Healthy Habits

Another large problem most of the world faces today besides the coronavirus is the problem of obesity and other related non-contagious diseases. A major component of this is the availability of food as now products with more preservatives can be found cheaper than those more natural and organic products. This can also apply to eating out as well. A recent global craze has been that of fast food which has now spread internationally. These places have cheaper prices allowing everyone to get a meal but has little nutritional values. This issue that fast food places and major corporations create make it difficult to find healthier options whilst still on a budget which is difficult for those who can't afford the healthier alternative. 

The role of the internet in this global health crisis can be seen as a conflicting one. This is because in the past ten years work has been done to properly promote healthy eating and exercise; however, they are still overwhelmed by ads of fast food and videos of people binging on large amounts of food. These types of videos impact what people choose to eat and do in their daily lives and these videos mostly aim for the viewers of kids only worsening the problems in the years to come. Overall, this spread of poor eating habits through the internet is still a huge problem in trying to fix peoples poor eating and exercise habits.

In my life I have been raised by a health conscious family that could afford the healthier alternatives and now I choose those alternatives for myself. Because of this I have actually seen that now my roomates have adopted some of my health habits of eating food like this because I am the one that makes food. I do feel that it is more difficult on a college campus to maintain these healthy eating habits when it is so much easier to run to the closest fast food chain to grab food especially after a long day of classes. This can cause many people to simply do that which makes me see college campuses as an obesogenic environment. 

Here in the picture above shows the Panda Express in the student center.

As the the obesity numbers increase we need to take a stand in fixing the view of healthy habits in the USA and the world to fight this global health crisis.