The childhood obesity percentile is through the roof. Some schools do not feed the children healthy food neither does the parents. Some schools feed the children processed and frozen foods such as previously frozen chicken nuggets. Some school should be think about feeding the children more healthy food like fresh fruit and salads. Also they should be feeding the children prepared meals such as entrees with fresh veggies, not previously frozen food, that all they have to do it pop it in the oven.

Some parents do not know the word NO to their kids, so they let their kids gorge into fast and unhealthy foods such as pizza and hot dogs. This happens for one of the two reasons they are spoiled and always get what they want or when parents try to correct their kids, the kids act like they run the parents. Some kids eat while laying in bed and watching tv with no physical activity, but picking up their food, chewing, and flipping the remote. Now come on you cannot get a work out like that. All parents and school should enforce physical activity especially parents. Kids can be more active in their lives simply doing chores around the house or going out for a walk. If parents are committed to their obese child losing weight, then the whole family should help by eating right and doing more physical activity together.

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