Child Obesity is Epidemic Child Obesity is Epidemic Rosanna Torres Western Governors University WGU student ID#: 000254815 1 Obesity is defined as an abnormal amount of body fat that causes health problems such as; diabetes‚ heart disease‚ and cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2011). Obesity can be determined measuring the child’s body mass index (BMI) is calculated by the child’s height‚ weight‚ and age to determine if you have excess fat. It is known that children
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Obesity is a huge epidemic in America‚ as more alarming statistics begin to emerge - including estimates that 30% of all adults and as many as one-third of all children in the US are obese. About one in five children in the United States is now overweight! (Child Obesity Facts‚ 1999‚ para.2) Childhood obesity has lasting psychological effects‚ due to parental knowledge‚ lack of physical activities‚ and food advertisement; which has made obesity become a major health issue in many young children’s
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American children is affected by obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2011). Many factors contribute to this epidemic outcome. The following paragraphs will explore these factors such as how the disease is caused and what causes the disease in American children. This research paper will also present how to prevent and control obesity in children‚ the rise of cost of medical bills‚ and how being obese can affect the human body mentally and physically. Obesity is not just gaining a few
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Olethia Curry Professor Benjamin English 112 November 10‚ 2013 Childhood Obesity: Is It A Form of Child Abuse? Childhood obesity is a huge problem in the United States. It is known as a serious medical condition that causes other medical problems. Obesity is generally caused by genetics‚ certain illnesses‚ and uncontrolled behavior or overeating. According to the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)‚ “Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States. It affects more than 30 percent of
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blaming fast food restaurants for obesity? When is it individual responsibility and when is it appropriate to place blame? Working thesis statement: Even though fast food is one of the leading causes in obesity due to the high calorie food‚ however it is an individuals decision on what foods they allow themselves to eat. Why I selected this topic: I selected this topic because I feel like that fast food restaraunts are taking too much of the blame as to why Obesity in America has been on the rise.
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Child labour; the effect on child‚ causes and remedies to the revolving menace Department of Human Geography University of Lund‚ Sweden Utvecklingsstudier‚ kandidatkurs UTVK01 Spring 2014 Author: Lana Osment Supervisor: Erik Jönsson Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.2 Research purpose and questions ...............................................
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Summary In modern day society‚ people look down upon the existence of racism itself. During the 19th century‚ when Dalene Matthee’s novel Fiela’s Child takes place‚ the perspective of racism diverged downward. During this era‚ there was still been a division between the two races‚ Africans and Caucasians. Benjamin‚ one of the main characters in Fiela’s Child‚ experiences both superior Caucasian power and contemptuous African power. In an article‚ “Corruption Pervades Poverty: In Perspective of Developing
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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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Percentage of Child Obesity in Elementary School Students in the United States Child obesity in the United States is becoming a really big problem. Child obesity has grown by 11% in the past 10 years. That means that 17% of all elementary school students are either overweight or obese as of 2012. If this continues by 2020‚ 23% of all elementary school students will be obese ( http://www.obesity.org ‚ 2014 ). This would be a huge problem with future generations. Now I will show you my information
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it gets to be a serious problem. The growth of technology has formed a major impact on the obesity of today`s children. This technology has substituted normal childhood play exercises with computer games that take less physical effort. Because of technology in today’s society the problem with child obesity has become tremendously intensified. First‚ what is child obesity? The term child obesity means a child is a person between birth and puberty and obese is extremely fat: corpulent (The American
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