Why is childhood obesity a rapidly growing issue in the United States? Or
What is causing the increase in childhood obesity in the United State?
I know its not recommended to use a “why” questions, however I find it more interesting to find out why obesity is becoming such a big issue rather than what is causing it. I haven’t fully decided which would be better and I am considering doing somewhat of both. I think I am going to explain what the causes (using statistics to back up my point) of how children are becoming more and more overweight. While I haven’t started my research yet, I think it would be interesting to show how the rate of childhood obesity has grown so much from years ago and compare that to the different ways of life from years ago. I would include information on how technology has changed and how there are more food options, a lot of them not as healthy, compared to years ago. With that I would explain how the issue is growing and causing numerous health problems and also lowered self esteem in the overweight children. Another thing I would possibly include is how our childhood obesity rate is growing a lot more than other countries to show that the United State’s has a higher rate.
I find this topic really important because when I was younger I was overweight. Towards the end of elementary school and early in middle school I was forced to completely change my way of life; everything from my eating habits to how I exercise has changed.
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