Child Obesity Heart problems‚ high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ diabetes and depression are just a few of the many health problems obesity can lead to. Obesity has been a major issue for many years throughout the whole world but especially in the United States. Children as well as adults suffer from obesity and‚ of course it is a major concern for parents. Three major factors contributing to this epidemic are: the poor quality of school lunches served throughout childhood‚ the quantity
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overweight or has child obesity? Child obesity means that a child is well above their normal weight for their age and height. Many kids are obese because they eat too much unhealthy food‚ don’t have enough exercise or spend too much time on electronics instead of playing outside. But fortunately‚ there are many ways to prevent this or to stop this. Some include‚ daily mandatory gym class‚ limiting electronics and getting outdoors and making healthy food choices. Child obesity has become
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Child obesity is a serious epidemic in America. One in every three kids in America is obese. Michelle Obama speaks at the launch of the “Lets Move” campaign. In front of cabinet member‚ senators‚ representatives and mayors‚ she discusses the campaign’s plans to fight obesity in America. Our best effort should be deployed to stop this epidemic that degrades the lives and future of our children by arming parents with the tools they need‚ equipping our school systems with healthier foods‚ making healthier
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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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billion people‚ which are one-third of the world’s population‚ are suffering from obesity (Oslow). Furthermore‚ a joint report made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s Health has predicted that nearly 50% of the U.S. population in 39 states will be obese by 2030. As a result of the inactive lifestyle‚ the unsupportive society‚ the genes and the family history‚ the world is facing a serious obesity problem.
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Justifications Based on the lesson plan above‚ there are some aspects that we have used to justify our lesson plan. The aspects include teaching writing skills approaches‚ teaching and learning strategies and teaching aids. The approaches of teaching include process approach‚ product approach and genre approach. Each approach has its own advantages. In this lesson plan‚ we also use a lot of teaching aids like manila card‚ power point presentation‚ jigsaw puzzle‚ video and others. Meanwhile teaching
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Whether you are a child‚ teen‚ or adult yourself‚ you know that it is a societal norm to spank a child when they misbehave; however ‚ in reality it does not do any help. According to multiple studies ran by well-known experts‚ spanking your child does more damage than help. Spanking changes the way one’s child behaves now and later in life. Children who are spanked show multiple signs of antisocial behavior‚ aggressive personalities‚ and end up spanking their own kids. These studies show that we
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Raising Your Child Preparing for parenthood and effective parenting If I had my child to raise all over again‚ I’d build self-esteem first‚ and the house later. I’d finger-paint more‚ and point the finger less. I would do less correcting and more connecting. I’d take my eyes off my watch‚ and watch with my eyes. I’d take more hikes and fly more kites. I’d stop playing serious‚ and seriously play. I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars. I’d do more hugging and less tugging
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Obesity is a huge epidemic in America‚ as more alarming statistics begin to emerge - including estimates that 30% of all adults and as many as one-third of all children in the US are obese. About one in five children in the United States is now overweight! (Child Obesity Facts‚ 1999‚ para.2) Childhood obesity has lasting psychological effects‚ due to parental knowledge‚ lack of physical activities‚ and food advertisement; which has made obesity become a major health issue in many young children’s
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