OBESITY IN CHILDREN Obesity in Children Reba Graham DeVry University June 16‚ 2013 OBESITY IN CHILDREN What parents allow their children to eat can affect their bodies and their life. Most children don’t realize the effects of long term illnesses such as obesity‚ type 2 diabetes‚ heart condition and high blood pressure. Taxing unhealthful foods and beverages could prove an important strategy to overconsumption and potentially aid
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Fast Food Industry Not to Blame for Obesity Shoving bad food into your mouth at a fast food restaurant isn’t your fault‚ it’s the industry that is to blame. Now that doesn’t sound right‚ does it? In today’s society‚ Americans tend to think that something isn’t our fault‚ that someone else is to blame‚ this is called the blame game. Carl Pickhardt claims‚ “Blame never resolves conflict; it only protracts conflict by inflaming whatever grievance is involved.” Prolonging the confilct by blaming
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day American culture promotes unhealthy eating habits in children. “Childhood obesity is a major public health concern‚ and has more than doubled since the 1970’s” (Ludmila 1). This can be a big dilemma because kids are developing an unhealthily lifestyle so young. America’s public schooling system needs to be held responsible for the causes of child obesity and make changes to accommodate the effects. Changes should be made in schools lunch menus and the types of foods found in vending machines. More
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Obesity Michelle Scott DeVry University Obesity Obesity has become a major epidemic among adults‚ children and adolescents. It is a high health risk that needs to be fixed immediately‚ rather than later before it destroys the next generation. We‚ as parents and the Government‚ need to address this problem before lives are destroyed by this fast spreading disease. We need to find a solution to get rid of this disease‚ before this problem becomes a major epidemic. The lives of our children
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Obesity: A Complex Problem with a Simple Solution Many people in the United States believe that if it weren’t for fast food restaurants‚ they would not be obese. McDonald’s has been blamed 100% and sued for individual weight problems of Americans. While fast food may be one of the contributors to the obesity epidemic‚ it surely doesn’t stand-alone. Obesity is caused by many factors‚ depression‚ sedentary lifestyle‚ overeating disorders and food choices. Many of those factors are learned and
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to much weight because of fast food. According to what I have read affects nearly 70% of adults and 15% of children in our society today suffer obesity because of fast food. At the same time‚ obesity rates continue to climb causing an epidemic‚ which‚ according to a recent study actually threatens the world food supply. While there are many explanations for this phenomenon‚ a big one may be fast food consumption. Over the years the number of people eating fast food has increased as have the size
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What are the main causes of food insecurity in the world today？ Outline and evaluate 2 or 3 possible solutions to food insecurity problems. Introduction World Food Summit defines food security as: “Food security exists when all people‚ at all times‚ have physical and economic access to sufficient‚ safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. (World Food Summit‚ 1996) On the contrary‚ the food insecurity means the situation people who
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Obesity is an epidemic that affects millions of people in the United States everyday. It is a lifestyle disease that affects individuals of all races‚ age and gender. Childhood obesity has been increasing rapidly over the past few years. The problem with obesity is that it makes individuals highly susceptible to diseases like diabetes and hypertension. Seventeen percent of all children in the United States suffer from obesity today. Obesity is generally caused when the calories eaten exceed the calories
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plastic wrapping revealing your meal‚ it appears to be a pile so called “food” covered with a layer of grease with unappetizing sides that are all mushed together creating a liquid substance on the edge of your container. And guess what‚ this tray covers more than half of your daily calories and provide minimal nutritional value for your daily requirements. Many schools serve lunches
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28 Oct. 2013 Paper 3 MLA Obesity Obesity is a problem that has been on the rise for many decades. Not only is it starting at a young age‚ it is starting to affect the health of many around the world. There are many health concerns related to the topic of obesity‚ over nourishment can also cause obesity and health concerns. A lot of people like to blame an excessive amount of food consumed as part of them being obese. One does not have to eat a large portion of food with dense caloric intake to
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