Parental Responsibility and Childhood Obesity Submitted by: Cheryl C. Stevenson University Composition and Communication August 5‚ 2011 Parents are ultimately responsible for childhood obesity. Parents that ignore the countless warnings signs about the dangers surrounding childhood obesity are neglectful and this act should be considered a criminally‚ prosecutable offense. This type of neglect should be considered to be child abuse. Although a parent may not be physically abusing their
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What are the advantages of using free weights? There are many good reasons why free weights might work better for you than resistance machines. Here are some of the advantages: More versatile: You can work practically any muscle through almost any angle and range of motion‚ which is great for coming up with an enormous variety of exercises. Less bulky and cheaper: Machines tend to be expensive and bulky. A basic set of dumbbells and barbells‚ on the other hand‚ take up a lot less space and won’t
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How can we stop it you may ask. Well Mmichelle Oobama already tried on stopping obesity in children by getting schools lunches to be more healthy. Michelle Oobama claimed that she can fix childhood obesity in a generation. She has made the rate of childhood obesity go down quite a bit. and cChildren in the United States have been developing better eating habits. Michelle Oobama has made quite the difference with obesity‚ many restaurants around america have hopped on the trend by putting less calories
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Research Proposal on Obesity About one in five American kids is overweight enough to be considered obese (Parr 45). Obesity being 20% or more overweight‚ is considered a disease because it is associated with so many health problems‚ like heart disease and diabetes. Being obese as a child usually leads into being obese through adulthood. “One third of adults are obese‚ and a third of these got that way in childhood” (Parr 53). That is why it is so important to keep kids from becoming overweight
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Olethia Curry Professor Benjamin English 112 November 10‚ 2013 Childhood Obesity: Is It A Form of Child Abuse? Childhood obesity is a huge problem in the United States. It is known as a serious medical condition that causes other medical problems. Obesity is generally caused by genetics‚ certain illnesses‚ and uncontrolled behavior or overeating. According to the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)‚ “Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States. It affects more than 30 percent of
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Vita Kash ENG 1510‚ Friday Essay 3‚ Draft 1 November 11 2013 Childhood Obesity One of the most global health problems that people face in the twenty first century is obesity in children and teens. Obesity is a worldwide disease that affects all aspects of people’s life. Yes‚ it is a disease because obesity leads to many health problems. The World Health Organization states: “In the last decade the estimated number of adults with excess weight has increased dramatically from 200 million
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Fighting the Childhood Obesity Crisis in America The childhood obesity crisis in America is growing at an alarming rate and there needs to be a solution for our children’s health and future. Over 17% of children in the United States are considered obese and that number continues to rise. The rate for childhood obesity has tripled since 1980 (Center for Disease Control‚ 2011). Remember a standard paragraph is 5-7 sentences. Obesity occurs when a child is above the normal weight for his or hers
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The Role of Parents and Media Childhood obesity is between 16-36 percent of child and youth that are obese/ overweight. If one of the parents is obese or overweight‚ it is likely that 50 percent the child can be an overweight or obese child. If both parents are overweight or obese the child has 80 percent guarantee that he/she is going to be an overweight or obese child. In addition‚ in the United States the percentage of American children has tripled in the past 20 years. The children who are
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San Francisco has become the first major American city to prohibit fast-food restaurants from including toys with children’s meals that do not meet nutritional guidelines. The city’s Board of Supervisors gave the measure final approval Tuesday on an 8-3 vote. That’s enough votes to survive a planned veto by Mayor Gavin Newsom. The ordinance‚ which would go into effect in December of next year‚ prohibits toy giveaways in fast-food children’s meals that have more than 640 milligrams of sodium‚ 600
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In 2009 8.1million children under five died worldwide which means that every day more than 22‚000 children died and 2/3 of deaths‚ 5.4million‚ were due to infectious diseases (UNICEF 2010). Mass vaccination campaigns are accepted as a number one solution to the child mortality from the preventable infectious diseases. Vaccines are one of the greatest public health attainments which from people benefited throughout the last two centuries (Stern‚ Markel 2005). They are the safe guardians of both children
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