in the last forty-years‚ with one in every seven of these children meeting the criteria for obesity (Better Nutrition 28). Children‚ like the rest of Americans‚ are living more and more sedentary life styles. Childhood obesity in school-aged children is rising‚ and it’s the responsibility of the parents to prevent this from happening to their own children. Much more than an aesthetic issue‚ childhood obesity is a major health problem. Today‚ one in five school-age children fulfill the medical definition
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According to Ruskin (2003)‚ “the rise of childhood obesity is part of a larger story: how corporations have laid claim to children’s imagination and play—to childhood itself.” Ruskin (2003) also states that “in the process of redefining children as “consumers”‚ corporations have redefined the nature of childhood disease.” He says that “our children suffer not from the results of infection or lack‚ but from the role the commercial culture has assigned them” (Ruskin‚ 2003). Obese children have a low
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Review on Childhood Obesity By: Obesity is a growing problem among U.S. children. In 1994‚ one in five children between the ages of 6 and 17 was overweight. This is double the rate of 30 years ago (National Center for Health Statistics‚ 1999). This adverse trend has potentially profound effects on children’s health‚ including their long-term health. The terms "obese" and "overweight" often are used interchangeably. Technically‚ "obesity" is the upper end of "overweight." Obesity is clinically
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How to prevent Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity is a common health complication in the United States that affects over 25% of the 3.4 million population. Sadness of seeing a child between the ages 6-19 that is obese can affect everyone’s lifestyles around them. People that are overweight‚ many times‚ blame the food industries and even blame others by being overweight. Many children are bullied because of the way they look due to obesity. They want to make a change to themselves but they are always
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The Issue of Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a demanding issue in the United States as "25% of children are overweight and 11% are obese". (Dehghan‚ Anwar) It has been shown that the amount of obese adolescents have doubled in the last two to three decades causing many serious health related issues in children. Type 2 diabetes and elevated blood pressure are some of the health issues that children are facing from being overweight. (Deckelbaum‚ Christine) These health issues are just proving
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Obesity and Ways to Overcome It 1.) Obesity A.)What is Obesity? 1.) Too much body fat 2.) BMI calculates this B.)What are the causes? 1.) Overeating/Fast food 2.) Not enough exercise 3.) Television advertisements 4.) Genes C.)Physical effects 1.) Not attractive 2.) Health problems a.) Diabetes b.) High blood pressure D.)Mental Effects 1.) Social discrimination 2.) Bias due to media 3.) Low self-esteem 4.) Depression 5.) Eating Disorders
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Let’s Move – Childhood Obesity Prevention from Pregnancy and Infancy Onward a. Article Citation Name: Let’s Move – Childhood Obesity Prevention from Pregnancy and Infancy Onward Date Published: April 22‚ 2010 Authors: Janet M. Wojcicki‚ Ph.D.‚ M.P.H.‚ and Melvin B. Heyman‚ M.D.‚ M.P.H. Page Numbers: 1457-1459 b. The main idea of this article focuses on First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign against childhood obesity. The authors go into detail on how it can be improved
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Facts About Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious‚ growing epidemic‚ cutting across all categories of race‚ ethnicity‚ family income and locale. Obesity rates tripled in the past 30 years‚ a trend that means‚ for the first time in our history‚ American children may face a shorter expected lifespan than their parents. Additionally‚ we spend $150 billion every year to treat obesity-related conditions‚ with childhood health care costs rapidly increasing that number. Researchers have estimated
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Obesity prevention intervention program: Few intervention studies exist for preventing obesity in children and most were conducted in western countries‚ school based and the interventions were based on a health-education or social-cognitive model framework. Sharjah Education council (SEC) focused on obesity at government schools. Combating of obesity program is started since 2012 which called (Generations without obesity) and great effort is running to decrease the obesity rate at schools. Generations
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Child obesity is a problem in today’s society. Another problem in today’s society is parent-child relationships. A recent study showed that these two problems may be linked. In this chapter we learned of three different types of parenting. They are authoritarian‚ having complete control over a child without thinking of one’s feelings‚ permissive‚ not really caring what your child does either way‚ and authoritative‚ making the rules known while still thinking of your child. The study has shown that
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