Obesity‚ especially among children‚ has become more and more serious in this decade. Children nowadays live a sedentary lifestyle. They are on studies and no time to do exercise. As a result‚ many of them are overweight. Obesity can be a serious problem as it badly affects children’s growth and lead to many serious health problems like diabetes and heart disease. As the saying goes‚ ‘Prevention is better than cure‚’ so‚ in this essay‚ I will discuss three possible solutions to the problem. First
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for Disease Control and Prevention predict that by the year 2030‚ 42 percent of all Americans will be obese(Centers). According to the most recent found data‚ obesity rates during adulthood now exceed 35 percent in four states. The growing rate of obesity in America is too vast to be reversed. One main cause for the growing obesity rate in the United States is the amount of fast food restaurants. Fast food restaurants are around every corner‚ everywhere you look. You can get in your car and
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has 320 calories and 90 grams of fat. Where’s the "healthy" in that. Now that Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. we need to re-evaluate the importance of healthy eating. By increasing awareness of the obesity epidemic in America we can begin to reverse the trend in weight gain among Americans. A. PREVIEW OF MAIN POINTS: 1. Americans continue to gain weight‚ increasing the number of obesity related deaths each year. 2. The availability and advertisement of fast food
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey suggest that the greatest increases in obesity occur in individuals between the ages of 18 to 29 years‚ during the transition from adolescence to adulthood when many attend college (2). Physical inactivity‚ poor dietary choices‚ increased caloric intake‚ increased stress and disturbed sleep patterns‚ in addition to many other factors‚ contribute to the increased weight gain and obesity in college-aged young adults (3‚4‚5‚6). In many cases‚ increased body weight
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The Causes of Obesity in America In 1835‚ Adolphe Quetelet defined the body measurements of the average person based on height and weight. “For an adult to be considered at a healthy weight‚ their body mass index must be between 18.5 and 24.9. An adult with a body mass index between 25 and 29 are considered overweight‚ and anyone above 30 is considered obese.” (HBO Documentary Films) Obesity has become a major health issue in many countries around the world. Doubling since the 1980’s‚ obesity now
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if you want to stick to the obesity argument you might want to think of arguments such as ’should the government be doing more to tackle the problem or is it up to the individual?’ or ’How is it people can allow themselves to get that far into bad health(obesity)?’ (might be more of a Psychology question though..) A good one for looking at arguments relating to the fast food industry is ’Super-Size me’ that documentary‚ that might give you some more ideas about arguments‚ to look into some of the
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The Psychological Effects of Childhood Obesity Leah McGrath ENG122: English Composition II Prof. Jonathan Berohn September 2‚ 2012 In recent years there have been more and more studies looking into the rise in childhood obesity. According to data released by the Centers for Disease Controle and Prevention in 2006 “Globally‚ 22 million children under the age of 5 years are overweight.” (Cornette‚ 2008) There are many ways to determine obesity in a child however for the purposes of this paper
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Psychological Effects of Childhood Obesity Abstract While sitting at a mall‚ a person may notice the different sizes of people walking by. Generally speaking there are really tall people‚ short people‚ some with small waists and others with large waist. There are small children and large children. The children are what we will be focusing on throughout this paper. One of the growing problems in the United States is childhood obesity. What is the cause? Why is
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Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has recently become an epidemic in the United States‚ affecting about four million children every year (“Childhood Obesity Facts”). A YouTube public service announcement on this particular topic caught my eye because it is a very frightening‚ serious subject that is prevalent among my family and peers. Many Americans push this idea aside‚ but they fail to realize that nearly one of three children in the United States suffer from obesity (“Overweight and Obesity”). Type
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ObesityChildhood obesity has been a problem with children in the United States and the parents who take care of them for some time now. Through the inclining rates of childhood obesity‚ children have never been more at risk for such life threatening health issues. Lifestyle changes along with more physical activity in and outside of school will help the children move toward having a better quality of life. I work in a middle school setting with direct contact with children so I see what they talk about‚ what
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