| As more and more young people are becoming | | | | days were the best time of all, but there is a lot |
| obese these days, kids eating healthy is more | | | | to be said about how we ate and lived our lives in |
| important in this day and age than in any other | | | | general compared to today. Our parents were not |
| time in history. There is an obesity epidemic in this | | | | concerned with being our best friends or winning |
| country today that one health official called the | | | | any popularity contests. |
| greatest threat to our national security. Children | | | | It seems that today, many parents want to do |
| are having more health problems related to their | | | | just that, and the idea of kids eating healthy |
| weight than ever before, and proper steps need | | | | seems to go by the wayside. Because of that, |
| to be taken to reverse this trend. | | | | kids, and American kids in particular, are heavier |
| The fact of the matter is, it used to be that | | | | than ever before, and one study suggests that |
| parents made sure that their children were eating | | | | this may be the first generation that does not |
| healthy. When I was growing up, we had to finish | | | | have as long a projected life span as their |
| our vegetables before we could get desert, and | | | | parents' generation. |
| our parents really didn't care whether or not we | | | | The good news is that it is not too late to do |
| wanted to eat them. It was just something that | | | | something about it, and a lot of school districts |
| you did, and you did not complain about it or you | | | | and teachers are trying to instill good eating habits |
| went to bed hungry. | | | | into their students and explain the necessity of |
| Kids eating healthy back in those days meant that | | | | kids eating healthy to form good eating habits |
| kids ate what their mothers cooked for them. | | | | throughout their lives. |
| We rarely went out to eat, and when we did, we | | | | It is such an important issue these days that we |
| ate the vegetables at the restaurant we visited. | | | | get kids to start eating healthy. That is when |
| We hardly ever ate fast food until we were | | | | they learn the most and are the most able to |
| teenagers, and we spent our time outside playing | | | | establish proper eating habits that can last the |
| instead of in front of the television or computer. | | | | rest of their lifetime. We need to have the love |
| I really don't want to make it out like the good old | | | | and the courage to act now. |