de la Educación Facultad de Historia‚ Geografía y Letras Departamento de Inglés Post-Intermediate Oral and Written Discourse Prof. Jesse Spencer María Teresa Acuña Vera Group 3 Childhood obesity and risk to children’s health A new epidemic has been appeared in the world in the last decades. Childhood obesity‚ as an epidemic‚ is a growing problem in many countries of the world‚ it has gained the full attention of health care professionals‚ health policy experts‚ children’s advocates‚ and parents
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effects of childhood obesity are both physical and emotional‚ not to mention preventable. According to the National Conference of State Legislation‚ obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile of the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for age growth charts. Dr. David S. Ludwig‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D.‚ states in The New England Journal of Medicine in an article titled “Childhood Obesity---- The Shape of Things To Come”‚ the physical complications of childhood obesity;
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Effects of Parents on Childhood Obesity ENG 122 Instructor: Jessica Guire In the past 30 years‚ body fat percentages have increased dramatically in the United States among children and young adults. In fact‚ according to National Center for Health Statistics (2010) “The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008. Similarly‚ the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18%
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Childhood Obesity Chimere Vicks ENG 122 Craig Smith January 01‚ 2013 Childhood Obesity The children of our future are facing a many challenges throughout their childhood‚ Childhood obesity is one of the challenges that has caught my interest. Children of different ages are facing this problem. Question is‚ what are we doing‚ as parents‚ to help prevent this problem? Children cannot buy their own food nor do they do not know how important it is to stay active. Parents have a responsibility
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Spreading the Cure for Childhood Obesity Alyssa Herold Kaplan University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the increased amount of children suffering from obesity and why it is a major health concern in the United States. It will explain in detail what childhood obesity is‚ the important contributing factors which cause the condition‚ and what types of preventative actions can be implemented into
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1 Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity is an important issue because of the staggering proportions that this disease has reached in the past few years. Certain genetic factors that are paired with changing the lifestyles and culture has produced kids (and some adults) who are generally not as healthy as people were just a few decades ago. Widespread obesity has been the extreme result of these changes. I chose this topic because I have been working with children for the past two years
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INTRODUCTION Childhood obesity has become a major issue in our society. It does not only influence one’s childhood but it will also make an impact on one’s later adult life. For example‚ how will people perceive an obese person when one is looking for a job? There are many reasons for childhood obesity‚ for example‚ dietary‚ genetics‚ environment‚ illness‚ and psychological factors. It is important to be aware of what kinds of health problems obesity will bring to us. Diseases like diabetes
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Is There Any Need to Be Worried About Childhood Obesity? Catherine (Boyuan Zheng) ESLI Level 5P Is There Any Need to Be Worried About Childhood Obesity? 1. Introduction Childhood obesity is a major focus of the society and the public health officials. And childhood obesity trends have increased dramatically over the past several years (Staniford‚ Breckon‚ & Copeland‚ 2012‚ p. 545). Overweight is measured by body mass index which is called BMI. According to the survey from the 2003 to 2004
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY I. Introduction Obesity among children has risen greatly worldwide. Obesity in chilren can causes a serious complication‚ and increase the risk of premature illness. There are a factor that causes obesity among children and there could be a ways to prevent this issue to keep increasing. II. Body A As the adult‚ obesity in childhood causes hypertension‚ dyslipidaemia‚ chronic inflammation‚ increased blood clotting tendency endothelial dysfuntion‚ and hyperinsulinaemia
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consequences of obesity J J Reilly‚ E Methven‚ Z C McDowell‚ B Hacking‚ D Alexander‚ L Stewart‚ C J H Kelnar ............................................................................................................................. Arch Dis Child 2003;88:748–752 The recent epidemic of childhood obesity1 has raised concern because of the possible clinical and public health consequences.2 3 However‚ there remains a widespread perception among health professionals that childhood obesity is a largely
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