:. Obesity

I look at obesity as an issue that I find to be sad but fixable. I feel that being obese is harder than being fit. I have never had a problem with weight because I played sports all my life and work out on a daily basis. Some people might tell you, well kids these days are lazy because their parents do not influence them to go out and be active, but I on the other hand played sports because of my own choosing. Everyone has the ability to make their own decisions no matter what their influences are. My actions never really pretained to what someone else was doing. Obesity can be prevented. Fast food chains appear pretty much in every town in America, but people have the choice to not be lazy and find better food than what is offered from those companies. Arkansas is ranked number eight on the list of the most obese states in America. There are fifty states, so I find this pretty sad that the state I was born and raised in is in the top ten most obese. Maybe if there were some restritions on fast food, and some law standards of how much physical activity a person needs to live a healthy live, then America would not be ranked number one out of the whole world having the most obese people.

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:. Pesticides in our food*

For many years now, farmers have been using pesticides or also known as insecticides to help kill bugs and other animals so that they do not destroy their crops. Pesticides are the most extensively used chemicals in the world today. They are also one of the most hazardous of chemicals to human beings. Even though these chemicals work in the fight for farmers to keep bugs from killing their crops, these chemicals also do more than what they are intended to do. These chemicals get absorbed into the foods we eat to where we can't just wash them off for them to be alright. Pesticides that get absorbed into foods have killed thousands of people in the long run due to the chemicals toxicity to humans. Before my generation was born, pesticides were not used as much as they are today. People naturally grew their crops and the only thing you had to do to them was wash them off. There also was the chance of bugs in the crop, but I believe that is a lot less harmful than a pesticide that is going to kill you. Don't you think so? I think scientist should come up with a better way for farmers to keep their crops safe from bugs and other things without killing people in the process. I rather get my nutrition with a chance of a little dirt or bugs than die for a little vitamin C.
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:. Organic Food

The majority of Americans only eat regular processed food. Over half of us do not think about healthier options. Most of the American people just think of food that sounds "good" or convenient at the time. Organic foods are a much healthier alternative to these fat and salty processed foods. Organic foods most of the time do not obtain GMOs. GMOs have been proven harmful to animals in many situations. Organic foods sometimes cost a little more than the unhealthy foods that people are inclined to buy but over all will help people live longer and healthier lifes. More people in recent years have made the switch to organic foods because of studies people have done proving that regular processed foods are unhealthier than these new organics. I am still puzzled on things such as: Why have all people not switched to organics when the facts of living longer are proven? What is keeping the food industries from switching completely to organics?
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