Claudia Rawa Mrs. Donlan Advanced Composition 20 February 2016 Childhood Obesity in America Obesity is the condition characterized by the excessive amount of fat storage in the body. Childhood obesity is a major health concern in todays society. Obesity can lead to heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Also, self-esteem issues, which can lead to eating disorders, depression, and crash diets (Mayo Clinic Staff). Most children these days are classified as being
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Childhood obesity is a huge problem in today’s world, with more that 1 in 5 teenagers in America being classified as obese. This is twice as many adolescents compared to 30 years ago and that number is still growing. People recognized this growing problem and numerous actions have been taken to try and fix this. One popular solution is online nutritional education programs and online food tracking. It is very quick and simple to use these online programs and it is also something that is available
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linked with obesity; a preventable, curable, and manageable disease that hundreds of thousands of people face all around the world. The only thing worse than having to face these health issues as an adult, is having to face them as a child. Childhood obesity is becoming an epidemic in America today. This issue is leading to an unhealthy future for individual kids, but also for society as a whole. As the population has become more obese we have seen a rise in all kinds of health issues. Childhood obesity
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Running Head: CHILDHOOD OBESITY 1 America’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Why It’s The Parent’s Responsibility Brian Rodgers ENG 122 Professor Higgins December 18, 2012 CHILDHOOD OBESITY 2 America’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Why It’s The Parent’s Responsibility As kids, most of us can remember
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Combating Childhood Obesity Charles Mullins ENG 122 Prof. Busby November 26, 2012 Combating Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is an important issue in today’s American society. The Center for Disease Control states that childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years (CDC, n.d.). Certain genetic factors paired with changing lifestyles and culture has produced kids who are generally not as healthy as people were just a few decades ago. Widespread obesity has been the extreme
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Childhood Obesity “The rise of childhood Obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk”. Tom Vilsack says it all, he states that the climb of childhood obesity places the following generations at an immense health risk. Obesity controls thirty-five percent of school age children, keeping them from participating in sports and activities, it makes the simplest tasks harder, and it puts their entire future at major risk. Not to mention the outrageous health costs that come along with
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Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Every day we live our life’s ignoring a major problem. We go day to day and don’t think twice about the damage we are doing to species. Here in America we have an out of control pandemic of obesity, and it does not solely rest on the shoulders of the adult population, but rather a combination of the adults of America and their children. Here in our nation according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past
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I feel that schools should require daily exercise programs to combat childhood obesity. Childhood obesity in the United States alone is nationwide problem. Children are living unhealthy lifestyles way before they’re able to start their life. Major health risk may include: heart disease, diabetes, and varies cancers. Coming from a family and friends who dealt with childhood obesity, then later in their adulthood, it very much could have been prevented if there was some type of program in school.
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101 December 16, 2013 The Solutions to Childhood Obesity “Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. Children with childhood obesity face many health problems like type two diabetes, high blood, pressure and are at risk for many types of cancers. The lack of children’s physical activity today is one of the major factors that lead to obesity as well as eating unhealthy diets, the increased
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Childhood Obesity is a growing problem here in the United States today. Obesity in children has become a major problem in America. Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. While exercising and doing fun activities are great for children, parents should regulate what their children eat because it causes serious health issues; it inhabits physical activity, and causes self esteem issues. In today’s modern living, with cutting edge technology
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