The epidemic of childhood obesity is quickly growing throughout the U.S. In just two decades‚ childhood obesity rates from ages 2 to 19 have tripled (NHANES 2011). The rates of obese kids from 6- to 11-years-old more than doubled from 7.0 percent to 17.5 percent and rates of obese teens (ages 12 to 19) quadrupled from 5 percent to 20.5 percent. (NHANES 2011). A few decades ago‚ the question of childhood obesity was not an issue to be argued. Our grandparents and parents never acquired the weight
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The Issue of Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a demanding issue in the United States as "25% of children are overweight and 11% are obese". (Dehghan‚ Anwar) It has been shown that the amount of obese adolescents have doubled in the last two to three decades causing many serious health related issues in children. Type 2 diabetes and elevated blood pressure are some of the health issues that children are facing from being overweight. (Deckelbaum‚ Christine) These health issues are just proving
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Children and childhood across the world‚ have been called ‘golden age’ that is synonymous with innocence‚ freedom‚ joy and play. It is the time when‚ one hardly shoulders any kind of responsibility or obligations. But‚ The fact that children are vulnerable‚ they need to be cared for and protected from ‘the harshness of the world outside’ and around. Every nation whether developed or developing links its future with the status of the child.If the children are deprived of their childhood-socially‚
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Mothers Stay at Home Are there any benefits for children stay one of parent with them at home? Mothers who stay at home are helpful for their family. Many mothers prefer to give their children to their mothers‚ but if there is not grandmother to care child‚ that will be problem especially if the child is still baby or infant. Mothers are compelled to find a place to put their child there. Many kinds of places that may mothers join their child to stay there and to have education‚ such as to educational
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Assignment 4. Within this assignment I will be discussing the implications of day care for young children and giving both the positive and the negative aspects of this. A study was done in the united states by Kagen (1978)‚ the study was done on children whose mothers worked‚ in which case the children were put into day care centres compared to home –reared children. Kagen found little difference between the children placed in day care centres and those raised at home either in the amount of
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Rebecca E. Clark SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues A Look At Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Instructor: Mandee Rowley August 13‚ 2012 A Look At Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that is primarily a disease of young women. The disease has a wide array of manifestations and can be fatal. SLE produces antibodies to the body’s own cells leading to full-body inflammation and tissue damage
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Introduction Continuous Professional Development should be essential for every early childhood practitioner. Every setting which promotes early childhood education essentially need to plan activities for children‚ short term‚ medium term and long term‚ but predominantly according to children’s interest. Consistent with Aistear (2009) the author agrees that planning is an on-going process‚ which requires early years workers to think about short-term‚ long term and medium term plans. It is vital
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Childhood Obesity and Ways to Prevent It It would be a gross understatement to say that childhood obesity has become a serious problem in America over the last several years. In fact‚ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated childhood obesity is the fastest growing health crisis in the United States. Over the past thirty years‚ the rate of obesity has more than tripled for children aged 6 to 11 and more than doubled for adolescents aged 12 to 19. It’s been approximated that more
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the socially given attributes‚ roles‚ activities and responsibilities connected to being male or female in a given society. Our gender identity determines how we are perceived and how we are expected to think and act as women and men‚ because of the way society is organised” (March et al‚ 1999) According to Lindsey (2010)‚ Patriarchy is perceived as the perpetuator of female subjugation and disadvantage within all societies (Institute of Economic Affairs‚ 2008). Globally‚ all social structures are
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Of Hopscotch and Little Girls Stolen Childhood shows little girls from countries all over the world dealing with the same issues. These issues range from child labor to sexual abuse. Young girls from places such as‚ India‚ Yemen‚ Haiti‚ and Peru were all interviewed and shared some very similar experiences. These girls aged 8 to 14 share the same hardships and hopes for a better life. The Video displays several key sociology concepts from our readings and lecture materials. One key concept
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