Aow #8: Stand Up for Your Health

We live in a country that almost has one of the highest obesity rates out there. All Americans do is eat junk food and not worry about their health for the future.It has got so bad that obesity is considered a disability, you actually get a check for being overweight.Technology today has caused obesity to start rising fast because no one wants to go outside and play anymore, they would rather be trapped indoors playing video games or watching television, slowly watching their life disappear.American people are so lazy anymore, there are so many obese people who just sit on their butt all day and eat, most don’t even exercise or even have a job.People wonder why they have so many health problems or why they gain so much weight, well maybe if they would get up off their butts and exercise a little bit everyday then they would not have so many health problems or be so fat and out of shape. I hear many kids and adults complain about their weight, but not one of them exercise or have a job that requires moving. I am sorry but sitting around all day playing video games and eating tons of food is not going to get you anywhere in life besides straight to your grave.People who do not exercise and eat excessive amounts of junk food have a higher risk of getting diabetes and cancer. It is a proven fact that people who exercise and have a job that requires moving your body will live longer than people who sit on their butt all day.I understand that we need to be exercising more often but according to this article we should be standing to do everything we do in our everyday life, I think that's a little to extreme, that's like practically saying we should stand while we use the bathroom. Levine says, “I want us to have to find excuses to be sitting down”(Park 2). That is a little ridiculous and to the extreme. I don’t care what that guy says no one is going to listen to him. I know the obesity rate is high and people are definitely lazy, but it should be our choice if we want to be skinny and healthy or obese and lazy.

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