...Child Obesity –Finding Solutions Specific Purpose: To provide information on how we can reduce childhood obesity. 1. Introduction Attention material: How many of you have seen chubby babies, and you thought “Oh they are so cute” and you wanted to pinch their cheeks? And we thought that their baby fat would disappear as they grow older. But unfortunately many of them end up carrying that fat until their adulthood. Nowadays, it has been proven that childhood obesity can be very harmful for our children. Not only can it cause health problems but also psychologically it could be traumatic for the obese person. [Transition: Shahbaz have presented you with all the problems of child obesity and what has caused them. In observing these causes (of childhood obesity), confidently we can reduce down the epidemic spread.] 2.Body Just to remind you, approximately one-third of American children are overweight and around 20 percent are considered obese (MMWR 42-46). [Transition: Now I am going to tell you what is expected from you as parents] Solutions to end the widespread: As parents and siblings it would be better if you: * Breast feed the newborns babies; it reduces the risk of obesity (Pamela Kanda, MPH 424-430). Recent studies had proven that nearly 30% of mothers do not breastfeed their children. A lot of doctors’ recommend parents to breastfeed their babies at least until age 4-6 months (MMWR 42-46) * Since most kids consider their parents as role model it’s important...
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...RunningHead: Childhood Obesity 1. Childhood Obesity 2. The topic I have chosen is Childhood Obesity. Health has always been a major topic in our society. This paper will show childhood obesity as a growing problem in our Nation. According to Hagelin, 2012, 1 in 3 children is, “obese or overweight”, often resulting in medical problems adding up to “nearly $150 billion” each year (Hagelin, 2012 p.8). This is beginning to be a major problem in the United States. I, like many others, have seen how it still remains a huge problem in America. Raising awareness is the first step to dealing with a health related issue, like obesity. Before making any positive changes we must first understand how these problems occur. It has grown so much that we even have our First Lady of the United States gearing up to fight against Childhood Obesity. She has a website catered to this specific issue. It is the responsibility of the adults to help spearhead this pandemic, and try to fight against it. We as citizens continue to remain oblivious to the need for immediate changes, it goes to show how unprepared or unwilling our people are at facing the challenges ahead in order to create a healthier and leaner Nation. Childhood obesity is considered a major health problem today because it can lead to many potentially dangerous diseases. Some of which include heart disease, type 2 diabetes, asthma, sleep apnea, and social discrimination (CDC, 2012, p14). These...
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