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    Exercise and Obesity

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    2013 Jeri Jorgenson-Zwibel Exercise and Obesity Obesity has been a big problem in the US and seems to be getting bigger and bigger and now our children are starting to suffer from obesity. It is important to set a good example and show our children how to make healthy choices. A healthy lifestyle is not hard to accomplish and you will have a longer life and be happier. Exercise can also help reduce chronic diseases that are associated with obesity (Schmidt 2012). Exercising paired with a healthy

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    Childhood Obesity Essay

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    Childhood obesity‚ also known as Pediatric obesity‚ is a condition in which a child is well over the average weight and height for their specific age group. Over the years‚ childhood obesity has gradually increased by 30%. Many overweight or obese children visit a physician to determine a child’s Body Mass Index (BMI)‚ which is the estimated amount of body fat on a child’s body. A child’s BMI‚ which is determined by their weight and height‚ is placed into one of four categories‚ underweight (less

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    Obesity in the U.S.

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    Obesity in the United States As so often happens‚ many people in the world face obesity problems. Obesity is a serious health problem in the United State‚ and is a life-threatening condition. Obesity doesn’t show up overnight‚ there are many ways to become obese; however once a person become obese‚ there are many health problems and disease that come up and how they live it. After a person becomes obese‚ they can lose the weight and lengthen their life or keep the weight and decrease

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    Obesity in America

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    Obesity in America: Will It Destroy Us? In todays’ society‚ especially in America‚ obesity has become an epidemic of all sorts. In every state in the U.S.‚ at least 20% of the population is obese. More and more people are dying due to heart related problems‚ and more people are becoming ok with being “big boned”. This is a huge problem for all of America and is becoming increasingly worse. There are multiple health related risks that go along with obesity; including heart disease‚ heart attack

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    Obesity And Genetics

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    Obesity and Genetics Stephanie Ferreyra Obesity is characterized by a high amount of body fat or adipose tissue. This condition is common‚ but varies from individual to individual. There are other factors that play a role in obesity other than eating too much of the wrong foods‚ not exercising‚ or age‚ and gender. This factor is genetics. People with genetic risk factors that affect energy metabolism and result in an inborn susceptibility to gain weight are much different than a person who loses

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    Physical Development

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    PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT The term "physical development of children" understand the dynamic process of growth (increase of length‚ mass‚ body parts) at different periods of childhood. On the physical development of children is influenced by many factors‚ which sometimes makes it extremely difficult to identify the reasons for its violation. The main criteria of physical development include weight and body length‚ head circumference and chest‚ the proportions of the body (physique‚ posture). Key figures

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    Childhood Obesity

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    Childhood Obesity America has not seen an epidemic more wide spread and rapidly growing than childhood obesity. The odd part about it is we actually have a cure. A cure that cost practically nothing. Parents seem to be oblivious to it all. Allowing their children to watch numerous hours of T.V or continuous thumb twitching while playing video games doesn’t seem to be helping the problem. Constantly feeding them fast food simply because its easier and quicker is just like adding fuel to the fire

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    PREVENTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY Preventing Childhood obesity in school age Children Lakeisha L. Jones Nursing 531 September 6‚ 2010 Abstract Childhood obesity has become a worldwide epidemic. The obesity rate among children

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    Childhood Obesity Essay

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    Childhood obesity has become a major epidemic in America. To many Americans‚ this news is very disturbing and has caused a major debate on who is to be responsible for this rising epidemic‚ and what can be done to control it. There are many people that could be blamed for it‚ such as parents‚ government‚ schools and so on. But the question is what can be done about it? Most Americans can agree that something needs to be done to try and control it. Because childhood obesity has become such

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    Video Games and Obesity

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    October 22‚ 2007 Video Games and Obesity In just two decades‚ the prevalence of obesity doubled for U.S. children ages 6 to 11‚ and tripled for American teenagers (Childhood Obesity). Obesity is an excessive accumulation of fat causing a person to become overweight. It is a serious and growing health problem‚ especially for kids. One major factor to the problem of children becoming obese is‚ video games. Video games have advanced dramatically over the years. From hitting a ball back

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