Obesity is a national public health concern and increasing epidemic. This crisis is the research focus and media sensation as Americans’ continue to gain weight. Obesity results from weight gain over several years. Excessive body fat leads to significant health concerns and increases the risk of death (Centers for Disease Control (CDC)‚ 2014). The epidemiological issues of obesity include prevalence‚ rising incidents‚ causal factors‚ and burden of diseases related to obesity. Substantial change
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Thesis/Central Idea: Obesity Crisis Introduction: Obesity has become a controversial and great medical issue within today’s society. It is defined as a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that health may be negatively affected. In other word‚ an increase of body fatty tissue mass. It can also be defined as a body mass index of around 30 or above (Mathur‚ 2007). Many studies show an association between excessive body weight and various diseases‚ particularly cancers
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1 Obesity/Overweight: Epidemic Crisis (1 of 6) Obesity over the last two decades has been a major health issues for Americans. Obesity‚ just recently was classified as a chronic disease condition by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC reports in 2010 that one-in-three adults (35.7%) and one-in-five (17%) American children are obese (CDC‚NCHS-2010-National Obesity Trends). The health effects of Obesity including being Overweight is a gateway trigger leading to a variety of
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Australia is suffering a health crisis with the young generation‚ within the last two decades the young children’s weight has increased. The rise in overweight children is also contributing to the obesity increase in children. In the past obesity was linked with hormonal or genetic disorder. Today it is seen as a social problem‚ relating to social class and diversity (socioeconomic). Children have become more inactive in modern sociality today. Twenty years ago children would be playing outside
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Does Society Affect the America’s Obesity Crisis? An epidemic is sweeping the nation; obesity in the country has skyrocketed over the past decades. Corporations are capturing the minds of Americans younger so that they will grow into the habit of unhealthy eating. Quick solutions for dinner are being chosen over healthy foods. Americans are surrounded by this problem and it must be stopped! Childhood obesity is out of control. “Half a dozen little kids are standing in line at McDonald’s. Four are
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Fighting the Childhood Obesity Crisis in America The childhood obesity crisis in America is growing at an alarming rate and there needs to be a solution for our children’s health and future. Over 17% of children in the United States are considered obese and that number continues to rise. The rate for childhood obesity has tripled since 1980 (Center for Disease Control‚ 2011). Remember a standard paragraph is 5-7 sentences. Obesity occurs when a child is above the normal weight for his or hers
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Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis Sameera Karnik‚ Amar Kanekar1 Correspondence to: Ass. Prof. Amar Kanekar‚ Department of Health Studies‚ East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania‚ East Stroudsburg‚ PA‚ USA. E‑mail: akanekar@po‑box.esu.edu Date of Submission: Sep 17‚ 2011 Date of Acceptance: Oct 27‚ 2011 How to cite this article: Karnik S‚ Kanekar A. Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:1-7. ABSTRACT Introduction: Childhood obesity
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Childhood Obesity- Public Health Crisis Report Word Limit: 3000words Word Count:3‚223 Table of Contents 1. Introduction and definition of key terms 3 2. Assessment of Obesity 5 2.1 Body fat: direct measures and derived estimates 5 2.2 Anthropometric measures of relative fatness 5 2.3 Weight for Height 8 2.4 Body Mass Index (BMI) 8 3. The Causes of Childhood Obesity 10 3.1 Normal energy requirements 10 3.2 Genetic‚ familial and gene-environment interactions
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Health is a precious gift that needs to be cherished. Unfortunately‚ there are three global issues that are destroying people’s health and killing them. These health concerns include inactivity‚ obesity and lack of safe drinking water. The positive side of these issues is the fact that they are all preventable through making the right decisions and taking action. Due to higher trends of sedentary lifestyles‚ inactivity has become one of the critical current global issues. Inactivity is defined
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Obesity In this essay I’m going to talk about the obesity crisis in Britian‚ based on the two articles ’’Obesity crisis risks making Britain ’fat man of Europe’‚ warns report’’ written by Hayley Dixon‚ The Telegraph 18. Feb. 2013 and ’’Move over ladies: Fat is no longer a feminist issue’’ by Sanchez Manning‚ The Independent 17. Feb. 2013. I am going to give an outline of how the obesity crisis can be handled; give my opinion on how people with unhealty eating habits can be persuaded the same way
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