Reasons

In this blog, i will be discussing my hypothesis and argument of fact. My argument is that childhood obesity should be seen and taken care of as a health risk to america's youth not just as some social agenda. Some misconceptions about childhood obesity is that it is all predetermined and genetically coded. while to a certain extent it does have something to do with genetics several studies have shown that even genetically predisposed obese children can show signs of reversal and fully reverse obesity through exercise and various other activities. I learned that there are several ways to go about fighting obesity. From various appetite suppressing drugs, to lap band surgeries to just simply better dieting and good old fashioned exercise. One study I found particularly interesting would be one that tracked over 7000 children's height weight and BMIs or, body mass indexes, and showed that children that are of a higher BMI or called obese tend to maintain their size and habits up through at least the eighth grade. This shows that the aim of obesity reversal activities should be much earlier in life than we all expected. We need to focus on even a younger age group because of the predisposition one as after already being an obese child. I do feel that I need to find a few more article or look toward a more alternative way of getting information rather than just studies and scientific experiments.