Childhood Obesity
Addressing the issue of childhood obesity
Lenora Wallace
ENG 122: English Composition II
Instructor, Cicely Denean-Cobb
February 14, 2011
Childhood obesity is increasing in different ethnic groups in both gender and all across the world. Let me start off by saying that childhood obesity has become a deadly disease in united state it important thing that should know firstly over other thing in life. Many parents are getting worried about their children being obese. First of all, combining poor eating habits with low physical activity double a child risk of becoming obese. Children are spending an increasing amount of time in front of a screen: TV, computer, and video games. Excessive eating-out contributes to obesity in a number of ways.
First, what does it mean to be obese? A person is considered to be obese if they have a lot of body fats. The definition of obesity “is very fat an (Dictionay.com, 2010) overweight; corpulent.
What would make some good counter arguments about childhood obesity?
1. What would be some solutions and counter arguments?
So far, I have that parents should be more attentive and exercise daily as solutions.
2. Should schools should provide nutritious snacks for the kids instead of junk food.
Yes, because there where kid most of the time get there snacks from and if school give kids the right food it will be follower at home.
3. Is childhood obesity a form of child abuse?
YES! Children love running around and having fun. How can they do that when they weigh twice the weight they should?
4. What is My Child’s BMI?
It’s very important to know what your child BMI because Body Mass Index is a number that predicts risk of disease by comparing a child’s weight to his or her height.
First, a restaurant proportion is often much lager than what is recommended for a healthy diet. Second, many restaurant prepared foods, rely on frying and heavy on other things. Overweight and obese children experience a variety of health condition,
Lenora Wallace
ENG 122: English Composition II
Instructor, Cicely Denean-Cobb
February 14, 2011
Childhood obesity is increasing in different ethnic groups in both gender and all across the world. Let me start off by saying that childhood obesity has become a deadly disease in united state it important thing that should know firstly over other thing in life. Many parents are getting worried about their children being obese. First of all, combining poor eating habits with low physical activity double a child risk of becoming obese. Children are spending an increasing amount of time in front of a screen: TV, computer, and video games. Excessive eating-out contributes to obesity in a number of ways.
First, what does it mean to be obese? A person is considered to be obese if they have a lot of body fats. The definition of obesity “is very fat an (Dictionay.com, 2010) overweight; corpulent.
What would make some good counter arguments about childhood obesity?
1. What would be some solutions and counter arguments?
So far, I have that parents should be more attentive and exercise daily as solutions.
2. Should schools should provide nutritious snacks for the kids instead of junk food.
Yes, because there where kid most of the time get there snacks from and if school give kids the right food it will be follower at home.
3. Is childhood obesity a form of child abuse?
YES! Children love running around and having fun. How can they do that when they weigh twice the weight they should?
4. What is My Child’s BMI?
It’s very important to know what your child BMI because Body Mass Index is a number that predicts risk of disease by comparing a child’s weight to his or her height.
First, a restaurant proportion is often much lager than what is recommended for a healthy diet. Second, many restaurant prepared foods, rely on frying and heavy on other things. Overweight and obese children experience a variety of health condition,