Especially when our country will be 300 million dollars in debt with health care by 2018.
Theres many ways this can be fixed but it will be too challenging or take too long so no one does anything. I think so many people are obese is because we can't really go outside anymore without be scared of an encounter of some sort with a stranger. If the world wasn’t so unsuitable for anyone to be comfortable to go on a walk or play outside or walk somewhere maybe we all wouldn’t be so obese. Maybe this all could be fix by just making one simple law that could help everyone feel comfortable and safe around others but it could be a huge problem with everyone that couldn’t be fixed. Many people think obesity is a result of a trend that caught on. I’m guessing that trend was eating at fast food places. Also fast food places are conveniently placed around towns and cities so that there is one around every corner or block. Which brings me to another topic where you live matters. When you live in a community that has a lot of restaurants and fast food places you're obviously not gonna spend your time at home eating especially after a long day of work it would be cool to have a big mac and french fries instead of making your own salad at home. This is another thing that can affect you greatly where you live. It can lead to obesity and health problems depending on where you live and how close you are to fast food places and restaurants.
Children in Crisis:
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Chloey S. Mrs. Carr Period 6
The activities that take place outside of the school setting can affect child obesity immensely. 18% of children today are obese. That statistic shocked me because I honestly did not realize how bad of a problem child obesity really was; I knew that adult obesity numbers are very high, but I most definitely did not think the child rate was nearly that high. I honestly do not think it is the child’s fault for becoming obese at an age as young as 4, I believe that it is the parents to blame. Whether the parents realize it is happening or not is unknown to me, but if things such as having a television in the child’s room can increase the obesity rate, maybe they really do not know. Ultimately, parents should wake up and start thinking about their childrens future because in the end it is them who can determine how their child will have to live their life. For example, if a parent allows their child all the soda, chips, and candy they want, then it is that parent who is setting their child down the path of diabetes. I also think that adults should be educated on the subject of child obesity. If they really knew the small things they do are impacting their child’s long-term health, I think they would make a change. Yet, only 10% of parents will seek medical attention for the issue, which in my opinion is not a lot at all.
. Ailyn A, Mrs.Carr,Per.6,”Challenges”
ReplyDeleteOne challenge that i found that was very interesting was that food portions are becoming bigger.I think that it is a challenge because that is true a normal sized portion should be the size of your fist or a deck of cards.Now and days those portions are becoming more and more bigger because people are stuffing themselves.I think that some of the contributors in this is the consumers because they are the ones actually taking in the food and they should know how much they should be consuming and.A solution to this may be that the consumers can lower the amount they eat and try not to stuff themselves.Another challenge is one in four adults get no exercise at all.I think that the reason that is,is because adults are having to work a lot lately.Another thing is that they go might have to go home to taking care of kids,making dinner,and cleaning the house therefore leaving no time at all to have a chance to exercise because at the end of all of it they are tired.A resolution can be to make a certain schedule to specifically have time on a certain day that they go to the gym.Or another one can be that on the weekends they might have time to go for a morning walk and they could bring their kid with them in a stroller that way they won't have an excuse not to go.
Andrew N.
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School lunches:
This video talks about lunches at school and the lack of nutrition that they contain.
I think that school lunches should be healthy, however, they don’t need to go over the top with the regulations they put on what can be served. Physical activity plays just as much of, if not a bigger role in the health of children. Although the school does have some responsibility in the health of children, this responsibility applies more to the parents. So, if the parents are not happy with what their children are eating from the school lunches and snacks, they should pack them their own food. In addition, if they think that their child’s school does not provide them with adequate physical activity, they should encourage their kids to do physical activity on their own. So, if a parents wants to complain that their kid is not healthy, the must take into account whether they encourage them to exercise, what they feed them in the majority of meals when they are not at school, and whether they have the ability to take responsibility for what their kid eats by packing them a lunch themselves.
The school does have some responsibility in making sure that they feed children good, healthy food. And there does need to be some regulations. However, if a parent does not agree with what their child is being served, in most cases, they can easily pack them a lunch, providing them with what they want their children to eat.
Bryn T-B, EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
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One of the challenges to solving the obesity epidemic is our inability to fulfill a major demand for fruits and vegetables. Many local growers do not receive enough subsidies to be able to scale up their production of fresh produce. It is even stated by Anthony Iton, the senior vice president of Healthy Communities, “We don’t make... enough fruits and vegetables to be able to even meet the dietary recommendations of this country.”
The first “player” in this challenge is the small farmer, attempting to grow more healthy fruits and vegetables, if it could be made financially viable. Another “player” is the government. They are a conglomerate of many different opinions and ideas, but they have put more resources into large farming companies instead of investing in smaller growers. A third is large farming companies, who hold the majority of government funding and subsidies. The final contributors are consumers. They have the power, through their purchases, to influence what types of foods supermarkets stock on their shelves.
A solution to this problem could be to shift a small percentage of government subsidies to the smaller growers. This would certainly impact the large companies; however, they are certainly profitable enough to keep themselves afloat. Additionally, this extra help would allow small farmers to begin to grow more produce for the consumer, who could enjoy the fruits and vegetables at a lower price. This could result in increased sales of produce, and thus in more sales tax benefits for the government, and the cycle could begin again.
Challenges
ReplyDeleteRiley K., EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
In “Challenges”, there are multiple contributors to the rising obesity epidemic in America. The first (and most obvious) is the companies. But not just the companies producing less than healthy food, but also companies having to do with television and the computer. Television and computer companies who make profit from people watching their program want you to stay in front of a screen, instead of going outside and getting exercise. You exercising makes no profit for them, so why should they encourage it? And all those ads and commercials you see when you are on your favorite website or channel are mostly food related, and that is another entrance for the food companies in this issue. They get just as much benefit from those advertisements as much as the website and channel, because they are compelling you to buy and eat their food. Another contributor, and quite possibly the biggest one, is the consumer. Though it can be challenging, and maybe not as tasty, consumers are capable of buying food that is good for them, or at the very least not complete junk. Also, I don’t think we the consumers realize how much power we have with the food industry. The fact of this matter is that food companies are not going to put what doesn’t sell well on the market. If we feel that we don’t like how unhealthy a food is or how it’s made, we can boycott it, and with enough people that product will no longer be available.
Weight of the Nation: Challenges; Kyle C., Period 6, Carr, log:
ReplyDeleteCurrently, not many people pay much attention to the rates of diabetes; it is viewed as a problem of ill importance. However, not many people realize how much power the disorder actually has over many lives: The media has been keeping the rates of diabetes up for years now, and it has developed into a serious epidemic; obesity is seen as a norm in many countries; the fast food industry has gained more power than ever, and is using its advertisements as a way to keep the rate of diabetes in the United States high.
Currently, 52% of adults are obese, 36% of people have cardiovascular disease, 25% of citizens in the United States have excess fat, and 40% of all deaths are linked to diabetes. It has taken $150,000,000 towards health care to keep people from dying from the disease, which is hurting the economy. But it is not simply the fast food alone which is causing spikes in obesity--most people in the United States don’t exercise--most citizens drive to work, when their office is just down the street. Those who pay attention find that there is not a day that goes by where there are no obese people, or people who use small scooters and other vehicles, in the supermarkets.
Many propositions have been made to get America in better shape, but most have failed due to industrial challenges. One of the obstacles presented is the fact that the fast food industry controls much of the economic market, including jobs. Not only this, but because of the fact that synthetic food in addicting, people are not prepared for change in their diet. Supermarkets have been selling food that is not much above restaurant quality , which leads to people only buying foods that will lead them to an unhealthy life---citizens actually put their trust in these supermarkets to supply them with healthy food. If we do not overcome these challenges, the American health will remain as it is--poor.
Paige B. EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
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The school staff need to open their eyes about what they are serving the children and the children need to take responsibility in making the right food choices. The epidemic of obesity is taking a toll throughout the nation and a big part in this epidemic is the food offered and advertised to the children in schools and public venues. The companies that provide school lunches for the kids need to take ahold of the fact that their product that is sold to them has a low amount of good nutritious value. The lunches they consume are filled with empty calories and bad fats that can damage the body. Most families now a days just send the children off to school with money and they have no clue what their child is spending it on. Students have the knowledge of what's healthy and unhealthy but they go for what's most efficient and less time consuming. For the student time is precious and whatever is the fastest and ready to go is what they will pick up. Another reason they go for the unhealthy food that's ready is, the taste factor. The students that are getting the lunches regularly are used to the high sugar,salt, and fat intake so when they go back to the cafeteria for lunch the next day they are going to craving the same unhealthy and empty calorie snack or meal. The schools need educate the students in making better choices and school staff needs to make sure that they are providing healthy options for them.
Brandon J
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Mrs. Carr
Children in crisis:
In this video they discussed some of the things that are causing younger people to become obese, some of these things are unhealthy school lunches, low amount of PE in schools, and activities outside of school.
My thoughts on school lunches being a major contributor to the childhood obesity epidemic, is that most schools now have made changes to their lunches to make them healthier but the schools that have not should because it is their responsibility to provide a healthy lunch to the students. I understand that they have to make money but it isn't right to take advantage of the kids and parents that trust them.
Physical education is also a major problem because a low percentage of schools have daily PE and after sitting in class all day, the students need some exercise. In the case of our school though due to the block schedule we don't have daily PE but we make up for it by having longer periods of PE. Other schools in the statistic may have similar situations.
Also outside of school factors such as televisions in a child's room to lack of parks for kids to play in contribute to childhood obesity as well.Televisions in a child's room seems silly to me and all it does is allow them to do nothing and soak up advertising. I also believe we are building on too much land while not leaving enough land for parks and other places for children to get outside and play.
Brandon J
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Mrs. Carr
Challenges:
One of the challenges we face in the fight to stop childhood obesity is that parents have a huge influence on the way children eat and the activities they partake in. This means that the children will not change their unhealthy habits either. Things like making dinner instead of picking up fast food, doing family activities outside instead of sitting around watching TV. Some people unfortunately have a busy schedule and do not have the time or money to do these simple activities but others just don’t have the motivation or desire to make these changes no matter how simple. So the question becomes how will we motivate these people to take action. I think that if we advertise more of the negative health effects of obesity in children that even though they may not care about their own well being that they should care about their child's.
Another one of the challenges we face is the cost of changing things. Between advertising costs to the expense of healthy food right now being higher than unhealthy food. We would also have to redesign the system we are using now which also costs a lot of money (cafeterias, stores, etc.) The taxpayers would probably be the ones funding these changes and some people may not want to pay even if it is for a good cause. They may not have the money to afford more taxes even if they wanted to help. Where would we get the money for all these changes?
Zane W. EDA #6 Mrs. Carr
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Today I wouldn't even consider calling the meals schools give their kids “real food.” Sure it probably was food once upon a time, but after all it’s gone through not so much anymore. Before it was given to kids it was manufactured, packaged, frozen, then shipped. Schools have found a way to provide us kids with the easiest and cheapest foods they can find. They don’t really care about our health as long as they get our money for their cheap food.
My views on PE are simple, it should be mandatory in every school. Not every kid has the opportunity to participate in a physical activity, like a sport. School is an everyday thing a child must attend according to the law, so if they provide a program allowing a child to receive a physical education, then the kids need to take it. You could be the healthiest eating person in the world, but that means barely anything if you don’t exercise as well.
Today if we walk outside during lunch I can guarantee that you would see someone on their phone, iPod, even tablet. Most people have at least one to two televisions in their house, some people even have more. I can walk through the mall and see a four year old crying and be handed their mother’s iPhone knowing how to use it perfectly. With all these new and cool ways of entertainment, why would any kid want to go outside and exercise? That’s the problem!
Challenges Chloe Y. EDA period 6 Mrs.Carr
ReplyDeleteWhen you look at obese people most of them grew up being constantly indulged in fatty foods. They were overweight children who never changed their habits and grew up to be obese. And most adults raising children don't even look at obesity as that big of a deal and so they just go along with it and never think that anything is wrong. They never think of how serious and life changing obesity really is. And the worst part is children have no control over their obesity. They are raised up to eat what is bigger, juicier, sweeter, saltier, and easier. How can children be expected to change their habits when most parents don't even attempt to do anything about their child's weight. Children are constantly being bombarded with delicious food advertisements online, on television, by famous celebrities, and now in their own school cafeterias. And the parents just keep on thinking that it only happens to adults or very unhealthy people, well guess what it doesn't just happen to them. While instead they should be looking at the problem in front of they and thinking that something needs to change and soon.
People are now starting to take charge in changing child obesity. It isn't fair that children should be overweight for their entire lives. They need to be able to live experience different thing and make friends but so many of them feel that they can't because they are overweight.
Children in Crisis
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More than 18% of children are overweight for different reasons. Most of this epidemic is from fast food. If you’re shocked about the children obesity, you’ll be even more shocked to hear that about 67% of americans are overweight. Some families eat off the dollar menu every night. Childhood obesity is a HUGE risk for future type 2 diabetes.
⅓ of our population has diabetes. Kids don’t even realize how much ads put an affect on their obesity. Obesity is a factor between kids socializing and conversing. Not only are their side effects for future obesity, but their children with inherit the gene and will increase in this epidemic. About 1.5 million dollars has been spent on advertisements for fatty foods with high sodium and sugary drinks with tons of calories in them. Between the years 2004 and 2009, company ads have increased ads by 280%!
20% of public schools serve or let kids purchase junky, fatty, sugary foods that are one of the leading causes in the epidemic. The food in this nation has improved, but only under the governments rules. The whole controversy on diabetes has been debated for the large number of 30 years. Most schools who sell soda claim that the students have the choice of their nutrition.
The average coca-cola will have about 30 grams of sugar which is about ten teaspoonfuls. Am average middle-high school student between the age of 12-17 will have at least the number of 3 sodas per day!
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ReplyDeleteChloey S. Period 6 Mrs. Carr
Obesity has more to do with how someone was raised, during a time they do not control their own lives. That involves the parents and that actual person. First of all, it may be the parents fault for being too lenient on their child's diet when they were young and not taking the time to at least attempt in giving them a healthy diet. Secondly, it may be in the child’s power to change those habits when they are older, but the person has decided not to make an effort in their life, Now, I understand that if the child was raised to eat a certain way, like having fast food every night, they might carry those traditions out to their adulthood because that is all they know, but that does not mean every one who is raise that will is going to end up obese. For example, if someone is struggling with being overweight, then they can try joining a gym or just simply eating healthier; being a health weight is not impossible for anyone to achieve. I think that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, so no one has an excuse as to why they are not an appropriate weight, in my opinion. There is only one exception, if you already have developed diabetes or another health effect of obesity then it is too late to prevent those, clearly, but it is not too late to change your lifestyle. When, and how, you do it is up to you entirely, but I do not think it is an unattainable goal.
Challenges; Excessive Marketing of Unhealthy Foods
ReplyDeleteMeghan S. EDA Period 6 Mrs. Carr
One of the major contributing factors to the obesity epidemic in America today is the excessive advertising of primarily unhealthy food. In the Children In Crisis video it stated that about one and a half million dollars a year are spent on food advertising and that 84% of cereal commercials advertised to children contain more than ten grams of sugar. These are just a few of the shocking statistics about the relentlessly powerful marketing of food. Another issue with this marketing process is the fact that these advertisements are mostly aimed towards children. Most children in America have a television in their room, and watch it. In one episode of television I am sure they see several commercials of unhealthy foods; all with endearing characters to go along with them, or promises of toys in the box, or special rewards that make the foods even more appealing to them. Also, the parents are not going to refuse to buy these products, because they unfortunately are a great deal cheaper than any of the healthier foods. An obvious solution to this issue, or at least a factor that will help, is to take the televisions out of children’s rooms. If they do not grow up getting attached to these foods and characters there is a possibility they never will. Although they will be exposed to these commercials and advertising at some point, removing televisions from their rooms would be a ideal way to minimize the amount of advertising they view on a daily basis.
Challenges Nina U. Period 6 Mrs.Carr
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of challenges is the video, but here are some of the challenges that i saw in the video. There are health problem,so health care or service are writing the leading cause of death. With the leading of death there are 5 out of 10 that are the leading to death. some of the challenges could be a lot of people are overweight and the percentage of people that are overweight are that 36% cardiovascular disease, 25% have excess fat in their liver. People in the world are being over weight 55% of the people are over 200 lbs ,30 % are over 230 lbs and there are 25% of the people that are overweight weight over 250 lbs. A lot of people today in the world or just in usa could weigh over 200 lbs and there is a lot of the health care place will have to see what diet will work so that they don’t die in their early 40s or even their early 50s. We also want to know that there are children that are overweight.children that are overweight are getting some of the disease that adults normal. A lot of people buy soda or fast food around 40% more people are buying a soda of fast food. about 50% of the children are stopping at a store on the corner. While a lot of people are eating more than what they need to. A Lot of people like the farmer that need to start growing their own fruit and vegetables because it is more healthier to grow your own fruit and vegetable.
Children in Crisis Nina U. Period 6 Mrs.Carr
ReplyDeletePhysical Education in schools are very important because without the Physical education People in the school will be obesity. Some of the stuff that they have to do is about their balance and when you are overweight sometimes you will not be able to balance ,but there are some people can balance. and they need to do more of the sports of a long period of time like for two months that you are doing a sport then after the two months are over you now you are able to do a different sport. if you do basketball for the first two months that you are choosing a different sport like soccer. This way that the kids are more into the sports ,than just running the mile or jogging for the class time. This is the time where you are getting the kids involved with the sports and if the kids love to run then sometimes the will have to run. if you want to see what the kids want to do then you will be able to do what everyone will like doing the sports or if they want to do sometimes the teacher will. Some of the things that you are doing are going through your Physical Education teacher that you have. They are the ones who get to choose what you get to do and some of the teachers will play with the kids and make it more fun for everyone to have the teacher there in the game for everyone. Sometimes some of the teachers will also run with the kids to get them the help that they need to run a mile or just doing something like the jog that could be ten minutes. Alot of these P.E teacher these days are not seeing that these kids are not into some of the stuff and they are losing people that don't want to do p.e.
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ReplyDeleteAndrew J. EDA Period 6 Mrs. Carr
School lunches are generally terrible. Here at Foothill, we are lucky enough to have edible, recognizable, semi-healthy food on the menu, but this is not the case for the majority of the American school system. In an effort to conserve money, the industrial method was applied to food: lunches are put together by assembly lines of workers and machines, and reheated at the cafeteria to be served to hapless students. Many unhealthy foods, like burgers, french fries, and pizza work well with this system. However, fresh produce cannot survive the industrial process: fruit gets bruised, veggies wilt, and often the “fresh” produce is not so fresh. Through mysterious political maneuverings, Congress confirmed that pizza and french fries can be legally classified as vegetables on the dubious grounds that pizza contains tomato paste, and that potatoes come from a plant and are not fruit. This officially allows children’s lunches to remain without any sort of actual fruit or vegetable. Kids eat at home like they eat at school, if chips are offered, chips are more likely to be an everyday food for them.So schools arealready setting an example with what they serve, so it should be a good one, a model of a good, healthy meal. The meal also needs to be appetizing; it doesn’t matter how healthy the meal is if kids just dump all the veggies in the trash or resort to bringing their own junk food from home. Feeding kids good food needs to be higher on schools priorities.
Challenges
ReplyDeleteAndrew J. EDA Period 6 Mrs. Carr
A huge problem in the food system is that nearly every food that is appealing (tasty, cheap, or well advertised) is unhealthy. This results in unhealthy diet, and therefore, unhealthy people. The food industry is partly to blame for this. Obviously companies want to sell large amounts of their product, so they increase portion sizes and ramp up advertising. Foods like soda, chips, and candy have large profit margins, so it is good for companies to push those products. Also, we, as humans, naturally prefer sweet, salty, and fatty foods, foods which were once beneficial to survival, but now only contribute to health problems. Our government has contributed to the problem as well; government subsidies encourage farmers to grow lots of corn and soy. That makes foods with large proportions of processed corn and soy products, which are generally unhealthy foods, much cheaper than healthier foods, like fresh produce. If government were to shift subsidies toward fresh produce, it would suddenly be more profitable for food companies to sell more fresh fruits and veggies, foods everyone should eat more of. The costs of fresh and processed foods would even out. It would be in restaurants’ best interests to find appetizing ways to serve vegetables. The entire industry would have to shift its focus, at least in part, away from sugar and processed foods and toward good, fresh food. If broccoli becomes as cheap, as heavily advertised, and as ubiquitous as potato chips are now, chances are, we as a nation will become healthier.
Adrian L. Period 6 Mrs. Carr Children in Crisis
ReplyDeleteChildren of crisis, more than 18 plus percent of our children are obese. Children who are obese are in greater risk for diabetes, asthma, or high blood pressure. Children now are expected to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. For example kids are seeing advertisements that are unhealthy for them.They spend more time watching T.V. and theres a greater chance they are eating unhealthy foods while watching T.V. Even at school, unhealthy food is being served till this day.
Adrian L. Period 6 Mrs. Carr Challenges
ReplyDeleteChallenges,Theres many challenges and problems that lead into the health issues. For example, some people who have problems with their weight are using more than 12 different types of medications for having high blood pressure or obese problems. Many people who are obese don't work as well as a skinny person, so they have work problems and health care loss. Also, many adults don't exercise anymore and they lack on healthy food so they become obese and have to pay more for health care. People lack on healthy food because unhealthy food is cheaper and food sizes have gone up in calories.Where you live matters because life expectancy have gone down to younger years. All in all, obesity is the end result of all the trends that come together.
Andrew N.
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Challenges
One of the challenges in the video is that society does not require that you exercise. Before things such as cars and airplanes had been invented, another form of transportation was needed. Usually, this involved walking. However, now that we have other ways of traveling relatively long distances in a short amount of time, physical activity isn’t required. Therefore, many people do not exercise as much as they should, if at all. The “players” and “participants” are everybody who uses public transportation, cars, or other means of transportation to get themselves where they need to go. The “contributors” are the people who design the ways people get around, such as elevators, escalators, and other similar things, as well as the people who invented efficient methods of transportation. One of the solutions can not be to take away these methods of transportation, because we need them. However, one thing we could do is encourage people to exercise more when they can. For example, if someone works within walking distance of their home, they could walk to and from work instead of driving. People could also exercise in their free time.
Another one of the challenges in the video is that healthy food is more expensive. This causes lower income families to try to save money by buying unhealthy foods. The “players” and “participants” are the families with low incomes, and the people selling the food. The “contributors” are the companies who sell the food. A solution could be just to encourage families to buy as much healthy food as they can.
Children in Crisis
ReplyDeleteOdalis P, Mrs. Carr, EDA, Period 6
I think the school lunches should be more nutritious. Even though the school lunches aren't always the best they can at least be healthy and nutritious. The school lunches might be contributing to the rise in obesity because they are selling the same food that someone could buy at a fast food restaurant. For example they are selling pizza,hamburgers,and french fries. Just because the parents serve the kids healthy food at home doesn't meant their kids are healthy because of what they are eating at school. It was stated by a student that it takes 10 napkins to wipe the grease of the pizza,that is definitely not called healthy food or anything close to that. In In the last twenty years obesity has tripled mostly because of the sugary drinks and junk food available at school. In the video some of the kids said that they didn't want to buy the lunches that are served in the cafeteria because they are gross. If they made the lunches more delicious maybe the kids would buy the school lunches instead of the other snacks and sugary drinks available at school.
In order for school lunches to be healthier, the lunches have to serve smaller portions of food. The lunches should also include fruits and vegetables that are mandatory for the students to take with them while buying the lunch. Students should also be able to choose from a various amount of healthy foods, because if the student does not see something they would like to eat they will most likely not buy lunch.
Children In Crisis Leonard W. EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteI think that school lunches should contain the healthiest kinds of food because we need to keep our children healthy, but instead we are making the most unhealthy foods and giving that to the children and that is what is causing them to become obese; which will eventually lead to heart disease, high cholesterol, and diabetes. School lunches are very unhealthy and they need to become more healthy so kids will stop getting heart disease, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Parents should also stop paying for school lunches for their children because they are causing their children to become diabetic and obese. PE programs at schools are starting to get lazier and lazier because they are making kids do PE 2 times a week for about an hour and that isn’t enough to prevent obesity. Children should be at least getting an hour of vigorous exercise each day and even on the weekends. Schools now a days are also making PE an option and most of the students are deciding to not take PE and eventually those children end up being obese and diabetic. PE should be mandatory for students to take to prevent the obesity epidemic in this country.Other causes for obesity in this country are children having television in their own rooms. This allows children to stay in their rooms the whole weekend and just sit around and watch television all day long, while drinking a soda and having fatty snacks in between breaks.
Challenges, Leonard W. EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteSome of the challenges are that people are becoming too lazy to exercise in this country and it is causing obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and high cholesterol. People need to exercise more often to prevent these things, and if people start to exercise more often then this world will be a much healthier place. Also fatty foods, such as Mcdonalds and Jack in the Box, are becoming less expensive and healthy foods, such as broccoli and carrots, are becoming more expensive which is luring consumers to buy the cheaper fatty foods then buying the more expensive healthy foods. This is making a big problem in this country, and it is one of the main reasons that we are all becoming obese and diabetic. People who are affected by this epidemic are mostly the low income families, who don’t have enough money to buy healthy foods, so instead they decide to buy unhealthy foods, which isn’t good for them. Some other people who are affected by this epidemic are lazy people, who go and buy fatty foods and then go off and lay on the couch and watch television which is how the caloric intake builds up in their bodies and eventually makes them obese, and also having them spend money on health care in the future, which affects our whole country. This country seriously needs to start changing. The should raise fast food prices and lower healthy food prices, which will definitely bring down the obesity rate in this country.
Challenges
ReplyDeleteOdalis P, Mrs.Carr, EDA, Period 6
A challenge mentioned in the video was that junk food is available everywhere, and it is extremely cheap to buy. There is always fast food restaurants that are open all day and all night which is not helping people make healthy decisions. People look for food that is cheap and fast to make. Which is why people would rather spend less money for more food that is made under twenty minutes which is almost no wait. People are very busy and they don't have time to actually sit down and eat at a restaurant, so they go through drive throughs and are able to buy a full meal for under $15. People don't really care if the food is healthy as long as its cheap.
Not only is food that is bad for your health served in fast food restaurants but it is also sold in in grocery stores. Fruits and vegetables are twice as expensive as a bag of chips or a box of macaroni and and cheese. A lot of people don't stop and think that the foods they eat now are going to affect them in the future, which is why the way that foods are made has to change. Mostly because a lot of that food is processed and terrible for a persons health.Maybe the price of food will go up but at least people will be eating healthier. This is going to be a very big challenge because most producers won’t like to change their system because then less food would be available for the customer and the food might take longer to make. Junk food is available everywhere but we have to make sure that it turns into healthy food.
challenges Chris m. per 6 carr
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What can we do to prevent all of these challenges. Some challenges we have in the United States is our problem of overeating, diabetes, and not exercise. Less than 5 percent of adults and children walk or bike to school or work and most kids get up to 7.5 hours of T.V. a day. This is a major problem for us it shows that we don't care about our health and that we are lazy. This also shows we need to start doing something about this and get to work on stopping this trend of laziness and diseases. Ways we could stop this is to build parks and places for kids to play after school like YMCA’s. Some other ways we could stop this is to not let your kids live off of bad junk food and give them a good breakfast every day so they don't have to eat the calorie packed school food. And we can have people start bringing lunches to work so they don't have to stop at a fast food restaurant and get some fries and a soda.
All of things are a good starts to stop all these challenges we are facing and we just need to put our own effort into it and show that we want to reverse all of these bad trends we are making. so we should get out every day and go to something that will benefit you in the future.
Children of Crisis Chris M. per. 6 EDA Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteMost of our schools in the United States do not require a physical activity at their school. This shows that we need to improve the requirement that we give to schools. I think we should at least have an hour of P.E. at every day. A study has shown that if kids get out doing something at least 30 minutes a day their math and English grades go up. This would also help the problem of obesity and diabetes. Another statistic shows that most children that who are obese now will have severe diabetes by the age of 30. If we had an hour of P.E. a day it would be a good start to reversing this problem. And maybe we could get them well educated on this problem and they might want to do more about this. Something else we could do would have nutrition people come in to the major problematic schools and warn people of the hole we are going into and show them how to make the right choices and what the right food to eat at home.
You might say that there is no money or time to do this but in the long run wouldn't you like to have a healthy generation that will be able to live the normal life without having to take all these meds and to be able to live life like we were meant to. So if you were to make the right decision i think it would benefit everyone.
Leilani Wiggins
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Children in crises
In the video it talked about how children are now becoming more and more obese in our economy. And it’s really sad that to think if our world is going to come to that. Some children now have a lot of health problems like heart and probably blood problems and a lot more stuff like that. When we were watching the video I saw kids playing on their scooters and playing with a ball. That didn’t live in that nice of a place but they should at least have a playground near them so they can get enough exercise. When they asked this one kid a question he said he was kinda fat and thats super sad to hear a kid say that. No kid should have to say that. Also the government should build a playground near them so they can at least get a little exercise. Another thing was that some of the reasons kids are not getting a lot of healthy foods is their school lunches. There school lunches were like pizza and chicken nuggets. And in the video it said that like 80% of the kids buy their lunches and not pack. What I think they should do is at least put more vegetables and fruits instead of all that junk and switch their soda and gatorade to water and fruits drinks. Study shows that kids who are eating and drinking junk food are not getting good grades and are really tired in class.
Challenges, Ashton D. EDA Period 6, Mrs. Carr
ReplyDeleteOur country has many challenges. One main challenge is our diets and what we do to prevent getting diabetes. We eat constantly, even if it is not healthy. Also we do hardly any exercise with our diets. Less than 5 percent of adults and children walk or bike to school or work and most kids get up to 7.5 hours of T.V. a day. This is a major problem for us it shows that we don't care about our health and that we are lazy. This also shows we need to start doing something about this and get to work on stopping this trend of laziness and diseases. Humans have a natural tendency to be lazy and want to not do any exercise. We need to break that so loved bond and get to working out.
Paige B. EDA period 6 Carr
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The challenges we face, is the epidemic of obesity. People all over are fighting this disease and struggling everyday to make the right health choices. Nearly a third of people are obese and thirty six percent of people have a disease related to obesity. As people are becoming obese, medical treatment is being received often and the cost of healthcare is increasing. However the roots of the health problems come from personal control and underestimating eating habits. The processed foods that people consume are filled with empty calories and have no nutritional value which leaves them satisfied. The intake of the food has increased whereas the physical activity has decreased. One out of four adults do not participate in physical activity and will spend about seven hours on media everyday. This shows that people need to eat healthier and start exercising regularly. However for some people this may be hard. If you are a low income family it might be hard to access healthier food options. Whereas a higher income family could afford and receive healthier foods. A major problem is that less than three percent of farmland produces fruit and vegetables. Most of the farmland is dedicated to corn and soy because its cheap and efficient. The government gives the farmers subsides to grow corn and soy, however the government should be giving their subsides to the farms to produce more vegetables and fruits so all the people could access good, wholesome food. As the rate of obesity is rapidly growing there are many people that are finding ways for the nation to become healthy once again and to be free from this epidemic.
Hannah Wagar Carr Pd 6
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Obesity is actually a lot more terminal than I thought prior to this documentary. Knowing that over 36% of the nation has cardiovascular disease, just in result of the poor food choices the nation is making, seems so unreal. It also seems like something the nation is in control of preventing this huge epidemic - but in reality this is left up to the consumers. The more they buy and support this massively corporated companies, the more those companies strive. But do these millions and millions of people realize they are eating food that’s full of hormones and genetically modified fillers? I’m sure most of the nation has no clue to how the workers harvesting and distributing their food are being treated and unfairly paid.
One reason why low income families tend to buy from these mass corporated food companies is because they are cheaper and less expensive. People who work for these companies know whom they are targeting the sell of their food towards. Therefore, stores near low income neighborhoods are more likely to be filled with unhealthy foods because it’s so much cheaper to produce and manufacture that kind of food. That is one of the biggest challenges consumers face. Having all that unhealthy food available and right in front of you, it’s very easy to be sucked into buying it. This is why if the all the money being put towards the making of the healthy food opposed to unhealthy food should increase.
Zane W. EDA#6 Mrs. Carr
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Most of today's challenges against obesity start at home. For parents it’s a total battle with their children when it comes to eating what they want them to. The battle starts with the television. With all the ads advertising all the sugary foods, parents have a very rough challenge. Most parents put up a good fight, but eventually give in, and that’s a problem. Next problem are the computers, they give off not as much, but the same material as TV. Some solutions to all this would to stay strong and start limiting the amount of time spent watching TV or on the computer. They are the parents not the technology.
Hannah W P6 Carr
ReplyDeleteNYC Soda Ban Judgement Blog Response
Mayor Bloomberg, of New York City, got his proposition quashed on the ban of the sale of sugary drinks in cups or containers no greater than 16 ounces. Mr. Bloomberg states that “people are dying everyday. This is not a joke.” When in reality people aren't just dying from drinking large quantities of soda, which is one fault in his proposition. He believes that banning the sale of large sodas can somewhat lessen the amount of health related deaths to drinking lots of soda. Also Mayor Bloomberg believes that this ban will get the city on a track to combat diabetes and other health related disorders.
One group that is in favor of this argument is a group of other mayoral candidates. Public advocate Bill de Blasio endorsed the proposal. Many of these democratic figures believe Bloombergs proposition is “a cosmic solution to a complex problem.” Their response may be the slightest bit surprising because considering that many businesses won’t be making as much money on the sale of soda because of the ban. I think this is surprising because these mayoral figures may not be taking in as many taxes as they did before.
However, many people disagree with Mr. Bloomberg. For example, beverage manufacturers, restaurant owners, and other business people believe that this soda ban is somewhat an invasion on the state of liberty of the consumers.Those in opposition to this argument don’t necessarily have future plans following the argument, other than just taking a stance in a different way other than banning large quantities of sugary drinks. Lastly, a few immediate consequences following this proposition would have been for all the restaurants to have the proper cup sizes and to limit the sugar they put in their drinks.