Although advertisers and the media have a huge impact on the issue of childhood obesity‚ the parents have the final call on what their children eat and don’t eat. It is the parents who give in to their children’s whining and give them what they want just to please them. Childhood obesity starts when the children are old enough to realize that they can get their way when they cry for something. It is the parents’ responsibility to lead by example and teach their children healthy eating habits at a
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Running Head: Tackling Chilhood Obesity Addressing The Issue of Childhood Obesity Kimberly Richmond Eng 122 Jaclyn Mallan – King October 28th‚ 2010 Tackling Childhood Obesity Ever since the 2001 release
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Outline I. Introduction A. (Opening Device): It is a huge problem in the American society today‚ something that can be prevented with more outside play. Can anyone think what it is? Childhood obesity. There are way too many kids in America that just sit at home and play video games all day. Or put too much junk food in their diet. This wouldn’t be such a big deal if kids actually got out and exercised. Take me for example‚ I play a decent amount of video games and I will be the first one to admit
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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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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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These past few decades have shown drastic changes in how health is perceived. With childhood obesity raising every year this is something that needs to be recognized with a change following it. The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly‚ the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period of time (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).
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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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Title: How Junk Food Can Cause Obesity Complication in Young Children Attention Getter: How many of you know that when young children get addicted to junk food that they can get obesity from eating a lot of junk food. Childhood obesity is rising throughout the world. Credibility: The History of Junk Food www.thehistoryofjunkfood.com What are junk foods and what are healthy foods www.whatarejunkfoodsandhealthyfoods.com The affect among junk food www.theaffectsamongjunkfood.com
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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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Overjudged‚ Undereducated Overfed and Undernourished a documentary showcasing the prevalence of childhood obesity. The film not only included showing the reasons why children are facing this problem but also showed hoe to combat it. The document mainly focused on what was the cause‚ regardless of lifestyle‚ diet‚ or weight all of those factors can be summed up into one word. Choices. People have the choice to live a healthy lifestyle‚ eat a healthy diet‚ and keep a healthy weight. Life is all about
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