Original Editorial

     One of the main concerning Issues in the United States is obesity. In fact, according to the CDC an average adult is 26 pounds heavier now than in the 1950's. This may seem like there is nothing that the government can do to prevent or lower the rate of obesity, however the government have power that could help to lower obesity rate in the united states. You see, there aren't healthy places as much as there are fast food places. In these case, one hungry person will be convinced to go buy from a fast food place and since it's a closer distance and cheaper. Where I live in, I'm surrounded with lots of fast food places and requires a bit of driving around to find a decent restaurant that provides healthy meals. One of the big reasons that leads to obesity is the lack of information or education. This is where governments role comes in, the government can encourage schools to educate students well on the benefit of some healthy foods. The government could also force the fast food companies to show of the calories in their food because a lot of people don't know what they really are consuming. It's sometimes hard to blame the eater for being obese because we know even though schools teaches students not to eat or consume junk foods, they end up selling or provide junk foods at the school cafeteria.I feel like there should be an encouragement of eating more healthy foods. Schools and fast food companies should shoe the exact calories on the packaging of their food so people can be aware. For example, I know a friend who eats junk food regularly but always gets water for his drink because he is a afraid of the grams of sugar that was in the soda. This clearly shows that he is unaware of the information on what he was eating and didn't really care about what he was consuming because there was no label on the foods. Even though it is impossible for the government to make these companies stop operating, it can at least force these companies to provide labels for their customers. We may see a decreasing rate of obese people with these decisions and the government shouldn't be silent in these kind of situation.