Super Size Me: Demographic Differences

1. demographic differences for the disorder. Students may include age, ethnic, educational, or socioeconomic differences
If the child is obese and fits into the guidelines, they should first be taken to the doctor for a general physical to check for thyroid or endocrine disorders which can lead to obesity. Blood work can be run to rule out many other disorders. The obesity may be related to a physical problem and not an over intake of calories or lack of exercise. If all other disorders have been ruled out the treatment of obesity is behavior modification, diet education, and increasing activity to burn calories. Children should have a limited amount of “screen time” between computers, television, and iPhone. All types of outdoor play and
It is a documentary written and directed by Morgan Spurlock. His 30-day experiment was to eat only McDonald’s food, which is notoriously high in fat, carbohydrates, and calories.and find out what its effect on him would be. he quickly becomes a fast food junkie. As a documentary, it illustrated that we had become a fast-food nation. We need and want bigger and bigger portions of food and sodas especially when eating out. The health implications of eating fast food frequently are real, and you could suffer long-term health consequences. As a result of Spurlock’s thirty days of the McDonald’s only diet, Spurlock gained twenty-four pounds; his cholesterol went up to 230 mg/dL; he experienced emotional depression, mood swings, and he lost his sex drive according to his girlfriend. Spurlock was advised to halt the experiment as his doctor was concerned about the possible long-term damage he was possibly inflicting upon himself. Super Size Me is informative, eye-opening and that it may change parent’s view of fast food, and they may think twice before eating much fast food after watching this movie. Starting a youth group that could play sports such as basketball or tennis could get children interested in physical activity to burn calories. Arrangements can be made to utilize school facilities to allow students access to playgrounds, gymnasiums, basketball courts, or fields before and after school hours. Communities need to provide safe routes so children can
However, we should be sensitive to potential overreaction in our society, which seems to be obsessed with slimness. Potential hazards (Peck & Ullrich, 1985) for children susceptible to weight problems include (a) excessive diet restriction or excessive excercise; (b) development of an eating disorder or restrained eating pattern; (c) acceptance of an unrealistic, unreal body image; (d) incorporation of the idea that self-worth and self-acceptance depend on body shape or size; (e) inadequate assessment that may lead to inappropriate intervention for children who are only moderately overweight or temporarily obese; (f) treatment interventions that may exacerbate the problem; and (g) discrimination based on cultural biases against obese people by professionals who work with children as well as by our society as a whole. The pressures on children and adolescents to be thin may result in overly aggressive treatment that is not in their best interests. There is overwhelming evidence that obesity is an increasingly prevalent, serious risk to health and well-being. Regular exercise appears to be a particularly important and, until recently, a relatively neglected strategy because it can help increase the rate of fat loss, decrease the loss of lean body mass, improve glucose tolerance and, in some people, increase the resting metabolic rate (Stern & Lowney, 1986). Psychologically, exercise frequently improves