CHILDHOOD OBESITY I. Introduction Obesity among children has risen greatly worldwide. Obesity in chilren can causes a serious complication‚ and increase the risk of premature illness. There are a factor that causes obesity among children and there could be a ways to prevent this issue to keep increasing. II. Body A As the adult‚ obesity in childhood causes hypertension‚ dyslipidaemia‚ chronic inflammation‚ increased blood clotting tendency endothelial dysfuntion‚ and hyperinsulinaemia
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Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. The NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) conducted research in 2010 and found that 22.8% of children between 5-17 years of age were classified as overweight or obese (Health NSW‚ 2012). Studies have shown a dramatic rise in the number of obese children in the last few decades and it has been shown that between 1980 and 2000‚ obesity rates doubled among children and tripled among teens
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Childhood Obesity In our opinion‚ people do not have enough knowledge about being obesity‚ specially in children. Parents must more take care of their children by using the correct way like eating habits. Today‚ most children like to eat fast foods such as KFC and Macdonald‚ not only in children but it is also in adults. We have some ideas about obesity and also we are planning to make a project for this problem. Our project is mention about how
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PEVENTED? Mary Lally ENG 122: English Composition II William Johnson May 1‚ 2012 CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PREVENTED? If you could image living in this world 10 years from now how would you picture what the average person would look like? Are they fat or skinny? Obesity is becoming an epidemic that is slowly killing many people. With more and more children becoming overweight there health is getting worse at an early age. I will show you how being
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Is There Any Need to Be Worried About Childhood Obesity? Catherine (Boyuan Zheng) ESLI Level 5P Is There Any Need to Be Worried About Childhood Obesity? 1. Introduction Childhood obesity is a major focus of the society and the public health officials. And childhood obesity trends have increased dramatically over the past several years (Staniford‚ Breckon‚ & Copeland‚ 2012‚ p. 545). Overweight is measured by body mass index which is called BMI. According to the survey from the 2003 to 2004
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Preparation Outline: Vitalba Evola Topic: Childhood Obesity General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of two prevalent causes of childhood obesity. Thesis Statement: While there are many causes of childhood obesity‚ most are‚ in fact‚ preventable. Introduction I. Attention Getting Device: Our society has become a classic case of “Battle of the Bulge‚” as our society now has an alarming number of obese individuals. But this isn’t from World War II; it
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Childhood Obesity According to Burniat (2002‚ p.15)‚ obesity means an excessive amount of body fat; however‚ no general agreement as yet exists on the best definition of obesity in children. A number of factors contribute to a child becoming obese‚ and these include genetics‚ lifestyle habits‚ or a combination of both. Childhood obesity is an increasing problem all over the world that affects an estimated seventeen percent of all children in the United States‚ which is three times the rate it was
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Childhood Obesity Amye Cook ENG122: English Composition II Instructor: Jenna Fussell December 17‚ 2012 What is Childhood Obesity? Childhood obesity is very important in today’s society. Childhood Obesity is when a child have excessive amount of body weight for their age. A child may become over weight because of the amount of food that they may consume into their body. Overweight can be caused because the body may not have enough energy to release the calories. When a child is obesity I
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Childhood Obesity Chamberlain College of Nursing Dawn M. Greene NR448 Information Systems in Healthcare Professor Rebecca Burhenne Spring Session B – 2010 Introduction The research topic attempts to examine if socioeconomic status affects the prevalence of elevating obesity rates in adolescents. Obesity is a condition that is indicative of a” high proportion of body fat that causes a negative effect on your health” (Dahms‚ 2008). The most common causes is eating too much and moving around
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Childhood Obesity Chimere Vicks ENG 122 Craig Smith January 01‚ 2013 Childhood Obesity The children of our future are facing a many challenges throughout their childhood‚ Childhood obesity is one of the challenges that has caught my interest. Children of different ages are facing this problem. Question is‚ what are we doing‚ as parents‚ to help prevent this problem? Children cannot buy their own food nor do they do not know how important it is to stay active. Parents have a responsibility
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