Chris Blymiller English 2010 Sept. 24‚ 2011 Fast Food and Obesity In America It has been said that obesity in American has become an epidemic. What has caused this huge health issue in this great country? Many people believe fast food is to blame for America being obese. Is it really that simple? What could be some other possible reasons for our country being so obese compared to other countries? In this paper I hope to discuss these issues and show that fast food is solely to blame for this
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Socioeconomic Factors: Rarely is childhood obesity caused by a medical condition. A child’s environment is very complex and includes family‚ peers‚ school‚ community/neighborhoods‚ and society at large‚ as filtered through media‚ advertising‚ and prevailing social norms. Socioeconomic status is an important determinant of standard of living and health status‚ as it influences the incidence and prevalence of various health conditions such as childhood obesity. Several ways of measuring socioeconomic
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Childhood Obesity Journal Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic. However many aspects need to be considered in order to help any child who is overweight. Children that are overweight need to be assessed to determine if the weight problem is due to psychological issues‚ or lack of nutrition and physical activity. Once the causing factor is determined the proper steps can be taken to help the child and the family to live a healthy happy life. Growing up I enjoyed home cooked meals‚ and I was
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These past few decades have shown drastic changes in how health is perceived. With childhood obesity raising every year this is something that needs to be recognized with a change following it. The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly‚ the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period of time (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).
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Obesity comes with it a wide array of unintended consequences that potentially affects everyone‚ rather than just those that are afflicted with it. By definition obesity is merely the accumulation of excess body fat to the extent where it may have an adverse affect on one’s health. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ as many as 33% of adults‚ and 17% of children are facing such a struggle. In the face of such stagaring statistics‚ there are few solutions to the problem
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Title: How Junk Food Can Cause Obesity Complication in Young Children Attention Getter: How many of you know that when young children get addicted to junk food that they can get obesity from eating a lot of junk food. Childhood obesity is rising throughout the world. Credibility: The History of Junk Food www.thehistoryofjunkfood.com What are junk foods and what are healthy foods www.whatarejunkfoodsandhealthyfoods.com The affect among junk food www.theaffectsamongjunkfood.com
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and exercise only to get rid of fat accumulation C. Fad diets IV. Overconsumption A. Over spending on food B. Over eating C. Food everywhere V. Huge portions A. Americans like "big" B. Names for our food C. Why huge portions lead to obesity 1. Large portion foods tend to be high calorie 2. Higher calorie foods taste better 3. Better tasting foods eaten in larger amounts D. U.S. portions compared to French VI. What foods America eats A. Nutrition Replacement B. Why Americans
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Obesity in America has gotten out of control over the last few decades with more than 30.5 percent of adults considered obese by current medical standards. The world we live in today‚ is a world where obesity is killing more people than smoking. I believe that Americans are not getting sufficient exercise and are consuming too much unhealthy food. These foods are causing damage to people’s health. Obesity is defined by a measurement known as body mass index also referred to as BMI. A person
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Childhood Depression: A Preventable Situation The National Survey on Drug Use and Health performed by SAMHSA in 2004 shows that in some areas as much as 10% of the overall population of the United States suffers from depression‚ and while depression can be caused by many things there is a segment of the population in which depression starts in their school years‚ and continues throughout their lives. This is a tragedy‚ however the larger tragedy is that this depression in most cases it is actually
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are found to have a shorter attention span‚ and adults have less face-to-face interactions because of technological advances. Technology has impacted toddlers in several ways: such as an increase in childhood obesity‚ less reading‚ and a decrease in social interaction with other kids. Childhood obesity is on the rise in the United States‚ and technology has played an important part in the increasing trend. Children are advised to get one hour of active play a day; instead they play on their tablets
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