Childhood Obesity in America Jane Doe English Composition II Sarah Collins November 3‚ 2012 Abstract More and more American children are becoming overweight or obese. Years ago an elementary classroom may have one kid who was overweight but today that has drastically changed. We have a whole new generation of kids who are consuming much more “junk food” and eating fast food 3 or 4 nights a week and they are not as active as kids used to be. These kids are consuming things like Monster energy
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Obesity: The Struggles and How to Overcome Them Obesity is one of the biggest struggles with children and their parents today even more than drug and alcohol abuse. There are many causes why a child may become obese. Parents should take the proper steps to ensure that their children have healthy lifestyles. If not‚ the children may have many problems now and later on in life. These problems will not be easy to fix when the children are adults‚ so the children should start to change as soon
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Child Abuse- A Cause of Adult Obesity Abstract Child abuse can create an emotional hurt that never goes away. It creates a need that never seems to be met. In my paper I plan to show with the research‚ how child abuse can cause a person to develop an addiction to food and become obese as an adult. I started my personal battle with food as a young teen around the age of twelve when a classmate
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The Social Construction of Obesity Samantha Epstein 841281 Sociology of Health and Illness Swansea University Social constructionism is a sociological theory associated with the ways in which people think about and use categories to structure experiences and analysis of the world. It is somewhat of a psychological phenomenon‚ the way social ideas and categories are socially constructed and then accepted as reality‚ despite the facts or undiscovered truths (Kwan). Social scientists have
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which will go un-noticed because our boats are powered by engines. Their is also negative effects for ordinary Joe Bloggs‚ the lack of physical excerise required to wash the dishes‚ clean your cloths and to entertain one’s self will add to the obesity epidemic with growing laziness due to the dependence on machines and electricity. One’s children are becoming mindless zombies‚ slaves to TV and computer games. Sure their are positives‚ but they just lead to more negatives. however electricity is
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Psy 315 Obesity: A Rising Epidemic Obesity is a rising epidemic in the United States. Since the early 1970’s‚ the overweight population has more than doubled and has become one of the leading health problems in our country (Ogden‚ Carroll‚ Kit‚ & Flegal‚ 2012). With this rising epidemic brings about heart disease‚ diabetes‚ and other disorders that can become deadly if not treated. An astounding two out of every three people are overweight‚ while one out of three people are obese (Linklater
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COR 120-125 Research Paper Vermont Fights Obesity In the last 20 years‚ there has been a substantial increase in obesity in the United States and the rates continue to remain significantly high. More than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) and approximately 17% of children are considered obese (Overweight). According to WebMD a person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight. The most common consequences of obesity are the health risks associated with it such
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Should obesity be categorized as a disease? Obesity is not actually a lifestyle‚ it is a disease because there are medical reasons that make obesity actually a disease. The American Medical Association declared obesity as being a disease. There are many different definitions of disease that make is very hard and confusing to define just how obesity is a disease. According to merriam-webster a disease is “a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning
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Obesity is an incurable disease. Is it really fair to punish these poor sufferers and deprive them of such life-changing and crucial treatment? The perpetual increase in numbers of obese patients shows that drastic measures have to be taken to improve health and quality of life‚ within the UK. But‚ just how harsh must these sanctions be? Surely‚ there is a reason that these patients aren’t fully aware of the causes of obesity and its impacts. With an ever-growing number of patients being admitted
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Childhood obesity is an epidemic in the United States of America and continues to increase at an alarming rate. To eradicate this problem‚ children need to spend more time engaged in physical activity‚ instead of watching television. In this paper‚ evidence will show how television is having a negative impact on children‚ by way of commercialism and advertising. An overwhelming majority of commercials are geared toward children that entice them to make bad food choices. Today’s
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