...Have you ever wonder what are the causes to the great increase of childhood obesity in the past 30 years? Childhood obesity is a very serious problem and becoming very dangerous. Childhood obesity affects 17% of all children that is triple the rate of just one generation ago. children are becoming are very obese at young ages and they are getting diseases and unhealthy conditions very young. Obesity is now the second most preventable death in the U.S. Up to one out of every five children in the U. S. is overweight or obese, and this number is continuing to rise. Childhood obesity has greatly increased and they are three main things that have caused this, they are the increase of fast food, increase of technology, and change of family habits. These three things are the main reason why childhood obesity has been increasing so much in America, and it is becoming a very dangerous problem. Fast food has become a huge part of America in the last 30 years. Families lives have became very busy and fast food is a very easy way for parents to feed their children when they don’t have time to cook a meal. What parents don’t realize is how bad fast food is for people and how horrible it is to eat on a daily basis. Every day, nearly one-third of U.S. children aged 4 to 19 eat fast food, which likely packs on about six extra pounds per child per year and increases the risk of obesity.( www.cbsnews.com/2100-204_162-591325.html) Fast food is made with tons of preservatives and...
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...kids nowadays aren’t spending their childhood correctly; I view childhood as a time for fun and games. However, I had never considered the thought that childhood has become endangered. The idea that TV may really be making us into mindless blobs reminds me of all those times I asked students who I really looked up to, “how are you so smart?”, and they would annoyingly reply “I READ”. (As if I’ve never read a book in my life. Sheesh.) Postman proposes a practically perfect proposition that is backed by a number of legitimate points - ranging from clothes to food; many of which I can relate to; but there are a few assertions I find debatable and can’t identify with. For one, I wonder if Postman’s definition...
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...Have you ever heard about the game Grand Theft Auto? This is by far my favorite video game to play I can sit in from of the television and play this game for hours. I started playing this game when it first came out. I was 14 then. I am 20 now, and I still can't get enough of it. This game isn't just a great game, but it's also a very violent one. Nowadays, parents don't want there kids playing games showing violent, dangerous, and nude scenes. I Game like this can teach a kids bad behavior, reduce creative learning, and cause them to neglect their childhood. We all know kids pick up what they see , hear, and learn. For example if you tell a kid to shut up ,then they will remember it and tell someone or even you the same thing. If you tell a kid, they beautiful they will remember they're beautiful. If you sit a child in front of a game where there is killing , cursing, and stealing, then they can pick up those traits. It is important to keep your children safe and a kid while they still can be. A violent video game won't help....
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...Milestone One: Rule-oriented Games (Physical Domain) Section A: Knowledge of the Developmental Milestones During middle childhood, children’s play undergoes several changes, the most obvious of which is children engage in games with rules. These rule-oriented games include informally organized games as well as formally organized sports, such as little league, club or intramural sports. The former category may be variants on popular sports games, well-known childhood games such as red rover, and invented games that children develop on their own. The principal commonality is that these games have a set of rules and often have multiple roles for players. While informal outdoor play allows children to develop rules and try out multiple scenarios, formal, organized sports allows children to learn rules, appreciate their personal skills, and develop their position on a team. Both types of rule-oriented games are important for developing social competencies and enhanced cognitive capabilities. This milestone develops as children begin to develop more improved motor coordination, a better capacity for information processing, and a heightened social maturity (Berk, 2007, p. 294). The physical skills at play in rule-oriented games include flexibility, balance, agility, and force, reflective of increased muscle strength. All four of these are basic motor capacities which become more refined with the gross motor development of middle childhood. Additionally, children’s enhanced capacity...
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...Video Games and Their Effect on Childhood Development: Exploratory Essay It is no surprise that in the digital age of today- many, if not most children have access to some form of video games. In fact, 48% of American households own some sort of device that can be used for gaming. These devices include computers, video game consoles, smartphones, wireless devices, and handheld gaming systems (Logfren). The number one selling game of 2017 thus far is Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, which is a tactical shooting game, number two is For Honor, a combat battle game, and holding on strong four years after initial release, Grand Theft Auto V- an action game based on three criminals, comes in at number seven (Morris). All three of the previously...
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...Psychology II-B CHILDHOOD Childhood is the ages of period from birth to adolescence. In other words we can say that Childhood is earlier part of life which cannot come again. This part of age full of happiness and free from tensions. We explain childhood in few steps. First is “Early Childhood” Second is “Middle Childhood” and Third is “Adolescence”. Approximately “Early Childhood” is the age of early three years of childhood. In this stage when every child need complete attention of his parents for basic learning. Next is, “Middle Childhood” stage in which every child starts his journey from primary school. In primary school where child learn new skills and they are able to make friends. Last stage of childhood is “Adolescence”, In simple words we can say that a duration in which a young person grow from a child into an adult. The day gone is gone forever. Only memories remain in human mind. These memories make cry sometimes and make laugh sometimes. Nevertheless, we never can cut out them from life. For that reason, childhood memories are the sweetest in man’s life. I have also some childhood memories in my life. Childhood memories are the sweetest time of human mind. My childhood memories are not les sweet. Nobody can forget his/her childhood memories whether pleasant or painful. I can still remember my childhood very much. I was born in Angeles City where I passed my childhood. Many things happened in my childhood days, but I cannot remember all of them. My father was a self-employed...
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...Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is one of the most prevalent issues that needs to be alleviated. Children have to comprehend that if they keep on consuming fattening foods, their chances of developing diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes increases significantly. I am proposing a solution to prevent childhood obesity. The proposal is to spread awareness of this epidemic by educating parents and their children about the dangers of obesity and how to prevent it. Every school should have a mandatory half an hour class that teaches students about eating healthy and the importance of exercising regularly. This proposal is aimed towards elementary school children and their parents. The genre for this piece is a newspaper article. The proposal can be published in magazines, newspaper, internet, and it can even be broadcasted on local channels to increase awareness of this social issue. The readers should be aware of the fact that there is a significant difference between the words overweight and obese. Overweight means that the individual weighs more than normal. On the other hand, obese means that the individual is extremely overweight. The Institute of Medicine states “over the past three decades, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years, and adolescents aged 12-19 years, and it has more than tripled for children aged 6-11 years.” In 2004, about 9 million children over the age of 6 were considered obese. In 2005, the...
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...Daniel Weintraub explains that parents are in the best position to help fix childhood obesity since they are one of the reasons why it’s happening. I agree with Weintraub about how it’s the parents who need to take responsibility for their children being obese. California called the epidemic of children being obese a state emergency because it’s that important and we need to stop or try to stop what’s happening. Some people are not looking at the one of the biggest causes of childhood obesity. The parents, not anyone else, are the ones who can best fight the epidemic of obese children. No, banning fast food isn’t going to stop childhood obesity, parents need to take responsibility. They teach them their eating and exercising habits....
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...Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is one of the most prevalent issues that needs to be alleviated. Children have to comprehend that if they keep on consuming fattening foods, their chances of developing diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes increases significantly. I am proposing a solution to prevent childhood obesity. The proposal is to spread awareness of this epidemic by educating parents and their children about the dangers of obesity and how to prevent it. Every school should have a mandatory half an hour class that teaches students about eating healthy and the importance of exercising regularly. This proposal is aimed towards elementary school children and their parents. The genre for this piece is a newspaper article. The proposal can be published in magazines, newspaper, internet, and it can even be broadcasted on local channels to increase awareness of this social issue. The readers should be aware of the fact that there is a significant difference between the words overweight and obese. Overweight means that the individual weighs more than normal. On the other hand, obese means that the individual is extremely overweight. The Institute of Medicine states “over the past three decades, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years, and adolescents aged 12-19 years, and it has more than tripled for children aged 6-11 years.” In 2004, about 9 million children over the age of 6 were considered obese. In 2005, the...
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...English 101 2 May 2012 Childhood Obesity on the Rise Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in the world, and is showing no sign of slowing down. Obesity is a vicious cycle that starts with simply carrying an extra five or ten pounds and leads to obesity in no time. There is less of an urge to go out and get in shape. People see it and want it, but aren’t taking the right steps to do so. With the growing attraction for television, video games, and computer use combined with the easy capability to get highly fattening foods in a quick low price, it looks like it’s going to be a problem for a long time to come. This fast food problem has become an accepted means of a meal. In his book True Enough, Farhad Manjoo examines the Committee on Food Habits and their research on how Americans think about food. Manjoo states that, “even for something as fundamental as eating, people look to others to determine the reality around them. You eat to live, but what you eat is more a cultural choice than a mere act of biological survival” (49). There is a big controversy over whether or not obesity is a genetic disease. That debate gets more and more intense as the rates of childhood obesity rise. Some people believe it is a disease because it comes genetically for biological reasons. Other people believe it is not a disease at all, rather it is a chosen lifestyle combined with bad eating habits and the environment for which they live in. I believe that childhood obesity is caused by a variety...
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...time you used to have. One of the best examples of this is how we cherished our childhood time. Childhood is the world of wonder or of fairy-tale, as if conception woke shiningly out of the dark, all original and bewildering. Childhood is one of the growing stages in man's life. There is a patch in every childhood, a delighted place where nights are brighter, the wind is cooler, and the sunrise more sweet-scented than ever again. We all developed our skills or abilities through the time we treasured when we were a child. As we were a child, we only sometimes just eat, drink, sleep and play. We cried, we laughed, we got sick, and we learned with our playmates and friends. We will never forget our childhood days especially when our playmates or friends are there. They sometimes go to your house and say, “Ui, tara laro na tayo bilis! Hintayin kita dito, ah.” We will go to our parents and please them and say, “Pwede po ba ako lumabas para maglaro?” And we were always so happy when our parents say, “Sure.” We do go to the playground rapidly and plays until the moon shines above. Playground, when we were a kid, is our second home. There we can find the slide, the monkey bars, the see-saw, new friends, etc. We always enjoy playing there. And when we were exhausted, our parents will scold us and also, they will make ourselves feel fresh again. We cannot avoid our untidiness while we were playing. Childhood is free from cares. We always feel like we have our freedom in whatever we want...
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...Mollenkopf Melanie Jankowski ENG 111-108 09/07/2015 My Childhood Home As you’re going down Grantwood Drive, look to the right and you’ll see the old two story brick house with green shutters, a beautiful garden, and an old beat up driveway. My childhood home is the place to go if I ever need to get my mind off of things, or just need to escape. Some of the best memories from childhood happened at that house. From backyard sports games with friends to cookouts with the family, no place will ever feel as comfortable as this house does. When you walk in the front door the first thing to see is the amazing painting on the wall handed down three generations. Now venture in further you will see the old fireplace to the right, and the TV right above it. Once you turn to the left you’ll be walking towards the dining room. The dining room is one of my favorite rooms, mainly due to the crystal chandelier that has been there since before I was even thought of. When I was a toddler my father said I use to just stand there and watch it gleam in the sunlight. As you take another right out of the dining room, you’re entering the kitchen. The kitchen is set with maple hardwood floors, maple cabinets, and a marble counter top. Keep walking towards the back door, now we’re to the basement. Growing up the basement was carpeted, flat screen TV so my father and his friend could watch the game. Can’t forget about my grandpa’s poker table either. If you walk back up the stairs...
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...“Hide and seek” by Vernon Scannell, and with reference to another three poems from wider reading, discuss how the poets present feelings about childhood. Childhood is a common experience that we all have been through; however this experience is not the same for everyone. There are always common aspects in our stories but our feelings are completely different. As memories start to fade, the overall feeling of the experiences start to become predominant in our minds. It might have been a scar or a sweet dream, but every poet was shaped by those memories described in the poems. Although the subject is common, these poems are different. Each one portrays aspects of childhood viewed by the feelings of the poet. “Hide and Seek” by Vernon Scannell tells the story of a little boy who was playing hide and seek with other children but he ends up being left alone in the dark. Writing about the same theme, “My Parents Kept Me from Children who were rough” by Stephen Spender describes the story of a boy that is overprotected by his parents and constantly bullied by the other children because of his social class. It explores the contrast between the social classes and how it affects both the behaviour and life of the children. Both of the poems are focused in different aspects of childhood including that children can be cruel and that childhood is not always perfect. In Hide and Seek, the poet narrates the apparent cruelty of other children who left the child alone in the toolshed...
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...Tommy Griffiths Professor Robin Muse PSY-3320 October 1, 2012 Childhood Obesity Why has childhood obesity become such an epidemic in today’s society? What can we as society do to bring awareness to childhood obesity and help educate and turn around this epidemic among us? Twenty-five percent of children today are considered overweight and of those twenty-five percent eleven percent are considered obese. So that means one out of every four children today that we encounter are considered overweight. This has become a huge issue in more developed countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Being overweight has a huge impact on physical and psychological health for children. For instance, being overweight can be related to hypertension, abnormal glucose tolerance, and infertility. In addition to that being overweight can be attributed to psychological disorders such as depression that occurs frequently with obese children. As well as when these children get older and approach the age of forty and over they start to suffer health problems such as cardiovascular and digestive diseases and can die as compared with those who are leaner and healthier and their bodies have more of an ability to fight and overcome disease. What is the definition of childhood obesity? Although over the years the definition of this has changed the overall definition of childhood obesity is the excess of body fat. Children are considered fat if their percentage of body fat was at least...
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..."She is enjoying herself; I wish I was that age again." I have heard that statement several times in stores. My sister lives her life with no worries. I stare at her and remember when I used to do what she does. A college student who stays with my parents, I am not experienced in adulthood. I go to school and work to save for a car. My parents take care of everything else. I have no bills to pay, just a cell phone bill. I have no children to feed and clothe. I know adulthood is not fun. My parents always have a million things to do. They both keep a smile on their face. I know for a fact, childhood is the best. Every adult wants to be a child; every child wants to be an adult. Both hoods have its good and bad sides. Even though a child's life...
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