effects of 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;
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Darnetta Fancher Eng 102 3/12/13 What is Childhood Vaccination? When germs enter the body‚ the immune system recognizes them as foreign substances (antigens). The immune system then produces the right antibodies to fight the antigens. Vaccines contain weakened or dead versions of the antigens that cause diseases. This means that the antigens cannot produce the signs or symptoms of the disease‚ but they do stimulate the immune system to create antibodies. These antibodies help protect you if
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Childhood Obesity Stephanie Cervantes ENG 122 Deborah Zeringue May 15‚ 2011 Childhood Obesity The writer has chosen to research the topic of childhood obesity. An article in the Washington Post tells us a disturbing fact: “With one in three children in this country overweight or worse‚ the future health and productivity of an entire generation -- and a nation -- could be in jeopardy.” (Levine‚ Stein 2008. para. 4) That number is alarming! In my research
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Middle childhood (usually ages 6-12) is a time that children are becoming more independent of family and begin looking toward their peers for social direction (Peer Relationships in Middle Childhood‚ n.d.). At this stage children are spending more time with their friends and wish to be liked and accepted by others (Psychology Campus‚ 2008). Children are now competing with each other to find their position in the social hierarchy (Kennedy-More‚ E. 2013). According to (Kennedy-More‚ E. 2013)‚ there
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Comp 11 November 13‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious health and societal issue. Rising at extreme rates‚ one may call it an epidemic. Childhood obesity increases incidences of mortality later in life‚ causes asthma and type II diabetes‚ which was only found in adults. With these ill effects‚ childhood obesity is an issue that should not be taken lightly. Over the last fifteen years‚ obesity in children has increased fifty percent. While the cause of this
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ntroduction: Obesity has become a well known word in this generation. Obesity is the condition of being grossly fat or overweight(Dictionary). In the past thirty years‚ obesity rates have more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents(CDC). There is more than one factor that has caused this obesity epidemic. The intake of high calorie and high fat foods‚ the lack of exercise‚ hormone imbalance‚ genetics‚ environmental factors‚ and socioeconomic factors all play a role in why current
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Difficult Childhood After reading “The Sanctuary of School” by Linda Barry I figured out that we share some similar life experiences. Our similar experiences include growing up in poor families‚ crowded households‚ and positive educators that shaped our lives. At the same time‚ there are many differences in our background. She grew up in an urban place‚ and I grew up in a rural area. Linda’s childhood was very unhappy while mine was happy. She was neglected and I was well taken care of as a child
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Questions for History and Memory 2009 Analyze the ways history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights Representing an ‘absolute truth’ is impossible. Inherent human bias affects both history and memory. We unintentionally falsify parts of the past in order to emphasise the nature of past events we find central to our individual beliefs. Therefore we are challenged with obvious limitations in representing the ‘truth’. The interplay of history and memory however‚ leads to a rather
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Memory can have different effects on different people. Memory can be positive or negative. Memory can leave a person with a fear every time they remember. People tend to bypass their memory or even start forgetting what happen in the past. Edwidge Danticat “Westbury court” focuses on an event that happens during her childhood and is still affecting her in her childhood. I can relate to Edwidge Danticat. I also had an event that happened to me and I believed it had to happen to make me who I am today
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However‚ based on the studies in Unequal Childhoods by Dr. Annette Lareau‚ it is shown that cultural logic of child-rearing and the general success of children’s academic studies are significantly dependent and impacted by economically societal differences and family setting. Annette Lareau invites her readers to a new perspective of child-rearing‚ where people are not just individual human beings‚ but rather class subjects. Her book‚ Unequal Childhoods provides the best means to demonstrate her
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