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Do you think childhood obesity is because schools are built too close to the fast food strips of towns? |
At my high school just outside of Cleveland, our towns fast food strip area, with all the big ones like Taco Bell, Hardees, McDonald's ect, are less than a 5 minute walk from our school. I can actually see those big tall signs like the big M from one of my classrooms. At lunch break, basically the whole school just goes to the fast food part, and it gets so busy because there is catholic high school just near us, and all there kids get off at the same time as us for lunch. I seriously don't even know why we have a caf in our school since it's like so empty at lunch. Our school is big so it's split into two lunch breaks, period 3 for grades 9/10 and 4 for 11/12. I know as a fact that the caf is just as empty on both breaks. So do you think this is why kids are so over weight? Because schools are too close to the fast food joints? no, first off if the school made it policy that all the kids eat on campus then it wouldn't matter where the fast food joints were.. next.. that 5 minute walk to the fast food joints is more exercise than most kids get in this nation on a daily basis.. also how are kids buying that fast food? it's not like the majority of highschool kids have a job.. so where is that money coming from.. oh wait, that's right. it's the parents... I'm not saying that fast food joints are helping the problem.. but, especially at a young age, kids don't just magically appear at them.. parents are taking their kids to these places or are buying other junk food for home because it is more convenient.. couple that with the fact that kids aren't spending much time outside playing sports and what not anymore, instead they are watching TV, playing on the computer and playing video games... it's no wonder some states are reporting as much as 40% of their children in the at risk or overweight categories...fuk u not really...i wold cos they watch too much tv and get lazier...they should be spending more time playing...when does one get FAT...when the amount of food taken in is more than food burnt...if they dont burn the food they r going to get fat doesnt matter what they eat dont over catigorize........maybe people in your school are fat...but not at my school we arent even allowed out of the building.......so no i dont think those two connect. fast food places now have less fattening items on their menus you can choose from. i think the problem is mostly from lack of excercise. parents don't help either by their own diets and sedentary lifestyles. a student like yourself needs to decide to be healthy and act accordingly. it is much more fun to go thru life in good shape and energetic than to be a fat lazy slob. no i do NOT! it is bcuz gardins are leting their kids eat stuff like that |
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