I read the article Obesity Rates Falling by Cameron Keady from the New York Times. This article is mostly about how in U.S. cities obesity rates for children are decreasing. Cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles are slowly succeeding in "their fight against fat" as Keady states in the article. Mississippi was the highest rated state for obesity in the nation. Keady wants the readers to know that U.S. cities are slowly making an improvement on trying to end obesity. Keady wants us to be aware that even though obesity may be a huge problem and especially for people at a younger age it is being taken care of, and we are trying our hardest to end it.
Keady wants the readers to feel knowledgeable towards the fact that child obesity is a big issue today in our world and even though it may not being moving quickly the approach to stop it is beginning. Keady adds in the article that from 1980 to 2000 the obesity percentage for children from the age of 6 to the age of 19 tripled. Obesity can cause diseases and extreme harm to the body and your life. In 2011 the Center for Disease Control and Prevention tried to arrange to get healthy foods in schools and food stores and so on. Little things like the CDC helped out on the U.S.'s journey to fight obesity.
I believe that it is very good that cities in the U.S. are making a movement to try to stop child obesity from happening so often. Looking at the statistics I think that the improvement we have made is very good. All of the different organizations are an amazing help to cities of the U.S. trying to decrease the rate of children who are becoming obese. It is dangerous for the health of these poor children so knowing that we are trying to save their lives is truly heartwarming.
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