Childhood Obesity: The Responsibility of Parents Although obesity is a very sensitive topic‚ it is a pressing issue in modern culture‚ and it is something we cannot ignore. Who is responsible for the health of America? Is it parents‚ teachers‚ or is it the responsibility of fast food marketers to properly inform their audience? Often the blame is shifted to other people and to other influences like billboards and commercials‚ but rarely is the individual held responsible for their health. Lawsuits
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Hawai’i Pacific University THE RISING COST OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY The relationship between income and childhood obesity Barbara Can Ms. Amber Leonard WRI 1200 Mar 1‚ 2011 Just take a short drive down any main street in a popular city and you will drive past no less than eight fast food restaurants and three convenient stores within a couple of blocks from each other. If that is the route driven on your way home every day from work and you don’t feel up to making a home cooked meal‚ what
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Abstract. Childhood obesity has become one of the most common health problems facing children in America. Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reveal that ethnic minority children in the United States are at particular risk for development of cardiovascular disease due to their disproportionate levels of obesity. In treating childhood obesity among ethnic minorities‚ practitioners need to be mindful of the cultural norms surrounding body size. Additional concerns
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Angier is the author of the essay I chose from The McGraw – Hill Reader. She graduated in 1978 from Barnard College‚ and then went on to work as a magazine staff writer for Discover and Time. In 1990 Angier became a writer for The New York Times. A year later she won a Pulitzer Prize for her work as a Times science correspondent. She also received the Lewis Thomas Award and was one of seven journalists to receive four stars in the Forbes Media Guide. In this essay‚ “Why Men Don’t Last: Self –
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October 2013 Compare and Contrast In my essay I talk about the baseball field putting me in a good place. The Baseball field is where I feel like my problems go away. The smell of the freshly cut grass and the chalk getting put down I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. The baseball field felt like home to me. When I am playing baseball I don’t worry about any other thing. When I am at the plate it’s just me and the pitcher. Also when I am playing baseball it brings me back to my childhood days when
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health issues that childhood obesity has on young children today and throughout their lives. Obesity is a rising problem in children and adolescents‚ the long-term health and social problems that are arising from this. By examining the child’s lifestyle and their genetic makeup‚ one can find out why or how the child became obese. Childhood obesity is very important in today’s society. One would have to narrow down childhood obesity to dealing with the health problems from childhood to adulthood. Children
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DeVirgilis1 Lily DeVirgilis Professor Blazer ENC 1101 15 9 December 2013 FastFood & Childhood Obesity According to a recent study‚ “nearly 15 percent of U.S. youngsters… are obese” (Holguin). Heavily influenced by our society‚ childhood obesity in the United States is becoming a widespread and growing epidemic. Somewhere alongside almost all obese cases though‚ one can usually find a trail of unhealthy eating patterns. But what exactly are the causes for kids developing these unhealthy eating patterns
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they played an influential role in shaping the way that America is today. Many of those same prominent Americans were writing during that time. Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin were two of them. Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin were two of the most prominent people during the 1700s. They shared a lot of similarities between each other. One similarity was that they both played quite an interesting role during this period where America was fighting for its independence. They were both phenomenal
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Compare and Contrast Essay Over half of the adults in America are overweight Being overweight or obese affects your emotions Obesity is the second leading cause of death of adults 1 out of 3 kids end up with diabetes Kids who are in shape do not eat as much They also perform better in school They have more energy Able to focus on tasks better than overweight kids. Over the years America has become the most overweight country in the world. The times have changed‚ people used to
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Social Influences On Childhood Obesity Overweight and obese children are a major problem in the United States and the rates are unfortunately rising‚ especially in children. Obesity is the leading cause for health problems such as type 2 diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ high blood pressure‚ coronary heart disease‚ gallstones‚ depression‚ anxiety‚ poor academic performance‚ and many other long-term health problems especially if obesity occurs early in life. I believe this is a social issue because
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