Problem
The current obesity rates in the United States are out of control! 34% of adults and 17% of children (ages 2-19) are obese. The World Health Organization has discovered that US obesity rates are the highest in the world. In Oklahoma alone, 30% of our residents are obese. Watch the YouTube video below and I want you to tell us in YOUR OWN opinion:
a) Why are the current US obesity rates so high?
b) Why are childhood obesity rates so high and why is there no evidence of these rates decreasing any time soon?
c) What could we as a society do to decrease our obesity rates?