ENG 101 1/21/12 Essay #3 Childhood Obesity Obesity occurs when an individual has more body fat then what is considered healthy for their height. People who have excess body fat are more likely to develop health issues then non-obese people. Sadly‚ obesity has become an epidemic in our nation‚ spreading throughout both the adult and adolescent communities. “Recent studies have shown that 17 percent of the nation’s 6- to 19-year-olds are obese‚ and that more than a third are overweight. Those
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Running Head: Childhood Obesity � PAGE �1� Childhood Obesity � PAGE �12� Childhood Obesity � PAGE �13� The prevalence of childhood obesity has more than tripled over the last three decades. In 1980 the rate of obesity among U. S. children aged 6-11 was 6.5% however‚ according to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2010)‚ in 2008 that number soared to 19.6%. Obesity rate for teens 12-19 years of age also saw a substantial increased‚ from 5% to 18.1% (National
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| Childhood obesity is a disease that affects millions of children worldwide today. According to the Mayo Clinic‚ “Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his or her age and height. Childhood obesity is particularly troubling because the extra pounds often start children on the path to health problems that were once confined to adults‚ such as diabetes‚ high blood pressure and high cholesterol
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Childhood Obesity: Why Are Our Children Fat? Childhood obesity has become a rising problem that is because its effects carry on into adulthood. Over the last thirty years‚ overweight children and adolescents in America has more than doubled. Children are increasingly engaged in more non-active activities rather than exercising. Watching television may contribute to childhood obesity both by reducing energy expenditure from displacement of physical activity‚ increasing energy intake from snacking
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Advertisement and Childhood Obesity ENGL/101-B25 Would you feed your children lard? The answer for most all of us is “No Way”. Most parents can safely say that they want healthy choices for their children and would never want to give them something that is bad for them. However‚ with many of the foods on fast food menus this is not far from the truth. We have all heard the statement that childhood obesity is on the rise‚ and has been for quite some time now. We have seen the heartbreaking stories
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Point Mar Case Study – Childhood Obesity Introduction The needs assessment of a community offers an accurate portrait of the community’s health to assist in the prioritization of prevention activities and build coalitions to make improvements and address existing problems (CDC‚ 2013). The needs assessment of the Vista County showed an economically poor county with six cities‚ largest being Point Mar‚ a port city with certain potential health issues. One of the health issues which is the focus of
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Another model that evaluates health-related behaviors for childhood obesity is The Health Belief Model. The Health Belief Model is one of the first theories developed exclusively for health related behaviors and today is one of the most popular models as it provides specific guidance at the micro level for planning the “how to” part of intervention (Sharma & Romas‚ 2012‚ p. 74). The constructs of The Health Belief Model places a strong emphasis on perceived issues contributing to behaviors followed
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Health Issue Childhood obesity is a disease that had affected many kids and teenagers and should be taken very serious. It is generated when a child is extremely over the scale of the normal weight for his or her age range. Childhood obesity is really upsetting because when children start to gain extra weight at a young age‚ it has a negative impact on their wellbeing in the long run. For example; diabetes‚ hypertension and elevated cholesterol all can be a result of childhood obesity (CDC‚ 2015)
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Childhood Obesity: A growing problem in the United State Why is childhood obesity increasing so much? Schools play a role in childhood obesity. There are ways to prevent it. I think schools should give healthier lunch‚ they should ban their high calorie snacks and drinks‚ and they should have more physical activities. If we don’t start now in a few more years 90 % off all children will become obese. All the unhealthy things that schools provide for children increase their weight. Childhood obesity
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of Childhood Obesity In quest of finding causes‚ preventions and control of childhood obesity‚ several health professionals have participated in the studies of obesity in children and teenagers. Below is a scrutiny of some data and pieces of information from few studies and articles. In the article Identification‚ Evaluation‚ and Management of Obesity in an Academic Primary Care Center‚ O’Brien et al performed a study to find out how other health workers were dealing with childhood obesity
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