American Health Issues

Studies have shown that from 1960-2010, the quantity of Obesity in America has doubled within those years. Obesity is one of the many health issues that America pays little attention to but should be evaluated and thoroughly dealt with. Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, and Depression are some of the other main health problems that have been on the rise on Americans. While there are many Health issues that people are more knowledge about, they usually learn when they or someone in their family has the experience of that health problem. A way to help prevent and/or have others become even more knowledgeable is by creating a program in which Middle/High School students learn about the types of Health issues. Obesity has been an issue that society

These events help society keep aware of the issues, however, doesn't have much effect on preventing. Most of these events are after the fact the patient is already suffering from the issue. An example is, we donate to a young lady with surgeries or medications after she gets well and isn’t dealing with the issue, How do we make sure none of her family members have to go through the same process? or that the young lady will have the same health issue? 5K runs/walks are great ways to help those in need, but finding ways to prevent it will change the number of people who have the issue. 5k runs/walk also are great at handing out pamphlets with much information needed to help, yet, at the same time, many people ignore the info and just do the run. What could be added to 5K walks are learning activities for younger kids, in which parents would also have to participate. In this activity, both the parent and the child will be learning about that specific health problem. This would increase the awareness in society and help parents think more about what can be done to make sure the kids stay safe and healthy now and in the

This board would dedicate to finding ways to help a student learn, they would be working with both teachers and physicians/nutritionists to find ways that help the student know what to learn. The funding would go through the government as a program designed to help all students in Public Schools. The number of fundraisers and 5k walks increase over the years, but this doesn’t help others in finding ways that would help them prevent in having a health issue. As health issues arise in America, our knowledge of the issues should also be increasing. Targeting younger student to learn about health issues help them in the long run as well, but their parents as they go how and announce what they had just been taught at