Unhealthy School Lunch
Unhealthy school lunch is the lunch that contains approximately third of daily recommended values for nutrients which tend to contain ample of calories, fat, and salt. The most important issue I think is facing America today basing of unhealthy school lunch is obesity. Obesity is a condition of where a person gains much body weight which brings negativity to the health. Obesity in America is bringing students’ self-esteem low whereby a student cannot be able to express his or herself which lead many students in America to complicate with diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention stated that children and adolescent between 2 to 19 years old are estimated to be 17% who have obesity due to unhealthy school lunch. In America, health issues have been highly increased by the Unhealthy school lunch which has tended to increase the rate of obesity to the students (Luppino et al 2010).
The reason why I think obesity as an important issue in America is because students who consume a lot of food with fats can proceed to develop serious health problems in future. These health problems may include heart diseases, diabetes, and even cancer. When fats, calories, and salt are high, they tend to lower the intake of minerals and vitamin in the student’s body whereby a student may end up getting tired which can even cause low performance in his or her education. The body requires vitamins and minerals than fats so as it can function well without overweighting the body. When a student continues eating unhealthy food, he or she can suffer from unnecessary diseases because the body tissue is covered by fat and he or she is lacking enough vitamins and minerals in the body (Luppino et al 2010).
According to Luppino et al. (2010) obesity give student low self-esteem where a student is not confident which give sense negatively impact due to unhealthy lunch school. Obesity can potentially lead to consequences like depression to the student which is very dangerous to students because it brings negative impacts on growth and development. Obesity can lower social relationships of a student which is likely to lead to ultimately suicide. Obesity is considered as an important issue because students who eat unhealthy school lunch they never do sporting activities which they can help to lower the fat, salt and calories in their body thus building the risks of obesity in their body. Obesity is considered as an important issue in America because it results in disability and premature death to students who are taking unhealthy lunches in school.
Holzman (2010) implies that the first lady Michelle Obama is a person who also thinks obesity is an important issue that is brought by unhealthy lunch in schools. The first lady Michelle Obama has come up with five pillars which are showing how obesity important issues to her. These five pillars comprise of empowering parents and the guardians, creating a healthy start for education, providing health food in schools, improving access to affordable food and increasing physical activity. These pillars are helping very resident in America to play part in reducing the obesity in the country. The Michele think obesity as an important issue in America because approximately 17% of children and 30% of adults are currently considered as obese who are at a high risk of health which is focusing on empowering parents and guardians. Empowering of parents and guardians will create awareness of improving the healthy food and therefore minimize the risk of obesity to both children and adults.
Michelle also thinks obesity is an important issue because the government is allocating billion of dollars so as to prevent the obesity in America. Finance which is allocated by the government on obesity will enable to create a health start of education which will help to lower the risks of obesity to the students. According to Michelle, she thinks obesity is an important issue since it made most of America residents to remain poor due to the process of curing and preventing the rate of obesity. By the dollars that have been allocated by the America government, it will be easy to provide healthy food in the schools so as to reduce the obesity to the students. Michelle Obama thinks obesity as an important issue because the healthy food is sold at a high amount whereby many people are not affording to buy due to lack of finance. The first lady Michelle Obama has come up with a pillar of improving access to affordable food which will enable many people to buy at a low rate cost hence obesity will lower in the America (Holzman, 2010).
The government is doing something about obesity issue for the reason given that the government has allocated billion of dollars so as to prevent obesity. Also, the federal government has come with rules and regulations that are to be applied to school lunches in order to minimize the rate of obesity to school amongst the student who are taking unhealthy lunches. These rules and regulations are making sure that healthy lunches are available in schools this shows that the government is doing something on this important issue. The federal government has taken an important role in launching a campaign in America as a major way of improving the prevention and treatment of obesity (Gortmaker et al., 2011).
According to Gortmaker et al. (2011), government policies have implemented wide range programs of developing clinical guidelines, nutrition labeling of healthy foods, and education of social market among others. These programs are helping to fight obesity in schools and even in the whole country as well. Another reason that shows that government is doing something about obesity issue is bringing programs of Weight-Control Information Network. Weight-Control Information Network mission is providing the evidence that is based on information about obesity and also gives a way to control the weight.
My recommendations for getting other people in our country aware that obesity is such an important issue is by developing community programs of combat obesity. By developing these programs it will be able to help people who are away from obesity in a way such that ensuring obesity prevention. Another recommendation for making people in our country to be aware of obesity is by advertising the prevention of the obesity all over the country so as to make people be aware. Organizing development and training to the people in my country is another recommendation which can help me to create awareness of and prevention and cure of obesity. By creating campaigns in schools can bring awareness of prevention and cure of obesity hence saving many lives of students who are aware of this important issue.
References
Gortmaker, S. L, Swinburn, B. A, Levy, D., Carter, R., Mabry, P. L., Finegood, D. T., Huang, T., Marsh, T. & Moodie, M. L. (2011). Changing the future of obesity: science, policy, and action. Lancet. 378:838–847
Holzman, D. C. (2010). White House proposes healthy food financing initiative. Environ Health Perspect. 118:156
Luppino, F. S., et al. (2010). Overweight, obesity, and depression: a systematic review and meta- analysis of longitudinal studies. Archives of general psychiatry 67(3), 220-229
