Kailey O’Brien Position I Paper English Composition II Increase in Child Obesity Childhood obesity has become a significant problem affecting children ages 6-19 years old. It is the most prevalent current medical problem in the U.S. and other developed countries. Obesity is body weight that is 20% higher than the healthy weight range for a child or adolescent of that height‚ or as a body fat percentage above 25% in boys and 32% in girls. When a person takes in more calories than the body
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Who’s To Blame for Obesity? Do you want to be surrounded with a society filled with obese children? Obesity has become a big problem in America. Parents are not being careful with the amount of junk food they’re allowing their kids to take in. According to Daniel Wientraub’s article “The Battle Against Fast Food Begins in the Home”‚ he claims that parents are in the position to fight the epidemic of overweight children‚ not the government or fast food companies. I agree with Daniel Wientraub because
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Center For disease Control and Prevention‚ concluded that child obesity is an important factor that is attributed to many diseases including diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ asthma‚ and insomnia just to mention a few. There are also many side effects to these diseases‚ for example if an obese child is having problems sleeping at night the child daytime activities aren’t as productive as a child that have a good night sleep. The child with insomnia has difficulties in concentrating at school
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Cited: Green‚ Gregory‚ Brenda Hargrove‚ and Clarence Riley. “Phsycical activity and childhood obesity: strategies and solutions for schools and parents.” Education 132.4 (2012): 915+. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. We. 18 Feb 2013. Retrieved from Worsnop‚ R. L. (1997‚ September 26). Youth fitness. CQ Researcher‚ 7‚ 841-864. Retrieved Bittman
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Kimberly Mason English 1010-1:30 October 30‚ 2013 Michelle Obama ’s Meal Plans Lowering Obesity or Increasing Starvation? What is a calorie? Webster ’s Dictionary states: a calorie is either of two units of heat energy; often used to measure the energy value of foods. The very basics of a calorie are energy. Michelle Obama is taking out calories and minimizing food portions in schools. Her "Healthy‚ Hunger Free Kids Act of 2012" was created to lower the amount of obese children
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Arellano-lavariere. Child Obesity Speech If you had the power to save many children’s lives‚ would you do it? Well there is something we can do as a society so save and protect children. What is it? It’s to ban fattening foods from elementary schools to prevent child obesity. Child obesity has become one of the most popular and serious problem of public health. An article in the Harvard School of public health (2014) mentions that “Over the past three decades‚ childhood obesity rates have tripled
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Child Obesity In America Child Obesity In America Obesity in children is becoming an epidemic in America. Today‚ about one in three American kids and teens are suffering from being overweight or obese. The number of obese or overweight kids has tripled since 1963.(American Heart Association‚ 2013).Nearly 32 percent of American children are suffering from obesity or being overweight. Child obesity is now the number one health concern among parents in America. Obesity in children is causing
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Childhood Obesity & Schools By 01/09/12 Today‚ childhood obesity is a major epidemic facing our society. Since 1980‚ the rate of childhood obesity has doubled‚ and has tripled in adolescents. (CDC‚ 2006) Childhood obesity rates have increased dramatically over the past four decades‚ quadrupling among children ages 6-11 and more than tripling among youth ages 12-19. This statistic alone shows how prevalent childhood obesity is in the US. The U.S. Surgeon General has
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Child Abuse- A Cause of Adult Obesity Abstract Child abuse can create an emotional hurt that never goes away. It creates a need that never seems to be met. In my paper I plan to show with the research‚ how child abuse can cause a person to develop an addiction to food and become obese as an adult. I started my personal battle with food as a young teen around the age of twelve when a classmate
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Child Obesity Everywhere you look there is a fast food joint. In America it’s all about convenience‚ but convenience has become hazard to our health. When we as adults have unhealthy eating habit‚ we hurt ourselves and our children. As a parent it’s important to set good eating habits and be active. There are plenty of statistics available that prove child obesity in America is at epidemic levels. One third of the nation’s children carry to much weight. There are lots of reasons why child obesity
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