After researching childhood obesity in public schools the last few months I have really learned a lot. I first had to learn how to use the school database and the internet to find information on my topic. After some time and some help I have made it to the end though and could not be happier with the blog topic I chose. It is an issue that hits very close to home having two young children of my own, one of whom goes to public school and the other only a couple years away. Although I am not very happy with my results I found, I am still upbeat that changes are on the way.
Overall my research has proven to me that public schools do play a major role in childhood obesity with their lack of nutritious meals, lack of daily exercise and sales of high calorie snacks and drinks to our children for their monetary gain. I think what the schools don’t understand is that unhealthy children will become unhealthy adults one day, who will end up costing more money than they could ever imagine by making medical insurance go up and disability benefits and social security go down.
Also children learn behaviors at such a young age and living a healthy and nutritious lifestyle should be on the top of our list. What these children learn at such a young age will become a part of who they our later in life. Let’s give each child a good beginning and a look towards a brighter and happier future.
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