Like following a healthy diet. We need to start making healthy food choices and keep your calorie needs in mind. It's also difficult for some Americans to keep track of their calorie intake due to the U.S. SNAP program. “That's what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. This is not a lifestyle choice where people just eat and don't exercise. That's because kids - and this is the problem with school meals right now - are consuming sugar, fat, empty calories - lots of calories - but not nutrition. (Colicchio) I have seen SNAP recipients at a grocery store or wholesale store purchasing unhealthy processed foods for their household. In conclusion, more than thirty-five percent of American adults are obese and more than thirty-four percent are overweight. Obesity affects seventeen percent of all children and adolescents in the United States. Nearly thirty-two percent of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. Which brings me to this question. Are you obese or overweight? Do you monitor the foods you eat? If so, do you understand that you are destroying your