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Persuasive Speech : The Need For Nutrition?

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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,

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