Need for Nutrition
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience the need for better eating habits, the solution to poor nutrition, and the outcome of healthy eating.
Central Idea: Healthful eating is a fairly simple solution to a large number of complex problems.
Introduction
I. The number of U.S. deaths due to cardiovascular disease has drastically increased over the past century.
II. What if I told you there was a simple solution that could combat this problem, along with many others?
A. This solution is better eating habits.
III. I am credible to speak of nutrition because I have taken several nutrition and advanced science classes, and I have done additional research to further my knowledge on the topic.
IV. Today I would like to explain the need for better eating habits, the solution to the growing problem, and the benefits of healthy eating.
Let's start with the need for healthier eating.
Body
I. Healthy eating can decrease the risk of many problems that are on the rise such as obesity, high blood pressure, and Type 2 diabetes.
A. A large risk of poor nutrition is being overweight or obese.
1. According to livescience.com, the results of a National Center of Health Statistics survey found about 65.2 percent of American adults are overweight or obese as a result of poor nutrition.
2. This may not seem like a huge problem; however, being overweight increases the risk of developing other diseases, including life-threatening diseases.
B. Along with the threat of obesity,
In the article “How Junk Food Ends Obesity,” David H. Freedman, an author and writer, discusses the pros and cons that weight engages in people all around the world. Freedman’s purpose is to solve society’s issue with obesity rates increasing by pushing and pressuring more processed food industry to be healthier. He incorporates ways for customers to eat what they like, but in a healthy way. This article, in my eyes, impacts many individuals that do struggle with weight in a time in their life. Freedman originates with a plan that if he can find a way to push healthcare system to eat better, business will expand. Not only will business expand, but more people will become healthy by eating the same food but without it being processed. His plan is to create a wholesome food movement that could work better, reducing the chance of obesity rates increasing.
Explain to individuals about the importance of a healthy diet and encourage and support them to choose healthy options and alternatives.
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* Explain individuals about the importance of a healthy diet and encourage and support the m to choose healthy options and alternatives.
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Central Idea: I'll talk about choosing healthy foods when at a restaurant, packing your lunch, and keeping nutritious snacks on hand.
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Eating a healthy diet is instrumental in the reduction of the risk factors for several major diseases. Obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol are a few of the risk factors that serve as precursors to major diseases, and can be controlled with healthy eating.
Focus on Topic: Healthy eating is not about strict dietary limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself
Specific Purpose: The specific purpose of this speech is to motivate my audience about how obesity can become a serious health issue, offer solutions on how to lose weight, and visualize what will happen if everyone starts losing weight or do not follow the solutions to the problem mentioned.
Specific information: Education about healthy eating proportions will make people conscious about their diets but also about their health.