English 1 3 October 2012 Parents are to Blame for Child Obesity In the article “The Battle Against Fast Food Begins in the Home‚” Daniel Weintraub claims that parents are the ones to blame. They’re the ones responsible for their children’s health issues‚ weight‚ and their daily exercise. It isn’t the food company’s or the governments fault that some children are obese or a little over weight. It is the parents who let their kid’s chose what to eat and sit on the couch watch TV and play video
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Percentage of Child Obesity in Elementary School Students in the United States Child obesity in the United States is becoming a really big problem. Child obesity has grown by 11% in the past 10 years. That means that 17% of all elementary school students are either overweight or obese as of 2012. If this continues by 2020‚ 23% of all elementary school students will be obese ( http://www.obesity.org ‚ 2014 ). This would be a huge problem with future generations. Now I will show you my information
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it gets to be a serious problem. The growth of technology has formed a major impact on the obesity of today`s children. This technology has substituted normal childhood play exercises with computer games that take less physical effort. Because of technology in today’s society the problem with child obesity has become tremendously intensified. First‚ what is child obesity? The term child obesity means a child is a person between birth and puberty and obese is extremely fat: corpulent (The American
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As the obesity rate in America is increasing‚ people are pointing fingers at the fast-food industry. Teenagers‚ with the help of their parents‚ have filed lawsuits blaming fast-food restaurants like McDonald’s for their own health problems. A public health group in California has asked the governor to declare childhood obesity a state of emergency. However‚ parents-- not the fast-food companies- are to blame for the amount of overweight children that are present today. They are the ones who teach
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Child obesity is a problem in today’s society. Another problem in today’s society is parent-child relationships. A recent study showed that these two problems may be linked. In this chapter we learned of three different types of parenting. They are authoritarian‚ having complete control over a child without thinking of one’s feelings‚ permissive‚ not really caring what your child does either way‚ and authoritative‚ making the rules known while still thinking of your child. The study has shown that
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Essay: Obesity How many times a day do you see an obese person walking down the street? And how often do you see them exercising to overcome their problem? Obesity is one of the biggest problems in the United States due to people not knowing how to eat right‚ depression and lack of exercise. To begin with‚ Americans are not very open minded on the idea of healthy eating‚ they are not well educated on the topic. They think that eating healthy is just eating salad or not eating anything at all‚
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TANF and Child Support The topic of child support and how the funds are allocated can become a very debatable topic. The way child support works in most states is that if the custodial parent (the parent the child lives with) receives Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) the child support paid by the non-custodial parent goes towards paying the state back. Some feel that the state should not try to recoup the money. Others feel that by the state taking the child support payments‚ it takes
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businesses hired children to work instead of adults. “Child labor refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood‚ interferes with their ability to attend regular school‚ and that is mentally‚ physically‚ socially or morally dangerous and harmful.” Children doesn’t no better when it comes down to the money‚ the work‚ and what they need to know. Firstly‚ children has been servants throughout the years of history‚ child labor reached new dissipations during the Manufacturing
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“Currently‚ more than 5‚000 child pageants are held annually in the U.S.‚ amounting to a $5 billion industry. Approximately 250‚000 children participate in those pageants; 100‚000 of them are under the age of 12 (“Child Beauty Pageants).” There are a variety of categories by multiple judges that view the child as they showcase their talents and costumes on the stage. “Parents invest thousands of dollars on costumes and
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evidence that fathers-child interactions are crucial in aiding development of children. In “Understanding the Contribution of a Father’s Warmth on His Child’s Social Skills” it is argued that “Fathers may interact differently than mothers with their children‚ and fathers may socialize their children in important and distinctive ways above and beyond the contributions to socialization that mothers provide.” If mothers and fathers have different strengths that can benefit the child it is likely that having
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