presentation is Obese children and adolescent. This paper reviews the risks and consequences associated with childhood and adolescent obesity. Although no consensus definition of childhood obesity exists, the various measures encountered in the literature are moderately well correlated. The paper is organized in two parts. The first section reviews childhood obesity sequelae that occur during childhood. These short-term risks, for orthopedic, neurological, pulmonary, gasteroenterological, and endocrine
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Obesity: What can we do? Tracy Garrett Sep. 29, 2014 Obesity: What can we do? By: Tracy Garrett Professor Pearson ENG 122 September 29, 2014 Obesity: What can we do? Thesis Obesity is a medical condition where our body forms excess fat to the point that it is harmful to our bodies, young and old. Doctors have said that obesity is a terrible disease, like diabetes and high blood pressure. In this case
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Jane Bookout KINE 4331 Clinical Question Since the 1970’s, obesity in America has steadily been on the rise with a numerous amount of speculations as to what the cause could be. Not only are the adults suffering with this “obesity epidemic”, children are also quickly becoming victims of this deadly trend. Prevention has been a vital key at young ages to help children understand the importance of maintaining a healthy diet that could save them thousands of dollars, and more importantly
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Merchant. “Childhood Obesity, Prevalence and Prevention.” Nutrition Journal (2005). 25 July, 2007. Retrieved from www.nutrition.com/content/4/1/24 This article discuss the alarming facts that 25% of children are overweight and 11% are obese. It also information on the physical and psychological effects of an obese child. The article states that obesity is said to be
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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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one major public health issue is obesity. When dealing with public health issues physical activity is important to help reduce health issues such as obesity which can lead to serious health problems. The main points that will be discussed are identification of a specific issue and nationally identified health objective which will be obesity. Other points to be discussed are identification of federal, state, and local agencies tasked with addressing and managing obesity and describing the models and
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Obesity and the Professional Nurse’s Role Paper Part I Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Currently, there are more than one third of children and adolescents who are determined as being overweight or obese (Ogden et al, 2014). In the past 30 years, the numbers of children who are affected by obesity have more than doubled (CDC, 2014). Clinically defined, children who are determined to be overweight are those who have excess body weight for their height and it is attributed to
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Obesity in America a Family Epidemic Tamara Garwood American InterContinental University Abstract What comes to mind when you see an overweight child or adult? Do your thoughts lead you to automatically blame the individual for not being more physically active, eating correctly, or do you blame the parents for not monitoring the consumption of the child? It is easy to automatically draw judgment on those that are overweight in our society because, although obesity is more prevalent in our
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to the fact that childhood obesity is on the rise in American there are a larger number of children in American who are overweight and unhealthy, according to the center for disease control and prevention 2010.The fingers are unwelcoming 30.3% of kids ages between 6 and 11 are overweight boys account 30.4%more than overweight girls. The rate of obesity is around 15.3%this problems majorly prevails low-income families. These gadgets have essentially changed the paradigm of childhood activities and
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Social Analysis Report Children Obesity Mengtong Huang Holly Lachapelle Jung Ohyeon Professor Fidaa Shehada Global Citizenship (GNED500204) Due date: December 3, 2015 Introduction of children abesity and connected with GNED 500(by Holly Lachapelle) The topic of our social analysis is child obesity. As far as we know, childhood obesity is becoming a growing epidemic in the modern world. According to Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, “The percentage of children aged 6–11 years
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