America is overweight!

I think one of the reasons why America is so overweight is because we are a fast pase society. We don't think about the decisions we make with food, we just think about what is the fastest and easiest way to get food. We eat out a lot more than we should eating at places like McDonald's, Taco Bell, or Carl's Jr. Another reason why we're so overweight is because our serving sizes with foods is much bigger than other societies. We have 62 oz. drinks for what we call "large."

I think our society being overweight makes a huge statement saying that we don't care about our health, as long as the food is some what tasty, fast, and convenient, we don't care what it does to us. Our culture likes to flash the television screen with weight loss pills that claim that they work and you don't have to change a thing in your life in order for them to work. I think that our culture makes it somewhat difficult for people. People think that they need to be a size 1 to look beautiful, which is definitely not the case. The more pressure our society puts on being thin, we can expect that in the future we will have even more overweight people. We have created so many different diseases because everyone wants to be thin. It doesn't matter how you get skinny, as long as you get skinny. Puke it out, binge, or get tummy-tucks.

I think parents can eliminate sugar, fast food, and fast and convenient living styles. Parents need to teach their children at a young age to eat healthy and to eat the right serving sizes, don't teach children to eat whatever is fast and convenient!