Childhood Obesity Epidemic

Analysis of Research Report Paper As a parent, do you worry if your child is at the right weight for his/her age and height? Ever wonder what health risks being overweight might bring? Do worry if your child is getting the right amount of physical activity? Are you on top of keeping up with your child’s physical? The questions mentioned are questions committed parents should be concern about with their children. But unfortunately, there are parents not as concerned as others. In the United States, there are many contributing factors, such as poor habits starting at home, lack of physical activity, and timeless TV or computer time, to childhood obesity that can cause future complications, such as diabetes, and other chronic diseases. However,
About one-third of obese preschoolers, half of obese school-age children, and 70 percent of obese adolescents were obese as adults. Recent surveys report a higher predictive rate of 65 to 84 percent, which may be reflective of recent trends of increasing obesity, or a redefinition of body mass index (BMI) cutoff points used to classify obesity. Although a higher proportion of obese children become obese adults, only a small proportion of obese adults were obese as children and may last a lifetime. It is safe to say that childhood obesity is an issue that needs to be explored. Article and Statistical Procedures In an original study taken from the New England Journal of Medicine, named “Childhood Obesity, Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Premature Death” by authors P. Franks, W. Knowler and H. Looker portrayed numerical features of statistics concerning obesity and the consequences regarding the medicinal side effects of this
Because the calculation squared [0.5(1-0.5)]/485 = 0.007 concludes that the z value which is calculated 0.510-0.5/0.007 is 1.429 making the p value 0.15 there is not a significant consequence to this study because the value is above the 0.05 or 5% used to signify significance in a study. This study did not conclusively determine that in a population of 4,857, 166 cases although tragic is not a significant amount of deaths for the study to be considered a significant one. Conclusion Although obesity is considered to be, a huge contributor to premature death the study observed did not significantly prove that this is the case. Obesity amongst children is said to cause medical complications in the form of several chronic diseases. However, we must realize that, without the proper documentation of information these results may additionally play a role to factors other than obesity such as hereditary disorders, or ecological