Childhood Obesity Public Health Issue: Childhood Obesity Anna Walker‚ the Healthcare Commission Chief Executive explained that "Childhood obesity is a serious health problem that can follow people much later into life. It is a causal factor in a number of chronic diseases and conditions including high blood pressure‚ heart disease and type 2 diabetes” (Audit Commission 2006). The World Health Organisation‚ describes obesity as having “reached global epidemic proportions‚ with more than 1.6 billion
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Childhood obesity is a serious health problem. When a child is obese it means that they are above their normal weight for their age and height. Lack of exercise‚ eating habits‚ and genetics all play a role when it comes to childhood obesity. Obesity can lead to serious health conditions like type 2 diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ and high blood pressure at a younger age. Therefore‚ being aware of the causes and consequences of childhood obesity is important. Intervention should begin at an early age
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Childhood Obesity Nutrition 225 Online with Dr. Strunk 11-20-12 Work cited page Books: I used the chapters in this book that focused on obesity in adults‚ adolescents‚ and young children. Greatest resource used. 12th edition of Understanding Nutrition by Whitney and Rolfes | Internet sites: http://www.cdc.gov/Healthy Youth/obesity/facts.htm | http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/child-obesity/index.htm | http://www.healthychildren.org/english/health-issues/conditions/obesity/Pages/default
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Childhood Obesity Sherilee Oakes Eng. 122 Professor Stanton November 15‚ 2012 I chose the topic Childhood Obesity‚ because it has become a national epedmic..
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Dr. Barbara Holler Childhood Obesity: An ongoing Socio-Economic Issue Over the most recent decades‚ the global childhood obesity epidemic has been increasing‚ as well as its association between socio-economic statuses. To be obese means to be exceedingly fat‚ and it is a global health crisis (Lim). I have chosen to research specifically about childhood obesity‚ as it is and has been an issue in our society for a long time. It is found that the prevalence of childhood obesity varies between ages
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Definition of the problem The problem that my research article (Childhood Obesity and Schools: Evidence From the National Survey of Children’s Health) was conducted to identify the effects of the National School Lunch Program / School Breakfast Program on Childhood Obesity. It is important for health care administrators to study childhood obesity because of the overall impact it has on not only the overall health of the children but also has effects on health insurance and other areas associated
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Comp 11 November 13‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious health and societal issue. Rising at extreme rates‚ one may call it an epidemic. Childhood obesity increases incidences of mortality later in life‚ causes asthma and type II diabetes‚ which was only found in adults. With these ill effects‚ childhood obesity is an issue that should not be taken lightly. Over the last fifteen years‚ obesity in children has increased fifty percent. While the cause of this
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Is There Any Need to Be Worried About Childhood Obesity? Catherine (Boyuan Zheng) ESLI Level 5P Is There Any Need to Be Worried About Childhood Obesity? 1. Introduction Childhood obesity is a major focus of the society and the public health officials. And childhood obesity trends have increased dramatically over the past several years (Staniford‚ Breckon‚ & Copeland‚ 2012‚ p. 545). Overweight is measured by body mass index which is called BMI. According to the survey from the 2003 to 2004
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topic I chose for my research paper is “Childhood Obesity.” I chose this topic for many reasons. One reason I chose this topic is because it has become an ignored problem because it is considered to be normal now because so many of our youth are over-weight. Many of the parents‚ teachers‚ and friends of children who are obese become enablers because they either feel bad for the child or think that it’s cute or harmless. Not many people realize that childhood obesity is a rising epidemic and that it leads
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“Childhood Obesity” Does the Media Play a Big Role? Charlotte Sandstrom Ashford University 06/01/2012 ENG 122 Instructor Dr. Marsha Beckwith-Howard The nature of childhood obesity is growing at a fast rate since two decades ago. People are finding more and more children at risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes since the media has focused on children eating more sugar and fast food in their diets. However‚ media is sending subliminal messages to kids through commercial and tricking
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