Essay On Eating Healthy Food

Why do people choose to eat unhealthy? What is the point of eating healthy foods? People this year have been lacking in their health, and they are starting to become more and more lazy on the foods that they eat. Today, people are putting all that sugar into their bodies and not knowing what this food is doing to their health. The schools should try to make students healthier by serving better options. Although people may not like to eat healthy food, schools should give the students healthier food instead of junk food because the healthy food can make the children stronger, feel better, and live longer. First one reason that eating healthy food can make your body healthy, is because your body functions on healthy parts of the foods that you eat. For example, if you choose to eat sugar this can lead to obesity, weight gain, and an unhealthy body type. In the article “Obesity Facts” it states, “The Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage children and adolescents to maintain calorie balance to support normal growth and development without promoting excess weight gain. Energy imbalance is a key factor behind the high rates of obesity seen in the United States and globally,”(CDC,1). Another good article is “Junk Food Axed From Schools” it states that

You want to eat healthy when you are younger therefore as you grow older you will continue to stay healthy in general. People choose to eat unhealthy because it may be convenient or possibly cost less. If people were to eat healthier at school, then they would have a healthier environment. Being healthy may lead to more confidence in yourself. Schools should have healthier foods in their cafeterias, because it makes the students healthier throughout their lives, which may provide more strength and energy as well increase their life