Overweight among children is becoming a bigger and bigger problem in America. This is because of many different things:
About 15% of all children between 6 and 19 years are overweight, that’s about 9 million young people.
Only 28% of all high school students are involved in physical activities in their school.
There are 40.000 food advertisements per year, and 72% of them are promoting unhealthy breakfast, fast food and candy.
Their parents haven’t got the information about a healthy lifestyle, so it can also be something about the young pupil’s upbringing.
About 60% of all U.S. schools got very unhealthy food and soft drinks for the young students.
There are more than 100 states in America, who will do something about these problems.
They would for example:
Do more physical activities in the schools.
Forbid selling of soft drinks in the schools.
Do something about the unhealthy food in the schools.
Forbid food advertisements at the children channels.
Learn the young people how and why you need, to have a healthy lifestyle.
My opinion:
I think it’s very sad, that so many young Americans are overweight, because there are so many things, which are difficult, when you are overweight.
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