Childhood Obesity: A Bibliographic Essay Childhood obesity is an epidemic that is affecting the lives our youth. It has drawn national attention by many. Even first lady Michelle Obama has started a campaign aimed to address this problem. According to the article Michelle on a Mission‚ “the initiative is about families making manageable changes that fit with their schedules‚ budgets‚ need‚ and tastes” (2010). There are two main reasons for my interest in the topic of childhood obesity. First
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Preventing Childhood Obesity as a Parent George Yang Ashford University English 122: English Composition II Professor Janelle Jalbert 01/10/2011 In today ’s society‚ childhood obesity is considered a serious public health issue and can be classified as an epidemic. In the United States alone‚ one in seven children ages 6-17 are considered to be obese. In the last 40 years in the United States the rate of childhood obesity has tripled. The main reason why childhood obesity has become
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Annotated bibliography June 22‚ 2013 Professor Dilly The Inexpressive Male: A Tragedy of American Society Jack O. Balswick and Charles W. Peek The Family Coordinator Vol. 20‚ No. 4 (Oct.‚ 1971)‚ pp. 363-368 National Council on Family Relations http://www.jstor.org/stable/582167 Summary: This article discusses the American Male and how the culture has deemed in not appropriate or not culturally acceptable for the males to show emotions or any femininity. This can become very diverse
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de la Educación Facultad de Historia‚ Geografía y Letras Departamento de Inglés Post-Intermediate Oral and Written Discourse Prof. Jesse Spencer María Teresa Acuña Vera Group 3 Childhood obesity and risk to children’s health A new epidemic has been appeared in the world in the last decades. Childhood obesity‚ as an epidemic‚ is a growing problem in many countries of the world‚ it has gained the full attention of health care professionals‚ health policy experts‚ children’s advocates‚ and parents
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Annotated Bibliography Agocs‚ C. (1997). Institutionalized resistance to organizational change: Denial‚ inaction and repression. Journal of Business Ethics‚ 16(9)‚ 917-931. This article discusses the pros and cons of advocating change within the workplace. It also discusses the reason (s) individuals are said to resist change because of habit and inertia‚ fear of the unknown‚ absence of the skills they will need after the change‚ and fear of losing power. OD approaches to organizational change
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November 23rd 2012 Childhood Obesity: Parents dilemma Cardiovascular disease‚ diabetes‚ musculoskeletal discomforts are some of the many serious health effects that should be the nightmare we all avoid. So why it is that in today’s society we are faced with the alarming fact of half of our population being obese‚ which are the causative agents to these malicious health problems? It seems as if this is an ongoing problem that may never cease to exist. Why? If the quandary of obesity isn’t realized and
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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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The Importance of Health and Physical Education February 5‚ 2014 The Importance of Health and Physical Education Fitzpatrick‚ D. A. (1997). Inclusive physical education: Teachers make it happen. Journal CAHPERD‚ 63(3)‚ 4-9. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/214327233?accountid=7374 This article discusses the importance of inclusion and how to implement it into physical education. “Inclusive physical education is based upon the zero reject principle‚ meaning that the program
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Addressing the issue of childhood obesity Lenora Wallace ENG 122: English Composition II Instructor‚ Cicely Denean-Cobb February 14‚ 2011 Childhood obesity is increasing in different ethnic groups in both gender and all across the world. Let me start off by saying that childhood obesity has become a deadly disease in united state it important thing that should know firstly over other thing in life. Many parents are getting worried about their children being obese. First of all‚ combining
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prevalence of obesity in children Before going to discuss about obesity and its impact on health‚ we can say that children are pioneer of future of any nation. They have greater contribution in nation development and development is based on children health. Looking at the present scenario‚ we can say that childhood obesity is being increased and it is one of the global issue which needs more attention‚ as its lead to chronic disease and disability in future life. According to the Australian Bureau
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