deeply concerned about their children’s health and the epidemic of childhood obesity. One out of every three children is now overweight or obese‚ a condition that places them at greater risk of developing diabetes‚ heart disease‚ and cancer over the course of their lives. This is not the future we want for our children‚ and it is a burden our health care system cannot bear. Nearly $150 billion per year is now being spent to treat obesity-related medical conditions. Fortunately‚ there are clear‚ concrete
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Childhood Obesity: Cause and Effect December 3‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Gone are the days of children playing hide and seek outside‚ walking long distances to and from school‚ walking to a friend’s house to play on the weekends and walking to the bus stop to go to mall with friends and in essence exerting physically. It is rare to find a child carrying a sack lunch to school which would include a healthy lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches‚ an apple and perhaps a cookie or chips
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Childhood Obesity Runs in the Family Sharon Jackson ENG 122 Matthew Morsworth November 1‚ 2010 We are in an epidemic of overweight and obesity of children in the United States today. I have chosen to talk about “Childhood Obesity” for my research paper. As we all know that Childhood Obesity is in fact very real and also a risk of children becoming overweight and ending up a lot of health issues such as diabetes and high blood pressure as well as death. For my narrowed topic for this research
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of Childhood Obesity Abstract While sitting at a mall‚ a person may notice the different sizes of people walking by. Generally speaking there are really tall people‚ short people‚ some with small waists and others with large waist. There are small children and large children. The children are what we will be focusing on throughout this paper. One of the growing problems in the United States is childhood obesity. What is the cause? Why is childhood obesity
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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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Childhood Obesity: The Causes‚ Health Problems‚ and Prevention Kristina Waltmire ENG122: English Composition II Instructor: Marsha Beckwith-Howard February 21‚ 2011 The topic that I have chosen for my paper is addressing the issue of childhood obesity. According to Merriam-Webster (2010) obesity is a condition where there is excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body. I think that childhood obesity is an epidemic that the United States of America is facing as a major issue
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Weigh In on Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has recently become an epidemic in the United States‚ affecting about four million children every year (“Childhood Obesity Facts”). A YouTube public service announcement on this particular topic caught my eye because it is a very frightening‚ serious subject that is prevalent among my family and peers. Many Americans push this idea aside‚ but they fail to realize that nearly one of three children in the United States suffer from obesity (“Overweight
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Childhood Obesity: A New Epidemic The nature of society has changed greatly since the mid 20th century. With this change‚ the face and size of American youth has been altered. Increasing numbers of children ranging from infants to adolescents have become obese. Since the 1970’s‚ obesity in children age two to five and adolescents age 12 to 19 has more than doubled. However‚ the fact that the percentage of children between the ages of 6 and 11 who are obese has tripled is increasingly frightening
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Childhood obesity fast becoming a worldwide epidemic‚ and according to the Bureau of Statistics (cited in Browne 2012‚ p.20)‚ 23 per cent of children are overweight or obese in Australia. Browne (2012‚ p.20) suggests that by children being weighed regularly by their doctor‚ just as they were when they were babies and toddlers‚ it will help doctors and parents to closely monitor their weight. Although obesity is caused by an imbalance of the calories consumed with the output of energy through metabolism
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Not many people understand the specific reasons for childhood obesity. Children whose body mass index is above the 85th percentile are considered obese. Three links to childhood obesity that people need to understand are household income‚ laziness‚ and psychological factors The first reason that greatly affects a child’s health is the lack of income in the household. Parents‚ who generally are listed in the poverty level‚ have a greater chance of having obese children. This is because fast food
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