10‚ 2011 “Dangers of Obesity” Obesity is a leading cause for hypertension‚ diabetes‚ and heart disease. There is a growing problem with obesity in America‚ which is leading to many health problems at a younger age. Hypertension‚ diabetes‚ and heart disease is more likely to occur to someone one with poor diet. Poor diet is the leading cause of obesity. According to Roland Strum’s article “The Effects Of Obesity‚ Smoking‚ And Drinking On Medical Problems And Costs” obesity has roughly the same association
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Childhood obesity is a rising epidemic in the United States. b. We can teach children healthy eating habits‚ incorporate physical activity and lead by example. II. Teaching healthy eating habits a. Educate children about healthy foods and their benefits b. Provide healthy alternatives to unhealthy snacks c. Limit fast food for meals III. Incorporating physical activity a. Limit time for electronic use b. Set a specific amount of time for daily outside activity c. Make exercise games to gain
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Child Obesity Obesity is among the easiest medical conditions to recognize but it is one of the hardest conditions to treat. Obesity in society has become worse and worse since time has lead on and this is not just in adults. Children are becoming more obese as time goes on‚ and we have to blame parents for this. If parents aren’t watching or regulating what their children are eating‚ it could turn into worse problems for the children down the road. Parents need to show their children more
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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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Expository Essay Topic: The effect of change in environment on students It is never easy for anyone to pack up and leave everything that is familiar and try to adapt to a new environment‚ but it’s especially hard during a time in your life when there are already so many physical and emotional changes taking place in a young teen’s life. There is so many different ways a big move can have an impact on a teen‚ even if it’s a small or big impact teens still go through changes both in positive and negative
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Obesity in America has gotten out of control over the last few decades with more than 30.5 percent of adults considered obese by current medical standards. The world we live in today‚ is a world where obesity is killing more people than smoking. I believe that Americans are not getting sufficient exercise and are consuming too much unhealthy food. These foods are causing damage to people’s health. Obesity is defined by a measurement known as body mass index also referred to as BMI. A person
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Obesity in Children After reading the material for this week‚ the student began to research obesity in middle childhood. The student discovered the causes of middle childhood obesity‚ the effect of obesity on a child’s health‚ psychosocial‚ and cognitive development‚ and ways to counteract obesity in middle childhood. The student has provided information on obesity solutions in her area‚ a national program to help stop childhood obesity‚ and has suggested other ways to help stop childhood obesity
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Child Obesity in America 1 Issues with Child Obesity in America Avery Williams English Composition II Matthew Minicucci March 28‚ 2011 Child Obesity in America 2 America has it’s share of problems just like any other country throughout the world‚ but there is one issue in particular that has been a growing trend for years in America. Today’s topic of issue is child obesity‚ this is a huge problem in America and it seems to continue to grow in numbers. Child obesity is the highlight
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American Obesity Rises The obesity rate in America has increased tremendously within the past 20 plus years. People have become more comfortable being heavier than the average. Society tries to enforce the idea of “slim” being “in”‚ while somehow contradicting itself by saying being comfortable in your own skin. The obesity rate in America has increased because of cultural changes‚ lifestyle habits‚ and genetics. Over the past 20 years‚ American culture has changed as a whole. Working men and
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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; fatty
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