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    Child Obesity

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    Child Obesity Child obesity in the United States today is growing to percentages that go off the charts‚ and the numbers are only getting worse. These numbers have more than doubled in the past 30 years alone. Three ways to reduce these problems are: first‚ schools will make significant changes in the food and meals offered; next‚ schools will proceed too having and encouraging more physical activities; last parents/legal guardians will become more aware of the influences they have on a child’s

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    Obesity Capstone

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    Capstone for Adult Learning Obesity has been identified in the 21st Century as one of the most serious health epidemics. Being obese is also one of the most preventable diseases today. Several factors contribute to a person becoming overweight: lack of exercise‚ excessive caloric intake‚ and genetic heredity. Personally‚ all three factors contributed to my disease. Overcoming obesity has been one of the greatest learning experiences that I have encountered. During my five year journey to

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    Obesity in America

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    Nyjha Mitchell Mr. Greiner English-3rd period 28 March 2012 Food Monster The rate of obese people in America continues to increase at an alarming rate; one way to decrease these numbers is by making healthier food more convenient. The obesity rate would drastically decrease if there were more farmer markets in the city‚ if people were to go home to cook their own meals‚ and cut fast food from their diets. Though‚ because people are more prone to buying cheap convenient food with low nutritional

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    Obesity Is a Disease

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    Obesity Is A Disease Obesity is a disease that affects one in three members of the American population. The trend of obese Americans has continually increased since 1960‚ and is not showing signs of slowing down. More than half of the adults in America are considered overweight or obese‚ and about thirty-four percent of the total population in the U.S is either overweight or obese. One is considered “overweight” if the body mass index‚ or BMI‚ is twenty-five to twenty-nine kilograms. “Obese”

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    2012 Obesity? Is it a disease or a Lifestyle? Problem Statement Less than half of Americans struggle with obesity today‚ but it is credited with causing over sixty known diseases. Whereas obesity is not a disease‚ it does cause myriads of health risks. Our bodies are very complex systems‚ and they need to be taken care of. When people do not properly care for their bodies‚ they begin to have too much fat on their bodies which puts them at high risk for detrimental health issues. Obesity has become

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    Name Professor English 101 23 May 2012 Children Obesity The problem of childhood obesity in the United States has grown considerably in recent years. Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese.From Environmental Health Perspectives website‚ the recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey estimate 17% of youths ages 2-19 years old to be overweight compare to just 5% a few decades ago(“Child obesity”). This data shows we should act urgently to rescue

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    Childhood Obesity

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    Childhood Obesity Amye Cook ENG122: English Composition II Instructor: Jenna Fussell December 17‚ 2012 What is Childhood Obesity? Childhood obesity is very important in today’s society. Childhood Obesity is when a child have excessive amount of body weight for their age. A child may become over weight because of the amount of food that they may consume into their body. Overweight can be caused because the body may not have enough energy to release the calories. When a child is obesity I think

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    be one of the reasons. According to Niamh Mullen “child are overweight because they don’t do any physical activity.” Obesity is a serious issue among children and there are complex reasons that can cause it‚ principally by poor eating habits‚ lack of any physical activity and family history of obesity. Overweight in children is not being a few pounds higher than normal‚ “obesity in childhood is when a kid is 10% higher than what their weight is supposed to be”(Facts for families). Being overweight

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    Fighting Obesity

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    Fighting Against Obesity Societies worldwide are discovering new ways to combat the threat of obesity. Though they are many methods in which this can be done‚ most experts would agree that a healthy diet and adequate exercise is not only effective but one of the safest methods when treating obesity. But before we assess the methods in which to fight obesity‚ a definition of obesity must be given. It is also imperative to accurately define a healthy diet as well as a manageable exercise routine

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    my research paper on is obesity in america. i have seen obesity become a growing problem especially childhood obesity. Being a Nutritional Science major‚ studying the factors of obesity and also the prevention to it is very interesting subject to me. Parents being busy with work and life in general‚ they introduce their kids to fast food at an early stage. When kids constantly eat fast food and don’t have enough physical activity during the day‚ being overweight‚ obesity and many diseases come along

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