Travis Dwyer Topic: Childhood Obesity "Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live." -Jim Rohn There are so many prevalent health issues that need to be addressed in today’s society. Since children are considered to be our hope for the future‚ I chose to research the epidemic of childhood obesity. As an aspiring physical education teacher or as alarmed to learn that “prevalence for overweight children aged 6-11 years has almost tripled in 25 years‚ increasing from 6.5% to
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Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that happens when a child’s weight is well above normal standards for his or her age and height and it has become an ever-increasing problem in the last three decades. Between 1976-1980 and 2007-2008‚ pre-school aged children 2-5 years increased in obesity from 5 to 10.4%. Among 6-11 year olds‚ that rate increased from 6.5 to 19.6% and from 5 to 18.1% among adolescents aged 12-19. (Ogden & Carroll‚ 2010‚ para. 3). Childhood obesity is particularly
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some occasions hematuria. Childhood Obesity Obesity‚ in general‚ is a growing health concern in developed countries. Just like with adults‚ childhood obesity is diagnosed by a health care practitioner‚ usually a pediatrician‚ based on the child ’s body mass index. BMI is a calculated value which represents human body fat based on an person ’s height and body weight. However‚ childhood obesity is categorized a bit differently than adult obesity. The reason for this is because children
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Running Head: Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity in Today’s Modern World Caitlin Wolfe English Composition122 October 11‚ 2010 Mary Lounsbury Childhood obesity has become an overwhelming problem for society today. As it grows in awareness more people are becoming involved in finding a solution to this growing problem. Childhood obesity has occurred due to the fast pace of technology‚ the problem of school budget cuts‚ and more children becoming latch key kids. There are many experts
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Childhood Obesity: An Annotated Bibliography Kornides‚ M.L.‚ Kitsantas‚ P.‚ &Villarruel‚ A. (2011).Factors associated with obesity in Latino children. Hispanic Health Care International‚ 9(3). Several factors determine the high prevalence of obesity among Latino children. The intention of this article was to reassess the latest literature on the factors related to overweight and obesity in Latino children furnish nursing implications‚ and propose direction for future research. Twenty
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Action Plan: The best way to start working into reeucing childhood obesity‚ is to create awarnes of the problem. Parents‚ schools‚ communities and the governemnt needs to know the severity of childhood obesity‚ so creating awarness of the problem will help them see the problem. People might not notice how much of a probleem childhood obesity really since it took many years to become an epedemic. People tend to notice the realseverity of the problem when it happens in a short period of time
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Childhood Obesity: The Impact of Advertising Step One of Final Research Paper Child Obesity Edith Moreno ENG 122 English Composition II Megan Pope February 13‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity: The Effects of Advertising The topic I selected is Childhood Obesity and narrowed it down to Childhood Obesity and The Effects of Advertising. Food commercials play a large role involving this dilemma. I also selected this topic because my granddaughter has a weight problem that we
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is increasing every year to the extent that it has become a global epidemic. Diabetes UK report that globally form 1975 to 2010 it was estimated to treble from 70 million to 220 million and in the UK it was estimated that from 1980 to 2010 it would almost quadruple from 800‚000 to 3 million (Diabetes UK 2004). A 2006 review by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that if the present trends continue‚ by 2025 the global
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Don’t need to know my name Prof. Patrick McKillop ENG101.7414 6 February 2011 Research Paper Prevent Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is when a child is overweight and has or will have many serious health risks. Ji Li and Neal H. Hooker‚ in “Childhood Obesity and Schools‚” explains that “childhood obesity is more than a problem in children; it is linked to adult obesity” (97). If a child is obese‚ she will stay obese in her adulthood. Helping children to stay healthy with the support
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What Affects Childhood Obesity More: Genetics or Environment? Shannon Fincher ENG 122 English Compositions Prof. Amanda Price June 27‚ 2012 Childhood obesity is a major problem in the United States today‚ but who is the major culprit in contributing to our children’s obesity? Some feel if your parents are fat than you are predestined to be fat. Some say that genetics are your biggest issue and there is no way to fight it. We live in a society where everywhere we look there is a fast food
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