Processed food is a large problem in the U.S. Fast food, sugary drinks and candy are regularly considered as the motivating forces behind America 's child obesity epidemic, an issue for many people in the U.S, including child consuming processed food which results in an unhealthy lifestyle, leading to obesity and other serious diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease. Processed foods have become a terrible addiction in American diets, resulting in a major difficulty for many citizens of any age.
While child obesity is a growing concern among society, it is an issue that should be dealt with as to who is responsible for the obesity epidemic itself, and how we can approach to solutions that effectively promote an end the obesity issue by
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The increase in obesity is a problem predominant in some U.S. by involving government in doing their part to implement state regulations that could heavily tax the processing food industries, retail stores and entities promoting unhealthy food could help tremendously our society in preventing obesity.
A. To make healthier U.S. environment, the Government could enhance laws that tax processing food industries, retail stores and entities promoting unhealthy food, to help with the obesity problem in our society.
1. Local governments around the country—including Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Berkeley, Calif., among others—have started to do just that, “enacting laws that tax sugar-sweetened drinks and sodas at a higher rate than other foods and beverages. Sugary drinks are a logical choice. They’re a major contributor to daily American calorie intake—roughly 7 percent of all calories consumed—while contributing little to no nutritional value. Consider that an average 20-ounce cola harbors about 16 teaspoons of added sugar” (Adamy).
2. Statistic from UNC-Chapel Hill résumés that while the average American consumes 150 calories from soda a day, 40 percent of the population consumes 300 to