What Contributes to Childhood Obesity? Pamela C. Cole SOC 120 Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Kimberly Otterstetter January 24, 2011 What Contributes to Childhood Obesity? Childhood obesity is an issue that requires immediate attention. According to the CDC, “childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years, with the increase from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008 amongst children aged 6 to 11 years” (CDC, 2010). “With so many Americans (adult and children) reportedly
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Childhood Obesity: “Are the parents to blame?” Childhood obesity is an important issue because of the rate it has increased over the last few years. “Between 2009 and 2010, 12.5 million U.S. children were obese” (Ogden, 2012). Working with children for the last five years now you can see how easy it is for parents to give in to their every want. Are the parents to blame? parents are responsible for children's obesity because influence over food choices, parents knowledge of nutrition, children’s
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"Economic Analysis of Obesity, from the Institute for Business and Finance Research” (2013) writes about obesity in the united states focusing on young children and adults. She discussing through thorough research, analysis and studies as to why in this generation the population young and old are increasingly becoming overweight and obese. However, in this paper the literature will be focusing on children. Through studies all over the world in various countries concerning obesity Sturm (2007) recognizes
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Childhood Obesity Cause and Effect Essay Childhood obesity has been one of the major issues in today’s society. It has increased dramatically over the past years. Obesity occurs when a person consumes more food than what the body uses. It is defined as the body weight above the average for a given age and height. It affects mostly children and adolescents. According to researchers conducted in 2012, experts affirmed that seventeen percent of children in the United States were obese (Centers for
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Promotion Program Childhood Obesity August 8, 2010 Obesity is increasing rapidly in the United States, affecting children, adolescents, and adults of all races, ethnicities, and income levels. Since 1980’s, the obesity in children aged 6 to 11 has doubled, and the percentage of obesity in adolescents ages 12 to 19 has tripled. Childhood obesity has both immediate and long-term serious health impacts. Obesity is having a large amount of body
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1 Preventing Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a very serious problem today in America. Becoming over weight or obese is the result of consuming more energy or calories than needed (Phillips 2012). Many children who are obese or overweight are happy and confident. However there are serious health and social concerns with being obese. By incorporating exercise, eating healthy, and getting enough sleep children can avoid being obese
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Childhood Obesity Shaleta Lathon PE 112-02 Saint Xavier University In Today’s society one in three American children are either overweight or obese, which is triple the rate it was in 1963 (American Heart Association, 2014). Childhood Obesity is not limited to the United States it is becoming more of a problem for every child all over the world. Childhood obesity is defined as having excess body fat, and being overweight means that having excess body weight from fat, muscle, bone water or
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Childhood Obesity Shianna Snyder March 6, 2013 Michael Meyer Childhood Obesity Have you ever taken into consideration what it is that actually causes obesity? There are many things that can cause someone to be overweight. Almost all of the causes fall under these categories lifestyle, genetics, and other medical conditions. Even after seeing this is there still the thought that the parents leading by example? Stress at school is one of the biggest causes to gain weight
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Childhood obesity Childhood obesity is an epidemic in the United States and across the world. “Globally, in 2010 the number of overweight children under the age of five is estimated to be over 42 million. Close to 35 million of these are living in developing countries.” (2010 National world health organization) Approximately 20 percent of adolescence in the United States is obese are overweight. The numbers are expected to climb to 1 out of 5 children by 2020. Why should this concern us as
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Childhood obesity conclusion. Childhood obesity continues to grow at an unprecedented rate in America. Large corporations have been targeting children daily with advertisements for calorie dense, un-nutritional foods, snacks and drinks. They have spent upwards of $10 billion dollars per year targeting children and teenagers. Excessive television watching is a strong catalysis to obesity in children and teenagers. Excessive television viewing leads to an increase in food consumption and a decrease
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