Teen obesity

When I was a kid, it was fun! Always playing around and being active with not a care in the world, other then what I was going to play next and what was for dinner. As I grew older I became less active, I still ran around I was still playful but not like I was when I was 5 or 6. This is not just what happens to me, it’s something that happens all around the world, but no one seems to take the time to notice what is really going on behind the scenes. During an interview with one of the gym teachers, they told me
“its way to high, physical education would be better, but there needs to be more to it than that, technology is a big part of it all.” An answer that almost everyone would give, technology is becoming the best of us. To add to that, she said “fast food is convenient, but too convenient. Americans are taking too much advantage of what the new world is bringing. Their busy lifestyle is the best thing for convenient food.”
Statistics show that this generation is the most obese and overweight ever. In two decades the amount of teens that obese has almost tripled, and overweight adolescence has almost tripled in the past three decades.
After interviewing a family friend she gave me her point of view on the teen obesity situation. “A big reason as to why teens are becoming overweight are, inactivity, and watching too much TV instead of going outside and being active. “ As the interview went on, I asked her what she would do if her kid were to become obese, how she would treat them. And she answered with, “encourage them to get out and play, along with monitor what they eat and don’t let them get what they want.”
As the interview went on there was much more said about the newly arising problem that needs to be accurately dealt with now, rather than waiting for it to become a full blown epidemic. There was a lot more that was said, such as “I feel bad for those who let themselves become that big, no one deserves to be like that it’s a bad thing and no one should have to go through with it.”.
After getting the opinion of those who are middle aged, I thought that I would ask someone who is a teen now of average weight and skinny. They were interviewed together, I started off asking what they thought about teen obesity, they replied with “I believe that it is a problem that seems to keep getting bigger and should be dealt with fairly quickly and in a proper way without hurting anyone.” They were very serious about the topic and could tell that it was something that they both felt strongly about. Personally growing up thinking that eating is going to help you get over any pain that you have that is one thing that I have learned. And I believe that if you do grow up with a family like that then the chance of becoming overweight are very high. Teen obesity is not just a problem of eating, it’s from lack of working out and getting out and being active, along with the type of family that you grow up with. Genetics is a big part of this long drawn out problem. Besides obesity being a big problem in itself, it can lead to other more drastic problems, such as suicide, eating disorders and many more psychological problems. I asked those who are teens what they do/say when they see someone who is overweight walk buy and I got a big variety of things. Things were said like, “I point and laugh, I look at them and think wow… how they could let themselves get that big? I just stare; I can’t say anything because I am just in awe.” These things may seem harsh but everyone does it. Whether they did when they were little, now or they thought that, it’s something that you just can’t help but just look and be like wow. America has one of the highest obesity rates in the entire world. Stats have doubled even tripled in the past few decades, so if it keeps getting worse and always being talking about, why haven’t we done anything to help out those who suffer from this worldwide problem? It’s because most of those who are overweight don’t/can’t get themselves to do things to improve their health.