“It is just staggering…this whole epidemic of obesity is sweeping across the country!” (DeNoon). More and more children are becoming obese as families are eating out regularly and food portions are increasing. There is also a great decrease in physical activity among children, leaving the excess calories children are consuming to be stored as fat (DeNoon). Dr. Tim Crowe states that obesity is “so serious that a group of children are not going to outlive their parents” (“Fight on Fat”). Furthermore, children who are obese are likely to be obese as adults (Torgan). Although childhood obesity may seem of concern only to a small group of parents, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about the welfare of themselves and half the population (DeNoon). We need to stop this epidemic to prevent health risks and social discrimination among many people in the population, and the best way to stop this epidemic is to prevent obesity in children. To prevent childhood obesity,......
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