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    Childhood Obesity Causes

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    Causes and Effects of Childhood Obesity One of the biggest concerns among health care providers and parents in the last few decades has been childhood obesity. This has caused many problems; among the most concerning is a preventable health problem. Professionals have even considered it an epidemic‚ which raises even more concern about the future of our youth. It also opens our eyes to see that the problem is much bigger than we thought it to be. The major causes for obesity are the rise in fast

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    Part of the reason that childhood obesity is on the rise in America is that children are not getting enough daily physical play. It is also true that many children today spend a lot of time in some sort of childcare or school setting making us an important tool to help fight childhood obesity. As teachers we “encourage the development of various skills and behaviors by being role models and by providing motivation for children to succeed.” (Berns‚ 2013‚ p.19) In order to help children become more

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    61 20 November 2012 Causes Of Childhood Obesity In America Obesity in children has dramatically increased in the last twenty years‚ and has become a growing issue in the United States. According to the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey‚ 16 percent of children age 6-19 years are overweight‚ and another 15 percent are at the risk of becoming overweight or obese. Although specific causes for the increase in prevalence of childhood obesity is not clear‚ researchers have found

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    In my paper we are going to target childhood obesity. Over the last 30 years obesity in children has tripled. Childhood obesity is among children as young 6 to 11 years‚ the rate has increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. Obesity among adolescents 12 to 19 years has also increased from 5.0% in 1980 to 18.1% in 2008. Obesity has been the result of caloric imbalance‚ which is too few calories expended for the calories consumed and mediated by a person’s genetics‚ behavioral‚ and

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    Essay Childhood Obesity

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    Essay Carlos Haquin ENC 1101 English Composition 1 February 13‚ 2015 Professor: Christie Ewell 0 Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity is a health issue‚ cause by having excess body weight as well as excess of body fat. This is a serious problem for the future of society especially now that our children are not getting enough physical activities because of technology and unhealthy eating patterns. Children who are obese are likely to be obese as adults. Therefore‚ this habits can take

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    Childhood Obesity: An Analysis of Food in Children’s Television Shows There are more obese children in the current times than ever before‚ and many people blame many different sources. One of these sources is Television; whether it is the act of the children watching television‚ or the shows themselves and what the children are seeing on the programs. The main discussion in what children’s television programs are showing is ‘food’ – more specifically‚ unhealthy food. Many of the programs on

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    Childhood Obesity Quiz

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    Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following is a conclusion reached regarding childhood obesity? A) Food advertising has not been found to influence children’s food choices. B) The FTC has determined that it is primarily marketers’ fault that childhood obesity has increased. C) Over the decades that childhood obesity has increased‚ so too has the amount of advertising. D) Marketers are doing nothing to curb this problem. E) all of the above Answer: C Page: 717 Difficulty:

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    What are the facts? Child obesity is a growing problem in Australia‚ with an estimated 2/3 of children considered overweight‚ 1/3 of which are considered obese. Coincidently‚ Australia not only has the most overweight children‚ it also has the highest proportion of junk food advertising on commercial television (Chapman et. al‚ 2006; Morton‚ 1990; Morton et. al.‚ 2005). In the period between 1985 and 1997 the number of overweight children doubled‚ and the number of obese young Australian’s

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    Challenges in Nursing: Increased Childhood Obesity & the Effects on Nursing Lance Van Middle Georgia State College Challenges in Nursing: Increased Childhood Obesity & the Effects on Nursing Modern nurses encounter many difficulties while fulfilling their role as a patient advocate‚ educator‚ and partner. One major task nurses are confronted with is the growing epidemic of childhood obesity as younger patients are being treated for serious conditions usually associated

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    Childhood Obesity: An Overview Dora Matagić‚ PO2 recent research evidence on a number of aspects of childhood obesity:  definition and prevalence  consequences  causes and prevention body mass index (BMI) as a means of defining obesity in children and adolescents it does matter to physical and psychological health there are adverse health risks for both the obese child and the adult who was obese as a child Introduction and aim Strategies to combat childhood obesity have been overtaken

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