Who Is to Blame: Parents or the Media?
Who is to blame: the Media or the Parents?
It is something that affects your health, mental well-being, and even social status. The risks are addressed each day from doctors around the world, yet obesity is still a growing epidemic. The major problem that many face with this health concern is their age. Childhood obesity is becoming an upward worry, but the causes of it can a different story. Some researchers believe parents are the ones to blame for their children’s weight problems, while other studies show it is what the media is doing. Julia D. La Rocca R.N. PA-C from Davie, Florida believes the parents should be the ones to blame for their children weight. In her article, Childhood Obesity-Is Parental Nurturing To Blame?, she wrote, “major contributing factors to this steady incline are lack of exercise and nutrition. The parents are to blame”. Although the Henry K. Kaiser Family Foundation also believes that the decrease of exercise in children contributes to the rise of obesity, they believe the media is the major cause. While both articles share the same concern for the overweight children in the world, the evidence provided by The Kaiser Family Foundation in their article The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity has a clearer purpose, more creditable facts, and can also capture an audience’s attention faster.
A leader in health policy analysis, health journalism and communication, the Kaiser Family Foundation is dedicated to filling the need for information on the major health issue. “Kaiser is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy” (Kaiser). Unlike grant-making foundations, Kaiser develops and runs its own research and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with other non-profit research organizations or major media companies (Kaiser). The organization keeps the health policy community on top of the game and helps run campaigns all
It is something that affects your health, mental well-being, and even social status. The risks are addressed each day from doctors around the world, yet obesity is still a growing epidemic. The major problem that many face with this health concern is their age. Childhood obesity is becoming an upward worry, but the causes of it can a different story. Some researchers believe parents are the ones to blame for their children’s weight problems, while other studies show it is what the media is doing. Julia D. La Rocca R.N. PA-C from Davie, Florida believes the parents should be the ones to blame for their children weight. In her article, Childhood Obesity-Is Parental Nurturing To Blame?, she wrote, “major contributing factors to this steady incline are lack of exercise and nutrition. The parents are to blame”. Although the Henry K. Kaiser Family Foundation also believes that the decrease of exercise in children contributes to the rise of obesity, they believe the media is the major cause. While both articles share the same concern for the overweight children in the world, the evidence provided by The Kaiser Family Foundation in their article The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity has a clearer purpose, more creditable facts, and can also capture an audience’s attention faster.
A leader in health policy analysis, health journalism and communication, the Kaiser Family Foundation is dedicated to filling the need for information on the major health issue. “Kaiser is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy” (Kaiser). Unlike grant-making foundations, Kaiser develops and runs its own research and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with other non-profit research organizations or major media companies (Kaiser). The organization keeps the health policy community on top of the game and helps run campaigns all
Cited: Kaiser Family Foundation, Henry J. The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity. Issue brief. N.p.: n.p., 2004. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. . La Rocca, Julia D., Rn, PA-C. "Childhood Obesity: Is Parental Nurturing to Blame?" Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice 7.1 (2009): n. pag. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practices. College of Allied Health & Nursing at Nova Southeastern Univeristy, Jan. 2009. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. .