Lately, especially since Michele Obama came to be first lady, everyone has been talking about eating healthier. Living in America, this can be hard to do. Go down any non-residential street and chances are you will see a variety in restaurants and fast food franchises. Some places are even open during times when you'd least expect; hungry for a midnight snack and craving chicken? Just drive over to your local Wendy's and get yourself some nuggets, as they're open until one AM.
This, dare I say it, new trend, is quite the big thing right now. Schools have changed their lunch menus to include a more balanced meal, and taken away desserts, or at least reducing the amount each student is able to buy a week. Go to a grocery store and you can now buy yogurt with protein, or orange juice with calcium. People have started to re-do things in order for others to start eating healthier, whether they like it or not.
In my opinion, yes it is important for people to live healthy lives. But in another perspective, people have always had the ability to eat healthy and exercise. People choose to eat what they do, and if they want to be fat... well, let them be fat. People just need more willpower to only eat the sweets a few times, rather than the green beans a few times a week.
I was recently talking to a friend who told me about a foreign exchange student who had complained to her that since she moved to America she has gained 10 pounds. That she said she needed to go on a diet... but that even going back to her country would be diet enough. We have so many foods that are unhealthy. In a lot of other countries, the abundance of natural foods they have and sell is a lot more than what we have. It is understandable why it's so hard to stay away from unhealthy food when almost everything around us is unhealthy and made to taste good. Just remember how good fruit and veggies taste, it will benefit you in the long run.(361)
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