Child Obesity Research Paper

Child obesity is a problem in today's society. Another problem in today's society is parent-child relationships. A recent study showed that these two problems may be linked. In this chapter we learned of three different types of parenting. They are authoritarian, having complete control over a child without thinking of one's feelings, permissive, not really caring what your child does either way, and authoritative, making the rules known while still thinking of your child. The study has shown that children with authoritarian parents are five times more like to be obese then children with authoritative parents, and three times more likely then children with permissive parents. Dr. Rhee led the study, he wanted to know if the parents were
To create an un-bias conclusion he also found that two times as many children with permissive and neglectful parents were also overweight. "Here are some comparisons of incidence of overweight when compared to children of Authoritative parents: -- Children of Authoritarian Parents: 5 times higher risk of being overweight, Children of Permissive Parents: 2 times the risk of being overweight, Neglectful: 2 times the risk of being overweight" (MEDICAL NEWS TODAY PAR. 6). This study showed the children of parents that were too strict or didn't show concern for their children were more likely to be over weight, at least more so then children with authoritative
They don't know what their body can take; all they know is what their parents make them do. There is no child input therefore everything the child does is based upon the parent. "The child of an authoritarian parent may not be listening to his/her body because all decisions are made by the parent. Being less in tune with your body makes it more difficult to decide exactly how full you are" (MEDICAL NEWS TODAY PAR. 8). Any child that is forced to eat pass what their body can take is eventually going to start gaining weight, which makes the rate of child obesity