Childhood Obesity In America

Did you know that more than 35% of America is obese? Do you want to be one of them? Eating many fast food items can cause you to become obese, addicted, and overall unhealthy. Fast Food should be BANNED from schools. Soda can also cause a caffeine addiction, which many people can go through, and eating fast food a lot can cause a fast food addiction. Despite these problems, schools have been serving children fast food in schools and are putting vending machines in the cafeterias to replace much needed staff. So, as childhood obesity continues to grow in the USA, fast food is still being served in schools, and kids are still eating it. So as the Director of Nutrition Services, I know that fast foods are bad for kids due to unhealthy added fats, sugars, and sodiums. They should be removed from school systems in the U.S.

In America, obesity is a major epidemic.

Obesity is classified by BMI (Body Mass Index) of 30 and above. Schools are not helping against obesity. In fact, 90% of schools have vending machines and 98% of that food is junk food! In Los Angeles, 80% of middle school. America has more than 3 million cases a year. The rate for childhood obesity has grown from 7% (in 1970) to 18% (in 2012). Many schools are in exclusive contracts with vending machine suppliers. So overall Fast Food is a major cause of obesity for children who are just learning about new things.

The next issue in the table is addiction. Addiction is a mental state after eating or drinking too much junk food or sodas. Addiction could be to burgers, coke, caffeine, etc. An addiction to burgers would mean you would feel great while eating them, but bad when not. The biggest addiction is most likely caffeine. Teenagers, or parents, drink WAY too much caffeine. Caffeine can cause the heart to beat too fast and is not good for teen students. Addiction makes it more likely to get obesity, heart disease, etc. In conclusion, addiction is one of the major reasons junk food should be banned in

schools.
Finally, we have come to that which is overall unhealthy. Junk food can cause many diseases like diabetes, heart disease, or liver disease. There is a LOT of fat in any junk food. For example: A Big Mac has 32 grams of fat in it! This fat can be too much for you r liver and cause liver disease. This fat can also cause cardiovascular disease. This disease happens when your veins and arteries have fat blocking them. There is also a lot of sugar in fast food (junk food). This sugar can cause the body to get type 2 diabetes. Also, you know all those sugary drinks you love? All of them can be deadly if you drink too much. They can cause hypertension (which is a major heart disease).
I would also like to address the counterclaims. McDonald's says they have promoted healthier foods on their menu. Well they haven't because if they did, they would be showing the apple slices in happy meals or only showing the salads. Also, vending machine owners say that the foods in vending machines are not bad foods, but, as I stated earlier, 98% of that food is junk food. This was written to persuade people not to let fast food into schools. It doesn't belong in schools. It doesn't belong anywhere. So take a stand against fast food in schools.