The Obesity EpidemicMaria Mena is a second-year undergraduate student at Merced Community College pursuing her GED. After completing her general education, she plans to major in nursing. She is interested in nursing because she wants to help the sick and injured in a hospital or clinic setting. Nurses will help care for you whether they know you or not, and they are there for you in times of great need. Maria Mena is very determined and determined to surpass herself to achieve her goals. They include, but are not limited to, earning a college degree and earning your nursing degree. Then, it is also possible to move beyond regular nursing and specialize in pediatric nursing at some point. In this article, I plan to focus on a public health epidemic gripping the United States. It affects everyone, but those who suffer the most are children. . From infant age to adolescence. Children are affected by obesity because of poor choices made by their parents when they were young. Then later by the choices they make themselves. Due to these poor food choices, overeating and lack of exercise, these children will become obese at a young age. They will end up suffering from different types of illnesses later in life. Since what you first learn about good, bad, right or wrong choices, is taught to you by your parents. Tiffany Rush-Wilson says in her article The Crisis of Childhood Obesity that because of this health crisis, we know there is a generation of children. who are expected to live shorter lives than their parents. Obesity is defined as a condition in which a person's weight is more than 20% greater than that recommended for their height and age. Durin...... middle of paper ......body and mind in a healthy and functional state. Change is the most difficult obstacle to overcome. However, if we include small steps of change over a longer period of time, society will see that obesity can be overcome through diet, physical activity and mental awareness of the problem around us. Works Cited Gottesman, Nancy. “Generation Xl.” Parental School Years 266 (2012): 82-86 MasterFILE Premier. Internet. September 30, 2013Gottesman, Nancy. “Should I put my child on a diet?.” Early Childhood Parenting 27.3 (2013): 74-77 MasterFILE Premier. Internet. October 2, 2013Rush-Wilson, Tiffany C. “The Childhood Obesity Crisis: What You Can Do.” » Pediatrics for Parents 24.1 (2008): 3-5 MasterFILE Premier. Internet. September 23, 2013 Schwager, Tina. “Overcoming childhood OBESITY.” American Fitness 28.6 (2010): 18-20 MasterFILE Premier. Internet. September 25, 2013Note: The obesity epidemic