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October 1, 2010
Teenage obesity on the rise yet can be easily prevented Simple solutions through choice of lifestyle and help from schools encourage teens to defeat teen obestiy By kat hall
teenagers to eat healthy foods. children should be taught healthy eating habits. Healthy alternatives this campus provides are salads and Teenagers eat unhealthy foods because they choose renched with grease—french fries, pizza, and preference over their health. This negligent choice can result fruit. Chicken salads can be purchased from the salad bar. Fruit can be found at the snack bar and the hot line. One popular food fried chicken cover the lunch plates of high in multiple pounds of fat. school students. Schools have a large amount of influence in a teenagers’ on this campus is chocolate chip cookies. Rather than indulging When given the diet. When kids reach in this treat, an alternative choice is a fulfilling banana. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories. Students should limit choice between an the front of the lunch apple and a piece line, they are bound to their caloric intake depending on their weight. Someone who of pizza, any kid find greasy pizza and is 150 pounds should consume around 1,500 calories a day. Teen obesity can be prevented. It can be reduced by getting would choose the pizza!” said Jessica french fries. Apple: 65 Calories, 0g fat. Landon, junior. Bunnee Vasquez, involved in physical activity. Students are encouraged to get Choosing the right snack has become cafeteria manager, involved in after school sports, according to Karen Horine, String Cheese: 50 Calories, 2.5g fat. the difference between living a healthy said the most popular badminton coach and P.E. teacher. Chicken Salad: 158 Calories, 8g fat. This season the school provides golf, volleyball, cross life and developing serious illnesses. meal is the spicy country, badminton, swim, and football. According to Teen obesity has increased over the past chicken patty, which Carrots: Calories 52, 0.3g Fat healthstatus.com, an hour of involvement decade and so have the risks. Watermelon: 46 Calories, 0.2g fat in these sports can burn around 315-973 According to Alexandria Bittinger, calories. junior, people are unaware of the “I like to play badminton, but I use severity of teen obesity. the conditioning to stay in shape,” said Being overweight can cause serious Zoe Kamman, junior. medical illnesses and conditions. When These after school sports are just a few diabetes and heart disease are talked Pepperoni Pizza: 250 Calories, 12g fat. of the many ways to stay healthy. about, it usually does not concern young adults. Poor eating includes french fries French Fries: 280 Calories, 31g fat. The other main cause, inadequate decisions can have serious consequences for a person’s health and bottled water. diet, is easily prevented as well. Parents later in life. When the menu Cheese Burger: 359 Calories, 19.8g fat. can stock their house with healthy snacks. According to militaryschoolalteratives.com, teen obesity is being created, it Chicken Tenders: 621 Calories, 42g fat. In addition, families can plan their meals has many causes. Such causes include convenience, parental is sent through a 30 together. These meals should include influence, food cravings, and boredom. day process. First, Banana Split: 510 Calories, 12g fat lean protein and vegetables. Schools can When students come home from school, their first stop is Vasquez creates the provide a wider range of health conscious the refrigerator. Many teens reach for frozen and processed menu and sends it options and provide nutrition facts foods because of convenience. Teenagers grab a bag of chips to the district food throughout the school. before they head off to their game. When they return home, service. The district Despite the causes of teen obesity, teens are responsible for they consume processed, frozen meals. food service enters it into a computer system, Child Nutrition, Another root cause is an inadequate diet. A teenager’s diet is which determines it’s nutritional value. This school’s nutrition their own food choices. When Brandon Nevarez was asked to choose between an apple and a piece of pizza he responded, mainly based off of their parents’ eating habits. Parents purchase fact chart can be found at the district office. the food that their children consume and from an early age According to Brenda Smith, nurse, it is important for “I’ll take the apple…”
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