America is fat. Alabama is fat. Alabama gets fatter. Although the first three sentences are harsh, and I admit that, they are also factual. A huge number of news stations, newspapers, radio stations, and other multimedia groups talk about the continual rise in the percentage of obese people in the country. According to an article in the New York Times titled "Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officals", obesity rates have reached 26.7 percent in 2009, raising the total amount of fat people to 72.5 million. And as for Alabama, the total reaches 30 percent along with nine other states.
However, there's a huge problem with Alabama having one of the highest obesity percentages in the country. Alabama is an agricultual state, meaning that in this state, farmers grow healthy food that is available first to the people of this state. What this says is that instead of buying healthy and state grown food, people in this state will by frozen foods that were probably enduced with chemicals and toxins. Instead of eating food that would be better for them, they would eat food that isn't? Something is very wrong with that.
Granted yes, obesity can be caused by an ample amount of variables. From genetics to disease, the list can go on and on. And also, eating foods that are bad for you may or may not make you fat. Still, when the obviously better choice could be right around the corner from a person's house, they will still choose to buy canned food.
This blog is here to point out something that is seriously wrong in the state of Alabama. It's here to find out why people don't take advantage of foodmarkets in the state when everything about them would benifit them. Better food, better health, and supporting the state's farmers,all accomplished in one trip to a local foodmarket. Yet still, it doesn't happen. I intend to find out why, and I intend to give every single last detail I come across in this topic.
Godspeed
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