Childhood Obesity ENG122: English Composition II (ABE1232K) For many years here in America‚ children attending schools could be viewed playing on the school playgrounds in some type of activity that required physical strength. These activities were enjoyed by most of these children. There were swings‚ sliding boards‚ teeter totters‚ jungle gyms‚ merry-go-rounds‚ and fields for ball sports. In fact‚ even during after school hours‚ it was not uncommon to see these areas filled with children
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PEVENTED? Mary Lally ENG 122: English Composition II William Johnson May 1‚ 2012 CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PREVENTED? If you could image living in this world 10 years from now how would you picture what the average person would look like? Are they fat or skinny? Obesity is becoming an epidemic that is slowly killing many people. With more and more children becoming overweight there health is getting worse at an early age. I will show you how being
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Preparation Outline: Vitalba Evola Topic: Childhood Obesity General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of two prevalent causes of childhood obesity. Thesis Statement: While there are many causes of childhood obesity‚ most are‚ in fact‚ preventable. Introduction I. Attention Getting Device: Our society has become a classic case of “Battle of the Bulge‚” as our society now has an alarming number of obese individuals. But this isn’t from World War II; it
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Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has become more prevalent in today’s society than ever before. “Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese” (American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry‚ 2010). Who shall we blame this epidemic that is making today’s children obese? Are sheer genetics the cause or shall we blame the parents? In this essay‚ I will discuss the media’s role in obese children. I will also un-wrap the parent’s role in controlling obesity in their children
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Childhood Obesity According to Burniat (2002‚ p.15)‚ obesity means an excessive amount of body fat; however‚ no general agreement as yet exists on the best definition of obesity in children. A number of factors contribute to a child becoming obese‚ and these include genetics‚ lifestyle habits‚ or a combination of both. Childhood obesity is an increasing problem all over the world that affects an estimated seventeen percent of all children in the United States‚ which is three times the rate it was
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Childhood Obesity Chamberlain College of Nursing Dawn M. Greene NR448 Information Systems in Healthcare Professor Rebecca Burhenne Spring Session B – 2010 Introduction The research topic attempts to examine if socioeconomic status affects the prevalence of elevating obesity rates in adolescents. Obesity is a condition that is indicative of a” high proportion of body fat that causes a negative effect on your health” (Dahms‚ 2008). The most common causes is eating too much and moving around
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overweight because they don’t do any physical activity.” Obesity is a serious issue among children and there are complex reasons that can cause it‚ principally by poor eating habits‚ lack of any physical activity and family history of obesity. Overweight in children is not being a few pounds higher than normal‚ “obesity in childhood is when a kid is 10% higher than what their weight is supposed to be”(Facts for families). Being overweight during childhood is the easiest issue to recognize talking in medical
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Child Obesity Name: Tutor: Course: Number: Date: Introduction Obesity is a serious and major health complication contributing to 112‚000 deaths annually most of which are preventable. Obesity is to a condition where excess fat has collected in the body has to the level of adversely affecting one’s health. There is no general agreement on the lowest explanations of obesity in adolescents and children. Therefore‚ most professionals accept the guidelines published on body mass index
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Childhood Obesity The days of children playing hide and seek outside are gone. Walking long distances to and from school‚ walking to a friend’s house to play on the weekends or walking to the bus stop to go to the mall with friends. It is rare to find a child carrying a bagged lunch to school‚ which would include a healthy lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches‚ an apple with cookies or chips being the unhealthiest part of the lunch. Child obesity is the result of poor nutrition at home
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Spreading the Cure for Childhood Obesity Alyssa Herold Kaplan University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the increased amount of children suffering from obesity and why it is a major health concern in the United States. It will explain in detail what childhood obesity is‚ the important contributing factors which cause the condition‚ and what types of preventative actions can be implemented into
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