Annotated Bibliography on Parenting Attitudes towards Childhood Cancer American Cancer Society. (2012). Children Diagnosed with Cancer: Dealing with Diagnosis. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.org/treatment/childrenandcancer/whenyourchildhascancer/childrendiagnosedwithcancerdealingwithdiagnosis/children-diagnosed-with-cancer-dealing-with-diagnosis-how-parents-react. This paper talks about the feelings that parent experiment after their child is diagnosed with cancer. This paper also gives a guide
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Professor Harris ENG 123 April 6‚ 2012 Annotated Bibliography "Advertising & Childhood Obesity." Children Now Advertising & Obesity. Web. 06 Apr. 2012. http://www.childrennow.org/index.php/learn/advertising_obesity Fundamentally‚ this source collectively illustrates the dangers that childhood obesity has upon children in America. Yet‚ the main focus falls upon something extremely important. Continuously‚ we over look the fact that Advertisements
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Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. As a result‚ children are at increased risk for myriad preventable acute and chronic medical problems—many of which are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In addition‚ childhood obesity has serious psychosocial consequences‚ such as low self-esteem‚ lower quality of life‚ and depression. The multifaceted causes and solutions to this pervasive health issue are discussed in the present review‚ as are pertinent
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cause problems in other important aspects of life. It also provides very satisfying facts that will back my research very well. Okie‚ Susan. Fed Up!: Winning the War against Childhood Obesity. Washington‚ D.C: Joseph Henry Press‚ 2005. Print. This book examines some of the factors contributing to childhood obesity‚ such as poor diet‚ lack of exercise‚ suburban sprawl‚ and TV‚ and provides advice on how parents can make positive changes. It primarily focuses on these issues within
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What are the facts? Child obesity is a growing problem in Australia‚ with an estimated 2/3 of children considered overweight‚ 1/3 of which are considered obese. Coincidently‚ Australia not only has the most overweight children‚ it also has the highest proportion of junk food advertising on commercial television (Chapman et. al‚ 2006; Morton‚ 1990; Morton et. al.‚ 2005). In the period between 1985 and 1997 the number of overweight children doubled‚ and the number of obese young Australian’s
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placing soda machines in schools. A world where obesity is killing more people than smoking. What if I told you this world is not in your imagination but is the world we live in today? You Can’t Escape the Headlines. You Can’t Avoid the Facts. Childhood obesity has reached unbelievable heights. The future health of an entire generation is at risk. Obesity is on the rise‚ and it is becoming more and more of a national health concern. The increasing number of obese children and youth throughout
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Assessment Portfolio and Analysis Heather Lima ECE 354 Assessment & Intervention during Early Childhood Instructor: Cassandra Melendez 06/22/2014 The purpose of assessment. b.Your plan for including assessment when working with children. c.How you can use assessment to document children’s work. d.How you will use children’s interests and ideas when assessing. Assessment Portfolio and Analysis The mission is to help children/students to better themselves and be able to finish any task
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Childhood Obesity Runs in the Family Sharon Jackson ENG 122 Matthew Morsworth November 1‚ 2010 We are in an epidemic of overweight and obesity of children in the United States today. I have chosen to talk about “Childhood Obesity” for my research paper. As we all know that Childhood Obesity is in fact very real and also a risk of children becoming overweight and ending up a lot of health issues such as diabetes and high blood pressure as well as death. For my narrowed topic for this research
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Abstract. Childhood obesity has become one of the most common health problems facing children in America. Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reveal that ethnic minority children in the United States are at particular risk for development of cardiovascular disease due to their disproportionate levels of obesity. In treating childhood obesity among ethnic minorities‚ practitioners need to be mindful of the cultural norms surrounding body size. Additional concerns
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Annotated Bibliography for Childhood Obesity Natalia Pimushkina DeVry University Annotated Bibliography for Childhood Obesity Child obesity became a very serious issue that is taking on the health of the nation ’s children. It is everyone responsibility to work on preventing and reducing childhood obesity‚ from the parents who are suppose to care about their children’s health‚ to the public health representatives‚ who should care about a future healthy nation
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