Obesity is so prevalent that the World Heath Organization has classified it as an epidemic. Does this not make people worry? Does this not make the politicians shake their heads and wonder what to do? What is the matter with our health care systems in the United States and Canada?
http://www.who.int/topics/obesity/en/
Read more on it at the above link.
MY SOLUTION
We all have our own ideas and methodology in figuring out how to solve the worlds problems. Here is mine.
Step 1 : Introduce junk food bans in all schools across the United States and Canada.
Step 2 : Revamp cafeteria food to be healthy and full of nutrition, not devoid of anything but fat and processed garbage.
Step 3 : Unless medically unable, incorporate physical education for 45 minutes 4-5 days a week for all students.
Step 4 : Revamp current health teachings to focus on health and fitness for life beginning in Junior Grades and right through High School making it mandatory and not an option.
Step 5 : Allow all families to write off gym memberships fully on their taxes, incentive for people to do it.
Step 6 : Pour the wasted tax payers money, the billions spent on surveys wondering if we like our government and whether we prefer coffee to tea and help low income families buy healthy foods.
Step 7 : Make a tax applicable to all junk foods around 20% should do it. This would include fast food chains as well where the entire meal contains more than the recommended per meal allowance of fat and cholesterol and sugar. This money would support the other programs.
Step 8 : If people require surgery or other weight loss programs like the one we offer here at Phoenix Bodystyling, for goodness sake, let them access it and make it easy for them to get funding to pay for it.
Step 9 : Enjoy a healthier world.
Now, maybe I am living in a dream world, but I really think that we are missing the boat. I know that I am no privy to all of the programs our current government is creating, but I also know that enough is not being done!! They are not putting this at the forefront of the agenda. While they debate on whether to increase parking fines, they should be wondering how to increase the healthy of obese Canadians and Canadians who want to get healthy, but lack the funds or support to do so. To our friends in the United States.......join on the fun and fit bandwagon, let's go!
A.J. McAlendin
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