...Childhood obesity is a major concern for parents, teachers, doctors, and the world as a whole. Most Americans agree that childhood obesity is seen more today than ever before. According to Kidshealth from Nemours, “The percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an alarming rate, with 1 out of 3 kids now considered overweight or obese.” It has become more common due to the increase in the factors that cause obesity. The major causes of obesity in children are lack of physical activity, unhealthy diets, and genetic factors. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index, BMI, of greater than thirty, or simply abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may cause health problems. Childhood obesity is a medical condition that affects children and teenagers. Overweight children are at an increased risk of becoming overweight adults. Obese children are at risk for a number of conditions, including: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, early heart disease, diabetes, and bone and joint problems. They are more likely to have issues with stress, depression, and low...
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...Children are often looked at as the future, THEY WILL BECOME THE NEXT DEFINING GENERATION. As a RESULT of the typical American diet composed of sugar and bad carbohydrates the obesity epidemic is no longer just affecting adults, but children as well. In a short period of time, children have become obese due to the lack of health knowledge, nutrition, and exercise. Childhood obesity not only poor affects the children lives, but society as a whole. It is no secret that obesity leads to a lack of productive as well as increased expenses. Society as a whole will begin to feel the social, politic and financial consequences of obesity. With this being said, the government has an obligation to intervene. The United States Government has a duty to impede policies with the goal of eliminating childhood obesity. Considering children spend a large amount of time in schools, that is where these policies should target primarily in the form of health education, school lunches, and exercise classes....
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...Childhood Obesity “The rise of childhood Obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk”. Tom Vilsack says it all, he states that the climb of childhood obesity places the following generations at an immense health risk. Obesity controls thirty-five percent of school age children, keeping them from participating in sports and activities, it makes the simplest tasks harder, and it puts their entire future at major risk. Not to mention the outrageous health costs that come along with being obese. Parents and schools need to step up and take control. Childhood Obesity is a big problem in the U.S and all over the world, as a society we need to solve this epidemic and find ways to prevent this from recurring in the coming generations....
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...The Obesity Epidemic Ever looked outside or even been in a store and looked around? Have you realized the problem many people face in our society today with obesity? Obesity is a widespread disease that is influencing many of the people in America. According to National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases states that about 35% of American’s face this problem daily and more are on the verge to being diagnosed with this (Information, Health 1). Treating this disease is harder than what it may seem. I, personally, know someone who is heavier and uses fad diets and temporary weight loss techniques, which helped that person, lose weight. Sadly, these are called temporary weight loss techniques for a reason; soon this person...
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...Child obesity is more common now than it has ever been. Child obesity is a health issue which concerns children who are above a normal healthy weight. Obesity is defined as having too much excess body fat and is calculated by Body Mass Index (BMI), it is a tool to measure a person’s body mass. Child obesity can affect a child’s physical health, social, and emotional well-being. Obesity can also cause poor level of academic performance. Obesity does not happen overnight; it happens over time and is how someone eats. Child obesity is caused by technology, parenting styles, and lack of physical activity. Child obesity has become a big problem in the 1970’s, since then it has tripled. Doctors are concerned with children nowadays due to the growth...
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...Childhood obesity is common in all parts of the world. One of the reasons obesity is at an all-time high is, because familiars are no longer eating healthier, because of poverty. Eating out at fast food restaurants, and buying the lower cost foods in the grocery stores is all most families can afford, because of their income. When this happens, most families only buy what they can afford to keep their families from going hungry. Another reason is because of the lack of health conscience. Most parents are unaware of the effects of eating unhealthy foods. When parents are not told about all the chronic illness, long term health problems, and stigma attached to childhood obesity, then they are most likely not concern with eating healthy for themselves,...
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...The convenience of fast food in our society has caused us to become blind to the health effects of indulging in that type of food. According to the website stateofobesity.com, 34 % of all Americans are overweight. Obesity is rising at a steady rate of nearly one percent a year, while Americans are eating larger servings of food than in the past. In my personal experience, the root cause of the obesity epidemic is the “Dollar Menu” offered by many restaurant chains. Fast food restaurants can pump out a multitude of menu items for “dirt cheap.” This sounds great, right? Not when you see the calorie count and also where they get this meat! Let's take a “Big Mac” for example from everyone's favorite golden arches. A “Big Mac” on average with medium fries and no drink, has a calorie count of 1080 according to to the website livestrong.com. This to is half of the daily intake of calories recommended for the average sized male or female. Also take into consideration, normal American’s wash down their “Big Mac” with a favorite soda poured into your extra large cup, which adds additional calories. Of course, many restaurants also contribute to the epidemic that is obesity, but they are not the only problem. Often times, the advertised healthier choices and/or healthier restaurants (i.e, Subway or Panera...
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...Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Definition, Causes and Preventions There is an epidemic that is plaguing the children of the United States of America. That epidemic is known as childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is an important issue because of the staggering proportions that this disease has reached in the past 30 years. Childhood obesity is also a major concern for parents, teachers, and the medical community with differing beliefs and theories on causes and prevention. Laziness, genetics, technology and parenting are factors which contribute to this issue, also peer pressure and social circles also create an epidemic of overweight or obese children. So the cause of this epidemic is not always parenting or the lack of good nutrition or exercise,...
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...In class we talked about how hunger is related to our motivation and emotion. We discussed how obesity is a rising problem in America. It was also brought up that America has the highest obesity rate of anyone in the world. We then got into a conversation of how we think all of the obesity in America is caused. On reason that was brought up is that when children don’t finish all their food, parents often will not let them leave the table until they are completely finished. By parents doing this, they are already putting into the child’s head that they must eat everything that is in front of them. This can contribute to a rise in obesity as a child. The next possible reason is advertisement. Many fast food places play commercials late at night...
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...Obesity is known as one of the most popular diseases. Many risk factors that are included with being obese is that it can lead to heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure and breathing problems. Talking about general obesity is one thing but when it comes to children its another. As an adult you know what type of foods you need to consume in order to stay in good shape, physically and with goof eating habits. But, being a child, there is nothing stopping them from getting their hands on something they think is delicious. With that being said, it is more preventable as a child than it is as an adult. This is because it is the parents responsibility to feed their children with the nutrients they need and when your an adult no one but yourself...
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...constraints of poverty, mentioned earlier in the paper, so their obesity rates are increased because of limited access to fresh, healthy food or time to exercise. In regards to diet, around a quarter of African American are food insecure (The State of Obesity “Obesity Prevention in Black Communities.”). This food insecurity provides a bit of insight to the consumption of unhealthy food in their community. In the South, poor African Americans are more likely to consume fatty foods (Shikany et al.). The State of Obesity, which is a project of the Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, assert that predominantly African American neighborhoods have the most limited access to supermarkets and healthier foods, and are targeted...
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...hard time deciding between drug trafficking in the United states and childhood obesity. I think that both of these topics are very important to everyone in many ways.I have chosen to go with childhood obesity because I think that people need to be more informed about this topic. I think that childhood obesity is often a form of child abuse. It is very sad. People need to be more informed of the current health problems and the potential future health problems that childhood obesity pose on the child. I plan to limit my topic by researching my topic on google and other such search engines. This way I can get a better understanding and more deeper look into what I want to base my paper on. There are so many angles that you could go on for childhood obesity; who's fault is it? whys does this happen? what are the statistics? is it a disease? I think that the main focus for my paper will be What causes childhood obesity, or who's fault is it. As well as the statistics, why has the number of obese children more than doubled in the last 20 years? I think that I have had a pretty easy time so far in limiting my topic. I am going to try and find more information to try and limit my topic better. So far tho I think that the web sites that I have found are giving me some good and accurate information. Some of the web sites that I found that I will use for further research are: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/child_obesity/ I am always...
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...Human Services Research Article Discussion Wendy Coghill BSHS/382 September 29, 2014 University of Phoenix Instructor Jaime Primiano Human Services Research Article Discussion The following paper will address the findings of the author on the topic of discussing Human Services scholarly research articles/journals found inside the University Library that included some statistical analysis. The article had to be at least ten to thirty pages long, and must be of interest to the author. The assignment then required that the presentation be formatted clearly, and that the content must be sound, meaning adhering to APA guidelines as well as expressing the ideas and bias reduction in language of the content. The contents of this paper will touch on the statistical part of the paper chosen from a scholarly source, and discuss whether or not the paper supported the conclusions it drew through statistical analysis as well as the state of the content, meaning was it biased or misleading in any way. Potential Link between Obesity, Age and Socioeconomic Status The paper chosen for this assignment focuses on analysis that uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) to explore how body weight and obesity change as a person progresses in age. The presentation of the material is stylistically sound in which it meets proper APA standards language bias, and expressing ideas, the content is formatted clearly...
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...Does Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity? Business Research Methods 642 Donna Wall September 10, 2012 Abstract Within the scope of this research paper I will present the contributions that fast food restaurants have on obesity. The paper will identify some of the causal effect that were discovered through surveys and research of recent studies that were related to obesity. A definition of obesity will be present as well. Does Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity? Obesity has become an epidemic in America. Fast food restaurants are everywhere you look. We hear fast food restaurants advertisements on the radio, on billboards along the highways, in magazines and commercials on our televisions. Every child that is of age to talk can easily identify the arch and relate that to McDonald’s. Americans all over America have become consumed by these advertisements and have become over weight due to their food selection at such restaurants. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable deaths in America. For that reason alone obesity has become a topic that has been recently researched and discussed more and more over the last few decades. Researchers have thrived to develop a cause to such an increase in Americans that struggle with the problem of obesity. Are there variations between Americans who most often have home cooked meals than those who eat at fast food restaurants more that are often affected with obesity? Are there other contributions to food selection...
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...The Effects of Obesity on Mortality Hung Vuong HDCS 1300 November 14, 2013 Abstract This paper explores articles that conduct research on obesity and its effects on the health and longevity of the body. The articles vary in their interpretations of the data and arrive at different conclusions in certain areas. The University of Oxford’s research and Samuel H. Preston’s article focus on the Body Mass Index (BMI) to interpret data, while articles from the Scientific American and Paul Campos assert that the BMI has its limitations and that obesity is only part of a greater problem of lifestyle choice. This paper examines the articles in relation to each other to suggest that greater scrutiny into the subject of obesity should be taken to fully understand its effects on health and mortality. The Effects of Obesity on Mortality Numerous studies have been conducted on obesity and its relation to mortality, however contradictory results appear because different studies lump data in different ways. In Crimmins, E. M. (2011) a person is of normal weight if he or she has a BMI between 18.50 and 24.99. A person with a BMI of 25 or more is considered overweight, while anyone with a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. Obesity is further subdivided into Class 1 (30–34.99), Class 2 (35–39.99), and Class 3 (40 and above). While the University of Oxford (2009) argues that moderate obesity reduces lifespan, Reinagel (n.d.) introduces a new study which report findings that some people...
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