The Healthy People 2020 overarching goal is the perfect fit to help solve this issue. According to the CDC, the long term health effects of childhood obesity are; heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, several types of cancer, and osteoarthritis (CDC, 2015). How did we get to this point? Can we blame all of these issues on fast food? Too much Playstation or X-Box? While I believe that poor diet
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Picture this scene. A school bus. You sit there looking out the window. A Car passes, and another and another. Your stomach has been growling for hours. A low rumbling sound fills the silence. There it goes again, you cannot wait to get home. Suddenly, the twenty minute bus drive started to feel like an hour. You are starting to feel the effects of hunger. Now, what if you were feeling this everyday. Unfortunately, many people across America have a constant battle with hunger. But there is hope,
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The Problem: Childhood obesity has been a significant problem across our nation for decades, and can be clearly associated with insufficient nutrition, health, and wellness. Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile for adolescents within the same age group (8). The most recent data show that the national childhood obesity rate for those between 2-19 years old is 18.5% (1). This equates to nearly 1 in 5 school age children being classified as obese (2). The
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com/symptomsconditionsdetail.aspx?cid=8080eb16-5b18-4ff6-be93-73763c9b3b5 American Physical Therapy Association. (2016). New recommendations for pt treatment of childhood obesity. Retrieved on February 12, 217 from www.apta.org/PTinMotion/News/2016/6/13/PTJChildhoodObesity/ American Physical Therapy Association. (2016). Physical Therapist’s guide to obesity. Retrieved on February 12, 2017, from: www.moveforwardpt.com/symptomsconditionsdeatil.aspx?cid=df77f3aa-573b-4d1e-893b-18c88e6cedce Atun-Eidy,
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impoverished areas of the country. The obesity rates in many similar countries have not grown nearly as rapidly as that of the United States. The rate of obesity in impoverished American children may be rapidly increasing due to the influence of their caretakers, low income, poor access to healthcare, lack of physical activity, deprived living conditions, and a lack of access to resources due to their location. Obesity is more prevalent in minority communities, but obesity rates and race do not actually
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today is obesity. A condition that is caused by an excessive accumulation of body fat, obesity currently affects 19% of children aged 6 to 11 and 17% of children age 12 to 19 years (Science Daily LLC, 1995-2009). Children's obesity has dramatically risen at an alarming rate in the last few decades. The rate has close to tripled since the 1960s. On average 25% to 30% of children are touched by obesity or become overweight annually. Somehow, though, the serious and preventable condition of obesity is under-diagnosed
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thus contributing to better school performance.” (Rodrigo). Children are getting morbidly obese, and their behavior has changed for the worse. If the children are learning healthy eating habits with encouragement to make healthy eating choices, then obesity and chronic disease will decrease. These children can have the reduce impact of chronic diseases in adulthood. Eating healthy will help reduce stress and may even avoid smoking if they have encouragement on staying active. “Nutrition education is
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Is There a Link Between Childhood Obesity & Advertising? According to the Centers for Disease Control (2007), the rate of obesity among children between the ages of six and eleven in the United States has increased about five times compared with the rate in the 1970s. There are over nine million children in the U.S. today between the ages of six and eleven who are considered to be obese (Yu 87). The real question is what is the exact cause of obesity in children today? Some people believe there
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Children Obesity Presentation Welcome to this presentation on childhood obesity, a very vulnerable population. In the next 20 minutes, based on the health issue of childhood obesity that is identified in the selected community setting from the Neighborhood, the team will introduce an innovative program that will target this major health issue and improve the health of this population. In this presentation, the Healthy People 2020 indicator will be referred as it relates to childhood obesity and contributes
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Chunlin Du Breastfeeding, Health Lifestyle and Government Support ——Best Way to solve Childhood Obesity Problem Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century (Global Strategy on Diet). According to the research report from World Health Organization (WHO), the childhood obesity prevalence has increased at an alarming rate. Globally, in 2010 the number of overweight children under the age of five is estimated to be over 42 million. Close to 35 million
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