Actions Nurses Should Take to Prevent the Increase of Childhood Obesity November 25, 2013 Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has become problematic in the United States. Approximately a third of children in the United States are overweight or obese. Researchers believe that this epidemic is becoming a major public health problem. Children are being diagnosed with diseases that usually occur later in life. It concerns
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Recently, obesity has become an epidemic in America. The condition has accelerated in the past thirty to fifty years, and its health effects are devastating.Obesity among American youth has doubled in the past 3 decades , and now more than two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese (Ogden et al., 2014). However, obesity has also become a major public health problem in many parts of the world too. According to the findings published in the journal Circulation, worldwide
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Jessica Liddle Professor Holliday ENGL 1551-CRN# 24797 27 February 2013 Obesity in Schools: Recommended Gentle Reclamation and Dialect America has a problem on its hands, the Journal of School Health repots that “Thirty-two percent of all US children are overweight or obese and, tragically, most of these children will go on to become obese adults” (Tuckson,MD 137). Obesity is an up hill battle with the children of today mainly because people are too busy. Time is the culprit, whether there
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Childhood Obesity Name: Institution: Introduction Modifiable factors like sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity are to blame for the high rates of childhood obesity. Adding to this, other non-modifiable factors which occur in conjunction with the modifiable factors contribute to childhood obesity. This paper will analyze these two factors, with specific emphasis on the modifiable factors, and the appropriate
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Facts Public interest groups have become increasingly critical of the food industry. Childhood obesity has become epidemic in the United States. According to the American Journal of Business Education, “One-third of the population of US children is considered obese and two-thirds of the adult population falls into the same category.” A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation states that between the time periods 1963-1970 and 1999-2000, the percentage of overweight children aged 6 to 11 skyrocketed
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY Andre D. Johnson Lithonia Campus Sociology 100 Dr. Roderick Linzie November 12, 2011 Strayer University Obesity is defined as having excess body fat.Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents.It occurs when a child or teen is well above the normal weight for his or her age and height.This disease has become an epidemic that has more that tripled in the past thirty years.Obesity can have a profound effect on children’s lives.
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Date: Monday, December 12th, 2011 Obesity in school aged children Obesity in school aged children has become a fast growing epidemic. Obesity in children can never be a welcoming thought. Obesity is chronic and must be eradicated from the lives of our children at whatever cost. The risk factors may not start affecting the children now, but there is tomorrow and by then it may be too late. It is sad to report that 28% of school children between the ages of 6 and 11 are obese and are likely
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Obesity is termed to be a medical condition with excess fat within the body. Various reasons such as medical conditions or the types of food being ingested can cause it. Obesity also increases the chance of getting various diseases one that is common is heart disease. It can also cause certain types of cancer. Obesity has a drastic effect on a person’s lifestyle such as their mobility and just any type of daily activities. It has already been proven that obesity is already a leading concern around
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Childhood Obesity Obesity has been called the "new American epidemic" by many doctors. It is estimated that fifty - eight million Americans living in the United States are obese, and that eight out of ten people who are over twenty-five are overweight. Obesity is, easily, America's fastest growing health concern. This condition, though, is not limited to American adults. Doctors have recently found that nearly thirteen percent of all American children suffer from this problem... and that statistic
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Health Promotion Proposal Plan to Reduce Obesity in Children Mabel Di Mare South University America spends more than two trillion annually on healthcare, more than any other nation. Tens of millions of Americans still suffer every day from preventable illness and chronic disease. (healthyamericans.org, 2016). Many factors contribute to the health care crisis. One
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