Problem with Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. As a result‚ children are at increased risk for myriad preventable acute and chronic medical problems. Many of which are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In addition‚ childhood obesity has serious psychosocial consequences‚ such as low self-esteem‚ lower quality of life‚ and depression (KidsHealth). Many social and environmental factors have negatively influenced the physical
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Obesity in America’s youth April 27‚ 2013 Introduction Currently every one in three children are diagnosed obese in America. Ranging from ages 6-19‚ over 9 million children in 2008 were considered overweight. Tons of research has been presented from scientist on why this happens to adolescents and what we can do to prevent it from happening. Along with it being a problem for their wellbeing‚ it may also be hurting our tax payers’ wallets. Many say that television may have
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of Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity has become a growing problem with children today. Obesity now affects 17% of all children in the United States-triple the rate from just one generation ago (CDC). There are multiple reasons that more and more children are becoming obese. The decrease in physical activity‚ along with increased amounts of television‚ computers‚ and video games is one. Higher calorie and sugar intake is another reason for the rising numbers. Childhood obesity is a major concern
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Obesity Danielle Young‚ Miranda Steinbeck‚ Lauren Robinson‚ Jennifer Taff Pd. 2 Sociology Scope Danielle Young “Obesity currently results in an estimated 400‚000 deaths a year in the United States and costs the national economy nearly $122.9 billion annually” (Obesity in America). Obesity is a rising problem in America for adults as well as children. Being overweight can be defined as having a weight of over 10 percent of the recommended weight for an individual of a certain age (Obesity in
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Tashia King Overcoming Obesity with Busy Statistics shows that children with busy parents are obese –vs. – those that have stay at home parents. Children that are live at home with busy parents they are more likely to be obese because they do not have anyone at home to monitor them or limit the food that they eat. When children have parents that are not so busy‚ they have a chance being overweight because the parents can limit the foods and maybe allow the children to be more active to help
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Obesity in Hong Kong Introduction The problem of obesity in Hong Kong is a significant issue that the community as a whole is trying to arouse public awareness to it. According to the statistics provided by a research done by the Hong Kong Department of Health‚ the estimated percentage of overweight and obese of the whole population in Hong Kong are 17.8% and 21.2% respectively(Hong Kong Department of Health 2009). This report will elaborate more on the reasons for obesity and the suggest preventive
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Obesity In America I choose to write an informative essay about obesity in America. The essay is written for a general adult population in America to inform them of the situation. This essay is made to inform because American adults should understand the facts of why obesity is caused and what are the affects of it‚ instead of being pursued or entertained about a very serious topic. Obesity has gotten much worse now in the 21st century than in the past. According to The American Heart Association
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Justin Brown Brown 1 English 1010 10/20/10 Obesity in America When people think about health what usually comes up is cancer‚ or some kind of disease that will hold you back. Not many people really think about one of the biggest issues out there that people don’t really take serious. It’s called Obesity‚ I know you might think you know what that means but do you really know what it is?. In America there are thousands of hundreds of people that or obese. Over 2/3rds
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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: Who is at Fault? Name University of International Business and Economics Obesity: Who is at Fault? It is no secret that an increasing amount of Americans are gaining weight and much of this blame is put on fast food establishments such as McDonald’s‚ Wendy’s‚ Burger King‚ and Krystal’s‚ to name a few. According to Warren Belasco and Philip Scranton (2002)‚ “The increasing consumption of convenience foods is an international trend influenced by changing lifestyles” (p. 3) From a superficial
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