Argumentative Essay

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

“Obesity is killing children in Mexico”

Mexico has become the number one obesity country. On January 25^th the president Felipe Calderon Hinojosa announced that Mexico occupies the first place in children obesity and adult as well. This problem has been taken as a serious problem because it is not only obesity which affects the country but the sickness and complications that it can cause. The problem has reached young people. Children are very deep in this problem. Forty percent of the children population suffers of obesity. Schools play a very important role for this problem. In schools a lot of junk food is sold, and it is not controlled by the authorities. In primary schools it is quite normal to see children drink sodas before even have breakfast, also they calm their thirst with soda all day long. There are some simple but important key points to avoid obesity among children, for example exercise in schools, and monitoring the food in schools.

Children are the future of Mexico, for that reason it is very important to instill good habits since their early age. Since obesity is a big problem in children we have to promote exercise such as: sports, hiking and things which involve physical movement in their infancy in order for them to continue with this life style all their lives. A good option to promote work out in children is in schools. Kids spend from 5 to 7 hours of their day in school, for that reasons children imitate what they learn and do in the schools. If we elicit students to do exercise and practice sports it will become a habit and the problem of obesity will decrease little by little. It is also important that schools monitor children’s health in order to know what they need to be in shape and how to overcome with this important problem. Exercise is not only the way we can improve health in children, there are more options to be in shape and not suffer of obesity.

Another important and not less important aspect we must take in consideration to avoid obesity is the food schools sell. Currently in Mexico schools there is no control of what students eat. There are too much junk food in schools and little of healthy food. This is an important aspect of obesity. Sodas, fried chips, snacks, and candies are just example of what children eat in schools. Instead of drinking sodas children must drink water. There must be water in the sodas machine and not only sodas. Instead of junk food kids have to eat healthy food. Schools must take control on this problem, and promote good habits on children’s food habits; this will help Mexico’s population to improve their life quality. When students have a healthy life they can enjoy easily their lives and their childhood.

Some people defend children with obesity. They say that they are free to eat what they want. They argue that children should enjoy their lives and not to worry about eating habits when they have to worry about being happy. It is very important that children enjoy their lives and their childhood but that is not the way they can enjoy it. Obesity becomes a real problem when children have it. It is not funny when they cannot run at all, when they cannot integrate to society because of their weight problems, and this refutes the point of view of leaving children being free of eat what they want. In order for students enjoy their childhood, they have to be healthy and not to suffer because of obesity. There are uncountable problems related with obesity, and we have to avoid them.

Obesity represents the forty percent of children population. This quantity concerns that Mexico is the country with more obese people around the world. The problem is very serious. If we do not want to be a sick and obese country we must start acting. A healthy country is a country with opportunities and a better future for our kids. It is very important to take control in this problem and act immediately to face the problem. There are several aspects we can do in order to promote good health such as: to do exercise, monitor the food children eat, and being reasonable that a healthy boy enjoys his/her life at its best.