ELEVEN SECTION: Dardagan

Skinny America

Greasy fast-food, late nights in front of a television set, and no motivation for exercise is a way of life for 60 million Americans. Some people are not afraid to judge others based on weight.
“When I see an obese person, I just think they are lazy and do not take care of themselves,” said Andrew Johnson, the co executive of the fastest growing fast-food chain in America, McChunky.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged obesity as a spreading epidemic. When people eat more calories than they burn off, the extra calories are stored as fat. As this pattern continues, more fat begins to build up. Using the Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on height and weight, doctors determine if a person is “overweight” or “obese”. Any individual with a BMI of 25-30 is considered overweight. Individuals with a BMI of 30 and above are considered obese. 300,000 deaths occur every year due to poor or no exercise and unhealthy nutrition. For the first time in a century, American adolescents face a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
What can we, as individuals who depend on the future generation, do about the crisis faced by our children?
The American Health Organization (AHO) has proposed a plan that has been sent to Washington D.C. for a green light from the Senate. The AHO claims that, if the plan of followed and enforced thoroughly, obesity should be extinct in the American society within 7-10 years.
The plan is referred to as “Skinny America”. It clearly describes many steps which will lead to a healthier society, and all of these steps present a reason for Americans to downsize. First off, limitations have been set on obesity taking into account one’s age and height. Children 5-12 need to be brainwashed into thinking that ugliness and obesity are the same thing. Adolescents 12-19 need to weigh under 150 pounds because their standard height is approximately 5’8. People 19-30 need to weigh under 180, and this is only because these are child-bearing years for women so the weight limit should be set higher. Everyone else needs to weigh under 200 pounds because that is the limit for all people! Now, if certain individuals fall out of the categories listed above, they will not be able to function in the society because the plan proposed will transform the environment into one not accessible by obese people. For one, clothing companies will stop producing big sizes in clothes. The biggest size that will be made will be a medium, so that obese people will be forced to shrink down if they do not want to walk around naked! Doorways will be made more narrow on buses, trains, and public entrances. Obese people will not be served at restaurants or fast-food places! When grocery shopping, they will not be allowed to buy junk food such as soda, chips, or cookies. If after 6 months, the people who were initially put on this weight-loss plan fail to lose weight, they will be put into camps where manual labor will be required in order for them to be fed. They will be asked to complete jobs such as mining, car-washing, and construction in hopes of the obese ones becoming more physically involved. If they do not complete their tasks, they will not be fed for the day. This is a smart way of rewarding them because food is their biggest motivation in life. For the ones who fail to carry out their work, they will slowly commit suicide by not getting fed. This is technically their fault since they are the ones making the decision to work or not which determines their food intake for the day. In 7-10 years, this will be fat-free America.