Paper 1

Obesity is a very big problem in America, which we all face every day. Some of us know what is good to eat and others don’t have a clue. Unhealthy food can be accessed everywhere we go, we are practically surrounded. It is has even made its way to our schools. There is no escape, unless you know what is on your plate and what is in it, you can and will put your health at risk.

Unhealthy foods are not only in fast food restaurants, but they are on the streets and are making its way to our schools. There is many schools’s cafeteria that serves a heaping amount of junk food. One would think that these schools don’t care about their students the students’ health. The average school lunch menu consists of more or less the average cheeseburger, pizza, and French fries. There is so much of these foods and absolutely nothing healthy. There should be a menu of vegetables and fruits.

Young children are the ones that are drawn to fast food because of the way it’s portrayed on the media. A lot of the commercials such as McDonalds, Burger King, and many more, are designed especially to lure in the kids. These commercials tend to add attractive colors, animations, and the thing that kids love the most, toys. Not only do the people in the commercials appear happy, they are also all very slim and fit. The daycare's that toddlers stay at should start off the kids lives good with a healthy meal and a lot of fruits and vegetables so that they can get off to a good start.

Colleges aren’t as bad with the food as people would think. The food isn’t the best, but it definitely isn’t the worst. There are some healthy foods such as salads and fruits which actually taste good. People actually eat the healthy foods in college because they are food educated. There are food classes available that aren’t in high school; it is as if the schools want the students to be unhealthy until they reach college. There should be food class in all schools starting from elementary to college.

It is hard to understand why America has such a number of obese people, because it would seem all we have to do is eat healthy but it’s not that easy. If the government really cared, there would be a law passed to not only educate people on how to eat healthy but to also make organic foods cheaper and more affordable. That is a big reason why most people rather eat a cheeseburger rather than a carrot, because the junk food is so cheap while all the organics are really expensive. In the schools, the organic foods should be cheaper than an order of small fries. If the people who are in charge really cared, they would make things better for us and make healthy food cheap and make it easy to access!