Travis Dwyer Topic: Childhood Obesity "Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live." -Jim Rohn There are so many prevalent health issues that need to be addressed in today’s society. Since children are considered to be our hope for the future‚ I chose to research the epidemic of childhood obesity. As an aspiring physical education teacher or as alarmed to learn that “prevalence for overweight children aged 6-11 years has almost tripled in 25 years‚ increasing from 6.5% to
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Research Proposal Thompson Jordan Topic: Child Obesity and Concerned Parents. A big topic here is because many children are obese. There are ways to fix and overcome these struggles. Parents need to listen up and get some advice for this. Who do we blame here? Research question: Asking how parents can change their kids eating habits. Giving suggestions to parents on what to feed kids. Certain problems that are caused by parents and children in America. Working thesis statement:
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Don’t need to know my name Prof. Patrick McKillop ENG101.7414 6 February 2011 Research Paper Prevent Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is when a child is overweight and has or will have many serious health risks. Ji Li and Neal H. Hooker‚ in “Childhood Obesity and Schools‚” explains that “childhood obesity is more than a problem in children; it is linked to adult obesity” (97). If a child is obese‚ she will stay obese in her adulthood. Helping children to stay healthy with the support
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Fullwood Instructor Leishman English 1123-5513 6 May 2010 The Use of Medication to Treat Childhood Obesity Experts agree that none of the medications currently being used in the war against childhood obesity miracle cures for the nation ’s nine million obese children. However‚ research generated during the development of these drugs has helped to identify the underlying factors contributing to the continual obesity rates in American children. A reduction in physical education programs in schools‚ the
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Effects of Parents on Childhood Obesity ENG 122 Instructor: Jessica Guire In the past 30 years‚ body fat percentages have increased dramatically in the United States among children and young adults. In fact‚ according to National Center for Health Statistics (2010) “The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008. Similarly‚ the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18%
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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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Health Risk Due to Child Obesity Ashley Jenkins ENG 122 English Compositions II Instructor: Renee Gurley February 28‚ 2011 Health Risk Due to Child Obesity Child obesity is a condition characterized by the child having too much fat in the body to an extent of his or her health being in danger. In adults‚ it could be described as a state of having a body mass index of more than thirty (Paxon‚ 2006). Parents feeding them with too many calories bring about obesity in children. The excess
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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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Parents Taking Charge of Childhood Obesity Dainelle Branton English 122 Instructor: Joyce Walther July 6‚ 2011 Parents Taking Charge of Childhood Obesity The topic I have chosen to write about is Childhood Obesity‚ because the rate continues to increase in the United States. I feel as though if the core of the problem is addressed it will decreased the rate and improve our children’s way of living a healthy life style. Once the issue is controlled eating healthy will become
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Childhood Obesity ENG 122 English Composition II Marsha Beckwith-Howard December 13‚ 2010 Childhood Obesity Our nation has a rapidly increasing issue that requires immediate attention. “Results from the 2007-2008 NHANES‚ using measured heights and weights‚ indicate that an estimated 16.9% of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese” (CDC‚ 2010). If this trend continues at the current rate‚ nearly 34% of our nation’s children will be obese. Twenty-five million‚ or one-third of
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