Child obesity 'may harm thyroid'

Name: Dean (49712059)

Date: 11/12/2008

Article# 10

From: BBC

Child obesity 'may harm thyroid'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7762471.stm

My reaction:

The news is about the problem which the children in England suffered from obesity.

First, the problem has been bothering to the English society. Most children have a habit of picking food which means they eat a certain kind of food and rule out the food they dislike of their list. They choose the fast food because of the heavy flavour like salting, sweetie and so on. Therefore, chefs in schools or in restaurants provide this kind of meal to the children. That cultivates a bad habit so that they have less chance to absorb other nutrients and weaken their immune system that causes some kind of chronic decease such as high blood pressure, diabetes.

Second, because of the concept of time-is-money, many people on work prefer fast food to normal food. Fast food is mainly deep-fried; it requires no skill but some oil, then you merely take five minutes and have the meal. Therefore, it becomes popular. However, this kind of food is not healthy. A research showed that fast food like fried chicken, French fried provides five or six times of calories than normal food while being cooked. It is not easy to consume the excessive energy from fast food if you don’t exercise at least twenty minutes. In addition, most children like playing computer games instead of joining outdoor activities. Thus, they lack of a way consuming calories.

As a result, I think the cure depends on the government. If it forces schools not to sale any food exceeding too much calories, the situation will be better. (200words)