It is true that children in some parts of the world are becoming obese and unhealthy. I agree with the role
of the government in resolving this vexing issue. However, I also believe that the role of parenting and
school settings should also be emphasized.
Childhood obesity and children’s health problems should be partly blamed to the authority. We cannot
deny the fact that overweight children are of high chance to be vulnerable to numerous serious
diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, which poses a dire threat to the national growth of any
country as they are the future’s human resources. As a result, the authority should be accountable for
mitigating this problem. Take China as a good example, the governing body has been taking
action to lower obesity rate among children by organizing boot camps where children
arephysically trained to lose weight and take up daily healthy habit. This is because China’s
political activists are scared of the scenario that these overweight children will not be able to meet the
physical demand to join the army.
Besides the governmental role, parents and schools are also liable for their children’s good health.
Regarding the former, working parents nowadays tend to devote virtually their whole time to
working in order to ensure material well-being, which means that they may spend less time carefully
taking care of their children’s diet. Therefore, without supervision, children might eat unhealthy food
or lead a sedentary lifestyle. This explains why close parental care and control is crucial in ensuring
children’s balanced diet and healthy life. In terms of the role of education in teaching children
about health living, some schools inclined to place emphasis on theoretical subjects as math and
literature, and neglect the importance of physical education, which reduces their students’ workout
frequency. School efforts to promote healthy diet and engage students in physical exercises are
irreplaceable in tackling the problem of child obesity.
In conclusion, the government, parents and schools should all shoulder the responsibility
for protecting their children from obesity and unhealthy lifestyles.
It is true that
children
in
some
parts of the world are becoming obese and unhealthy. I
agree
with the
role
of
the
government
in resolving this vexing issue.
However
, I
also
believe that the role of parenting and
school
settings should
also
be emphasized
.
Childhood obesity and
children’s
health problems should be partly blamed to the authority. We
cannot
deny the fact that overweight
children
are of high chance to be vulnerable to numerous serious
diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, which poses a dire threat to the national growth of any
country
as they are the future’s human resources.
As a result
, the authority should be accountable
for
mitigating
this problem. Take China as a
good
example, the governing body has been
taking
action to lower obesity rate among
children
by organizing boot camps where children
arephysically
trained to lose weight and take up daily healthy habit. This is
because
China’
s
political activists
are scared
of the scenario that these overweight
children
will not be able to
meet
the
physical
demand to
join
the army.
Besides
the governmental role, parents and
schools
are
also
liable for their
children’s
good
health.
Regarding the former, working parents nowadays tend to devote
virtually
their whole time to
working in order to ensure material well-being, which means that they may spend less time
carefully
taking
care of their
children’s
diet.
Therefore
, without supervision,
children
might eat unhealthy food
or
lead a sedentary lifestyle. This
explains
why close parental care and control is crucial in
ensuring
children
’s balanced diet and healthy life. In terms of the role of education in teaching
children
about health living,
some
schools
inclined to place emphasis on theoretical subjects as math and
literature, and neglect the importance of physical education, which
reduces
their students’ workout
frequency
.
School
efforts to promote healthy diet and engage students in physical exercises
are
irreplaceable
in tackling the problem of child obesity.
In conclusion
, the
government
, parents and
schools
should all shoulder the responsibility
for
protecting their
children
from obesity and unhealthy lifestyles.