The theme I chose at the beginning of this semester was food. Almost every article I have looked at has talked about how we, as a country, can reduce the amount of fast food we consume and what we can do about childhood obesity. The answer is obvious, eat more fresh food and less processed food. While I was looking up topics to write about, I ran into a debate under the name of "What it Takes to Fight Obesity", and of course I figured it would say exactly what all the other articles I've read have said. But a comment from an anonymous reader said this:
"4) Give people incentives to work out and exercise. When people work
exercise, it helps manage blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. Doing so
saves money in health care costs. Perhaps make gym memberships tax
deductible. One health insurance company used to give people a certain
amount of money at the end of the year if they used their gym membership
a certain amount of times a week (the swipe card was the indicator for
it)."
An brilliant idea! Why have I never thought of this before? So this is what I will be arguing. The American government should be rewarding the people who are making an effort to become a healthier country instead of going on about what we can do to change. It's time to make that change.
Sounds great! Have you thought about how you'll approach the photo essay? Maybe something about different public service announcements promoting exercise?
ReplyDeleteAnd look for some stats on health care costs associated with obesity. (Of course, there's a moral case to be made as well.)
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