Childhood Obesity CuShena Buck ENG 122 Instructor: Jason Romero 1/23/2012 The topic I chose is childhood obesity because I have family members struggling with childhood obesity. I have found in doing my research that overweight and obesity in children are significant public health problems in the United States. The number of adolescents who are overweight has tripled since 1980 and the prevalence among younger children has more than doubled. According to the 1999-2002 NHANES survey, 16 percent
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Childhood obesity is a growing health concern in the U.S and other countries. It is a serious issue which can lead to many health and social consequences which can continue into later life. Childhood obesity can be controlled if we as Parents, Schools and Community encourage a healthy nutrition and lifestyle of exercise incorporated in each child’s day. In the past decades studies have shown that the rate of childhood obesity has grown significantly across all age groups. In ages 6-11 the rate has
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Childhood Obesity: A Preventable Disease Childhood obesity is at an all time high today. Children who have a body weight ten percent higher than what is recommended or have a BMI in the 95th percentile or above are considered to be obese. One out of three children in the United States are considered overweight or obese. Eighty percent of these obese children remain obese adults, leading to severe health problems and possibly an early death (Schifferdecker, 2008). The current obesity epidemic has
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Ways Parents Can Help Prevent Childhood Obesity Unit 6 project Angela Zinn October 27, 2012 There are many illnesses and diseases that plague Americans and many other people this day and age. However, one of the most dangerous, most preventable, and possibly the deadliest disease is obesity. There is a growing rate of Americans that are overweight, and now this disease is spreading to the children. It has now become an epidemic. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more
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Childhood Obesity What is childhood obesity? Childhood obesity is where excessive body fat affects a child health or wellbeing negatively. When a parent constantly gives their child sugar, and more sugar, and they eat food at night and just go straight to sleep, the food that they just ate digest slowly and that’s where the gaining of the weight starts. Don’t let kids eat so much at night, and in the daytime to, because it’s not doing anything but putting a health risk on the child. What are
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Culture’s Impact on Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a craze that is sweeping the nation. Over the past thirty years childhood obesity has doubled and quadrupled in adolescents (Childhood). That is a jaw dropping statistic, but what changed in the past thirty years that has brought this issue to light? The answer: Culture. We live in a culture that revolves around fast food and technology. But why? Ever since the beginning of time, people have had to go find their food and sometimes would
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Childhood Obesity: Who Do We Blame? Malinda Richardson ENG122 English Competition II Instructor: Daniel Burrello June 4, 2012 Childhood Obesity: Who is to blame? The topic I have chosen for my research paper is Childhood obesity. I chose this topic to become more knowledgeable and able to give my niece some answers to help with her two children. In the last couple of years her daughters have put on a lot of weight, so I want to help and this paper will teach me as I research information.
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Obesity is a major issue in not only the United States of America but the world too is being consumed by this chronic disease. Obesity causes numerous health problems but it also “…leads to approximately 30,000 early deaths per year” (Pirgon, Aslan 1) according to The Role of Urbanization in Childhood Obesity. Why are there early deaths occurring and why can’t there be a solution? Children across the globe are becoming too comfortable with the brand new and improved processed foods that come in packages
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Who is to Blame for Childhood Obesity? Childhood obesity has been a hot topic over the past few years. With this crisis on the rise, many are asking who is to blame. Is it the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? Maybe it is the ad companies that promote sugar filled foods to catch the eye of young ones, as well as the food distributors. Some say it is the cafeteria’s fault in your local school. Others protest that it is the obese child’s parents who we should be blaming. Some
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Childhood Obesity Facts Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period. In 2012, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese. Overweight is defined as having
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