Debate.com Parents Should be Blamed for Their Child’s Obesity? Pro: My opinion is that parents should be blamed for their child’s obesity‚ whether it be partially or fully‚ they do influence their child’s weight. The parents of children are the ones who provide food for them‚ so they have direct control of what their child is consuming‚ so they should be able to help their child maintain a healthy weight. Parents also have control over what their children do‚ resulting in the fact that parents
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. Obesity in children Childhood obesity in America is a very serious problem affecting many children from different age groups‚ currently the issue of childhood obesity is a problem that continues to grow each year. “In 2010‚ 43 million preschool children were overweight or obese‚ a 60 percent increase since 1990”(Child). Childhood obesity is a condition in which a child is significantly overweight for his or her age and height (Mayo). Over the years America has grown‚ and so has its
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Obesity is a problem that needs to be fixed. It’s a hard task to accomplish‚ but it’s possible we just need to get started. The main reason obesity is rising is because of the cheaply sold restaurant foods. My idea is to shut down unhealthy fast food restaurants‚ but that is obviously not possible. If unhealthy restaurants were eliminated‚ the economy would be in chaos. These businesses affect people horribly health wise‚ but economically it provides 3.7 million people jobs. Many people will be losing
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Americans mouth water. Obesity in the U.S has become a huge problem in recent years. America’s obesity epidemic has hit a new high with 35 percent of obesity among men and 40.4 percent among women in 2013-2014. Most Americans feel embarrassed to even walk next to an obese person or even go near them without feeling claustrophobic. Obese people are an embarrassment to society and are making America look like an unhealthy place to live. Not only are adults suffering from obesity‚ children as young as
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Nutrition Education Act. As you may know‚ obesity is one of the major contributing factors of chronic disease in our country and this issue is continuing to raise concern. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey‚ childhood obesity rates are at 17% and expected to increase to 20% by 2020. Every year‚ billions of dollars are spent in healthcare costs for preventable diseases such as obesity. Centers for Disease Control estimated obesity-related healthcare cost to be $147 billion
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Childhood obesity in the United States has doubled in the past 30 years. Today‚ one in seven children are overweight. Being overweight or obese puts kids at risk for many health problems such as high blood pressure‚ diabetes‚ heart disease and so many other diseases we would normally see in our later years. Do not think about the billions of dollars in additional taxpayer health care cost due to children being overweight – according the United States government over 250 billion dollars yearly. What
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Outline I. Introduction A. (Opening Device): It is a huge problem in the American society today‚ something that can be prevented with more outside play. Can anyone think what it is? Childhood obesity. There are way too many kids in America that just sit at home and play video games all day. Or put too much junk food in their diet. This wouldn’t be such a big deal if kids actually got out and exercised. Take me for example‚ I play a decent amount of video games and I will be the first one to admit
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Judith Guerrero Professor Hoffman English 102 11 November 2014 Obesity: Who’s to blame? Obesity is increasing in the United States; it is more than a size and more than being overweight. Obesity is defined by Mayo Clinic in their Diseases and Conditions definitions as‚ “a complex disorder involving an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity isn ’t just a cosmetic concern. It increases risks of diseases and health problems such as heart disease‚ diabetes and high blood pressure.” Moreover
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Obesity comes with it a wide array of unintended consequences that potentially affects everyone‚ rather than just those that are afflicted with it. By definition obesity is merely the accumulation of excess body fat to the extent where it may have an adverse affect on one’s health. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ as many as 33% of adults‚ and 17% of children are facing such a struggle. In the face of such stagaring statistics‚ there are few solutions to the problem
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Title: How Junk Food Can Cause Obesity Complication in Young Children Attention Getter: How many of you know that when young children get addicted to junk food that they can get obesity from eating a lot of junk food. Childhood obesity is rising throughout the world. Credibility: The History of Junk Food www.thehistoryofjunkfood.com What are junk foods and what are healthy foods www.whatarejunkfoodsandhealthyfoods.com The affect among junk food www.theaffectsamongjunkfood.com
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