measure obesity, increased technology, increased availability of fast food, and an increased intake of sugar. To understand what it is that causes childhood obesity its necessary to have a solid comprehension of what obesity is and how its measured. The dictionary definition of obesity is “a condition characterized by the excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body”; however,
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Responsibility Daniel Weintraub, author of “The battle against fast food begins in the home,” argues that parents are to blame for their obese children due to over consumption of fast food and lack of exercise. Parents are responsible for teaching and instilling to their children healthy lifestyle basics. Two key basics are activity and proper nutrition regarding the child obesity problems seen today. Children do not introduce themselves to fast food, their parents frequently provide it for them. A common
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systems begin to shut down. This is similar to the human body, because although foods such as candy, soda and cheeseburgers may be taken in and have enough vitamins and minerals to keep the body running, it may still not contain the proper amount of nutrients that that it takes to maintain it for a long period of time. The human body requires certain nutrients that healthier foods can provide while unhealthy foods contain additives and preservatives which are harmful to the body. If
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Setting Our Children Up for an Unhealthy Lifestyle Raymond S. Jackson Professor: Gabriel Smith ENG 215 31 August, 2012 The United States is facing a growing obesity epidemic. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Obesity now affects 17% of all children and adolescents in the United States - triple the rate from just on generation ago” (CDC.gov 2012). Is it the children’s fault? No! The fault lies with our society, its leaders, mentors, adults, and parents
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How Junk Food Affects Children Frendester Shanna Williams DeVry University How Junk Food Affects Children It is getting late as a busy mother of three, wife, and nurse is rushing to pick up her kids and head to softball practice. Its thirty minutes until the oldest child is expected to be on the field. The kids are crying and screaming that they are hungry. What is the mother to do? McDonalds bails her out again. The kids get a quick, hot, and fun meal. This mother doesn’t have to face the
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Name Institution Course Date Fast Food and Deprivation in Nova Scotia Introduction The rate of obesity has increased in Canada among the youth by over 10% since 1979. By 2004, 23.1% of all Canadians were categorized as stout and 36.1% were overweight. Several studies have been conducted to try and find the relationship between the environment and the high increase in the level of obesity. Additionally, if the socially deprived individuals tend to live in areas close with similar conditions, they
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the eater” Zinczenko agrees to the children who have sued fast food restaurants for making them fat. The author also claims those fast foods restaurants are increasing diabetes to children. He said that “In 1994, 5 percent of childhood cases were obesity-related, or Type 2, diabetes according to the National Institutes of Health, in now a day, type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent” to suppose his writing. The author blamed fast food restaurants for making some children fat and sick. But In
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and obesity would no longer exist. But there are many contributing factors that they do not take into consideration. Of course, studies have shown that the rate of obesity in America has gone up primarily due to inactivity and increased intake of fast food but, many other forces have impacted the obesity rates such as "gender, race, socioeconomic position and age"(Ailshire & House 1). The blame can even be laid at the feet of the industries that fuel our country.
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Macdonald 02/09/15 Don’t Eat Fast Food Eating at fast food restaurants has been a forever addiction to most people. Its fast, it’s delicious and it’s cheap. However, most people don’t know that eating at fast food restaurants is one of the worst decisions any of us can ever make. For one, fast food is unhealthy. There is an extreme amount of calories set in just one meal. Also, who really knows what ingredients are being used to make the food with? No one knows and many of the company’s
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life an unhealthy life. The problems in today’s society concerning diet and exercise are the movement around electronic culture and the growth of the fast food industry. Fast food consumption has increased dramatically over the last 25 years. Causes of this increase are due to the fact that there are less home cooked meals and more meals that involve going to get fast food. More and more families rely on fast food because families don’t have a lot of time for sit down meals anymore. Also fast food
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