Persuasive Essay On Being Obese

Did you know that the United States is currently the fattest country? How is this even possible? Not only is it the adults that are gaining great amount of weight, it is that one in five children are considered obese. Why is there many children in the United States that have somewhat of large round physiques? Parents and guardians always want to do best for their children, but sometimes feeding them too much processed food will lead them to being overweight and obese. Being obese has no benefits at all. Obesity are known to increase blood pressure and can develop strokes and other problems linked to strokes, including high cholesterol, high-blood sugar, and heart failure. Even though some parents believe that even though their children are

They do not think about this for one explanation and that is their parents do not see anything wrong. Research shows that parents’ inability to recognize the overweight or obese status of their child. “Parents were asked whether they considered their child (6 to 11 years of age) to be underweight, overweight or at just the right weight. Parents interviewed between 2005 and 2010 were almost 30 percent more likely to believe that their obese child is at just the right weight (83 percent for boys, 78 percent for girls)” (American Academy of Pediatrics). They conclude that there can be multiple explanations for parents to think that there is nothing wrong with their kids. “Mothers are more likely to compare their children to peers or friends, and less likely to use growth charts or other biological tools to measure their child’s weight. Parents themselves may not understand what constitutes being overweight” (American Academy of Pediatrics). There are still those parents who do want to take care of their children by eating less, but they still let them eat junk food. It is what the kids want and that is what they must do for the… to make them happy. Parents love their children too much that they are ‘blind’ to see that they are slowly killing them. There are people that do gain weight because of getting use to the repetition of unhealthy eating