Running head: YOUTH SPORTS CAN SAVE OBESE CHILDREN Youth Sports can save obese children Chauncey Jones Hampton University Abstract Obesity in America is the main reason Americans are dying every year. People can say that aids‚ lung cancer‚ or guns are the main issue of today. Well I am willing to prove that living a sedentary lifestyle is a terrible way to live‚ and the children of the United States are living very unhealthy. Did you know that almost 300‚000 deaths are caused by sedentary
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Mr. Jerome March 27‚ 2012 Obesity in America Obesity in America is an ever-growing problem each day. As of 2011‚ The United States of America has the highest obesity rate of any other country of the world. What is obesity? Obesity is defined as “a condition characterized by the excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body” (Webster). Excess obesity usually begins to have negative affects on the body and often causes health complications. The obesity rate in America has been on the
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Obesity Imagine being 5 years old and being made fun of about your weight. Imagine being 60 years old and not have a social life. These are struggles people go through everyday. Weither they be young‚ old‚ or even for their entire life. If we let obesity continue it can only get worse as the years go on. Obesity causes people to die 5 years sooner (Brink and Querna 303). Diet and excersize is just not enough anymore (303). Portion sizes are growing and people are over eating and underexcersizing
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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 Response In his article‚ Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚ Wil Haygood talks about the obesity problem among the people of Manchester Kentucky. Haygood observes that Manchester is one of the unhealthiest places in Kentucky. However‚ the people of Manchester are far from eager to discuss or even acknowledge this problem. Haygood places much of the blame for the obesity problem on the local people being uneducated about the risks being obese can pose
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Laura Mealer 4/11/12 Essay #9 Stigma: Obesity The fat stigma is becoming a global problem according to an article in the New York Times by Tara Parker-Pope. “Dr. Brewis and her colleagues recently completed a multicountry study intended to give a snapshot of the international zeitgeist about weight and body image‚”(NY times). ‘The findings were troubling‚ suggesting that negative perceptions about people who are overweight may soon become the cultural norm in some countries‚ including
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Title: Child Obesity‚ a “Growing” Concern Topic: Most Prevalent Causes of Obesity in the U.S. Specific Purpose: To educate the audience on the key causes of the increasing obesity rate in the U.S. among adults‚ but especially among youth. Thesis Statement: The main contributors to obesity among today ’s youth are environmental factors‚ choosing un-nutritious meals‚ portion distortion and the factor that fuels all of these‚ advertising media. INTRODUCTION What do you think when you see
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY: PARENTS EDUCATION by Spencer Norman Exercise Science‚ Spring 2013‚ Indiana State University March 22‚ 2013 submitted to Ms. Caitlin Stuckey‚ Instructor English 305T – Technical Writing written for parents FOREWORD This paper is written to address the need for parents to understand how much they play a role in their children’s weight. The purpose is to bring to light the epidemic of childhood obesity and how this is only getting
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Oral and Written Discourse Prof. Jesse Spencer María Teresa Acuña Vera Group 3 Childhood obesity and risk to children’s health A new epidemic has been appeared in the world in the last decades. Childhood obesity‚ as an epidemic‚ is a growing problem in many countries of the world‚ it has gained the full attention of health care professionals‚ health policy experts‚ children’s advocates‚ and parents‚ but if we look the worldwide percentage of young children who are considered overweight for
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Childhood obesity today has grown to epidemic proportions in the United States. Today over 16% of children and adolescents from six to 19 years of age are overweight and/or obese. Children need to have the proper guidance to eat healthier foods‚ and have more physical activity on a daily basis. Obesity in children carries the risk of‚ high cholesterol‚ depression‚ and type 2 diabetes in children. Our schools need to implement salad bars and replace vending machines with healthier alternatives
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