Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that occurs when the weight of a child is unequal to the child’s age and height. The problem of obesity in children is worldwide. Obesity can lead to many diseases such as high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ Stroke‚ Type 2 diabetes sleep apnea‚ abnormal bone growth and joint pain. Obesity can also cause problems such as depression‚ low self- esteem‚ discrimination‚ and fear of being bullied. Body Mass Index (BMI) is used to find out if someone
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Running head: OBESITY 1 Obesity: A Critical Approach Student Name GEN 499 Instructor Annemarie Hamlin Date OBESITY 2 Obesity: A Critical Approach In today’s rapid-paced world‚ there are a countless number of ways to die that it almost seems freighting to go outside and function within any society; you could get hit by a car or be shot in a violent protest‚ but people fail to realize that one of the leading causes of preventable death in today’s society is obesity. As fat builds in the body‚ it
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Childhood obesity is a nutritional disorder in children typified by an unnecessary buildup of fat in the body [1]. It is diagnosed clinically using the body mass index (BMI) cut-off values. The BMI is estimated as a proportion of weight (W) to the square of the height (H2) [2]. The value varies with age and gender; often higher in females than in males of the same age [3]. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ obesity occurs when the BMI is ≥ 95th percentile for a child
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The obesity epidemic is rapidly spreading throughout America‚ reeking havoc on the nation. I have chosen two articles that discuss this issue and use different rhetorical strategies to convince the reader of the causes of this deadly epidemic as well as different aspects of the disease that should be focused on when researching treatments options. Examining the different rhetorical strategies used in the articles proves that‚ although logos arguments can be a good way to convince an audience of
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Obesity: Choice or Disease Public health experts agree that overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in this country and around the world. More than a third of U.S. adults are obese. People ages 60 and older are more likely to be obese than younger adults‚ according to the most recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. And the problem also affects children. One out of five‚ or 17 percent‚ of U.S. children ages 6 to 19 are obese. (John Hopkins University
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as childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is a major challenge for the nation that threatens the immediate health of our children (Nyberg‚ Burns and Parker‚ 2009‚ pp5). We all have to take a stand on this issue before it gets any worse than it already is. Approximately‚ one out of every six American children is considered obese (Nyberg‚ Burns and Parker‚ 2009‚ pp7). There are a lot of underlining reasons that can result in childhood obesity. One of the main factors of childhood obesity is genetics or
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Child Obesity In America Child Obesity In America Obesity in children is becoming an epidemic in America. Today‚ about one in three American kids and teens are suffering from being overweight or obese. The number of obese or overweight kids has tripled since 1963.(American Heart Association‚ 2013).Nearly 32 percent of American children are suffering from obesity or being overweight. Child obesity is now the number one health concern among parents in America. Obesity in children is causing
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Greg Last‚ a local doctor‚ shared the following story about obesity‚ “I’ve been a physician for nearly forty years but it wasn’t until just recent years I’ve seen staggering amounts of patients with chronic illnesses related to an inactive and overfed lifestyle‚” (Last). Here‚ in America obesity rates are on what seems to be an unstoppable incline. Recent statistics show that from 1980 to 2000 obesity rates more than doubled. It was then described as reaching epidemic proportions not much later
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Campus Santo Tomás de Aquino Name Mario Ceballos ID 2009-5513 Teacher Jamila Hussain Topic Childhood obesity in the United States Santo Domingo‚ Dominican Republic Cause and effect essay Childhood obesity in the United States Recently a big problem has presented in the children from United States. Obesity is a huge issue nowadays‚ according to the to the American Obesity Associaction between 16 and 33 percent of children are obese and those numbers are expected to continue
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GOT MILK? KAPLAN UNIVERSITY Just because its’ called ‘Calcium’ Silicate doesn’t mean the chemical necessarily is a product for milk. Actually‚ Calcium Silicate is a chemical which has been found in a numerous amount of household products. Calcium Silicate or often referred to as the chemical compound Ca2SiO4. You may have heard of the synonyms for this before‚ such as silicic acid‚ calcium salt‚ calcium hydro silicate‚ and calcium met silicate. Or
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