Let’s be honest here,
childhood obesity is a topic that has been overused and exhausted with possible
solutions that have yet to work. Parents do not know how to keep their children
healthy much less how to get them healthy if they are overweight. With all the
studies and suggestions who would know where to start? There are good and bad
ways to go about solving the childhood obesity crisis in America. The key to
the crisis is not the fault of advertising or marketing of this ‘bad’ food to
children. So don’t get confused. Janice Crouse in "The Fast-Food Industry Intentionally Markets
Unhealthy Food to Children” explains
that television and Internet marketing to children is what is causing them to
eat this unhealthy food. While this is a contributing factor, it is not the
main reason! If parents would limit their children’s time when it came to
internet and television, the marketing of the “bad foods” would not have any affect on the children. It is not just the type of food that
America’s children are eating that is causing this epidemic. Whether it is
lunchroom food or fast food neither is the driving factor in childhood obesity,
regardless of the portion sizes. Gregory Green argues that it is fast food that
is causing this issue, but fast food has been around for decades and it is just
now having a colossal effect on our youth. This proves there is no way that it
is purely fast food. However, many people are under the impression that schools
or the government should be responsible for childhood obesity. America wants to
rely on the government to set standards for lunchroom food or other types of
food. The real truth behind childhood obesity is that it starts at home. Yes
you read that right! Parents are solely responsible for their
children’s health as they grow up, and getting children involved in team sports
is the easiest and best way to do so. Although this solution seems simple, it
will work. For so long people have tried to solve it all at once, that is not
the answer. Starting from inside each home is a direct way for each and every
parent to have an affect on his or her child’s health.
Check out this video for more information on
childhood obesity: