Healthy Food

By John Lansing

Healthy eating and healthy life. That is the topic of this article. As most of us are probably aware, obesity is a major issue in America today. Over 30% of the U.S. population from kids all the way up to older Americans have what doctors like to call a "little bit of a weight problem".

What is the cause of this? Do people simply have an aversion to healthy eating? Or is that our society has become too sedentary? Or is it a combination of both? The issue of obesity and health is a complex one.

Some of the factors contributing to this epidemic of enormous proportions is that today in society it is normal that both mother and father are working. This leaves little time with which to prepare healthy meals at home. Instead, parents tend to often opt to simply stop at the nearest fast-food drive thru window and pick up things such as burgers, fries and shakes, or other fattening foods.

This is on the one hand understandable, but it is also unfortunate. Millions of our children today are starting out so young with not a healthy life but rather an unhealthy life. We as a nation must do more and do better. We are Americans and we can do anything that we put our minds to. Certainly we can reach the goal of a better life and a more healthy life for our children - can't we?

Of course we can, and we must. Our future is dependent on it.