Childhood obesity is a big issue in the United States. Did you know there are over 45 to 53 percent of children’s under the age of 17 in the United States that are obese? According to Wikipedia.Com ‘’obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health’’. Childhood obesity has many causes and effects that need to be understood so that we can stop it. Some of the main causes of childhood obesity are family statutes
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not be permitted to sell unhealthy foods.” Everybody from teachers to parents over the years have been trying to stop junk food from taking over the tuck shops at schools and polluting students’ bodies with food that lacks the essential vitamins and other important nutritional value that all students need to do well in school. I agree strongly with the fact that junk food should be banned in school tuck shops‚ but I do have a few points in the favour of not banning junk food completely from tuck shops
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is known as home to the most obese population in the world. WHY? Is it because of the lack of personal responsibility‚ the fast food industry‚ or the government involvement? All fours authors‚ Radley Balko‚ Yves Engler‚ Eric Schlosser‚ and Dr. Richard H. Carmona express their own point of view about their ideas on the causes of obesity? They all believe that the cause is due to the lack of responsibility people put in for themselves and their families‚ especially their children. Radley Balko
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Examples of Things to Cause Child Obestiy Child obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children. It is when a child has gained and passed the normal weight of their age and height. Child obesity also leads children to a path of health problem favorable to adults such as diabetes‚ high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Obesity can also cause a child to have low self-esteem and depression problems. Child obesity is increasing rapidly in today’s world. A child’s environment‚ lack
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In "The Big Fat Case Against Big Macs‚" published in The Washington Post on December of 2002‚ Ellen Goodman argues that the best lawyers cannot prove that the fast food industry caused the obesity epidemic in its customers‚ but they may prove that they fooled its customers‚ especially the young customers. Goodman argues that corporations like McDonalds target young kids by putting toys with their meals to attract them. She also states that they put slogans to make kids think that eating their "Big
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The causes and effects of obesity in the United States Introduction Obesity‚ a medical condition where people are overweight in an unhealthy way‚ has become increasingly serious in recent decades. It has numerous destructive influences on people’s health. Thus‚ it is necessary to analyse the causes and effects of obesity. In the United States‚ one of the most obesity-epidemic nations‚ approximately 17 per cent of adolescents and 33.8 per cent of adults are obese (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
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Unhealthy Kids: Could School Nutrition be a Cause? COMM/215 January 28‚ 2014 Unhealthy Kids: Could School Nutrition be a Cause? Our nation is having an epidemic of poor nutrition in children that range from malnutrition and allergies to obesity. Despite the fact that there have been changes made to the nutrition requirements‚ by adding more fruits and vegetables‚ the majority of other foods served lack in good nutrition. There are too many processed high fat sugary foods in the lunch menus
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CAUSES OF UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE An unhealthy lifestyle is one of the major contributor to health issue which is growing at an alarming rate issue in whole world as well. People influence their own health through their unhealthy lifestyles such as unhealthy diet‚alcohol assumption and smoking and poor sleep hygiene. One of the critical causes is having an unhealthy diet.There is no doubt that the food that we eat significantly impact our health. The surge in the consumption of high fat foods
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Impact of Fast Food Restaurants on Teen Obesity Time constraints‚ parents who work outside the house‚ extracurricular activities‚ and social obligations are just a few of the reasons teens have developed a need for a quick meal or an "on the go" snack. Meals that once used to take hours to prepare now can be done in a fraction of the time. Teens are now eating from fast food restaurants more frequently‚ which is affecting their health and eating habits. Many of the television commercials seen by
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Fast Food Advertising And Childhood Obesity A rise in obesity has been observed in the United States in the last two decades. Obesity is one problem that gives birth to numerous fatal diseases‚ including but not limited to cardiovascular disease‚ diabetes‚ and depression. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a survey and found that‚ “More than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) and approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese”
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