The targeted population that will be explored in this paper is childhood obesity in the United States focusing on children aged between two through17. The surgeon general has labeled child obesity in America as an epidemic supported by statistics that in the last 30 years childhood obesity has tripled. The two primary factors identified by physicians and experts in creating childhood obesity, are first that children are not receiving enough exercise daily and not eating the right
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High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity DeVry University February 20, 2013 In the age of high fructose corn syrup and processed foods, obesity is rampant in the United States of America. More than one-third of adults and seventeen percent of children suffer from obesity. Since the 1960’s the rate of obesity has more than doubled. Many think that this is directly related to America’s growing consumption of high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup has made people obese
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World War Obesity The word obesity comes from the Latin root obesus which means eaten away or wasted away with fat. Today it is easy to see how the term came to be. Obesity is now a worldwide issue; however, it wasn’t always as common and widespread. In the mid 1900’s, America experienced a momentous technological turnover. Naturally, Americans adapted their lifestyles to continue to excel during this new era. Along with lifestyle shifts, most people’s diets changed as well. With these diet changes
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Biostatistics “Obesity in African American & Other Minority Communities in the United States” Professor: Saran Tucker 11/21 /2011 Obesity in African American and Other Minority Communities in the United States” Obesity in the African American and other minority communities has increasingly and rapidly become an epidemic, affecting many people in the United States. During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity that plagues the United States of America (www.cdc/gov)
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Do You Want Fries With That?: An American Epidemic Ashlee Martinez WGU University Nearly everyone in America has experienced the sensational film “Super Size Me”, in which a young, healthy vegan man by the name of Morgan Spurlock experiments with his own body in order to see the disastrous effects of fast food on the human form. After a month of eating nothing but McDonald's, Morgan suffered from a 13% gain in body mass, cholesterol
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America’s issues – School shooting and obesity First, I want to find out, why there are so many school shootings in USA. I think, it could be, if the child doesn’t have any parents, or if the child gets bullied. It could be the entertainment. The teenagers do what the TV shows and games do. They shoot someone or themselves. But isn’t it the same in Europe and the other continents? Let’s take a look on the statistics. United States of America / USA - 90 school shootings and 231 deaths, 13 of the
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sugar is the leading cause of obesity. Soda is also not healthy at all. Obesity is a big problem in America. Sugary drinks are the leading cause of obesity. Soda contains a lot of sugar, without people even realizing it. 58% of adults in New York City are considered overweight and/or obese. That number is expected to rise. In 2030, all 50 states will have obesity rates above 44%, and 39 states will have rates above 50%. This will cause a rise in the cost to treat obesity, and its related illness, from
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Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Every day we live our life’s ignoring a major problem. We go day to day and don’t think twice about the damage we are doing to species. Here in America we have an out of control pandemic of obesity, and it does not solely rest on the shoulders of the adult population, but rather a combination of the adults of America and their children. Here in our nation according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past
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speaking nations of Central and South America and the Caribbean. According to the Census Bureau in 2010, 36% of America is part of a racial or ethnic minority group, and 17% of the total population of the United States of America is Hispanic (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). This minority group’s health has many factors affecting it, and like the rest of America the top causes of death are cancer and heart disease. Unlike the rest of America though, another leading cause of death
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overweight? Choose your group. It's all about the choices we make. Hamburgers, french fries, milkshakes, candy, “Junk food” the global threat of the 21st century. Will most certainly land you in the obesity, having too much body fat (adipose tissue) category.1 Recently I’ve become very interested in obesity, curious why people are overweight. Is it because they just like eating large quantities of food, psychological reasons, the media, or is it genetics. The general questions: Why do people become
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