Childhood Obesity 1. Problem identification and overview 1. Problem identification The problem issue of childhood obesity is regarded in a very serious light by nursing and healthcare profession. It is considered to be “…the most common prevalent nutritional disorder of US children and adolescents, and one of the most common problems seen by pediatricians”( Childhood Overweight. NASO). However, it is also important to see this problem in the large problem of obesity in the country
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Childhood Obesity: School Prevention Children in the United States are getting heavier and heavier. As a result, schools are essential towards finding a solution in the obesity epidemic. Through solid norms and school programs such as proper nutrition standards, quality health education, quality physical education, and opportunities to do physical activity, schools can help students to adopt and maintain healthy physical and nutritional behavior. All around the country, obesity has become a great
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Parents are Responsible for Childhood Obesity Carrie Schyan-Watkins University Composition and Communication 2 (Com 156) July 3, 2011 Julie Miller Think about this, what happens if one day you are at an amusement park and your child cannot ride a ride because he or she cannot buckle the restraint because of his or her weight? This could happen to any child if the parents do not take responsibility for their weight. Over the past 20 years the childhood obesity rate has doubled and is at
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Is Cultural Health Capital a Booster Shot for Primary Care in Population Health? A primary care preventive care service and a curative health service that can be incorporated into broader population health efforts The prevalence of childhood obesity is unquestionably one of the most irking problems in the public health system in the United States. Research indicates that the percentage of children between 6-11 years of age who are obese increased from 7% to almost 20% between 1980 - 2008 (Homer
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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
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| Childhood Obesity | [Type the document subtitle] | Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child’s health or wellbeing. The first problems to occur in obese children are usually emotional or psychological. Childhood obesity however can lead to life-threatening conditions including Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep problems, cancer, ect…. Some others could include liver disease, early puberty, anorexia, bulimia, or asthma. Childhood
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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
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Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating. - Bob Filner Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating. - Bob Filner References: American Heart Association. (2016), What is childhood obesity? Retrieved from http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/WeightManagement/Obesity/Childhood-Obesity_UCM_304347_Article
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is a growing epidemic of childhood obesity in Australia and also worldwide. The prevalence of obesity has doubled to 65% of the world’s population live in countries where obesity and overweight kills more people than underweight does (WHO, 2011). Obese children are more likely to have health problems throughout their childhood, these health issues are associated with long-term health consequences to which the economic costs are enormous (Swinburn, 2008). Obesity in childhood is frequently tracked into
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prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased pushing it to replace tobacco in becoming the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. Obesity triggers the offset of an array of medical ailments, most that are considered serious chronic diseases, that include hypertension, diabetes, asthma, orthopedic problems, sleep deprivation, and various forms of cancer including breast, cervical, ovarian, and prostate cancer. In addition to the detrimental effects of obesity on the medical
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