a picnic. I chuckled a little to myself and glanced at my friend who was similarly

giggling. I felt guilty for it and at the same time I was thinking to myself, “What’s wrong

with this picture?” The children, five in all, were eating KFC and also had a huge plate

of fudge brownies in the middle of the circle they had formed. Three of the five children

were noticeably overweight. I kept thinking that maybe fried chicken and brownies

weren’t the right food for the majority of the group. They should have been eating like

we did as kids; a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some sliced apples. But most

kids today don’t eat those foods for lunch, they eat fast food. The fact is that kids today

don’t eat healthy. They down more fast food than we ever did as kids. Most of the time

these bad eating habits develop due to parental neglect of nutrition. According to Time

Unfortunately for children they are often overlooked in the rush. A poll shows that 82%

diabetes. The disease was once called adult-onset diabetes, until so many children started

The unhealthy eating habits, that are becoming increasingly common with

A child’s deteriorating health and increasing weight are usually started by

because of the amount of pressure being placed on them. The health problems associated

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