Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. The NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) conducted research in 2010 and found that 22.8% of children between 5-17 years of age were classified as overweight or obese (Health NSW‚ 2012). Studies have shown a dramatic rise in the number of obese children in the last few decades and it has been shown that between 1980 and 2000‚ obesity rates doubled among children and tripled among teens
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Childhood Asthma Tan Huynh Delaware Technical Community College Outline I. Topic Thesis: People will know more information about asthma‚ cause of it and treatments for your child. II. Body A. What is asthma? 1. Define asthma 2. Asthma is an issue in the US 3. Limited activities 4. Symptoms of asthma B. Cause of asthma heredity‚ allergy‚ viruses‚ and environment 1. Heredity 2. Allergy 3. Viruses 4. Environment 5. Nervous system C. Treatments
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Childhood memories are special for everyone. I have a very happy memory of my childhood and always reminisce it with nostalgia. I was born and brought up in a small family which included my mother‚ father‚ and my elder sister. I have very fond memories of us sisters playing in our backyard‚ climbing trees to pluck fruits‚ going to parks and beaches and enjoying life in general. My father was a government servant and my mother a housewife. Of all the memories‚ one particular memory is very important
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Favorite Childhood Memory Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of the day I would turn fifteen. So I could have my Quinceñera. Wearing a big elegant dress‚ dancing on a beautiful hard wood floor‚ in a building that looked like a castle. Dancing the last song with my father and having him take off my little ballet shoes and put my heels on representing I was no longer a child but a woman was all I could think about. Having him give me my last doll meant everything! Like Cinderella my dream
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his family’s past that lead into Tracy’s parents contemplating divorce. Tracy is in his middle childhood years. This is the point inn a child’s life where they develop socially and mentally. When children reach this stage they are able to make new friends and gain new skills‚ which will enable them to become more independent and enhance their individuality. This is the stage where children experience more peer pressure than pressure from parents. Tracy may be undergoing a sense of perfection so
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INsitute of space technology | CHILDHOOD IN CRISIS | ASSIGNMENT#2 | | Submitted By: Arsalan Ahmed;Roll 19;Aero 10 | 6/4/2012 | Levels of depression and antisocial behavior in children have increased dramatically in the modern societies. This situation has led many people to believe that childhood itself is in crisis. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view? Childhood! The most magical time of our lives; the essence of our reminiscence; and most importantly the foundation
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Childhood Obesity: Environmental Effects Darren Thomas ENG Composition II Instructor: Angie Temple March 5‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity: Environmental Effects The future of the country is in danger. There is an unseen attack on society that threatens to shorten the lifespan of Americans from all walks of life. No one is exempt. No one is immune. This problem is so real that the first lady of the United States has gotten involved. Childhood obesity in America is growing at an alarming rate
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Childhood Obesity Diana Hardesty Abstract Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2012). In 2008 more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2012). Childhood obesity is not only a family problem; childhood obesity is a nation ’s problem with severe health risk. Childhood obesity has both immediate and long-term effects on health and
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The notion of childhood continues to undergo tremendous changes over time‚ place and culture. Some of the most influential factors responsible for this change among other things include economic‚ socio-cultural and political dynamics (Holland‚ 1996; James & Prout‚ 1997; Sorin & Galloway‚ 2005). The purpose of the following analysis is to examine nine images of children being depicted in today’s media and identify the different constructions of childhood that they promote. The three social constructions
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Childhood Diabetes Today‚ diabetes is a huge problem in society. There are almost three million children and adults in the United States who have diabetes. Children suffer more now from diabetes than they have in the past. The reasons why children have diabetes are genetic‚ societal‚ and their personal body chemistry. According to Steven Dowshen and Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph‚ "diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose‚ the main type of sugar in the blood. Glucose comes from the
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