A great deal of advertising on television is aimed at children‚ promoting not only toys and sweets but also products such as food‚ drink‚ music‚ films and clothing to young consumers from toddlers to teenagers. Increasingly‚ this practice is coming under criticism from parents’ organisations‚ politicians and pressure groups in many countries. Many western countries have currently imposed national restrictions‚ and these have also been proposed in most other European Union countries and in the USA
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Essay Title: Evaluate the importance of regular exercise in maintaining a healthy body and mind; to what extent should the state play a role in ensuring that its citizens exercise regularly? Refer to at least two countries in your answer. In recent years‚ the awareness of the importance of public health has increased significantly and maintaining a healthy body and mind is undoubtedly everyone’s daily wishes. Doing exercise is one of the ways to help people to fulfill their dreams as it can
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and public health professionals should be the initiators to counter this crisis. In 1997‚ the obesity crisis was recognized as an epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Caballero‚ 2007). In 1962‚ over 45% of Americans were considered overweight and nearly 13% were obese (CDC‚ 2014). Obesity rates have quickly trended upward and are currently doubled today. One-third of Americans are obese and an estimated 500‚000 die directly from the disease annually (CDC‚ 2014). All states in America
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barriers‚ food procurement and preparation barriers‚ childcare barriers‚ and environmental barriers. Financial barriers‚ for example‚ in which families cannot afford to buy the healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables or are able to get their children into athletic programs to keep them healthy and in shape. “Recognizing and Preventing Childhood Obesity” was also very well constructed‚ organized‚ and well-written. The authors had organized their article into sections that support their topic
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decades overweight children has been climbing in numbers. Many factors has cause the rising numbers of children obesity. Physical actives happen to be the main contribution among obese children. Today children do not want to involve in physical actives as in the past‚ but involved in technology actives. Physical actives such as riding bikes‚ playing outdoor sports and exercise are decreasing while watching television‚ playing video games and‚ surfing Internet has increase. Obesity children who weight
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Avreena Gill Professor Lynn Hovde English-103 18 October 2014 Is Obesity a Disease? More than two-thirds of U.S. adults‚ and about one third of school aged children are overweight or obese. Obesity rates have more than doubled in adults and children since the 1970s. Becoming obese is based on ethnicity‚ gender‚ socioeconomic status‚ and diet. Obesity is a way of life that is determined by one ’s decisions‚ obesity is not a disease and is 100% preventable. There are many factors that contribute
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the past years in the United States‚ and it is one of the biggest health problems in the world today. Having a high percentage of body fat is defined as obesity. BMI is a simple indicator of weight-for-height scale and is commonly used to classify overweight and obesity among adults. Obesity has serious health effects and the risk increases gradually with increased BMI. Obesity is a major risk factor for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease‚ diabetes‚ musculoskeletal disorders and certain
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of economic benefits) there are many current research documentations on the physical aspects of recreation along with recent trends in recreational interests. According to the Surgeon General’s Report‚ over 60 million people are considered overweight. Overweight and obesity are associated with heart disease‚ types of cancer‚ type II diabetes‚ respiratory problems‚ and psychological problems such as depression and fatigue. Participating in meaningful recreational activity aides in the prevention of
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most of the reasons kids or children are overweight is because they don’t want to or can’t exercise? We growing kids also need to move and be active ‚ if we don’t move around and stretch every once and awhile our muscles and ligaments can get sore from sitting in a hard plastic chair all day. Mr.Hale I would like to address this serious problem to you. We kids/children at Independence Middle School need your help‚ please I beg you give us a break! The problem of children obesity is a serious problem
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twice failure of Jenny Craig in UK? From previous research‚ more than half of Britain wanted to lose weight. In Europe‚ Britain is highest proportion of obesity. Jon Walsh‚ MD of Jenny Craig UK said: In the UK 61.4% of adults is classified as overweight or obese and almost a quarter are obese. Reasonable to say that‚ the Jenny Craig’s company should be success in UK. But in fact‚ they failed twice. In our group opinion‚ we organize few more problems about Jenny Craig failure in UK. It is concluded
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