Essay On 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. So the schools that are trying to make their food healthier, they are doing it to make you healthier. Although people may not like healthy food, schools should give the students healthier food instead of junk food because the healthy food can make the children healthier, make them healthier as they get older, and stronger in their life. First one reason that eating healthy food can make your body healthier 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.

You want to eat healthy when you are younger because as you grow older you will continue to stay healthy. When you eat healthy you will become stronger, and healthier in general. People choose to eat unhealthy because they don 't care at all, but if people were to eat healthier at school, then they would have a healthier environment. We are eating all these healthy foods because that 's what is making you become healthier, and more confident about yourself. Schools should have healthier foods in their cafeterias, because they can make the students healthier, help them stay healthy throughout their lives, and help them become