stricken with obesity. Obesity‚ or excessive weight and body mass to an unhealthy extent‚ can be found all across the world and is increasing in popularity. The United States is no exception to this trend and in fact is one of the most rapid growing countries in obesity today‚ containing the highest percentage of obese persons. Obesity has become an epidemic that has had a great impact on the youth in our society. Without necessary changes being made to the way we handle childhood obesity‚ the trend
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Fullwood Instructor Leishman English 1123-5513 6 May 2010 The Use of Medication to Treat Childhood Obesity Experts agree that none of the medications currently being used in the war against childhood obesity miracle cures for the nation ’s nine million obese children. However‚ research generated during the development of these drugs has helped to identify the underlying factors contributing to the continual obesity rates in American children. A reduction in physical education programs in schools‚ the
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Childhood obesity is quickly becoming an epidemic. Many children are failing the standards for healthy eating habits and getting good exercise‚ which is the reason for their obesity. Parents and technology are also a huge impact on children becoming obese. After reading my essay I hope this will give you an idea of how these few problems can really affect your children’s health. Technology is a cause of children becoming obese. Children spend most of their time watching television or playing video
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McDonald’s with over 1‚200 calories. A leading epidemic in the American culture is Obesity. With the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases reporting more than one-third of children 2 to 19 being obese or overweight (2012)‚ in the U.S. this is a major concern. Unhealthy life and diet choices can easily lead to an unfit lifestyle which exceeds into adulthood. It is rather common to see a pattern of obesity within a family. If a child is born to a
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GULON BLUFORD BY:LUIS SOBERON 2/19/13 PERIOD: 6 Guion Bluford Jr. was born in 1942 in West Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Bluford’s father was a mechanical engineer and his mother was a special education teacher. His parents always taught him and his two brothers to work hard and to reach their goals. Even as a young child Bluford liked to build model airplanes and put things together. His family and friends call him Guy because his
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Causes and Effects of Childhood Obesity One of the biggest concerns among health care providers and parents in the last few decades has been childhood obesity. This has caused many problems; among the most concerning is a preventable health problem. Professionals have even considered it an epidemic‚ which raises even more concern about the future of our youth. It also opens our eyes to see that the problem is much bigger than we thought it to be. The major causes for obesity are the rise in fast
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Part of the reason that childhood obesity is on the rise in America is that children are not getting enough daily physical play. It is also true that many children today spend a lot of time in some sort of childcare or school setting making us an important tool to help fight childhood obesity. As teachers we “encourage the development of various skills and behaviors by being role models and by providing motivation for children to succeed.” (Berns‚ 2013‚ p.19) In order to help children become more
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Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following is a conclusion reached regarding childhood obesity? A) Food advertising has not been found to influence children’s food choices. B) The FTC has determined that it is primarily marketers’ fault that childhood obesity has increased. C) Over the decades that childhood obesity has increased‚ so too has the amount of advertising. D) Marketers are doing nothing to curb this problem. E) all of the above Answer: C Page: 717 Difficulty:
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61 20 November 2012 Causes Of Childhood Obesity In America Obesity in children has dramatically increased in the last twenty years‚ and has become a growing issue in the United States. According to the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey‚ 16 percent of children age 6-19 years are overweight‚ and another 15 percent are at the risk of becoming overweight or obese. Although specific causes for the increase in prevalence of childhood obesity is not clear‚ researchers have found
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In my paper we are going to target childhood obesity. Over the last 30 years obesity in children has tripled. Childhood obesity is among children as young 6 to 11 years‚ the rate has increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. Obesity among adolescents 12 to 19 years has also increased from 5.0% in 1980 to 18.1% in 2008. Obesity has been the result of caloric imbalance‚ which is too few calories expended for the calories consumed and mediated by a person’s genetics‚ behavioral‚ and
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