It's Not That Simple

A Healthy Choice Posted by: Red, White and Blog
Although the arguments in her post are valid, there is another side to the argument. Unhealthy school food is not the only reason the youth of America today is obese, good nutrition starts at home. Let’s say that Congress passes the Child Nutrition Act and “greasy fries, pizza” etc… are replaced by healthy, organic meals and the vending machines are removed completely, this still wouldn’t solve the problem. If the kids don’t like the new healthier school food, they are not going to eat it, plain and simple. Younger students will start to bring their own lunch to school filled with snacks and sodas, and the older high school kids will go off campus to eat McDonald's, Taco Bell and other unhealthy fast food. This is essence counteracted the attempt to force the students to eat healthier. Then on top of that when the kids go home, they can eat whatever they want, mostly unhealthy fat filled foods. The Act in congress is too limited to have any real lasting effect of stopping childhood obesity. The real problem can either end or be caused by the parents. If the parents teach their kids healthy eating habits then the kids will be less afflicted with the chance of being obese. On the other hand, if they feed their children unhealthy fattening food, the kid will most likely follow that example as they grow, thus becoming obese. All in all, the Child Nutrition Act is not the answer to end child obesity, the task is much larger and in order to succeed parents need to get involved.

Oh Really?!

Government! Government! Government! What can we say about our United States government? They make us happy one minute and outraged the next. There’s a lot of hard work that goes into being apart of the United States government. Little do we “regular” people actually know what all our government provides us with.

When I was younger, I didn’t really understand what the word government meant. All I thought it was, was just a bunch of people arguing about stuff and never seemed to agree on anything. Now I feel that the government is one of the main powers in the United States that enforces major laws, protects states and provides help for our allies. Government comes in when we wish to establish laws for general policies and specific disputes. There are three different branches that make and enforce laws, in which they hold their own power. They center on freedom; freedom to be successful and to make mistakes, neither of which is currently supported but both are very important. I feel that people really should take time out to really understand why we have a government. Social security, military, retirement are just some of the thing the government provides us with. Present day, things haven’t been going well. We’ve been in a recession for about a couple years now and I believe that the government is doing everything they can to help us. It’s just sometimes we don’t understand the decisions they make. Everybody knows about the recent health care bill that was passed. Yes people don’t agree with the decision but isn’t it benefiting us at the end? Being a part of the government holds a big responsibility and a lot of dedication. Young people like myself, should take time out to pay a little more attention to our United States government.