People often put taste and convenience ahead of nutritional content when choosing meals. ... Teachers should spend more time on healthy eating, nutrition, basic cooking skills, and choosing nutritious meals. ... Emphasize the importance of students doing some sort of exercise throughout their lives. ... If children can be educated and informed about the importance of exercise and eating right, and can apply what they learn to everyday habits, then maybe the percent of people who are obese in America will drop. ...

• Word Count: 754
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The lack of parents" knowledge about proper nutrition, over eating, and sedentary life styles created an epidemic of obesity in school-aged children. ... I spent years working as a fitness instructor and learned a lot about nutrition so I hope this topic makes a sincere impact on my readers. Many parents lack basic knowledge about proper nutrition. ... Most parents I know don't understand the basics of nutrition, overeating, and the importance of exercise. ...

• Word Count: 1055
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It demonstrates that the country's finest are doing their part to keep fit and trying to show the importance of exercise. ... By having all of these fast food stands around in addition to our busy lifestyles, our nutritional choices suffer by making wrong choices and by eating what tastes good. ...

• Word Count: 808
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography

Kids from an early age are encouraged to like salty, sugar-laden foods that are high in calories but extremely poor in nutrition. ... But by eating healthier, not eating until we are uncomfortably full and exercising more, without insisting of how much exercise is necessary or what kind of exercise is most beneficial because the importance is to make inactive people active, we could lead to healthier living as it has been before without spending too much money on weight lost without any results. ...

• Word Count: 1212
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School