Childhood Obesity ENG 122 English Composition II Marsha Beckwith-Howard December 13‚ 2010 Childhood Obesity Our nation has a rapidly increasing issue that requires immediate attention. “Results from the 2007-2008 NHANES‚ using measured heights and weights‚ indicate that an estimated 16.9% of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese” (CDC‚ 2010). If this trend continues at the current rate‚ nearly 34% of our nation’s children will be obese. Twenty-five million‚ or one-third of
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Obesity in America Every year hundreds of thousands of people die due to obesity and its complications in America; this is a huge problem in America today. One out of every three American adults are obese; there needs to be a change in America and the way we think. In order to stop this epidemic we must first discover what is responsible for America’s obesity. The three biggest causes for the obesity epidemic are Americans lack of knowledge on cooking‚ a lack of responsibility for our own well-being
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Childhood Obesity And It’s Prevention. Childhood Obesity is the excess weight gain of a child who intakes unhealthy food more than required‚ causing an unhealthy lifestyle and wellbeing. Childhood Obesity is one of the main issues of today’s growing society‚ which is rapidly growing since 1970 to 2012 from a number of 100 million to 500 million. It is expected that nearly half of the world’s population will be considered obese by 2030 (Abc.net‚ Obesity 2012). Childhood Obesity is becoming a very
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Statistics Cheat Sheet Proportion = Frequency x 100 = Percentage Total No | Z score (standardised value)-how many sds from the mean the value liesZ score = data value – mean Standard deviation | Metric Data = ExploreCategory = Frequencies | Bigger sample size will give a narrower confidence interval range (more specific) outliers affect the mean but not the median – this is why the median is preferred here.mean | | Reports -Only give confidence
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McDonalds Contributing To Obesity Although it couldn’t be proven in a court of law‚ MacDonald’s‚ or high profile fast food chains collectively‚ are contributing to the obesity crisis in the western world. This would be highly disagreed on as the high profile fast food chains are contributing to the obesity crisis in the western world. MacDonald’s is America’s fastest food restaurants‚ serving over 68 million customers in 119 countries daily. MacDonald’s started operating in 1940 and since
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Extra Exercise: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing 1. The length (in millimetres) of a batch of 9 screws was selected at random from a large consignment and found to have the following information. 8.02 8.00 8.01 8.01 7.99 8.00 7.99 8.03 8.01 Construct a 95% confidence interval to estimate the true average length of the screws for the whole consignment. From a second large consignment‚ another 16 screws are selected at random and their mean and standard deviation found to be
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PET OBESITY: IS YOURS AT RISK? Studies show nearly half of our dogs and cats are overweight or obese‚ but these healthy habits might help keep your pet from becoming an alarming statistic. Is your pet at risk? People aren’t the only over-eaters in America: The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) found that 56 percent of dogs and 53 percent of cats are either overweight or obese. Recently‚ we were touched by the story of Meow‚ a 39-pound cat who died in a shelter from obesity complications
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Is There Any Need to Be Worried About Childhood Obesity? Catherine (Boyuan Zheng) ESLI Level 5P Is There Any Need to Be Worried About Childhood Obesity? 1. Introduction Childhood obesity is a major focus of the society and the public health officials. And childhood obesity trends have increased dramatically over the past several years (Staniford‚ Breckon‚ & Copeland‚ 2012‚ p. 545). Overweight is measured by body mass index which is called BMI. According to the survey from the 2003 to 2004
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exploding is childhood obesity. We have read and discussed Alice Davies’ article‚ “‘Extra Large‚’ Please‚” and taken notes on Morgan Spurlock’s documentary‚ Supersize Me‚ which describe the alarming social problem of childhood obesity connected to the fast food industry in America today. Davies stated: “Since 1980‚ the number of American kids who are dangerously overweight has tripled. More than 16 percent of our children qualify as ‘obese’” (Davies 114). Although childhood obesity is a growing problem
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An Epidemic of O besity Myths The Center for Consumer Freedom Obesity Myths.indd A1 11/29/2005 11:59:17 AM An Epidemic of Obesity Myths Obesity Myths.indd A5 11/29/2005 11:59:29 AM An Epidemic of Obesity Myths Obesity Myths.indd A7 11/29/2005 11:59:29 AM Copyright © 2005 by The Center for Consumer Freedom The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition supported by restaurants‚ food companies‚ and consumers‚ working together to promote personal responsibility
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