Updated Final Obesity
Perla Rosario
Professor Tomblin
English 1101
9 March 2015
Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. Over the past few years overweight and obese children have increased at an alarming rate and there seems to be no slowing down unless some type of action is taken soon. The fast food industry offers poor nutritional food and continues to encourage children to regularly eat the unhealthy foods and also encourage parents by making these “kids Meal” affordable. Unfortunately televisions, computers, and video games, are also contributing to our epidemic. Technology has taken over the importance of exercise. Obese children not only have unhealthy weights but they can also suffer from weak lungs and poor blood quality. Although, this epidemic is growing quickly there are ways that we can try to prevent them. We can attempt to get children to eat healthy, balanced and nutritional meals. We can also help slow it down by encouraging them to take part in varies physical activity. Cutting of or monitoring the usage of televisions, computers, and video games.
Childhood obesity is considered to have more than doubled in the past 30 years. There can be many reasons why a child is obese, lack of physical activity and poor nutritional meals are just the first ones that we think of. The lack of exercise and the consumption of unhealthy, fattening and sugary foods, is usually the cause of obesity. In the United States children anywhere from 6 years old to 11 years old has increased form 7% in the 1980s to about 18% in 2012 (Staff). According to the government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “overweight is defined as having excess body weight for a particular height from fat, muscle, bone, water, or a combination of these factors. And Obesity is defined as having excess body fat.” But obesity is not only about the way the child looks, it can cause many short and long term health issues. Some of which can be a great threat to their lives, like
Professor Tomblin
English 1101
9 March 2015
Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. Over the past few years overweight and obese children have increased at an alarming rate and there seems to be no slowing down unless some type of action is taken soon. The fast food industry offers poor nutritional food and continues to encourage children to regularly eat the unhealthy foods and also encourage parents by making these “kids Meal” affordable. Unfortunately televisions, computers, and video games, are also contributing to our epidemic. Technology has taken over the importance of exercise. Obese children not only have unhealthy weights but they can also suffer from weak lungs and poor blood quality. Although, this epidemic is growing quickly there are ways that we can try to prevent them. We can attempt to get children to eat healthy, balanced and nutritional meals. We can also help slow it down by encouraging them to take part in varies physical activity. Cutting of or monitoring the usage of televisions, computers, and video games.
Childhood obesity is considered to have more than doubled in the past 30 years. There can be many reasons why a child is obese, lack of physical activity and poor nutritional meals are just the first ones that we think of. The lack of exercise and the consumption of unhealthy, fattening and sugary foods, is usually the cause of obesity. In the United States children anywhere from 6 years old to 11 years old has increased form 7% in the 1980s to about 18% in 2012 (Staff). According to the government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “overweight is defined as having excess body weight for a particular height from fat, muscle, bone, water, or a combination of these factors. And Obesity is defined as having excess body fat.” But obesity is not only about the way the child looks, it can cause many short and long term health issues. Some of which can be a great threat to their lives, like
Bibliography: Adolescent and School Health. 11 12 2014. <http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm>. The center for Disease Control and Prevention provides information and facts about the growing issue of obesity. It also explains what obesity is, how to prevent it or control it, and what we can do to keep our children fit and healthy. I believe this entry specifies how we can start treating this disease. I think this is a strong entry to support the effect obesity has on our country. Staff, Mayo Clinic. Diseases and Conditions Childhood obesity. 15 Februray 2014. This website provides information on childhood obesity and the seriousness the medical condition can be. It includes symptoms, risk factors, complications and ways that we can treat or prevent it. This website provides convincing statistics. The website is also useful in giving explanations and examples on how we can prevent obesity.