(Soechtig). Childhood obesity is an ongoing disease that over the last thirty years has grown at a startling rate. The problem with childhood obesity is that is it not fully understood as it is believed to be a disorder with multiple causes such as environmental factors and lifestyle preferences‚ with the cultural environment playing a pivotal role in its rising prevalence worldwide. Since there are sadly so many environs that play a dominant role in contributing to childhood obesity such as the
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. Obesity in children Childhood obesity in America is a very serious problem affecting many children from different age groups‚ currently the issue of childhood obesity is a problem that continues to grow each year. “In 2010‚ 43 million preschool children were overweight or obese‚ a 60 percent increase since 1990”(Child). Childhood obesity is a condition in which a child is significantly overweight for his or her age and height (Mayo). Over the years America has grown‚ and so has its
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Timms 1 Ashawnnae Timms Ms. Zinti English4 April‚ 20‚2014 Causes And Effects Of Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is not just an issue in the United States its wide-ranging. The amount of overweight and obese children in the U.S has increased at a rapid speed over the pass years‚ and there is no chance of it slowing down unless matters are taken. A fast-food craze has swept the nation‚ consequentially leaving a trail of defective nutrition in its wake. Fast-food corporations seems to be
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Annotated Bibliography for Childhood Obesity Natalia Pimushkina DeVry University Annotated Bibliography for Childhood Obesity Child obesity became a very serious issue that is taking on the health of the nation ’s children. It is everyone responsibility to work on preventing and reducing childhood obesity‚ from the parents who are suppose to care about their children’s health‚ to the public health representatives‚ who should care about a future healthy nation
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Childhood Obesity: Cause and Effect December 3‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Gone are the days of children playing hide and seek outside‚ walking long distances to and from school‚ walking to a friend’s house to play on the weekends and walking to the bus stop to go to mall with friends and in essence exerting physically. It is rare to find a child carrying a sack lunch to school which would include a healthy lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches‚ an apple and perhaps a cookie or chips
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Childhood Obesity Runs in the Family Sharon Jackson ENG 122 Matthew Morsworth November 1‚ 2010 We are in an epidemic of overweight and obesity of children in the United States today. I have chosen to talk about “Childhood Obesity” for my research paper. As we all know that Childhood Obesity is in fact very real and also a risk of children becoming overweight and ending up a lot of health issues such as diabetes and high blood pressure as well as death. For my narrowed topic for this research
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Childhood Obesity and Parental Influence Kimberly Brown English 122 Instructor : Cathy Cousar December 9‚ 2011 Childhood Obesity and Parental Influence Let there be no mistake‚ obesity is a disease! Studies show obesity is a major issue in America today. Approximately 17% of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese (Center for Disease Control‚ 2006). This is an ongoing epidemic and grows more and more troublesome as technology increases. There are several causes of childhood
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of Childhood Obesity Abstract While sitting at a mall‚ a person may notice the different sizes of people walking by. Generally speaking there are really tall people‚ short people‚ some with small waists and others with large waist. There are small children and large children. The children are what we will be focusing on throughout this paper. One of the growing problems in the United States is childhood obesity. What is the cause? Why is childhood obesity
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Social Influences On Childhood Obesity Overweight and obese children are a major problem in the United States and the rates are unfortunately rising‚ especially in children. Obesity is the leading cause for health problems such as type 2 diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ high blood pressure‚ coronary heart disease‚ gallstones‚ depression‚ anxiety‚ poor academic performance‚ and many other long-term health problems especially if obesity occurs early in life. I believe this is a social issue because
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Childhood Obesity: The Causes‚ Health Problems‚ and Prevention Kristina Waltmire ENG122: English Composition II Instructor: Marsha Beckwith-Howard February 21‚ 2011 The topic that I have chosen for my paper is addressing the issue of childhood obesity. According to Merriam-Webster (2010) obesity is a condition where there is excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body. I think that childhood obesity is an epidemic that the United States of America is facing as a major issue
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