Health Issues Affecting American Youth

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Being overweight, being diabetic, and being diagnosed with high blood pressure, are all health issues that are affecting American youth today. Obesity killing the American youth slowly and at very age.(Add one sentence: Why is this important?)Many youths children consume sweets like candy, ice cream, soda, and tons of pastries. Junk food is highly consumed by children and they often prefer it over a home cooked meal. The cause of childhood obesity is poor nutrition, children are not being active, and children finding comfort in food.
Today, parents have less access to stores and supermarkets that sell healthy foods. The two closes grocery store is Publix which is 1.8 mile by a car and walking is 1.7 miles. (Add one sentence: how far