Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that happens when a child’s weight is well above normal standards for his or her age and height and it has become an ever-increasing problem in the last three decades. Between 1976-1980 and 2007-2008‚ pre-school aged children 2-5 years increased in obesity from 5 to 10.4%. Among 6-11 year olds‚ that rate increased from 6.5 to 19.6% and from 5 to 18.1% among adolescents aged 12-19. (Ogden & Carroll‚ 2010‚ para. 3). Childhood obesity is particularly
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Running Head: Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity in Today’s Modern World Caitlin Wolfe English Composition122 October 11‚ 2010 Mary Lounsbury Childhood obesity has become an overwhelming problem for society today. As it grows in awareness more people are becoming involved in finding a solution to this growing problem. Childhood obesity has occurred due to the fast pace of technology‚ the problem of school budget cuts‚ and more children becoming latch key kids. There are many experts
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Childhood Obesity: An Annotated Bibliography Kornides‚ M.L.‚ Kitsantas‚ P.‚ &Villarruel‚ A. (2011).Factors associated with obesity in Latino children. Hispanic Health Care International‚ 9(3). Several factors determine the high prevalence of obesity among Latino children. The intention of this article was to reassess the latest literature on the factors related to overweight and obesity in Latino children furnish nursing implications‚ and propose direction for future research. Twenty
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Action Plan: The best way to start working into reeucing childhood obesity‚ is to create awarnes of the problem. Parents‚ schools‚ communities and the governemnt needs to know the severity of childhood obesity‚ so creating awarness of the problem will help them see the problem. People might not notice how much of a probleem childhood obesity really since it took many years to become an epedemic. People tend to notice the realseverity of the problem when it happens in a short period of time
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Childhood Obesity: The Impact of Advertising Step One of Final Research Paper Child Obesity Edith Moreno ENG 122 English Composition II Megan Pope February 13‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity: The Effects of Advertising The topic I selected is Childhood Obesity and narrowed it down to Childhood Obesity and The Effects of Advertising. Food commercials play a large role involving this dilemma. I also selected this topic because my granddaughter has a weight problem that we
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is increasing every year to the extent that it has become a global epidemic. Diabetes UK report that globally form 1975 to 2010 it was estimated to treble from 70 million to 220 million and in the UK it was estimated that from 1980 to 2010 it would almost quadruple from 800‚000 to 3 million (Diabetes UK 2004). A 2006 review by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that if the present trends continue‚ by 2025 the global
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Childhood Obesity: Genre Analysis of an Online Article and a Poster In the last years‚ in an alarming way‚ obesity in children has been increasing in the whole World. It has been noticed that obesity affects children psychologically and physically which is why a change is needed to overcome this situation. Many people are aware of this crisis‚ but do nothing to control it. This leads people to think and wonder about several things such as‚ “Who is in charge when it comes to childhood obesity?” and
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Parental Decisions Impact Childhood Obesity Parental Decisions Impact Childhood Obesity Society‚ in general‚ has drastically changed over the past century. Growth and expansion have paved the way for new technological advances‚ but not with some downfalls to go along with it. One such downfall of new technology would be the “convenience factor” (convenient stores for junk food‚ convenient to watch television‚ play video games‚ watch a movie‚ talk or text on a cellular phone as opposed
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What Affects Childhood Obesity More: Genetics or Environment? Shannon Fincher ENG 122 English Compositions Prof. Amanda Price June 27‚ 2012 Childhood obesity is a major problem in the United States today‚ but who is the major culprit in contributing to our children’s obesity? Some feel if your parents are fat than you are predestined to be fat. Some say that genetics are your biggest issue and there is no way to fight it. We live in a society where everywhere we look there is a fast food
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Obesity and Ways to Overcome It 1.) Obesity A.)What is Obesity? 1.) Too much body fat 2.) BMI calculates this B.)What are the causes? 1.) Overeating/Fast food 2.) Not enough exercise 3.) Television advertisements 4.) Genes C.)Physical effects 1.) Not attractive 2.) Health problems a.) Diabetes b.) High blood pressure D.)Mental Effects 1.) Social discrimination 2.) Bias due to media 3.) Low self-esteem 4.) Depression 5.) Eating Disorders
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