Childhood Obesity: Who is really responsible? Homer G. Brown‚ Jr. English 112 Professor Currie August 12‚ 2012 Outline I. Introduction A. This argument defends the parents‚ reduces the thought of all of the responsibility belonging to the parents‚ and highlights other responsible parties‚ namely the responsibility of the school system and their implementation of school lunch programs and vending machines. II. While parental control is needed in aiding in the childhood obesity
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It is also known that obesity is the most common cause of insulin resistance in children. (20) The third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) conducted in United Stated between 1988 and 1994 showed prevalence of 6.8 percent metabolic syndrome among overweight
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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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Childhood Obesity: A Growing Epidemic Matt Vogel University of South Dakota Introduction: Would you like to super-size this meal for an extra $.39? That is a question far too many Americans hear everyday. People in this country are getting fatter and fatter. "In a study conducted by the independent Institute of Medicine (IOM)‚ the prevalence of obese children age 6 to 11 is three times as high as 30 years ago‚" (Arnst and Kiley‚ 2004). Additionally‚ 31% of the total U.S. population is classified
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Physical Activity and the Prevalence of Child Obesity As people age the knowledge and experiences they gain in life may help shape their daily decisions. Adults are often more conscientious of the benefits physical activity has on their bodies and their health. With the growing popularity of video games‚ the distraction of television and the fast paced lifestyles many people are now living‚ children are being greatly affected. The result of children being more sedentary in current times has led
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Search Engine Data Collection Citizens’ personal information has always been actively sought by government authorities and by private businesses‚ and up until recently‚ has been kept exclusively by the institutions requesting the information. However‚ those days of confidentiality are over‚ as the world becomes increasingly structured upon the evolution of the Internet. Today‚ government authorities and private businesses have a multitude of ways to access personal information that is submitted
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The epidemic of childhood obesity is quickly growing throughout the U.S. In just two decades‚ childhood obesity rates from ages 2 to 19 have tripled (NHANES 2011). The rates of obese kids from 6- to 11-years-old more than doubled from 7.0 percent to 17.5 percent and rates of obese teens (ages 12 to 19) quadrupled from 5 percent to 20.5 percent. (NHANES 2011). A few decades ago‚ the question of childhood obesity was not an issue to be argued. Our grandparents and parents never acquired the weight
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behaviours that promote and impede health and environmental factors that influence physical growth. (McDevitt & Ormrod‚ 2010‚ p. 5). I have chosen to evaluate the physical developmental stage of middle childhood‚ children the ages of six to ten years of age. This essay discusses the considerations for physical development and how it can be supported in the learning environment. It will look at motor development and its influences‚ the benefits of physical activity‚ and the consequences of inactivity
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3.6 Data Collection Procedure Figure 3.1 Data Collection Procedure The methods that was used for this study are open-ended survey and semi-structured interview. Since the method is only these two methods‚ the data collection procedure is almost the same for both the methods. The first step for both the procedure is to get the letter of acknowledgement from the faculty that the researcher is doing the research upon the selected respondents for Final Year Project purpose and that there is prove
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The Child Obesity Epidemic The epidemic of childhood obesity is fierce. The problem is scattered all around the nation from the east coast to the west. Hispanics‚ Åfrican Americans‚ Whites‚ males‚ females‚ are all prone to obesity. For the past few years this issue has caught more attention to people around the country. Nearly 18% of children in America are obese (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The number of overweight or obese children continues to grow throughout the country. Lance
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