Pete Moye’
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With America’s health deteriorating, it is important for our college campus to promote a healthier alternative to fast food being served on campus. Too much fast food on campus makes for an unhealthy group of students.

According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one-third of adults and approximately 17 percent of children from ages two to 19 years old in the United States are obese.

This has become an epidemic and is increasing little by little each year.

It has even called attention to the President of the United States to inform the country about the problem and how we, as a country, can put a stop to it.

If it is such a problem, then why do we continue to encourage fast food restaurants to come and sell their food to students on campus? We shouldn’t.

People all the time complain about their weight and how they don’t look like celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston and Zac Efron. They complain about their love handles and muffin tops.

However, when it comes to lunch time, they go to the Student Center and order pizza, tacos, burgers and fries. Oh and we can’t forget the large Pepsi.

They do sell boxed sandwiches on campus as well as fruits and such, but only in the bookstore and the Elbow Room. However, there are three Frantone’s Pizza stations on campus.

See the problem?

Where do they sell chicken salads and vegetables? The only green that I see is the lettuce in a greasy, fatty, Taco Bell taco or the greasy, carb-infested burgers at Chicago Harv’s.

A lot of good that will do someone.

There needs to be a few places, not just one, where students can have a healthier choice where everything is not deep-fried or covered in grease. Not everyone likes fast food.

However, when you’re hungry and don’t have time to go off campus, you’re going to go eat whatever there is at campus that is offered.

We need to put this obesity epidemic to a stop, and it starts with us as a college.