Argumentative Essay On Childhood Obesity

Wherever I may venture in this great democracy of ours, I am surrounded by the appearances of my fellow corpulent Americans who simply cannot complete the tasks and situations that our daily lives demand. It is nearly impossible, for example to enter a classroom on the first day of school, without the sight of a shapeless mass chipping away at his finger nails not sure if he will be able to squeeze into the horrid combination of the chair and desk. Nearly after countless trials of trying to get his two-ton body into the constricting seat, his efforts are proven to be lucrative. Mounds of sweat that drip from the underarm region of his shirt are revealed to the other twenty-five pupils that have been judging the rotund boy. He was practically
Obesity, the sad condition brought about by the excessive indulgence of food consisting no nutritional value causes painful sights on the streets of our cities, which will soon become the norm of society. Not only does this parasite known as obesity create pity, but it is also linked to nearly the ninety chronic diseases most of which are fatal. I have been informed by a very knowing physician that since 1980 the rate of obesity in children and adolescents has almost tripled. Along with these heinous facts, America’s international image has been minimized from a country raised from the ashes with freedoms and civil liberties, to a now disgraceful icon of a fat child eating a battered and deep fried stick of butter at a carnival. Twenty years prior, none of the states had an obesity rate above fifteen percent. Today there is an astounding forty-one states with obesity rates that are above thirty percent. As someone so loyal to this country as myself, I recognize that I alone am unable to solve this dilemma through my own actions. However, I must have the support of