I am writing to tell you about a very a very serious danger that is facing this country right now. Approximately 1 in 3 children in the United States are considered obese, or overweight. This is a huge problem. The rate of childhood obesity has jumped incredibly in the last 10 years and if it continues to do this then everybody in the United States will become overweight and unhealthy. The United States needs to become a healthier place. Right now we are unsafe in terms of our health. This is not good. This means that our current generation will be up too our ears is illnesses and medical bills when we are adults. People need to get into better shape and live healthier lifestyles so that they can live too a ripe old age.
For the first time in several decades, the average age people have lived to in the United States has gone down. The average age people are expected to live to has become a lower number than it used to be. This is bad because despite all the new medical technology we have, people are dying earlier. This is because of the lifestyles that majority of Americans have chosen to live. People are eating fast food as regular meals instead of on occasion. People are spending to much time watching TV or playing Video games and they are not getting enough exercise. As americans, we have become lazy, oblivious, and have ignored warnings about unhealthy things. People have no longer practiced moderation, which is never too much or too little of one thing, a good balance.
If people do not start exercising regularly and eating more healthy things, then America will be doomed and will become and overweight nation. Obesity is a huge issue and we need to stop it before it becomes any bigger. We need to start being a more health-conscious country and learn from the terrible mistakes we have made in the last 10 years. Insane diets that stress strange things such as no carbohydrates or only carbohydrates are not the answer to this problem we have developed. The answer is moderation(but not too much of it). If we practice moderation then we will get healthier and the obesity rate will no longer be an issue.
It is with great seriousness and worry that I warn you children of this danger. Your generation will soon be adults and your diet and exercise habits will then catch up with you. If your habits are not changed, then you all will end up and overweight and sick generation. I hope that you will listen to this warning and do all you can to prevent the obesity rate from increasing even more. Please do all you can to keep our country healthy.
good luck, and i hope that we succeed in this mission,
Michael
