Childhood Obesity: A Threat to Health Nicholas (Nick) Reeves‚ who weighs around 117 pounds at the young age of 8 years‚ is fighting the bulge (excess fat). According to his mother‚ Angel Reeves‚ “He’s just hungry all the time. He can finish eating a meal‚ and then‚ five minutes later‚ he ’s coming in the kitchen saying‚ “I ’m hungry again. I ’m hungry again ’". Angel Reeves states‚ “Nick is a very active child who loves to play basketball. But his weight has already impaired his health. Nick
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consequences of obesity J J Reilly‚ E Methven‚ Z C McDowell‚ B Hacking‚ D Alexander‚ L Stewart‚ C J H Kelnar ............................................................................................................................. Arch Dis Child 2003;88:748–752 The recent epidemic of childhood obesity1 has raised concern because of the possible clinical and public health consequences.2 3 However‚ there remains a widespread perception among health professionals that childhood obesity is a largely
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Childhood Obesity: Prevention in Schools Christina Carrigg English Composition 122 Professor Jen Miller December 10‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity: Prevention in Schools The youth of America is on a path of destruction. Let’s Move!‚ a campaign launched by First Lady Michelle Obama‚ reports that the number of obese or overweight children has tripled in the last three decades. They also say that if this epidemic is not stopped‚ one-third of children born after the year 2000 will suffer from diabetes
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Childhood Obesity Tara Wright ENG122 Matthew Fox July 23‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious concern for youth today. Within the past 30 years childhood obesity has more than tripled. Four out of ten children are considered to be obese (Ogden CL 2010). Often when one sees overweight children‚ one will hear parents making excuses for why their child is overweight. For example one will hear a parent say “she is just big boned‚ or she will grow out of it‚ it’s just baby fat”
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Childhood Obesity In the last hundred years‚ childhood obesity has gone from nearly nonexistent‚ to something we deal with each and every day (Larson‚ June 2010). In just the last decade however‚ it has tripled. Seeing children running in their yards used to be something normal‚ but now‚ it is something rare. Instead‚ 25% of our children are watching over 4 hours of television a day. Childhood obesity has become more common over the years‚ and it is only going to continue. Becoming involved with
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of child obesity in our society. In the past years‚ Americans have changed there eating and exercise habits drastically for the worse. Children become the victims of obesity because of the lack of a nutritional diet‚ and exercise. Some claim that the media is to blame for the epidemic while others feel it is the parent ’s responsibility. This eating disorder should be taken as a serious matter especially when children ’s health is at risk. The evidence suggests that childhood obesity has been
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Childhood Obesity Stephanie Cervantes ENG 122 Deborah Zeringue May 15‚ 2011 Childhood Obesity The writer has chosen to research the topic of childhood obesity. An article in the Washington Post tells us a disturbing fact: “With one in three children in this country overweight or worse‚ the future health and productivity of an entire generation -- and a nation -- could be in jeopardy.” (Levine‚ Stein 2008. para. 4) That number is alarming! In my research
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Childhood obesity is a number one epidemic worldwide. “Childhood obesity rates rose in 35 States between 2003 and 2007‚ according to a national survey of kids ages 10 to 17”.(p4). We really need to find a way to prevent this issue from happening for the future kids in this world. No one person is the blame for this problem nevertheless everyone can have a hand in fixing this issue. For example‚ we can make children aware of the bad foods that are not healthy for them. Some children may
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1 Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity is an important issue because of the staggering proportions that this disease has reached in the past few years. Certain genetic factors that are paired with changing the lifestyles and culture has produced kids (and some adults) who are generally not as healthy as people were just a few decades ago. Widespread obesity has been the extreme result of these changes. I chose this topic because I have been working with children for the past two years
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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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