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My Opinion: Who's fault is childhood obesity? Part one- Children
Often an argument with my friends, who is the person responsible for childhood obesity? For one thing the idea of placing the blame on someo...
Often an argument with my friends, who is the person responsible for childhood obesity? For one thing the idea of placing the blame on someone is a hard task, in this case it's almost impossible.
I previously talked about if the child can be held responsible for its weight, now I'm going to address the role the parents play. Surely they can be held accountable due to the fact that they are feeding their children this junk food, or can they?
One key argument that I want to bring up is that Healthy food cost more, it's a well know fact. Those on benefits and in lower paying jobs often can't afford to spend the extra money and so end up obese, with obese children. Then is it really their fault or is it the super market and governments fault.
You can argue that eating healthy is only around $1.50 a day, however over the course of a year this accounts to $550. Some parents just can't afford to spend this amount on food, when they can buy less healthy food for a much smaller price, even if they sacrifice their health.
Another factor that must be brought into the equation is that throughout the day, most parents cannot control what their children eat thought the day, unless the children have a lunch from home, in school children can usually pick their own lunches.
School lunches are not stereo-typically healthy and so may have a profound affect on the children who eat them.
However parents are to blame when it comes to getting their children into the habit of eating unhealthily, parents often give in to children when they are younger and let them eat extremely unhealthy food. Parents are also to blame for not teaching their children how to cook, this means that in later life many children instead of cooking will order takeaways and eat a restaurants, Both of which contain around three times as many calories as home cooking.
Parents need to learn to not give into their children when they want to eat unhealthy food, parents need to learn to stand their ground because not giving their child unhealthy food will benefit both parent and child in later life.
Over all I think the issue is neither parent nor child's fault completely, however both play a part, The next part will address the issue, supermarkets and schools create for obese children.
I previously talked about if the child can be held responsible for its weight, now I'm going to address the role the parents play. Surely they can be held accountable due to the fact that they are feeding their children this junk food, or can they?
One key argument that I want to bring up is that Healthy food cost more, it's a well know fact. Those on benefits and in lower paying jobs often can't afford to spend the extra money and so end up obese, with obese children. Then is it really their fault or is it the super market and governments fault.
You can argue that eating healthy is only around $1.50 a day, however over the course of a year this accounts to $550. Some parents just can't afford to spend this amount on food, when they can buy less healthy food for a much smaller price, even if they sacrifice their health.
Another factor that must be brought into the equation is that throughout the day, most parents cannot control what their children eat thought the day, unless the children have a lunch from home, in school children can usually pick their own lunches.
School lunches are not stereo-typically healthy and so may have a profound affect on the children who eat them.
However parents are to blame when it comes to getting their children into the habit of eating unhealthily, parents often give in to children when they are younger and let them eat extremely unhealthy food. Parents are also to blame for not teaching their children how to cook, this means that in later life many children instead of cooking will order takeaways and eat a restaurants, Both of which contain around three times as many calories as home cooking.
Parents need to learn to not give into their children when they want to eat unhealthy food, parents need to learn to stand their ground because not giving their child unhealthy food will benefit both parent and child in later life.
Over all I think the issue is neither parent nor child's fault completely, however both play a part, The next part will address the issue, supermarkets and schools create for obese children.