One in every three children born in the year 2000 is expected to develop diabetes in his or her lifetime.(4E) Is this surprising? In America all we worry about is food at our convince. Because most Americans are always on the go. As statics are showing childhood obesity is rapidly increasing all over the world. Why is this becoming such a pressing issue when it can be stopped or at least have precautions taken. Children learn through observation and imitation‚ as well as behaviors of their parents
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Terashima Expository Writing 2 14 April 2014 Obesity in America Obesity‚ a medical condition in which excess body fat can grow to have a negative effect on the human body and cause long term health problems‚ affects more than 35 percent of adults along with 17 percent of adolescents (“How many people are affected by/at risk for obesity & overweight”). America is one of many obese countries all over the world. It is an enfeeble health condition that can lead to respiratory problems‚ Type two diabetes
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chose for my research paper is “Childhood Obesity.” I chose this topic for many reasons. One reason I chose this topic is because it has become an ignored problem because it is considered to be normal now because so many of our youth are over-weight. Many of the parents‚ teachers‚ and friends of children who are obese become enablers because they either feel bad for the child or think that it’s cute or harmless. Not many people realize that childhood obesity is a rising epidemic and that it leads to
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Obesity Response In his article‚ Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚ Wil Haygood talks about the obesity problem among the people of Manchester Kentucky. Haygood observes that Manchester is one of the unhealthiest places in Kentucky. However‚ the people of Manchester are far from eager to discuss or even acknowledge this problem. Haygood places much of the blame for the obesity problem on the local people being uneducated about the risks being obese can pose
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absence of a law or person to organize traffic‚ and the limited number of exits from the schools surroundings. Parents suffer from picking their children‚ because it takes a lot of time. Leaving a lot of mess and disturbance for the neighborhood‚ Neighbors suffer too. Those problems cause a lot of troubles and grow larger every day‚ although the solution can be such a simple one. One of the main problems lacking a solution would be the absence of parking lots. The space is so tight for making parking
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Saving Poverty From Obesity Brent Royeton DeVry University Saving Poverty From Obesity Obesity is a problem that most people would assume is caused by laziness and poor lifestyle choices. Rarely would anyone think that poverty could be a contributing factor to obesity. A large question often asked is “How can our impoverished communities be so fat if they cannot afford to eat”? Other misconceptions come from the misunderstanding that people who are malnourished should appear skinny and lethargic
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY Abstract Twenty years ago there were just a hand full of children that were overweight‚ mostly because of a hormonal or genetic disorder (Johnson‚ 2005). Today a high rate‚ nearly 40 percent of children are overweight. There are so many questions to be answered and problems to be solved. Will schools actually start stepping up and helping parents with this problem? What about the affects on the children who have this problem? What should be done to help the children of the future
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parents can improve children’s health. I constantly hear‚ how “convenient dining out is” or how “it is less expensive to eat off the dollar menu at McDonald’s than cooking at home”. Children’s health should be more important than convenience and expense. Parents should step up and prevent their children from becoming obese and from developing health issues. The amount of advertisement for fatty foods should be decrease and also physical activity should be required by all school-aged children.
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Obesity Imagine being 5 years old and being made fun of about your weight. Imagine being 60 years old and not have a social life. These are struggles people go through everyday. Weither they be young‚ old‚ or even for their entire life. If we let obesity continue it can only get worse as the years go on. Obesity causes people to die 5 years sooner (Brink and Querna 303). Diet and excersize is just not enough anymore (303). Portion sizes are growing and people are over eating and underexcersizing
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