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 According to Burniat (2002‚ p.15)‚ obesity means an excessive amount of body fat; however‚ no general agreement as yet exists on the best definition of obesity in children. A number of factors contribute to a child becoming obese‚ and these include genetics‚ lifestyle habits‚ or a combination of both. Childhood obesity is an increasing problem all over the world that affects an estimated seventeen percent of all children in the United States‚ which is three times the rate it was
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Childhood Obesity Amye Cook ENG122: English Composition II Instructor: Jenna Fussell December 17‚ 2012 What is Childhood Obesity? Childhood obesity is very important in today’s society. Childhood Obesity is when a child have excessive amount of body weight for their age. A child may become over weight because of the amount of food that they may consume into their body. Overweight can be caused because the body may not have enough energy to release the calories. When a child is obesity I
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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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overweight because they don’t do any physical activity.” Obesity is a serious issue among children and there are complex reasons that can cause it‚ principally by poor eating habits‚ lack of any physical activity and family history of obesity. Overweight in children is not being a few pounds higher than normal‚ “obesity in childhood is when a kid is 10% higher than what their weight is supposed to be”(Facts for families). Being overweight during childhood is the easiest issue to recognize talking in medical
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three children born in the year 2000 is expected to develop diabetes in his or her lifetime.(4E) Is this surprising? In America all we worry about is food at our convince. Because most Americans are always on the go. As statics are showing childhood obesity is rapidly increasing all over the world. Why is this becoming such a pressing issue when it can be stopped or at least have precautions taken. Children learn through observation and imitation‚ as well as behaviors of their parents.(5A) In today’s
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Childhood Obesity ENG122: English Composition II (ABE1232K) For many years here in America‚ children attending schools could be viewed playing on the school playgrounds in some type of activity that required physical strength. These activities were enjoyed by most of these children. There were swings‚ sliding boards‚ teeter totters‚ jungle gyms‚ merry-go-rounds‚ and fields for ball sports. In fact‚ even during after school hours‚ it was not uncommon to see these areas filled with children
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Childhood Obesity The days of children playing hide and seek outside are gone. Walking long distances to and from school‚ walking to a friend’s house to play on the weekends or walking to the bus stop to go to the mall with friends. It is rare to find a child carrying a bagged lunch to school‚ which would include a healthy lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches‚ an apple with cookies or chips being the unhealthiest part of the lunch. Child obesity is the result of poor nutrition at home
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Spreading the Cure for Childhood Obesity Alyssa Herold Kaplan University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the increased amount of children suffering from obesity and why it is a major health concern in the United States. It will explain in detail what childhood obesity is‚ the important contributing factors which cause the condition‚ and what types of preventative actions can be implemented into
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my research paper on is obesity in america. i have seen obesity become a growing problem especially childhood obesity. Being a Nutritional Science major‚ studying the factors of obesity and also the prevention to it is very interesting subject to me. Parents being busy with work and life in general‚ they introduce their kids to fast food at an early stage. When kids constantly eat fast food and don’t have enough physical activity during the day‚ being overweight‚ obesity and many diseases come along
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