Submitted by Rayonah Walker
My blog is going to be about the heath in the American society and how factors such as enviroment,low paying jobs, and poor education contribute to America's obesity epidemic.
Some may not know but the enviroment you live in plays a key role in the type of advertisements and food restaurants you encounter on a daily basis. The U.S Department of Health and Human Services has found that the obesity rate among poverty-stricken women to be 5o percent higher than it is among women of a higher socioeconomic status.Obviously with enviroment being a factor, because usually when you have a higher socioeconomic status you have the privelege in better enviroments.Enviroments where there are more than just corner stores offering you soda,tasty cakes,and processed food.Unfortunately the majority of americans that are obese are blacks and hispanics.Ethnicities that normally live in poverty in america do to the lack of the funds that would afford them a better area to live in.I personally feel that a majority of minorities are birthed into a society that infects them with "back of the bus syndrome".A syndrome that categorizes individuals based on their ethnicities and outter appearances and as a result limits them to certain priveleges in life or makes obtaining those priveleges in life harder to obtain.That's not to say inequalities aren't experienced by whites too.That's just to say that due to institutionalized racism in government from centuries ago minorities are still viewed as less than so society inadvertly treats them as such.I mean in most impoverised areas there are tons of fast food retaurants,corner stores,low in markets,and billboards for cheeseburgers,milkshakes and other kinds of unhealthy foods.While in upperclass societies there are whole food markets,salad bars,restaurants and billboards that are promoting healthy foods.
My blog is going to be about the heath in the American society and how factors such as enviroment,low paying jobs, and poor education contribute to America's obesity epidemic.
Some may not know but the enviroment you live in plays a key role in the type of advertisements and food restaurants you encounter on a daily basis. The U.S Department of Health and Human Services has found that the obesity rate among poverty-stricken women to be 5o percent higher than it is among women of a higher socioeconomic status.Obviously with enviroment being a factor, because usually when you have a higher socioeconomic status you have the privelege in better enviroments.Enviroments where there are more than just corner stores offering you soda,tasty cakes,and processed food.Unfortunately the majority of americans that are obese are blacks and hispanics.Ethnicities that normally live in poverty in america do to the lack of the funds that would afford them a better area to live in.I personally feel that a majority of minorities are birthed into a society that infects them with "back of the bus syndrome".A syndrome that categorizes individuals based on their ethnicities and outter appearances and as a result limits them to certain priveleges in life or makes obtaining those priveleges in life harder to obtain.That's not to say inequalities aren't experienced by whites too.That's just to say that due to institutionalized racism in government from centuries ago minorities are still viewed as less than so society inadvertly treats them as such.I mean in most impoverised areas there are tons of fast food retaurants,corner stores,low in markets,and billboards for cheeseburgers,milkshakes and other kinds of unhealthy foods.While in upperclass societies there are whole food markets,salad bars,restaurants and billboards that are promoting healthy foods.
Secondly,people in society who are occupying low paying jobs.Usually making minimum wage can only afford to purchase sugery treats, processed foods, low grade meets,and fast foods.Mainly because in our society we make healthier food more expensive to buy.As a result families in america with a low income suffer.I mean even children who attend schools in lower class neighborhoods suffer because if you attend school in that type of neighborhood usually your meals at school are processed cheap foods.Well if you don't believe me when I say enviroment,low paying jobs,and education are factors of obesity view the charts, pictures, and video below:
Now that you have looked at the charts displaying how poverty and obesity go hand and hand and have also wastched my video clips I'm sure you now have a better understanding of how obesity sometimes begins.But now my question to you is how can we stop it? Well I don't know about you but I think if we start by educating children in schools on healthy eatting we could prevent the next generation from being over weight. Also I think the government should pass an act that makes unhealthy food pricier and healthier food very affordable for all people. That way we'd have a happier, healthier, and more energetic society. Honestly with those improvements the world would be a better place.
LESS OBESITY AND MORE PROSPERITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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