Obesity is the accumulation and storage of excessive fat in the body. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ Obesity is any weight that is bigger than what is typically considered healthy for a given height. (CDC‚ 2009). The imbalance between caloric consumption and expenditure is what causes obesity in children and adults. There are factors that affect obesity. Such factors are biological‚ behavioral‚ and environmental in nature. When more calories than the body is required
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Running head: YOUTH SPORTS CAN SAVE OBESE CHILDREN Youth Sports can save obese children Chauncey Jones Hampton University Abstract Obesity in America is the main reason Americans are dying every year. People can say that aids‚ lung cancer‚ or guns are the main issue of today. Well I am willing to prove that living a sedentary lifestyle is a terrible way to live‚ and the children of the United States are living very unhealthy. Did you know that almost 300‚000 deaths are caused by sedentary
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Childhood Obesity Nasstashia Lindsey Darin Youngs March 16‚ 2015 Title: Childhood Obesity Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about childhood obesity Audience: General audience Organizational Pattern: Sequential design I. Introduction: A. Attention-getting introduction: Obesity affects one in every three American children ranging from 2-19 and does not discriminate on the basis of race‚ social status‚ or any collective standard B. Thesis statement: Obesity is‚ easily‚ America’s
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"Obesity is among the easiest medical conditions to recognize but the most difficult to treat" (A.A.C.A.P‚ 2008). You can see when a person is overweight or obese‚ it’s not something you can hide‚ but treating this condition is a lot harder. Changing your lifestyle is difficult‚ hence the reason so many Americans are obese. The United States was ranked 20th out of 92 in the countries with the highest childhood obesity for kids under 5. The USA has an obesity rate of 5.6 percent while; Albania takes
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Spreading the Cure for Childhood Obesity Alyssa Herold Kaplan University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the increased amount of children suffering from obesity and why it is a major health concern in the United States. It will explain in detail what childhood obesity is‚ the important contributing factors which cause the condition‚ and what types of preventative actions can be implemented into
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Childhood Obesity ENG122: English Composition II (ABE1232K) For many years here in America‚ children attending schools could be viewed playing on the school playgrounds in some type of activity that required physical strength. These activities were enjoyed by most of these children. There were swings‚ sliding boards‚ teeter totters‚ jungle gyms‚ merry-go-rounds‚ and fields for ball sports. In fact‚ even during after school hours‚ it was not uncommon to see these areas filled with children
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2012 Obesity? Is it a disease or a Lifestyle? Problem Statement Less than half of Americans struggle with obesity today‚ but it is credited with causing over sixty known diseases. Whereas obesity is not a disease‚ it does cause myriads of health risks. Our bodies are very complex systems‚ and they need to be taken care of. When people do not properly care for their bodies‚ they begin to have too much fat on their bodies which puts them at high risk for detrimental health issues. Obesity has become
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21 Ms. Verbout English 101 M & W 9:30 Obese Consumer’s Vs. Fast Food Industries When you see an obese child eating at a fast food industry with more than enough food for two meals‚ who’s to blame? That child consumer‚ the parents of the consumer‚ or the fast food industries‚ you decide. Fast food presents its self as delicious‚ but in reality it’s the opposite with the fats in it‚ the grease and how unhealthy it can be for you. When it comes to fast food it is hard to not crave it. A lot
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Stephanie Owens UNV 104 July 20‚ 2012 Kevin Salcido Exercise and Obesity Making the decision to exercise can be life changing. There are different kinds of programs that will benefit to stay in shape. By doing these programs everyone can rest assure that they will become fit and healthy. Working out and eating healthy will benefit the lifestyles for everyone and everyone will win. It is important that children and adults exercise everyday so that they can stay in shape and not become
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Obesity in the USA Good morning my fellow students. I want to give a speech about obesity in the U.S. because it’s a major problem today‚ much more than in the pass. I want to talk about what there has been causing the major obesity in today’s U.S. and what we can do to make the situation better. Obesity is a major cause of death and overweight people has a big chance to get heart disease‚ cancer or diabetes. 10 % of the national medical budget is spent on obesity which is 150 billion dollars
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