28 September 2011
The average American lacks a healthy lifestyle, and there are three reasons why. One of the reasons is that Americans have bad eating habits. Unhealthy eating is becoming worse and worse in the American society. They would benefit and help create a better lifestyle from eating healthier. Another reason is the lack of exercise, more Americans should exercise. It would help lower the obesity level that is so high in this nation. The average American should take in 2,000 calories per day but most of them take in many more. The third reason that creates an unhealthy lifestyle for the average American is smoking and drinking. Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer and creates many other problems. Drinking also has many problems that come along and creates unwanted weight. These three reasons are the main problems the average American has that create an unhealthy lifestyle.
Americans do not eat healthy for example; the average person in America drinks 526 12 oz. sodas per year, that's 1.5 cans each day. If you were to substitute that with water you would cut 6,000 calories per month. That's just the beverage that goes with your food! The main meals contain a lot more calories than the side order of a soda. Like a Big Mac from McDonalds with some fries that most Americans eat. It's packed with calories, fats, and sodium. It is extremely unhealthy but most Americans are on the run and they will, "drive thru" to pick up one of these junk food meals. The serving size that the fast food industry feeds has more than tripled since the 1970s. Americans would benefit from smaller serving sizes of good food. Americans spend over $140 billion on fast food each year. If they spent their money on organic foods instead of these junk food meals, their diets would be much better.
What would help the average American's health tremendously is exercising. Even if someone is eating unhealthy fast food but exercising also it would help cut down some of those...
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