| Childhood obesity is a disease that affects millions of children worldwide today. According to the Mayo Clinic‚ “Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his or her age and height. Childhood obesity is particularly troubling because the extra pounds often start children on the path to health problems that were once confined to adults‚ such as diabetes‚ high blood pressure and high cholesterol
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Hawai’i Pacific University THE RISING COST OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY The relationship between income and childhood obesity Barbara Can Ms. Amber Leonard WRI 1200 Mar 1‚ 2011 Just take a short drive down any main street in a popular city and you will drive past no less than eight fast food restaurants and three convenient stores within a couple of blocks from each other. If that is the route driven on your way home every day from work and you don’t feel up to making a home cooked meal‚ what
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Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Treatment ................. Nutrition 240 ..... 23 February 2011 Pizza‚ Oreos‚ M&Ms‚ Mountain Dew‚ and Kid Cuisine TV dinners are just a few of the many favorites among children today. Many children today have fallen victim of high calorie‚ non nutritional foods. Simple carbohydrates‚ whether children realize it or not‚ is highly part of their vocabulary and is setting them up for a lifetime of problems. These problems not
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Challenges in Nursing: Increased Childhood Obesity & the Effects on Nursing Lance Van Middle Georgia State College Challenges in Nursing: Increased Childhood Obesity & the Effects on Nursing Modern nurses encounter many difficulties while fulfilling their role as a patient advocate‚ educator‚ and partner. One major task nurses are confronted with is the growing epidemic of childhood obesity as younger patients are being treated for serious conditions usually associated
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Problem & Solution Essay 1 First Draft April 1‚ 2013 A DANGEROUS PROBLEM: OBESITY Today‚ obesity that many teenagers suffer from is a serious and an ongoing problem. There are a lot of reasons for this problem. For example‚ teenagers eat fast food‚ they have an unhealthy diet‚ and they consume too many calories in a day. In addition‚ they don’t do exercise regularly. As a result of obesity‚ teenagers gain too much weight‚ they have psychological problems‚ and the risk of
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be considered overweight. Childhood obesity is a very dangerous epidemic with potential catastrophic effects on the health of our future. This report will analyze what causes childhood obesity and what can be done by schools‚ parents‚ and communities to help our children grow up happy and healthy. Purpose‚ Scope and Limitations In a perfect world every child would be in perfect health and ready to start their life in the most optimal conditions. In reality‚
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Childhood Obesity: A Growing Epidemic Matt Vogel University of South Dakota Introduction: Would you like to super-size this meal for an extra $.39? That is a question far too many Americans hear everyday. People in this country are getting fatter and fatter. "In a study conducted by the independent Institute of Medicine (IOM)‚ the prevalence of obese children age 6 to 11 is three times as high as 30 years ago‚" (Arnst and Kiley‚ 2004). Additionally‚ 31% of the total U.S. population is classified
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Community Policing and Problem Solving Policing John K. Forrest II CJS/210 August 15‚ 2010 Travis Coldwell Community Policing and Problem Solving Policing When police departments and crime rates of the past are examined there are some apologist who believe that America would be in a better law enforcement situation provide the policies of the past we put back into use. With the public becoming more technologically advanced and criminal’s awareness of prosecution avoidance‚ community
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Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. As a result‚ children are at increased risk for myriad preventable acute and chronic medical problems—many of which are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In addition‚ childhood obesity has serious psychosocial consequences‚ such as low self-esteem‚ lower quality of life‚ and depression. The multifaceted causes and solutions to this pervasive health issue are discussed in the present review‚ as are pertinent
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DeVirgilis1 Lily DeVirgilis Professor Blazer ENC 1101 15 9 December 2013 FastFood & Childhood Obesity According to a recent study‚ “nearly 15 percent of U.S. youngsters… are obese” (Holguin). Heavily influenced by our society‚ childhood obesity in the United States is becoming a widespread and growing epidemic. Somewhere alongside almost all obese cases though‚ one can usually find a trail of unhealthy eating patterns. But what exactly are the causes for kids developing these unhealthy eating patterns
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