Preparation Outline: Vitalba Evola Topic: Childhood Obesity General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of two prevalent causes of childhood obesity. Thesis Statement: While there are many causes of childhood obesity‚ most are‚ in fact‚ preventable. Introduction I. Attention Getting Device: Our society has become a classic case of “Battle of the Bulge‚” as our society now has an alarming number of obese individuals. But this isn’t from World War II; it
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Childhood Obesity Chamberlain College of Nursing Dawn M. Greene NR448 Information Systems in Healthcare Professor Rebecca Burhenne Spring Session B – 2010 Introduction The research topic attempts to examine if socioeconomic status affects the prevalence of elevating obesity rates in adolescents. Obesity is a condition that is indicative of a” high proportion of body fat that causes a negative effect on your health” (Dahms‚ 2008). The most common causes is eating too much and moving around
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Kaylee Slowik K. Reeths English 101 7 April 2014 Childhood Obesity A major problem facing the United States today is childhood obesity. According to Roy Benaroch‚ MD‚ from WebMD‚ one in five children is obese or overweight (Obesity in Children). This massive finding should not be taken lightly. According to the World Health Organization‚ at least 2.8 million people are dying per year due to being obese or overweight (Strategies and Solutions). This dangerous fact is not just an adult issue‚ children
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Running Head: CHILDHOOD OBESITY 1 Childhood Obesity‚ a Growing Concern Marjorie Student ENG122 Tiffany Professor January 17‚ 2011 CHILDHOOD OBESITY Childhood Obesity‚ a Growing Concern There are many differences between children today and children 20 years ago. One area that is concerning‚ not only to researchers and politicians‚ but parents as well‚ is the increase in childhood obesity‚ which is reaching epidemic proportions. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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Rahming 1 Giovanni Rahming Ms. Joan Norman English 119 29th March‚ 2010 Causes of Childhood Obesity At some point in life‚ every parent has told their child to eat their vegetables. Most children ignore this request‚ however they should oblige. Obesity among children is becoming more and more common in today’s society and many people are wondering why. In 2006‚ then Minister of Health Dr. Marcus Bethel stated in the House of Assembly that 65% of adult Bahamians are overweight and 23% of
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of child obesity in our society. In the past years‚ Americans have changed there eating and exercise habits drastically for the worse. Children become the victims of obesity because of the lack of a nutritional diet‚ and exercise. Some claim that the media is to blame for the epidemic while others feel it is the parent ’s responsibility. This eating disorder should be taken as a serious matter especially when children ’s health is at risk. The evidence suggests that childhood obesity has been
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The Early Stages Of Childhood Obesity Jamie Ramirez English Comp. 122 Melissa Holmberg March 2‚ 2011 The topic I originally chose for my paper was “Addressing the issues of childhood obesity.” However after doing some research and finding different material to study I narrowed it down to “the early stages of childhood obesity.”I chose this topic because I have a lot of questions right now about childhood obesity that I would like answers for. My son is not obese but he constantly
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from school. This is a place that makes millions of dollars a year by selling high calorie foods. Picture a world where obesity is killing more people than smoking itself. Suppose that I told you this world isn’t your imagination but it’s a world we are living in today? Many people find that fast food is convenient due to its availability and low price. But while the food is readily accessible‚ it’s not healthy at all. Thanks to advertisements‚ lack of exercise‚ and parental control‚ childhood obesity
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Childhood Obesity In our opinion‚ people do not have enough knowledge about being obesity‚ specially in children. Parents must more take care of their children by using the correct way like eating habits. Today‚ most children like to eat fast foods such as KFC and Macdonald‚ not only in children but it is also in adults. We have some ideas about obesity and also we are planning to make a project for this problem. Our project is mention about how
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Childhood Obesity America has not seen an epidemic more wide spread and rapidly growing than childhood obesity. The odd part about it is we actually have a cure. A cure that cost practically nothing. Parents seem to be oblivious to it all. Allowing their children to watch numerous hours of T.V or continuous thumb twitching while playing video games doesn’t seem to be helping the problem. Constantly feeding them fast food simply because its easier and quicker is just like adding fuel to the fire
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