Childhood Obesity In the last hundred years‚ childhood obesity has gone from nearly nonexistent‚ to something we deal with each and every day (Larson‚ June 2010). In just the last decade however‚ it has tripled. Seeing children running in their yards used to be something normal‚ but now‚ it is something rare. Instead‚ 25% of our children are watching over 4 hours of television a day. Childhood obesity has become more common over the years‚ and it is only going to continue. Becoming involved with
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Childhood Obesity: Who is at Fault? Sha’terra Marks English 202 Research Writing Professor Hibsman December 12‚ 2013 Table of Contents Childhood Obesity………………………………………………………………1 Obesity…………………………………………………….............................2-4 Parents Role in Childhood Obesity …………………………………………4-5 Educators Role in Childhood Obesity……………………………………….6-7 What Society is doing to Combat Childhood Obesity?.....................................8 A Closer Look at Childhood Obesity ………………………………………
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(Soechtig). Childhood obesity is an ongoing disease that over the last thirty years has grown at a startling rate. The problem with childhood obesity is that is it not fully understood as it is believed to be a disorder with multiple causes such as environmental factors and lifestyle preferences‚ with the cultural environment playing a pivotal role in its rising prevalence worldwide. Since there are sadly so many environs that play a dominant role in contributing to childhood obesity such as the
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In today ’s society‚ Americans are faced with many critical issues: issues on health‚ money‚ and drugs or alcohol problems. One of the biggest problems we face as a society is obesity. People all over the nation question why we are having this problem and who is responsible. Who do we turn to to educate our society so that we may address this problem the correct way? The answer: healthy eating habits and exercising should be taught early in a child ’s life. An excellent place to build these
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The Issue of Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a demanding issue in the United States as "25% of children are overweight and 11% are obese". (Dehghan‚ Anwar) It has been shown that the amount of obese adolescents have doubled in the last two to three decades causing many serious health related issues in children. Type 2 diabetes and elevated blood pressure are some of the health issues that children are facing from being overweight. (Deckelbaum‚ Christine) These health issues are just proving
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How to prevent Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity is a common health complication in the United States that affects over 25% of the 3.4 million population. Sadness of seeing a child between the ages 6-19 that is obese can affect everyone’s lifestyles around them. People that are overweight‚ many times‚ blame the food industries and even blame others by being overweight. Many children are bullied because of the way they look due to obesity. They want to make a change to themselves but they are always
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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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Karnik‚ Sameera. "Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis." EBSCOhost. Web. 13 May 2012 I think this source can help me because it talks about several different factors that help to contribute to the obesity problem. It refers to the intake of higher calories. It also suggests that genetics can be a problem too. This article suggests interventions to help stop childhood obesity is a good step forward. The top intervention programs usually take place at school and works on having a lot
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Child Obesity "According to the Centers for Disease Control‚ obesity rates have tripled in America’s youth since 1980. Nowadays one-third of America’s children are considered overweight or obese. Many believe childhood obesity is an epidemic that is easy to understand. Today’s children in families with at least one overweight/obese child stare at computer screens instead of playing outside‚ eat sweet and salty snacks in place of fruits and vegetables and take little interest in shopping and food
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is lived‚ things grow‚ and in this period of growth‚ there are stages. In this growing‚ there are times of seeing and understanding the world in different ways‚ with similarities and differences in each phase. These stages can be broken up into childhood and adulthood. The way that the two stages live life is drastically different but certain aspects in the behavior and way of thinking can be obviously contrasting or weirdly identical. These similarities and differences between the stages can be
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