We operate in a culture where we are no longer growing our own food, but obtaining our meals through the drive-thru out of convenience. Our lives are so busy that majority of us lack the time to research what is best, blindly eating whatever visually appealing product we choose to satisfy our cravings. Living in this system of surviving; we overindulge, we choose foods that are toxic to our bodies, we rarely cook for ourselves, we are less active, and we allow stress and anxiety to take control over our lives. 

The United States is the most overweight country on the planet, with 78 million adults and 12.5 million children obese. Since the 1970’s, the number of fast food restaurants have more than doubled, and more than 23 million Americans live in areas that are more than a mile away from a supermarket. At the rate our health is declining, studies show that by 2030, half of Americans (115 million adults) will be obese.

To make matters worse on our bodies, most of our days are so stressful that we barely schedule time in to work out. For the majority of us, if we lack the natural mentality to workout, we avoid doing it. Currently, less than 5% of adults participate in 30 minutes of physical activity each day, and only one in three children are physically active everyday. Only 6 states in the entire country require physical education in every grade, K-12.
 

A majority of the population is over indulging, and others are partaking in extreme diets and fads. We are stuck in a routine where we are constantly putting our health as an option versus a necessity… we lack balance, and we lack the accurate knowledge in how to take care of ourselves, or one another.