As I have made the transition from adolescence to adulthood over the course of the past decade, I have also been able to witness first hand the steep regression this country has made concerning the eye-popping level of obesity. The astronomically high levels of overweight individuals in this country is depressing to the point where you really have to stop and wonder if there is any sort hope to amend the situation. Recent studies have discovered that approximately 1 out of every 3 Americans are indeed suffering from this constantly rising epidemic of obesity and that elevating our spending on technology is not helping at all. There is a flawed theory that revolves around the notion of spending more on information and communication technology in order to improve the habits concerning health in this country. However, a recent statistic discovered that for every 10 percent rise in what a country spends on information and communications technology, there is a corresponding 1 percent increase in obesity rates. That is nearly 42 million people in a developed country such as the United States ! How is this possible?
This type of research is extremely disturbing and if we do not begin to intentionally implement specific changes and modify our behavior, then who knows where our health will stand a decade from now. We spend far too much money, time, and effort pouring into other aspects of this country when in reality we need to start investing in people’s health before it spirals out of control. Not only is it unhealthy and life threatening to the individual, but collectively it generates an incredibly lazy atmosphere and culture that we reside in. Technology has the potential to be incredibly beneficial, however, as we continue to invest more money into TV’s and computer screens, the number of people that choose to sit as a result of infatuation with them increases drastically. What can we as individuals start to do in an attempt to reprioritize what is really important in life? There isn’t necessarily one answer to that question, but if we don’t start doing something soon we will undoubtedly pay for it down the road.
Josh T.
This type of research is extremely disturbing and if we do not begin to intentionally implement specific changes and modify our behavior, then who knows where our health will stand a decade from now. We spend far too much money, time, and effort pouring into other aspects of this country when in reality we need to start investing in people’s health before it spirals out of control. Not only is it unhealthy and life threatening to the individual, but collectively it generates an incredibly lazy atmosphere and culture that we reside in. Technology has the potential to be incredibly beneficial, however, as we continue to invest more money into TV’s and computer screens, the number of people that choose to sit as a result of infatuation with them increases drastically. What can we as individuals start to do in an attempt to reprioritize what is really important in life? There isn’t necessarily one answer to that question, but if we don’t start doing something soon we will undoubtedly pay for it down the road.
Josh T.
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