Socioeconomic Factors: Rarely is childhood obesity caused by a medical condition. A child’s environment is very complex and includes family‚ peers‚ school‚ community/neighborhoods‚ and society at large‚ as filtered through media‚ advertising‚ and prevailing social norms. Socioeconomic status is an important determinant of standard of living and health status‚ as it influences the incidence and prevalence of various health conditions such as childhood obesity. Several ways of measuring socioeconomic
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Despite the growing number of obesity-related illnesses‚ it seems that a great number of us don’t really comprehend the price of obesity. It is a hefty sum that affects our physical‚ social‚ mental‚ emotional and cultural life that everyone should be concerned about. But in case we need constant reminding of the huge price of obesity‚ here’s the lowdown: 1. Obesity predisposes an individual to physical illness. When you are obese‚ you are more prone to heart disease‚ cancer‚ type 2 diabetes‚ high
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Today in the world we live in‚ 25% of white children are overweight and 33% of African American children are overweight. Those numbers are staggering. Also about 45% of all diabetes cases diagnosed in children are as a result of obesity. We all live in a very hectic world‚ and I realize that. Everyone has somewhere to be‚ weather it be work or a social event and to be honest‚ we really don’t take care of our kids. It is found more and more that we as a society don’t get our children involved. Less
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Appendix 2 Literature Review – Childhood Obesity Obesity - Background All of the literature refers to similar statistics regarding obesity. The list below gives some examples of the data available from the different sources. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Obesity has more than doubled between 1990 and 2000 in Britain. One in 10 six year olds (8.5%) are obese. One in six (15%) 15 year olds is obese. If the current trends continue‚ one fifth of boys and one third of girls will be obese by 2020. Obesity is measured using the Body
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Childhood Obesity Journal Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic. However many aspects need to be considered in order to help any child who is overweight. Children that are overweight need to be assessed to determine if the weight problem is due to psychological issues‚ or lack of nutrition and physical activity. Once the causing factor is determined the proper steps can be taken to help the child and the family to live a healthy happy life. Growing up I enjoyed home cooked meals‚ and I was
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physical activity and a questionable nutritional experience. Consequently‚ Johnny suffers from childhood obesity‚ contributing to the nearly doubled rate over the past decade. Obesity in American children is no longer a rarity; it is rapidly escalating‚ and furthermore destroying the health and emotional status of the children affected. Unfortunately‚ many people in the general public do not consider childhood obesity to be a problem of more than aesthetic dimensions‚ even despite the fact that three hundred
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Obesity in America America is the red‚ the blue‚ and the white. We are a great nation with amazing abilities to influence the world. However in the recent years‚ obesity has increased drastically. Over one third of America’s population is obese. (Go Red Flag) In fact‚ obesity is starting to take over America‚ but it needs to come to an end. Obesity can lead to many health problems. For example‚ type two diabetes can be caused from being overweight. Strokes and breast cancer are also possible health
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in grade six‚ I was tasked with the assignment of composing an argumentative essay based the idea that “restaurants create obesity”. I had written a pro argument with various sub points including the proposition that restaurants encourage weight gain and subsequently diabetes. Even at my young age‚ I was very aware that my audience was my class mates‚ one of which had diabetes. I recall being so terrified that my essay would offend her and my classmates‚ that I nearly refused to present. Yet after
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are found to have a shorter attention span‚ and adults have less face-to-face interactions because of technological advances. Technology has impacted toddlers in several ways: such as an increase in childhood obesity‚ less reading‚ and a decrease in social interaction with other kids. Childhood obesity is on the rise in the United States‚ and technology has played an important part in the increasing trend. Children are advised to get one hour of active play a day; instead they play on their tablets
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Nowadays‚ obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. Modern lifestyle has also compounded overweight problems‚ which include obese cases among children. Young people are becoming obese at a very young age because they do not consume balance diet. Saving children from the clutch of obesity should be significantly done not only by fast food companies but also family and health institution. First of all‚ family support is crucial in reducing the number of obese children by watching over their children’s
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