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 Chimere Vicks ENG 122 Craig Smith January 01‚ 2013 Childhood Obesity The children of our future are facing a many challenges throughout their childhood‚ Childhood obesity is one of the challenges that has caught my interest. Children of different ages are facing this problem. Question is‚ what are we doing‚ as parents‚ to help prevent this problem? Children cannot buy their own food nor do they do not know how important it is to stay active. Parents have a responsibility
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Obesity in the United States As so often happens‚ many people in the world face obesity problems. Obesity is a serious health problem in the United State‚ and is a life-threatening condition. Obesity doesn’t show up overnight‚ there are many ways to become obese; however once a person become obese‚ there are many health problems and disease that come up and how they live it. After a person becomes obese‚ they can lose the weight and lengthen their life or keep the weight and decrease
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Society can Change a Person Jones In reading class were reading Fahrenheit 451 and character name Mildred is very self-centered‚ robotic‚ and unfeeling. Another character named Captain Beatty explained why she like this or why society is like that. Why is mildred is so robotic is that she didn’t have to work for anything; everything was given to her. Also she have a routine that she that she follow everyday. Captain Beatty say that “ all this started with the civil war. People used to not get
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The invention that has changed the American way of life since the early 20th century is the car. The Model T has been around since 1910 and was invented by the genius Henry Ford. Henry was good at making mechanical things and he created a convenient way to get around. It changed the way that we do things like go to work. Before the making of the car was out‚ it took people really long to get to work because they didn’t have a form of fast transportation. Once the invention was on the market it allowed
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Obesity Response In his article‚ Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚ Wil Haygood talks about the obesity problem among the people of Manchester Kentucky. Haygood observes that Manchester is one of the unhealthiest places in Kentucky. However‚ the people of Manchester are far from eager to discuss or even acknowledge this problem. Haygood places much of the blame for the obesity problem on the local people being uneducated about the risks being obese can pose
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chose for my research paper is “Childhood Obesity.” I chose this topic for many reasons. One reason I chose this topic is because it has become an ignored problem because it is considered to be normal now because so many of our youth are over-weight. Many of the parents‚ teachers‚ and friends of children who are obese become enablers because they either feel bad for the child or think that it’s cute or harmless. Not many people realize that childhood obesity is a rising epidemic and that it leads to
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have it. You can control your asthma by knowing the warning signs of an attack‚ staying away from things that trigger an attack‚ and following the advice of your doctor or other medical professional. When you control your asthma: * you won’t have symptoms such as wheezing or coughing‚ * you’ll sleep better‚ * you won’t miss work or school‚ * you can take part in all physical activities‚ and * you won’t have to go to the hospital. How Is Asthma Diagnosed? Asthma can be hard to
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Obesity and Genetics Stephanie Ferreyra Obesity is characterized by a high amount of body fat or adipose tissue. This condition is common‚ but varies from individual to individual. There are other factors that play a role in obesity other than eating too much of the wrong foods‚ not exercising‚ or age‚ and gender. This factor is genetics. People with genetic risk factors that affect energy metabolism and result in an inborn susceptibility to gain weight are much different than a person who loses
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a scheduled diet. Dr. Joanne D. Altman‚ professor in the department of psychology of Washburn University‚ describes‚ “lions in captivity face problems of obesity‚ inactivity and stereotypy” (Altman 45). Lions are unable to exercise due to the lack of space and are unable to hunt for their own food. In Altman’s experiment‚ Altman tried to change up the feeding schedule for lions at zoos. Instead of feeding lions small amounts of food at scheduled times of the day‚ lions were fed large amounts of food
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