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    Childhood Obesity in America Mike Sarecky York College of Pennsylvania Ahhh there is nothing better than waking up at noon to the smell of some freshly cooked bacon and a heaping pile of blueberry pancakes. Mom makes them fresh every weekend morning. Usually the bacon and pancakes don’t quite do the trick so the pantry is raided next. At the top of the pantry next to the family size bag of Doritos‚ which will most likely be consumed later in the night‚ lays the hardest decision that will have

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    CAUSE AND EFFECT ESSAY ON OBESITY We say one is obese when his body fat is accumulated abnormally within the body usually‚ 20% or more over an individual’s ideal body weight. The most commonly used modification‚ established categorizes obesity into three (WHO‚ 2000). Like any other problem‚ obesity has its causes and effects. Some of the causes include‚ diet (unbalanced diet)‚ environment‚ as well as genes and family history. On the other hand‚ the effects can be categorized into three namely;

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    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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    A few decades ago‚ the debate of childhood obesity was not a matter to be discussed. Our parents and grandparents never questioned the weight of their children‚ their friends’ children or any other child they came into contact with. Their children ate healthy foods from the table and played outside all day. The subject of childhood weight has changed quit a bit since those days. With the introduction of fast foods‚ Playstation and Xbox games‚ our kids live sedentary lives and therefore

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    The question of whether childhood obesity is a problem or not will always stir up controversal opinions. The differing sides of the topic want to take action on the matter. Most of the people who are caused for the problem of rising childhood obesity is the fast food companies themselves. The government has countlessly tried to eliminate junk food from the schools‚ but does that really solve the problem? Junk food should not be banned in schools because children should have free choice of what to

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    Childhood Obesity is a Serious Issue Do you know of a child or teen that is obese? If so‚ do you think that childhood obesity is a serious issue? I think that childhood obesity is a serious issue‚ because it has some very negative effects on one’s physical and mental health; for example‚ depression and cardiovascular diseases. To try and make obesity in children and teens stop parents and other adults need to take action now because the numbers will keep rising till something is changed. Childhood

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    CHILDHOOD OBESITY 1 Childhood Obesity Ala Stechlinski Goodwin College CHILDHOOD OBESITY 2 Abstract Childhood obesity is major public health crisis in America. The commonness of childhood obesity had increase over the years. There are many health problems that are due to childhood obesity. Effective strategies need to be put into place to help prevent obesity in children. It is

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    Childhood Obesity in America Jane Doe English Composition II Sarah Collins November 3‚ 2012 Abstract More and more American children are becoming overweight or obese. Years ago an elementary classroom may have one kid who was overweight but today that has drastically changed. We have a whole new generation of kids who are consuming much more “junk food” and eating fast food 3 or 4 nights a week and they are not as active as kids used to be. These kids are consuming things like Monster energy

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    in our debate paper obesity is on the rise and has been a growing health concerns for the United States for many years. Childhood obesity has become an epidemic issue worldwide and some Asian countries are seeing an increase among childhood obesity for instance‚ country like Japan. Before discussing the obesity issues in Japan there are cultural differences that needs to be taken into consideration in order to fully understand the reason for the increase of childhood obesity among the Japanese

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    Childhood Obesity: An Analysis of Food in Children’s Television Shows There are more obese children in the current times than ever before‚ and many people blame many different sources. One of these sources is Television; whether it is the act of the children watching television‚ or the shows themselves and what the children are seeing on the programs. The main discussion in what children’s television programs are showing is ‘food’ – more specifically‚ unhealthy food. Many of the programs on

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