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    Childhood Obesity

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    In today ’s society‚ Americans are faced with many critical issues: issues on health‚ money‚ and drugs or alcohol problems. One of the biggest problems we face as a society is obesity. People all over the nation question why we are having this problem and who is responsible. Who do we turn to to educate our society so that we may address this problem the correct way? The answer: healthy eating habits and exercising should be taught early in a child ’s life. An excellent place to build these

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    Teen Obesity

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    teenagers is the increase in the rate of teen obesity. According to the American Obesity Association‚ about 30.4 percent of teenagers are overweight‚ and 15.5 percent of teens are obese (1). This means that 45.9 percent of teens are at risk for developing health problems due to weight. It is important to note that weight gain during the teen years is normal. It is when that weight gain progresses beyond normal limits that teens become at risk for obesity. Generally speaking‚ a person is obese when

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    Childhood Obesity

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    CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PEVENTED? Mary Lally ENG 122: English Composition II William Johnson May 1‚ 2012 CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PREVENTED? If you could image living in this world 10 years from now how would you picture what the average person would look like? Are they fat or skinny? Obesity is becoming an epidemic that is slowly killing many people. With more and more children becoming overweight there health is getting worse at an early age. I will show you how being

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    Obesity Is Not a Disease

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    Obesity Is Not a Disease Kevin Moore BCOM/275 7/01/2013 Dion Williams Obesity Is Not a Disease On June 18 the American Medical Association voted to categorize obesity as a disease‚ moving the condition above its past designation as a major health concern. I disagree with this decision. The AMA said in a memo that more widespread recognition of obesity as a disease “could result in greater investments by government and the private sector to develop and reimburse obesity treatments. (American

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    Obesity in Memphis

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    Obesity is the leading contributor to so many health problems. Obesity has been linked the top diseases suffered by Americans today. Obesity has been linked to such illness as high blood pressure‚ heart disease‚ diabetes‚ arthritis and many others. In a land where food is a show of affection‚ quick‚ or convenient is not surprising that many Americans suffer from obesity. Research has been conducted by Gallup’s Well-Being Index‚ has narrowed the highest level of obesity to the city of Memphis‚ TN

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    Exercises

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    Exercises Audience relationship: The “You” Attitude Rewrite these sentences to reflect your audience’s viewpoint: 1. Your e-mail cannot be processed; we request that you use the order form on our website instead. Please use the order form on our website to enable to process ur email. 2. We insist that you always bring your credit card to the store. Please always bring your credit card to the store. 3. We want to get rid of all our CRT monitors to make room in our warehouse for the new LCD flat screen

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    Obesity in America

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    They do less physical activities each day than any other nations. We drive more and walk less than other people. Exercise is key to good health and an essential tool in the fight against obesity‚ but new numbers suggest that many Americans don’t get any physical activity at all. Studies by the CDC have shown that 2 out of 10 Americans get the recommended amount of exercise. Stress is also a reason Americans are overweight. The CDC also stated that "While the immediate . . . response to

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    Childhood Obesity

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    Childhood Obesity America has not seen an epidemic more wide spread and rapidly growing than childhood obesity. The odd part about it is we actually have a cure. A cure that cost practically nothing. Parents seem to be oblivious to it all. Allowing their children to watch numerous hours of T.V or continuous thumb twitching while playing video games doesn’t seem to be helping the problem. Constantly feeding them fast food simply because its easier and quicker is just like adding fuel to the fire

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    Exercise Is Important

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    nightmares about performing even the smallest amount of exercise? Well not to worry! This article aims to make you see the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle. I bet some of you are sitting their now‚ chocolate bar in hand‚ thinking: "there’s no way on Earth I need to do exercise‚ so what if I’m a little bit overweight?". Well you’re wrong. The rate of obesity is on the rise and continues to: unless something is done about it. Obesity may just be a name to you: a label to the fatties who

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    Childhood Obesity

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    Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. The NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) conducted research in 2010 and found that 22.8% of children between 5-17 years of age were classified as overweight or obese (Health NSW‚ 2012). Studies have shown a dramatic rise in the number of obese children in the last few decades and it has been shown that between 1980 and 2000‚ obesity rates doubled among children and tripled among teens

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