Physical Education Counts Obesity is a growing problem among children and teens in the United States; over thirty percent from ages six to nineteen are overweight. Many youth come up with different excuses for their weight issues: fast foods‚ not enough time to exercise‚ television/entertainment‚ and having no time to fix healthy foods along with many others. Though weight problems do not originate from only one source‚ there is a place that really needs improvement. One major problem that contributes
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International Journal of Obesity (2013) 37‚ 61–67 & 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved 0307-0565/13 www.nature.com/ijo PEDIATRIC ORIGINAL ARTICLE A longitudinal analysis of gross motor coordination in overweight and obese children versus normal-weight peers E D’Hondt1‚2‚ B Deforche1‚2‚ I Gentier1‚3‚ I De Bourdeaudhuij1‚ R Vaeyens1‚ R Philippaerts1 and M Lenoir1 BACKGROUND: The relationship of childhood overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) with motor skill and coordination
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Are Americans eating themselves to death? Obesity has been a bigger and bigger problem in the United States over the past few years. The percentage of overweight American children and teens has more than doubled in the past decade (Greenblatt). There are many reasons that could lead to the increasing percentage of people being obese in American. The U.S. food industry aggressively markets high-fat‚ high-sugar‚ super-sized foods. Modern communities encourage driving rather than walking. Physical
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you this very epidemic was in your house right now? America is at war right now and we are losing. This war started many years ago and has not yet been won. Every year we lose many of our beloved ones to this obese monster. What can we do? Obesity‚ the new green-eyed monster‚ and has taken America over and seemingly nothing has been done. Americans are the heaviest people in the world and have been since‚ the 1950s. With our growing wealth and appetites‚ we consume far more than three meals
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Physical activity is a crucial ingredient to children and adolescents leading a healthy life. Not only does physical activity help improve overall health and well-being‚ but physical activity can also help prevent future disease and health risks. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2008). When children and adolescents are physically active at a younger age it helps to improve overall health and tends to then lead to a healthier lifestyle in the long run. (U.S. Department of Health and
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disadvantages of obesity is that the obese are generally looked down upon‚ made fun of or scorned by many in society. They’re usually the subject of "fat jokes" from those who seem to forget that they are human beings and human beings have feelings. Relationships can be pretty shaky for an obese person who’s partner doesn’t really find them desirable anymore and wants out. Obese people depending on what they desire‚ have a much tougher time when it comes to achieving success. Obesity plays a big enough
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Orman D Gay Psychology 1033 Word count: Source is: Obesity Obesity is a condition of having more than one hundred pounds of excess body fat. Having this condition significantly increases your changes of having a stroke‚ having heart failure; type two diabetes‚ death from hypertension‚ sleep apnea‚ prostate cancer‚ colon cancer‚ and respiratory problems Cause of obesity‚ are excessive eat (eat more than your body needs)‚ excessive alcohol use‚ not getting enough exercise‚ ECT. From the
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Spring 2007 Does childhood obesity affect self-esteem? Observation: Although childhood obesity may have detrimental consequences for childhood self-esteem‚ the prevalence and magnitude of this problem is controversial (Strauss 2000). In addition‚ the social and emotional effects of decreased self-esteem in obese children are unknown (Strauss 2000). Several investigators have suggested that psychosocial functioning may be related to the development and maintenance of obesity (Harris 1983; Harris & Smith
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Obesity America has become a society obsessed with appearance‚ especially weight. We are conditioned at a young age to believe the only way to be normal is to be thin. This norm is projected to millions of Americans each day through television‚ magazines‚ billboards and every other form of media and advertising. How are people to know acceptance and happiness with themselves and others when our culture propagates what the perfect body should be. It is the search for the elusive‚ perfect
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Research Proposal on Obesity About one in five American kids is overweight enough to be considered obese (Parr 45). Obesity being 20% or more overweight‚ is considered a disease because it is associated with so many health problems‚ like heart disease and diabetes. Being obese as a child usually leads into being obese through adulthood. “One third of adults are obese‚ and a third of these got that way in childhood” (Parr 53). That is why it is so important to keep kids from becoming overweight
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