Childhood Obesity Nutrition 225 Online with Dr. Strunk 11-20-12 Work cited page Books: I used the chapters in this book that focused on obesity in adults‚ adolescents‚ and young children. Greatest resource used. 12th edition of Understanding Nutrition by Whitney and Rolfes | Internet sites: http://www.cdc.gov/Healthy Youth/obesity/facts.htm | http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/child-obesity/index.htm | http://www.healthychildren.org/english/health-issues/conditions/obesity/Pages/default
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Obesity has been a worldwide health problem for years‚ and it’s a problem that many people face today. Being obese as a child contributes to being obese as an adult as well. Childhood obesity makes adults vulnerable to extreme health diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes. Childhood obesity and can cause many health risks as an adults. Childhood obesity starts with how they grew up‚ scientists show that unhealthy living can cause childhood obesity. Playing less outside and more on electronics is a factor
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Childhood Obesity “One out of every five children in the U.S. is overweight or obese” (“Obesity in Children”)‚ and as the number rises the significance of the problem grows. Obesity is a widespread epidemic that is taking a toll not only on the US‚ but also other parts of the world. There are many causes for obesity in young children that stem from genetics‚ poor diet‚ and lack of physical activity. Obesity in children not only puts them at many risks for disease during their early ages‚ but also
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Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has become more prevalent in today’s society than ever before. “Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese” (American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry‚ 2010). Who shall we blame this epidemic that is making today’s children obese? Are sheer genetics the cause or shall we blame the parents? In this essay‚ I will discuss the media’s role in obese children. I will also un-wrap the parent’s role in controlling obesity in their children
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childhood obesity Childhood obesity: nurses’ role in addressing the epidemic Aifric Rabbitt and Imelda Coyne W orldwide‚ obesity has more than doubled since 1980 and approximately 65% of the world’s population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight (World Health Organization (WHO)‚ 2011). Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health (WHO‚ 2011).Traditionally‚ obesity has been an adult
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Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. The NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) conducted research in 2010 and found that 22.8% of children between 5-17 years of age were classified as overweight or obese (Health NSW‚ 2012). Studies have shown a dramatic rise in the number of obese children in the last few decades and it has been shown that between 1980 and 2000‚ obesity rates doubled among children and tripled among teens
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Childhood Obesity In this essay I’m going to be explaining childhood obesity. And some of the leading causes of this problem and ways I think could be helpful in finding a way to fix this problem. Some of the things will be things that I have experienced and seen and some of it will be things that I read up on. So before I began do you think that this problem is caused from society as a whole becoming lazy‚ the media shoving unhealthy food and beverages in our face in many different forms from
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Rahming 1 Giovanni Rahming Ms. Joan Norman English 119 29th March‚ 2010 Causes of Childhood Obesity At some point in life‚ every parent has told their child to eat their vegetables. Most children ignore this request‚ however they should oblige. Obesity among children is becoming more and more common in today’s society and many people are wondering why. In 2006‚ then Minister of Health Dr. Marcus Bethel stated in the House of Assembly that 65% of adult Bahamians are overweight and 23% of
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PEVENTED? Mary Lally ENG 122: English Composition II William Johnson May 1‚ 2012 CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PREVENTED? If you could image living in this world 10 years from now how would you picture what the average person would look like? Are they fat or skinny? Obesity is becoming an epidemic that is slowly killing many people. With more and more children becoming overweight there health is getting worse at an early age. I will show you how being
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Childhood Obesity Chamberlain College of Nursing Dawn M. Greene NR448 Information Systems in Healthcare Professor Rebecca Burhenne Spring Session B – 2010 Introduction The research topic attempts to examine if socioeconomic status affects the prevalence of elevating obesity rates in adolescents. Obesity is a condition that is indicative of a” high proportion of body fat that causes a negative effect on your health” (Dahms‚ 2008). The most common causes is eating too much and moving around
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