Childhood Obesity: A Threat to Health Nicholas (Nick) Reeves‚ who weighs around 117 pounds at the young age of 8 years‚ is fighting the bulge (excess fat). According to his mother‚ Angel Reeves‚ “He’s just hungry all the time. He can finish eating a meal‚ and then‚ five minutes later‚ he ’s coming in the kitchen saying‚ “I ’m hungry again. I ’m hungry again ’". Angel Reeves states‚ “Nick is a very active child who loves to play basketball. But his weight has already impaired his health. Nick
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION (875) Aims: 1. To create awareness of the necessity for vigour and efficiency through physical fitness. 2. To develop knowledge and understanding of the requirements of healthy living‚ nutrition‚ exercise and relaxation. 3. To create awareness of the necessity to develop a good posture and physical poise. 4. To develop knowledge and understanding of skills that will be useful as leisure time activities and those of a recreational nature. 5. To create opportunities to develop esprit
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1. History and meaning of Physical Education. History of Physical Education The Spartans and Athenians were the first to have a type of physical education. Though very different‚ both systems served the people and supplied their needs. The Spartan system was similar to dictatorship‚ a form of government. At the age of seven‚ boys were taken to learn basic military skills while living in barracks. When they reached the age of fourteen‚ they began learning group fighting tactics which would allow
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Perceptions on the Training and Development Function: An Empirical Study of the Middle East Abstract The present study aims to determine perceptions on the training and development function in Middle East organizations. Using a purposive sample of 150 HR practitioners from Saudi Arabia‚ Kuwait‚ Dubai and Lebanon‚ the study found that there is a perception that candidates for supervisory and management roles are adequately trained to take on their jobs. However‚ they were uncertain about
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Childhood Obesity Public Health Issue: Childhood Obesity Anna Walker‚ the Healthcare Commission Chief Executive explained that "Childhood obesity is a serious health problem that can follow people much later into life. It is a causal factor in a number of chronic diseases and conditions including high blood pressure‚ heart disease and type 2 diabetes” (Audit Commission 2006). The World Health Organisation‚ describes obesity as having “reached global epidemic proportions‚ with more than 1.6 billion
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4: Promote young children’s physical activity and movement skills 1.1 Explain why physical activity is important to the short and long term health and well being of children Physical activity is important to the short term and long term health and well being of children. In the short term physical activity helps children to build muscle‚ develops the skeletal frame‚ develops the heart and lung function and helps prevent obesity. If children have enough physical activity a day which is said
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written by Nasima Shakeel The field of human development has recently gained considerable importance globally. This results in shifting the contemporary educational discourse‚ one that moves ECED closer to the front of policy formation. Literature shows that developed nations are investing enormous resources into their early intervention programs‚ hence‚ during the last decade international aid agencies‚ and some education systems‚ have promoted the creation and expansion of ECED programs in developing
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The nature of childhood Childhood is a social construction as it is something created by society‚ rather than simply a biological stage. PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY: Philippe Aries is a social historian who suggests that ‘childhood’ is a modern invention and he claims that in pre-industrial society‚ childhood did not exist and children were known as ‘little adults’ who carried out the same work and play activities as adults. There were no such things as kid’s toys etc. Aries argues that children were
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Childhood Obesity Chamberlain College of Nursing Dawn M. Greene NR448 Information Systems in Healthcare Professor Rebecca Burhenne Spring Session B – 2010 Introduction The research topic attempts to examine if socioeconomic status affects the prevalence of elevating obesity rates in adolescents. Obesity is a condition that is indicative of a” high proportion of body fat that causes a negative effect on your health” (Dahms‚ 2008). The most common causes is eating too much and moving around
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Savage 1 Trisha Savage English 015 Professor Lynn Petko February 12‚ 2013 Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity in American is a growing disease that has become an epidemic with lasting psychological effects‚ because of advertisement of fast food‚ lack of physical activity‚ genetics‚ and parental control. All of these factors has made food become a major health issue in many young people’s lives today. Today‚ the main cause of obesity is certainly children eating too much and/or not performing regular
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