Informative Speech Fall 2011 Preventing Obesity by Being Healthier Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the two major ways to becoming a healthier person. Central Idea: The two major ways to become a healthier person are following the dietary guidelines and exercising regularly. Introduction I. What if I told you that there is an epidemic affecting our country right now that is causing millions of Americans to develop life threatening diseases and die at an early age? You probably
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the Nursing and Health Professions Living and Learning Community. Nursing is the most popular major in the class‚ but there are other students whose disciplines are dental hygiene‚ radiology‚ or therapy. I am qualified to inform the audience about obesity because I have done extensive research on reliable websites and databases. I have read several scholarly articles thoroughly‚ picking out the best ones to base my information on. After doing research‚ I feel comfortable with sharing information
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Author Note This paper was prepared for COM 120: Principles of Speech Communication‚ Module 3 Homework assignment Part I‚ taught by Dr. Cynthia Arellano-lavariere. Child Obesity Speech If you had the power to save many children’s lives‚ would you do it? Well there is something we can do as a society so save and protect children. What is it? It’s to ban fattening foods from elementary schools to prevent child obesity. Child obesity has become one of the most popular and serious problem of public
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I wanted to address the obesity situation in NC with you. In the past decade the obesity rates has spiked to an all time high. Currently 67.9% of all adults in North Carolina are obese or overweight. That means that 68 of every 100 people in North Carolina have a BMI of 25% or higher. This means that 25% or more of their body mass is fat. When you are overweight you have a much higher chance of becoming obese. You are obese you have a BMI of 30% or higher. With obesity you have an even greater chance
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Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has recently become an epidemic in the United States‚ affecting about four million children every year (“Childhood Obesity Facts”). A YouTube public service announcement on this particular topic caught my eye because it is a very frightening‚ serious subject that is prevalent among my family and peers. Many Americans push this idea aside‚ but they fail to realize that nearly one of three children in the United States suffer from obesity (“Overweight and Obesity”). Type
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overweight or has child obesity? Child obesity means that a child is well above their normal weight for their age and height. Many kids are obese because they eat too much unhealthy food‚ don’t have enough exercise or spend too much time on electronics instead of playing outside. But fortunately‚ there are many ways to prevent this or to stop this. Some include‚ daily mandatory gym class‚ limiting electronics and getting outdoors and making healthy food choices. Child obesity has become
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Title: Child Obesity‚ a “Growing” Concern Topic: Most Prevalent Causes of Obesity in the U.S. Specific Purpose: To educate the audience on the key causes of the increasing obesity rate in the U.S. among adults‚ but especially among youth. Thesis Statement: The main contributors to obesity among today ’s youth are environmental factors‚ choosing un-nutritious meals‚ portion distortion and the factor that fuels all of these‚ advertising media. INTRODUCTION What do you think when you see
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Child Molestation Outline General Function: To Inform Specific Purpose: After my speech my audience will know what child molestation is‚ the road to recovery‚ and the obstacles along the way. Central Idea (Thesis Statement): Most people fear the fact’s of child molestation‚ but the truth is there is a very distinct definition to child molestation‚ severe effects to the child in the aftermath‚ and a long road to a successful recovery. Pattern of organization: Topical Outline: I. Introduction
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audience to be aware and to adapt new healthy nutritional plans to their obese children‚ which will help them have a higher quality of life. And prevent them from having a low and unhealthy lifetime due to the many illnesses that are attributed to obesity. Central Idea: In our hands are the necessary tools to provide a healthier life for our kids. INTRODUCTION: I. Attention Getter: It is important to know that over the last thirty years the percentage of overweight children in the United States
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Child Abuse All around the world children are getting abused everyday. It could be your friend‚ your neighbor‚ someone you go to school with‚ a family member‚ a loved one‚ or it can be you. Children die every year from child abuse. In 2005‚ an estimated 1‚460 children died as a result of abuse or neglect (USDHHS‚ 2007). The majority‚ almost 76.6 percent of these children were 3 years of age or younger. Most of those child fatalities happened at the hands of the parents. Before we can talk about
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