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Sunday, April 1, 2012
Fighting Obesity in Schools
Who do you think should be working to prevent childhood obesity? Should
it be the parents, the schools, the community, or a mixture of all
three? When should healthy habits be taught? Who do you think the
audience is in this video? Do you think childhood obesity is a big
problem in America? Does this video put the blame on a certain group of
people for Americans being obese? If so, who? Should the video have
included statistics about childhood obesity? Can this idea of healthier
eating habits be adopted in a larger context? What evidence does this
video include to prove the method of healthy eating habits is being
applied outside of school as well? Do you think other schools in America
should adopt the same method of fighting childhood obesity?
Well, I have many things to say about this topic, but I give the reader a fair warning, stop reading if you think you might be offended in any way towards obesity. First of all, obesity is not something that should be encouraged in our society, nor is it. Go to the store and pick up a Playboy magazine, what do you see? You don't see fat people, go watch a movie at the local theater and look at the people, for the most part, are they fat or are they skinny? No, the majority of us prefer to look at skinny people and we prefer to be skinny. I think when you are a child, it is more your parents fault, but once you get up to be about my age, I think it becomes on your own shoulders. They also say that people who are skinny are more likely to succeed in other ventures of their lives. Diet and exercise is the only way to that goal, since other procedures like Tummy Tuck and Liposuction are only "short term" solutions, and don't really change anything intrinsically about you.
I think that parents, schools, and communities all hold the responsibility of protecting a child's health. A parent cannot constantly monitor what a child is eating, so the school or community needs to step in and make sure he or she isn't supporting unhealthy habits. I think childhood obesity is definitely a problem in America because it causes so many other health problems. One of the main issues is that fattening food is much cheaper than healthy food, so obesity tends to be more prevalent amidst the lower classes. It seemed to me that the school got the community involved in the program as well, so that the lessons taught about being healthy in school could be carried on at home. I think more schools in America need to adopt this program, so that children can grow up and continue to make good health choices when they live on their own.
Through the video, the authority is trying to imply that bad eating habits is the main cause of childhood obesity and by launching this campaign in schools, childhood obesity could be reduced drastically. However, throughout the video there is no clear images of obese children. This could be a strategy to establish the perception that the campaign is successful. At the same time, the video seems to include (but is it?)opinions from the children (a.k.a the group that is affected most by the campaign) by asking them what kind of food they are given. But is that what the audience really need to know? Instead of showing the audience that those children know what kind of food they are given, the video should include the reactions of the children toward the new type of food. By ignoring those children's preferences on food, the authority is ignoring the negative impacts that come along with the "healtier food" (e.g. school phobia, malnutrition, depressions etc). To better persuade the audience, the authority should include the result of the campaign (significant drop in obesity rate?) and show how they solve the problem where most children would not like the "healtier food".
It is no secret that obesity has become a problem and focus in American society. The root of the problem begins at home, kids learn by example. Parents are the main cause as children grow up at home. Kids learn eating habits, whether healthy or unhealthy, from their parents. As children learn to get their own opinions and become more independent, like in college, this can cause young adults to develop unhealthy lifestyles. So, ultimately, you are responsible for you. This video shows great potential and has great points.... but I feel like this video is ineffective in actually making a difference. Sure, the video highlights one school that is making big changes (the narrative did say 12,000 schools across the nation). But making these changes are definitely easier said than done... It makes obesity appear less problematic, but it still exists! The video does make a valid claim saying that teaching healthy habits at home and having the children influence their parents' decisions can have a lasting impression in the home. This will take years, probably decades to make a big enough change because obesity is a way of life and changing lifestyles is no easy task.
Obesity is definitely one to the biggest problem for the current generation of children. In order to prevent childhood obesity we have to create an environment to encourage kids to eat healthy food, therefore it is parents, the schools, and the community’s job to influence kids to eat the food that is good for them. The video has send a clearly message the schools what they can do to help kids to eat healthy. The video has showed us that it is possible to teach kid to a healthy and balanced meal also maintain the health diet; one of the example in the video was after the kids learned eating healthy food in school, they are trying to encourage their parents to buy healthy food. If all the schools follow the healthy school program then childhood obesity will drop dramatically.
I believe that everyone in the community should be working toward preventing childhood obesity. Reducing and preventing childhood obesity means healthier future generations that will have longer life-spans. Children need to be taught at a very young age how to eat right and exercise often because what they learn when they are young tends to be the way they live when they grow up. If children grow up eating fruits and vegetables and exercising often, they are more likely to continue these healthy activities and therefore live a healthier life in the future. As shown in the video, after learning about healthy foods and trying different kinds of healthy foods in taste tests, children often encourage their parents to buy more healthy food resulting in healthier eating at home. If more schools took part in this program encouraging kids to be healthier I think it would really help the problem of obesity in America.
Everyone in society should contribute to preventing childhood obesity. Many people take offense to the constant focus on obesity, but in reality, obesity is a big problem. Obesity is a sign of unhealthiness. If children are taught to eat healthy from a young age, then they will be more likely to grow up healthy. Eating habits are extremely important. It is hard for a kid to switch from eating chocolates and sweets to fruits and vegetables every meal. If children are taught to eat healthy from a young age, they will be used to eating fruits and vegetables each meal and it wouldn't be a problem. However, this video does not do a very good job at convincing parents and schools to encourage healthy eating habits. This video is still in the beginning stages of the movement. Therefore, no evidence is given about whether or not this program will actually produce results. When the speaker is saying children convince their parents to buy fruits and vegetables at the store, she could be talking about 2 children or she could be talking about all the children in the school; the audience doesn't know. They should have taken a survey to figure out how many children actually encourage their parents to buy healthy foods at the store.
There should be an effort from schools, parents, and the community to prevent childhood obesity. I believe childhood obesity is a growing problem in the world. The issues with eating healthy should be taught at a very young age and continue to be installed into people through their life. The school in the video does a great job in teaching children the importance at a very young age. I believe the video is intended for all ages. Due to the fact that is a news report, adults will most likely be the ones to see the video. The video explains that the healthy habits taught in school show up in the students’ home lives, when they go shopping at the store. The students encourage the parents to buy healthier food. The idea of eating and living healthy can be expanded to a larger group by more schools adopting this strategy. If students practice eating healthy through high school, their families will most likely pick up these habits as well. This will help solve the obesity problem in the long run.
I believe fighting obesity in young people should be a group effort. The young people need to be introduced to healthy lifestyles by parents, coaches, teachers, and most importantly friends. Once the young people are introduced to a healthy lifestyle it is up to them to stay healthy. Ultimately it is the choice of the individual to be healthy. The audience of the video is adults such as teachers and parents. The video blames the schools for childhood obesity. Unfortunately, the video does not use statistics to back up its claims but it certainly makes a convincing argument that childhood obesity can be thwarted by the schools. I think this is an issue that should be tackled by every school in the country. There is no good reason to be unhealthy.
I feel that since obesity is an upcoming issue in today’s society that everyone should be working to prevent childhood obesity. Children take on the habits of their parents and if healthy eating habits are not taught at a young age then their health could be affected in the long run. The audience in this video is other school districts along with parents. One example of healthy eating habits needs to be set for others to follow. The video shows how kids at school will come home with healthier eating habits and then want to buy healthy food when they are with their parents. This shows that healthy eating habits are attempting to being applied outside of school as well. Schools keep trying to put more healthier foods in their cafeterias however their other foods are still very unhealthy.
This video was amazing. I believe a combination of the parents, community, and the schools should all be involved in preventing childhood obesity, because the people involved creates a higher success rate. Healthy habits should be taught at a young age. I think the audience in this video is everyone. I think anyone who watches it should be motivated to change eating and exercising habits in their own lives. Childhood obesity is a major problem in America and should be dealt with. I don't believe the video puts any blame on on any group of people. Just to add, you can't blame the kids on being obese. Kids learn eating habits and only eat food that's provided for them. Stats on childhood obesity would have been helpful in the video. The evidence of healthy living outside the school can be shown at the grocery store when the children guide their parents into better food options. I think other schools should adopt the method to create a healthier and happier America.
I do believe that obesity is a big problem in America. Children’s eating habits form by what their parents feed them for dinner every night. Schools could help children fight this by offering them healthy food for lunch. This is not an option for a lot of schools though because a lot schools are trying to save every penny they can just so they do not have lay off any more teachers. Healthy food tends to be a little more expensive than mass produced “unhealthy” food. I do not believe that this is a program that could be introduced throughout the country because of this problem of finances. Also, eating healthy is not the only way to stop childhood obesity. Exercise is a major factor in staying healthy. It is ok to eat “unhealthy” food now and then if you exercise and be active. I believe one of the best ways to fight childhood obesity is to get children to be more active. Have them go outside and run around with friends instead of staying inside playing video games. This relies on parents to get their kids active while they are at home. Parents are a key factor in fighting childhood obesity.
Personally, I think obesity is a huge problem, especially in the US. I think it's great that schools are trying to help with the issue now, but I think if the parents aren't trying to help then it will never work. If they eat a health lunch but then go back home and eat junk food the rest of their day it will not do a thing. It is more on the parents shoulders to help their kids eat healthy until college, but once you reach college you're pretty much on your own. I think it's a good idea for schools to be serving healthy food, and to be honest, the food they showed on the video was a lot more appetizing than the food I had to eat in elementary school. I know that some kids though refuse to eat either fruits or vegetables. If they refuse to eat, then it really won't help them at all. Then it comes down to their parents. Will they give in and pack them junk food, or stand up and pack them the food they should be eating. I know one of my younger brothers refuses to eat either fruits or vegetable of any kind and only eats meat. It kills his diet, and is tough for him to stay down on his weight. I think other schools should adopt this method, but I really think that it will only help the kids that are willing to try it and eat fruits and vegetables. The stubborn kids just won't eat and will have their parents pack them food to get out of it.
Obesity is not a small problem. It is an epidemic. People die everyday from health problems caused from being overweight, and it is vital that we act on this problem now. We need to start by teaching our children. It is not only the parent's job to teach them, but also schools and communities as a whole. I think it is the parents who are the most important however. Parents needs to teach children from an early age that too much sweets are bad, and that fruits and vegetables are much healthier. Childhood obesity is devastating for the kids who suffer from it. Aside from obvious health concerns, they get picked on and bullied. I believe that if schools continue to provide healthy foods and adequate exercise like the ones in this video, this huge epidemic will be a thing of the past.
Obesity is a problem that is quickly spreading throughout the country. This problem can really only be solved with the support of a mixture of the parents, schools and communities. AS the saying goes, It takes a village to raise a child. The parents are responsible for feeding their children healthy foods from early ages, as the children grow up and for teaching them basic healthy habits. The schools should be responsible for encouraging them to continue this habits and providing opportunities to continue these behaviors, through healthy lunches and exercise programs. The communities should also be working to fight obesity. One problem is healthy food is often much more expensive than junk food. This creates a problem for people on food stamps or limited budgets, because they can sometimes only afford the junk food. I think that incentives should be provided to encourage people in all classes to buy healthier foods.
Personally, I think that parents, the schools, and the community as a whole can make huge impacts on the younger generation when it comes to childhood obesity because when a healthy lifestyle is constantly reinforced, one is more apt to eat healthier. Healthy habits should be taught as early as possible because I feel that if you are raised up in a healthy lifestyle, it’s more likely that you’ll stick to that lifestyle. I feel that everyone shares blame when it comes to the obesity epidemic. Parents aren’t feeding their kids right and school cafeterias are making sub par food. Overall, I think that other schools should definitely look into adopting some of these methods in order to better the lives of the younger generation.
Child obesity in America is a growing problem that has serious personal and societal consequences. Fast food has taken a toll on children's health. Because of eating more and more fast food, child obesity is growing rapidly. It is also one of the primary reasons for what causes teen obesity. Parents, school and the community in general have a huge affect on childhood obesity, Parents must cook nutritionally balanced meals, virtually eliminate snacks high in fat and sugar, teach portion control, pack healthy lunches.
School is the most effective tool from my point of view, going to school and learning new stuff every day is very effective to kids at that age. Also providing healthy meals, mandatory fun related exercises sessions every day to eliminate the broadness of the long boring classes that might force kids to eat chocolates, candy, soft drinks between classes. Kids at young age have a lot of influence on each other wither they are learning bad or good habits, more than likely, kids usually obey their teachers more than they obey their parents so I guess schools should seize that by teaching the healthy habits. On the professional side, I think employers could have a similar program for their working employees for a healthier lifestyle.
I think this video is targeting other schools leaders that doesn’t have this healthy, learning system and the schooling system in general by providing live examples of real kids and how they are so passionate about eating fruits and healthy food every day . I think childhood obesity is a raising big problem in America and by adding statistics about childhood obesity will make the audience aware of something more touchable and real. I don’t think the percentage of fat kids is that scary but if you look at the bright side, controlling obesity in early childhood will eliminate related future health problems on the long run. I think other schools in America should adopt the same method of fighting childhood obesity so we can increase the percentage of public awareness and more healthy kids.
Children are not economically independent, they don’t pick what to eat but take what they have for most of the time. So what do they have? Probably are the lunches from school, dinners from parents and eating cultures from the community. Neither party can prevent childhood obesity by themselves; it is a result under the combined action of school, parents, and cultures. Perhaps the child just sticks with the fat genes he born with. To construct a good philosophy is definitely one of the most important things in one’s life, the earlier the better. The audience of this video would be anyone who cares childhood obesity. I’m not sure childhood obesity is a big problem in America since this video didn’t include statistics. I didn’t see the video is blaming on a certain group of people making childhood obesity happen. If we have to blame anything, then I guess it must be the fault of social development. Advanced Technology and high power of production makes people comfortable and becoming lazy. The idea of healthy school is great. It not only helps children to develop a healthy living philosophy but also affects their parents at the same time. There is one thing I do not agree with that all students are forced to do exercise which sometimes can be pretty annoying (personal experience).
I think parents and schools should be working to prevent childhood obesity, but that is only until the child hits high school. Parents more than schools need to work on this because the parents have more control over what the child eats and actively does at home, and learning healthy habits in school is important but only if they can be reinforced at home. This video greatly highlights the problem that school lunches usually aim to be healthy, but almost all schools give kids the opportunity to purchase pizza, French fries, cookies and brownies on a daily basis. Something I did like about the video is how it mentioned that kids are taking their newfound knowledge on nutrition home and making sure their parents purchase healthy things when at the grocery store so the kids can continue healthy lifestyles.
By watching this video, I can tell that this news channel wants to try to stop obesity. They show one school successfully providing healthy meals, snacks, and excercise time. However, I do believe that it should be the parents who should be responsible for showing their children how to live healthy. The schools can be a big help, but the responsibility is not their own. In a way, I believe this broadcast is blaming parents for child obesity. By the parents not stepping up, they show that the school had to instead. With that said, I'm convinced this video is targeted at parents.
I personally think that obesity is a big problem in the United States. To prove this though, I was hoping the video showed some statistical data, but it didn't. However, it still held a valid point. It's important for kids to live healthy, and someone needs to show them how to do so. By teaching children how to live healthily at a young age, they will take those habits into adulthood. I would love to see every school in America adopt this method of fighting obesity that NorthEast Elementary has.
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Well, I have many things to say about this topic, but I give the reader a fair warning, stop reading if you think you might be offended in any way towards obesity. First of all, obesity is not something that should be encouraged in our society, nor is it. Go to the store and pick up a Playboy magazine, what do you see? You don't see fat people, go watch a movie at the local theater and look at the people, for the most part, are they fat or are they skinny? No, the majority of us prefer to look at skinny people and we prefer to be skinny. I think when you are a child, it is more your parents fault, but once you get up to be about my age, I think it becomes on your own shoulders. They also say that people who are skinny are more likely to succeed in other ventures of their lives. Diet and exercise is the only way to that goal, since other procedures like Tummy Tuck and Liposuction are only "short term" solutions, and don't really change anything intrinsically about you.
I think that parents, schools, and communities all hold the responsibility of protecting a child's health. A parent cannot constantly monitor what a child is eating, so the school or community needs to step in and make sure he or she isn't supporting unhealthy habits. I think childhood obesity is definitely a problem in America because it causes so many other health problems. One of the main issues is that fattening food is much cheaper than healthy food, so obesity tends to be more prevalent amidst the lower classes. It seemed to me that the school got the community involved in the program as well, so that the lessons taught about being healthy in school could be carried on at home. I think more schools in America need to adopt this program, so that children can grow up and continue to make good health choices when they live on their own.
Through the video, the authority is trying to imply that bad eating habits is the main cause of childhood obesity and by launching this campaign in schools, childhood obesity could be reduced drastically. However, throughout the video there is no clear images of obese children. This could be a strategy to establish the perception that the campaign is successful. At the same time, the video seems to include (but is it?)opinions from the children (a.k.a the group that is affected most by the campaign) by asking them what kind of food they are given. But is that what the audience really need to know? Instead of showing the audience that those children know what kind of food they are given, the video should include the reactions of the children toward the new type of food. By ignoring those children's preferences on food, the authority is ignoring the negative impacts that come along with the "healtier food" (e.g. school phobia, malnutrition, depressions etc). To better persuade the audience, the authority should include the result of the campaign (significant drop in obesity rate?) and show how they solve the problem where most children would not like the "healtier food".
It is no secret that obesity has become a problem and focus in American society. The root of the problem begins at home, kids learn by example. Parents are the main cause as children grow up at home. Kids learn eating habits, whether healthy or unhealthy, from their parents. As children learn to get their own opinions and become more independent, like in college, this can cause young adults to develop unhealthy lifestyles. So, ultimately, you are responsible for you. This video shows great potential and has great points.... but I feel like this video is ineffective in actually making a difference. Sure, the video highlights one school that is making big changes (the narrative did say 12,000 schools across the nation). But making these changes are definitely easier said than done... It makes obesity appear less problematic, but it still exists! The video does make a valid claim saying that teaching healthy habits at home and having the children influence their parents' decisions can have a lasting impression in the home. This will take years, probably decades to make a big enough change because obesity is a way of life and changing lifestyles is no easy task.
Obesity is definitely one to the biggest problem for the current generation of children. In order to prevent childhood obesity we have to create an environment to encourage kids to eat healthy food, therefore it is parents, the schools, and the community’s job to influence kids to eat the food that is good for them. The video has send a clearly message the schools what they can do to help kids to eat healthy. The video has showed us that it is possible to teach kid to a healthy and balanced meal also maintain the health diet; one of the example in the video was after the kids learned eating healthy food in school, they are trying to encourage their parents to buy healthy food. If all the schools follow the healthy school program then childhood obesity will drop dramatically.
I believe that everyone in the community should be working toward preventing childhood obesity. Reducing and preventing childhood obesity means healthier future generations that will have longer life-spans. Children need to be taught at a very young age how to eat right and exercise often because what they learn when they are young tends to be the way they live when they grow up. If children grow up eating fruits and vegetables and exercising often, they are more likely to continue these healthy activities and therefore live a healthier life in the future. As shown in the video, after learning about healthy foods and trying different kinds of healthy foods in taste tests, children often encourage their parents to buy more healthy food resulting in healthier eating at home. If more schools took part in this program encouraging kids to be healthier I think it would really help the problem of obesity in America.
Everyone in society should contribute to preventing childhood obesity. Many people take offense to the constant focus on obesity, but in reality, obesity is a big problem. Obesity is a sign of unhealthiness. If children are taught to eat healthy from a young age, then they will be more likely to grow up healthy. Eating habits are extremely important. It is hard for a kid to switch from eating chocolates and sweets to fruits and vegetables every meal. If children are taught to eat healthy from a young age, they will be used to eating fruits and vegetables each meal and it wouldn't be a problem. However, this video does not do a very good job at convincing parents and schools to encourage healthy eating habits. This video is still in the beginning stages of the movement. Therefore, no evidence is given about whether or not this program will actually produce results. When the speaker is saying children convince their parents to buy fruits and vegetables at the store, she could be talking about 2 children or she could be talking about all the children in the school; the audience doesn't know. They should have taken a survey to figure out how many children actually encourage their parents to buy healthy foods at the store.
There should be an effort from schools, parents, and the community to prevent childhood obesity. I believe childhood obesity is a growing problem in the world. The issues with eating healthy should be taught at a very young age and continue to be installed into people through their life. The school in the video does a great job in teaching children the importance at a very young age. I believe the video is intended for all ages. Due to the fact that is a news report, adults will most likely be the ones to see the video. The video explains that the healthy habits taught in school show up in the students’ home lives, when they go shopping at the store. The students encourage the parents to buy healthier food. The idea of eating and living healthy can be expanded to a larger group by more schools adopting this strategy. If students practice eating healthy through high school, their families will most likely pick up these habits as well. This will help solve the obesity problem in the long run.
I believe fighting obesity in young people should be a group effort. The young people need to be introduced to healthy lifestyles by parents, coaches, teachers, and most importantly friends. Once the young people are introduced to a healthy lifestyle it is up to them to stay healthy. Ultimately it is the choice of the individual to be healthy.
The audience of the video is adults such as teachers and parents. The video blames the schools for childhood obesity. Unfortunately, the video does not use statistics to back up its claims but it certainly makes a convincing argument that childhood obesity can be thwarted by the schools.
I think this is an issue that should be tackled by every school in the country. There is no good reason to be unhealthy.
I feel that since obesity is an upcoming issue in today’s society that everyone should be working to prevent childhood obesity. Children take on the habits of their parents and if healthy eating habits are not taught at a young age then their health could be affected in the long run. The audience in this video is other school districts along with parents. One example of healthy eating habits needs to be set for others to follow. The video shows how kids at school will come home with healthier eating habits and then want to buy healthy food when they are with their parents. This shows that healthy eating habits are attempting to being applied outside of school as well. Schools keep trying to put more healthier foods in their cafeterias however their other foods are still very unhealthy.
This video was amazing. I believe a combination of the parents, community, and the schools should all be involved in preventing childhood obesity, because the people involved creates a higher success rate. Healthy habits should be taught at a young age. I think the audience in this video is everyone. I think anyone who watches it should be motivated to change eating and exercising habits in their own lives. Childhood obesity is a major problem in America and should be dealt with. I don't believe the video puts any blame on on any group of people. Just to add, you can't blame the kids on being obese. Kids learn eating habits and only eat food that's provided for them. Stats on childhood obesity would have been helpful in the video. The evidence of healthy living outside the school can be shown at the grocery store when the children guide their parents into better food options. I think other schools should adopt the method to create a healthier and happier America.
I do believe that obesity is a big problem in America. Children’s eating habits form by what their parents feed them for dinner every night. Schools could help children fight this by offering them healthy food for lunch. This is not an option for a lot of schools though because a lot schools are trying to save every penny they can just so they do not have lay off any more teachers. Healthy food tends to be a little more expensive than mass produced “unhealthy” food. I do not believe that this is a program that could be introduced throughout the country because of this problem of finances. Also, eating healthy is not the only way to stop childhood obesity. Exercise is a major factor in staying healthy. It is ok to eat “unhealthy” food now and then if you exercise and be active. I believe one of the best ways to fight childhood obesity is to get children to be more active. Have them go outside and run around with friends instead of staying inside playing video games. This relies on parents to get their kids active while they are at home. Parents are a key factor in fighting childhood obesity.
Personally, I think obesity is a huge problem, especially in the US. I think it's great that schools are trying to help with the issue now, but I think if the parents aren't trying to help then it will never work. If they eat a health lunch but then go back home and eat junk food the rest of their day it will not do a thing. It is more on the parents shoulders to help their kids eat healthy until college, but once you reach college you're pretty much on your own. I think it's a good idea for schools to be serving healthy food, and to be honest, the food they showed on the video was a lot more appetizing than the food I had to eat in elementary school. I know that some kids though refuse to eat either fruits or vegetables. If they refuse to eat, then it really won't help them at all. Then it comes down to their parents. Will they give in and pack them junk food, or stand up and pack them the food they should be eating. I know one of my younger brothers refuses to eat either fruits or vegetable of any kind and only eats meat. It kills his diet, and is tough for him to stay down on his weight. I think other schools should adopt this method, but I really think that it will only help the kids that are willing to try it and eat fruits and vegetables. The stubborn kids just won't eat and will have their parents pack them food to get out of it.
Obesity is not a small problem. It is an epidemic. People die everyday from health problems caused from being overweight, and it is vital that we act on this problem now. We need to start by teaching our children. It is not only the parent's job to teach them, but also schools and communities as a whole. I think it is the parents who are the most important however. Parents needs to teach children from an early age that too much sweets are bad, and that fruits and vegetables are much healthier. Childhood obesity is devastating for the kids who suffer from it. Aside from obvious health concerns, they get picked on and bullied. I believe that if schools continue to provide healthy foods and adequate exercise like the ones in this video, this huge epidemic will be a thing of the past.
Obesity is a problem that is quickly spreading throughout the country. This problem can really only be solved with the support of a mixture of the parents, schools and communities. AS the saying goes, It takes a village to raise a child. The parents are responsible for feeding their children healthy foods from early ages, as the children grow up and for teaching them basic healthy habits. The schools should be responsible for encouraging them to continue this habits and providing opportunities to continue these behaviors, through healthy lunches and exercise programs. The communities should also be working to fight obesity. One problem is healthy food is often much more expensive than junk food. This creates a problem for people on food stamps or limited budgets, because they can sometimes only afford the junk food. I think that incentives should be provided to encourage people in all classes to buy healthier foods.
Personally, I think that parents, the schools, and the community as a whole can make huge impacts on the younger generation when it comes to childhood obesity because when a healthy lifestyle is constantly reinforced, one is more apt to eat healthier. Healthy habits should be taught as early as possible because I feel that if you are raised up in a healthy lifestyle, it’s more likely that you’ll stick to that lifestyle. I feel that everyone shares blame when it comes to the obesity epidemic. Parents aren’t feeding their kids right and school cafeterias are making sub par food. Overall, I think that other schools should definitely look into adopting some of these methods in order to better the lives of the younger generation.
Child obesity in America is a growing problem that has serious personal and societal consequences. Fast food has taken a toll on children's health. Because of eating more and more fast food, child obesity is growing rapidly. It is also one of the primary reasons for what causes teen obesity. Parents, school and the community in general have a huge affect on childhood obesity, Parents must cook nutritionally balanced meals, virtually eliminate snacks high in fat and sugar, teach portion control, pack healthy lunches.
School is the most effective tool from my point of view, going to school and learning new stuff every day is very effective to kids at that age. Also providing healthy meals, mandatory fun related exercises sessions every day to eliminate the broadness of the long boring classes that might force kids to eat chocolates, candy, soft drinks between classes.
Kids at young age have a lot of influence on each other wither they are learning bad or good habits, more than likely, kids usually obey their teachers more than they obey their parents so I guess schools should seize that by teaching the healthy habits. On the professional side, I think employers could have a similar program for their working employees for a healthier lifestyle.
I think this video is targeting other schools leaders that doesn’t have this healthy, learning system and the schooling system in general by providing live examples of real kids and how they are so passionate about eating fruits and healthy food every day .
I think childhood obesity is a raising big problem in America and by adding statistics about childhood obesity will make the audience aware of something more touchable and real.
I don’t think the percentage of fat kids is that scary but if you look at the bright side, controlling obesity in early childhood will eliminate related future health problems on the long run. I think other schools in America should adopt the same method of fighting childhood obesity so we can increase the percentage of public awareness and more healthy kids.
Children are not economically independent, they don’t pick what to eat but take what they have for most of the time. So what do they have? Probably are the lunches from school, dinners from parents and eating cultures from the community. Neither party can prevent childhood obesity by themselves; it is a result under the combined action of school, parents, and cultures. Perhaps the child just sticks with the fat genes he born with. To construct a good philosophy is definitely one of the most important things in one’s life, the earlier the better. The audience of this video would be anyone who cares childhood obesity. I’m not sure childhood obesity is a big problem in America since this video didn’t include statistics. I didn’t see the video is blaming on a certain group of people making childhood obesity happen. If we have to blame anything, then I guess it must be the fault of social development. Advanced Technology and high power of production makes people comfortable and becoming lazy. The idea of healthy school is great. It not only helps children to develop a healthy living philosophy but also affects their parents at the same time. There is one thing I do not agree with that all students are forced to do exercise which sometimes can be pretty annoying (personal experience).
I think parents and schools should be working to prevent childhood obesity, but that is only until the child hits high school. Parents more than schools need to work on this because the parents have more control over what the child eats and actively does at home, and learning healthy habits in school is important but only if they can be reinforced at home. This video greatly highlights the problem that school lunches usually aim to be healthy, but almost all schools give kids the opportunity to purchase pizza, French fries, cookies and brownies on a daily basis. Something I did like about the video is how it mentioned that kids are taking their newfound knowledge on nutrition home and making sure their parents purchase healthy things when at the grocery store so the kids can continue healthy lifestyles.
By watching this video, I can tell that this news channel wants to try to stop obesity. They show one school successfully providing healthy meals, snacks, and excercise time. However, I do believe that it should be the parents who should be responsible for showing their children how to live healthy. The schools can be a big help, but the responsibility is not their own. In a way, I believe this broadcast is blaming parents for child obesity. By the parents not stepping up, they show that the school had to instead. With that said, I'm convinced this video is targeted at parents.
I personally think that obesity is a big problem in the United States. To prove this though, I was hoping the video showed some statistical data, but it didn't. However, it still held a valid point. It's important for kids to live healthy, and someone needs to show them how to do so. By teaching children how to live healthily at a young age, they will take those habits into adulthood. I would love to see every school in America adopt this method of fighting obesity that NorthEast Elementary has.
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