Topic: Child Obesity and Concerned Parents. A big topic here is because many children are obese. There are ways to fix and overcome these struggles. Parents need to listen up and get some advice for this. Who do we blame here?
Research question: Asking how parents can change their kids eating habits. Giving suggestions to parents on what to feed kids. Certain problems that are caused by parents and children in America.
Working thesis statement: Child obesity is a wide spread epidemic. We need to stop feeding our children fattening foods and begin by giving them a healthy start in life.
Research plan: Is to find accurate websites with information regarding children’s obesity problem. I have done a lot of research already and …show more content…
have some very good sites to go off of. I even have some graphs, and maps that show obesity’s rise in America. Weight Loss: Health Risks Associated With Obesity, WebMD is one of my sites and my other one as a example will be Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Childhood Overweight and Obesit.
Outline
Thesis: Child obesity is a wide spread epidemic.
We need to stop feeding our children fattening foods and begin by giving them a healthy start in life.
I. Causes and obesity in children.
A. The statistics of children that have gained weight by eating unhealthy food 1. Facts 2. Graphs
B. Weight-gain problems that are caused by the lack of guidance for the children in American. 1. TV 2. Not enough exercise 3. Fast-food-unhealthy meals 4. Video games
II. Effects of feeding children unhealthy food. A. Diabetes B. Hypertension C. High cholesterol D. Depression E. Low self-esteem
III. What parents and others can do to give children a healthy start in life.
A. Parents- a well-balanced diet plan for you and your child or children to show that you are willing to work with them. Seeing you eating healthy foods- good influence on their eating habits.
1. Consultation with pediatrician or family physician a. Monitoring BMI b. Checking for health problem. 2.
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IV. Parents’ have a great responsibilities in keeping their children healthy. They need to prepare healthy meals and snacks as well as purchase nutritional foods for the child/children. They can understand the effects of bad and good eating habits.
V. Involvement of many people to curb obesity a. By hearing what happens and the effects of child obesity, maybe it is time to make a change in someone’s life. Help your child. b. Getting everyone involved- medical people, caregivers, friends, teachers, coaches, and anyone who may be going to give your children food.
VI. If we don’t tell parents how important it is to feed their children healthy food, the spreading of Obesity in children will continue. Final Conclusion.