Childhood Obesity and Ways to Prevent It It would be a gross understatement to say that childhood obesity has become a serious problem in America over the last several years. In fact‚ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated childhood obesity is the fastest growing health crisis in the United States. Over the past thirty years‚ the rate of obesity has more than tripled for children aged 6 to 11 and more than doubled for adolescents aged 12 to 19. It’s been approximated that more
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Travis Dwyer Topic: Childhood Obesity "Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live." -Jim Rohn There are so many prevalent health issues that need to be addressed in today’s society. Since children are considered to be our hope for the future‚ I chose to research the epidemic of childhood obesity. As an aspiring physical education teacher or as alarmed to learn that “prevalence for overweight children aged 6-11 years has almost tripled in 25 years‚ increasing from 6.5% to
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Obesity‚ the sad condition brought about by the excessive indulgence of food consisting no nutritional value causes painful sights on the streets of our cities‚ which will soon become the norm of society. Not only does this parasite known as obesity create pity‚ but it is also linked to nearly the ninety chronic diseases most of which are fatal. I have been informed by a very knowing physician that since 1980 the rate of obesity in children and adolescents has almost
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Felicia Uwajeh Grand Canyon University: NRS-433V (NRS-433V-0105) 11 January 2015 Obesity is seen as a nation-wide health issue which affects mainly children and adolescents‚ which can result in problems such as hypertension‚ high cholesterol‚ diabetes and even depression causing these children to have very low self-esteem (Mayo Clinic 2014). There are a few ways in which this problem can be reduced including school based programs for the youth and community awareness. These school based programs
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7414 6 February 2011 Research Paper Prevent Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is when a child is overweight and has or will have many serious health risks. Ji Li and Neal H. Hooker‚ in “Childhood Obesity and Schools‚” explains that “childhood obesity is more than a problem in children; it is linked to adult obesity” (97). If a child is obese‚ she will stay obese in her adulthood. Helping children to stay healthy with the support of their parents and the school can prevent this problem. Jane
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Childhood Obesity: Genre Analysis of an Online Article and a Poster In the last years‚ in an alarming way‚ obesity in children has been increasing in the whole World. It has been noticed that obesity affects children psychologically and physically which is why a change is needed to overcome this situation. Many people are aware of this crisis‚ but do nothing to control it. This leads people to think and wonder about several things such as‚ “Who is in charge when it comes to childhood obesity?” and
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Parental Decisions Impact Childhood Obesity Parental Decisions Impact Childhood Obesity Society‚ in general‚ has drastically changed over the past century. Growth and expansion have paved the way for new technological advances‚ but not with some downfalls to go along with it. One such downfall of new technology would be the “convenience factor” (convenient stores for junk food‚ convenient to watch television‚ play video games‚ watch a movie‚ talk or text on a cellular phone as opposed
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Action Plan: The best way to start working into reeucing childhood obesity‚ is to create awarnes of the problem. Parents‚ schools‚ communities and the governemnt needs to know the severity of childhood obesity‚ so creating awarness of the problem will help them see the problem. People might not notice how much of a probleem childhood obesity really since it took many years to become an epedemic. People tend to notice the realseverity of the problem when it happens in a short period of time
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Childhood Obesity: The Impact of Advertising Step One of Final Research Paper Child Obesity Edith Moreno ENG 122 English Composition II Megan Pope February 13‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity: The Effects of Advertising The topic I selected is Childhood Obesity and narrowed it down to Childhood Obesity and The Effects of Advertising. Food commercials play a large role involving this dilemma. I also selected this topic because my granddaughter has a weight problem that we
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What Affects Childhood Obesity More: Genetics or Environment? Shannon Fincher ENG 122 English Compositions Prof. Amanda Price June 27‚ 2012 Childhood obesity is a major problem in the United States today‚ but who is the major culprit in contributing to our children’s obesity? Some feel if your parents are fat than you are predestined to be fat. Some say that genetics are your biggest issue and there is no way to fight it. We live in a society where everywhere we look there is a fast food
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