This is only the rough draft but I would really like for someone to give me their opinion on it and maybe tips if it is bad. ~thanks~

Dear Editor,

Why are teens obese? Is it the teens fault or the parents? I think that it’s the teens fault for making the wrong choices. I also think that they don’t get enough exercise. Sometimes, obesity is not the teens fault. Obesity can be hereditary by disorders or bad habits from other family members.

In my opinion, it is the teens fault for making the wrong food choices. For example, a hamburger and French fries over grilled chicken salad with baked French fries instead of deep fried. Even what people drink can be bad for them now these days, even if they don’t know it. For example, drinking pop over drinking water. It is recommended that each person should have at least 8 glasses of water a day. The average teens get maybe 2 glasses a day. On the other hand, some teens will blame their parents for their own bad choices by saying they only buy junk food but I think that the parents aren’t forcing them to eat the unhealthy and even if there is some junk food in the house they should eat it in moderation instead of just pigging out.

Another reason why teens are obese could be that they are not exercising at all or enough. After school, extracurricular activities, homework, and maintaining a social life, most teens are tired and don’t want to exercise or be active. They just want to be lazy and relax after a long, stressful day. They feel lazy and unmotivated to do any type of physical activity so; most teens play video games, watch television, or go on the computer. They don’t realize what they are doing to their health. They can’t blame their parents for this because if they exercise or not is all on them.

Some teens are obese because of hereditary or family habits. They could be learning bad habits from their parents such as the way they make certain food or how much sugar they use to make tea or Kool-Aid. I believe that children and teens pick up certain habits from their parents such as how much they exercise if they do at all affects the way a child or teen would feel about exercising. It could also be from thyroid disorders where they can’t help their weight, but I’m pretty sure that this is not the reason for all American families. I guess it is the parent to blame for the family habits because when they’re little and don’t know better and they feed them unhealthy food and they think it is okay until they are fat and wondering what happened. I think schools should teach children when they are young so they can avoid being overweight to save their health and the self esteem problems that might come from being heavier than others.

All in all, I think that it is the teens fault for being obese and not the parents. First, I think that their food choices have a lot to do with being overweight. Second, I think that exercise has a big part in being heavy. Lastly, I think that it is not the teens fault for being overweight if they have a medical disorder or if they’re parents fed them a lot of junk food when they were kids but they still have no excuse for being big now that they are older and know about exercising and eating healthy.

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