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    Raven Devera November 2‚ 2010 Communications Informative Outline Childhood Obesity in America General Purpose: To inform my audience about childhood obesity. Central Idea: To really see the effects of childhood obesity I have to inform my audience about the causes‚ long-term effects‚ and the solutions. I. Introduction a. (http://www.peoples-health.com/childhood_obesity_facts.htm ) Did you know that children have a higher risk of being diagnosed with liver diseases‚ orthopedic

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    overweight children has tremendously increased to one in five children between the ages of 6 and 16. Childhood obesity has become a growing epidemic with many health risks associated with childhood obesity. Families today‚ are now spending less time focusing on healthy lifestyle. While unhealthy foods have become more convenient‚ more effort in healthy eating will help prevent childhood obesity. Eating nutritious foods is vital to a healthy

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    Pedregon 1Jeffrey PedregonMs. GeorgeEnglish 1A5 May 2016The Power of ObesityChildhood obesity has been a problem with children in the United States and the parents who take care of them for some time now. Through the inclining rates of childhood obesity‚ children have never been more at risk for such life threatening health issues. Lifestyle changes along with more physical activity in and outside of school will help the children move toward having a better quality of life. I work in a middle school

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    Obesity Veronica Ross GEN 499 Instructor Hamlin November 17‚ 2014 Obesity Topic: I have chosen the topic‚ obesity. “Obesity has been defined as the excessive accumulation of body fat occurring in children and people being more than 10 pounds over the weight for their height and body type” (The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry‚ 2011). I chose obesity because it has taken over a lot of our young children. Obesity in young children has become a big issue because children

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    Executive Summary on Childhood Obesity Wilma J. Barboza - RN‚ BSN February 3‚ 2013 Executive Summary on Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is one of the root causes affecting millions of young population today. The health effects related to Childhood Obesity are devastating. At least 70% of obese children between the age groups of 5 to 17 suffer from at least one cardiovascular disease (CDC – 2012). Obese children are prone to pre-diabetic conditions with continued risk of progressive

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    Childhood obesity is said to be a modern epidemic in the developed world‚ the prevalence of which has never before been experienced. In medical terms obesity is defined as an abnormal accumulation of body fat‚ usually 20% or more over an individual’s ideal body weight. (WHO‚2016). It is a condition of excess body weight‚ caused by an imbalance between the amount of energy entering the body through food and drink and the amount leaving it through physical activity. Tackling obesity has become a public

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    Childhood Obesity Amanda Demand ENG 122 Instructor: Fawn vonFrohling February 27‚ 2012 Introduction In my discussion I have chosen to talk about childhood obesity. Child obesity is growing throughout the world. The percentage of obese children in America is rising every year. We can learn new things about this topic and can share my learning with others. Doing research on this topic helps me to better understand how to prevent my children from becoming obese. It also helps others to learn

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    Child obesity has reached epidemic proportions in countries such as the United States‚ and is a growing issue that has profound consequences of physical and emotional development in children. Obesity is largely the result of lack of exercise and dietary lifestyle choices that promote weight gain‚ and when these habits begin early in childhood they have a strong potential to persist for the rest of an individual’s life. The detrimental effects of obesity have led to a rise in skyrocketing diseases

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    Research Paper Randy Scott Eng 121 Instructor Donna Mitchell 10/14/2012 Childhood obesity in america is a medical condition that needs major attention. Obesity is defined as having extra body fat. Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past thirty years. There are major health risk linked with childhood obesity such as cardiovascular disease‚ high blood pressure and high cholestoral. 1 out of 3 children are condidered obese in america today. The percentage

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    Childhood Obesity: Are We Missing The Bigger Picture? Childhood Obesity Research and Its Purpose In the 21st century our country is facing criticism for failure to respond to a medical concern which specifically focuses on childhood obesity. The concern has been elevated to a state that health officials are calling it an epidemic. Childhood obesity is labeled an epidemic due to the rising death rates‚ health issues‚ economic and hospital costs. This epidemic also raises ownership responsibilities

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