Childhood Obesity According to Burniat (2002‚ p.15)‚ obesity means an excessive amount of body fat; however‚ no general agreement as yet exists on the best definition of obesity in children. A number of factors contribute to a child becoming obese‚ and these include genetics‚ lifestyle habits‚ or a combination of both. Childhood obesity is an increasing problem all over the world that affects an estimated seventeen percent of all children in the United States‚ which is three times the rate it was
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Childhood Obesity Amanda Demand ENG 122 Instructor: Fawn vonFrohling February 27‚ 2012 Introduction In my discussion I have chosen to talk about childhood obesity. Child obesity is growing throughout the world. The percentage of obese children in America is rising every year. We can learn new things about this topic and can share my learning with others. Doing research on this topic helps me to better understand how to prevent my children from becoming obese. It also helps others to learn
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Child obesity has reached epidemic proportions in countries such as the United States‚ and is a growing issue that has profound consequences of physical and emotional development in children. Obesity is largely the result of lack of exercise and dietary lifestyle choices that promote weight gain‚ and when these habits begin early in childhood they have a strong potential to persist for the rest of an individual’s life. The detrimental effects of obesity have led to a rise in skyrocketing diseases
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Childhood Obesity: Are We Missing The Bigger Picture? Childhood Obesity Research and Its Purpose In the 21st century our country is facing criticism for failure to respond to a medical concern which specifically focuses on childhood obesity. The concern has been elevated to a state that health officials are calling it an epidemic. Childhood obesity is labeled an epidemic due to the rising death rates‚ health issues‚ economic and hospital costs. This epidemic also raises ownership responsibilities
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“Childhood Obesity” Does the Media Play a Big Role? Charlotte Sandstrom Ashford University 06/01/2012 ENG 122 Instructor Dr. Marsha Beckwith-Howard The nature of childhood obesity is growing at a fast rate since two decades ago. People are finding more and more children at risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes since the media has focused on children eating more sugar and fast food in their diets. However‚ media is sending subliminal messages to kids through commercial and tricking
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Childhood Obesity Chamberlain College of Nursing Dawn M. Greene NR448 Information Systems in Healthcare Professor Rebecca Burhenne Spring Session B – 2010 Introduction The research topic attempts to examine if socioeconomic status affects the prevalence of elevating obesity rates in adolescents. Obesity is a condition that is indicative of a” high proportion of body fat that causes a negative effect on your health” (Dahms‚ 2008). The most common causes is eating too much and moving around
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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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overweight because they don’t do any physical activity.” Obesity is a serious issue among children and there are complex reasons that can cause it‚ principally by poor eating habits‚ lack of any physical activity and family history of obesity. Overweight in children is not being a few pounds higher than normal‚ “obesity in childhood is when a kid is 10% higher than what their weight is supposed to be”(Facts for families). Being overweight during childhood is the easiest issue to recognize talking in medical
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three children born in the year 2000 is expected to develop diabetes in his or her lifetime.(4E) Is this surprising? In America all we worry about is food at our convince. Because most Americans are always on the go. As statics are showing childhood obesity is rapidly increasing all over the world. Why is this becoming such a pressing issue when it can be stopped or at least have precautions taken. Children learn through observation and imitation‚ as well as behaviors of their parents.(5A) In today’s
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Childhood Obesity The days of children playing hide and seek outside are gone. Walking long distances to and from school‚ walking to a friend’s house to play on the weekends or walking to the bus stop to go to the mall with friends. It is rare to find a child carrying a bagged lunch to school‚ which would include a healthy lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches‚ an apple with cookies or chips being the unhealthiest part of the lunch. Child obesity is the result of poor nutrition at home
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