Overweight and obesity has become a national epidemic problem. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity has affected a third of the adults in the United States and a third of the Americans seem to be getting fatter. (Freedman, 2011) It has created many problems, such as an increase in health insurance premiums, health related diseases and unhappy lives. These factors are affecting Americans of all ages and the problem is not going away unless drastic interventions are implemented. In the present paper, overweight and obesity is being investigated.
Childhood Obesity: A Growing Epidemic Obesity continues to become an increasing cause for death worldwide, none as true as in the United States. Obesity is a “lifestyle risk resulting from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure”. Internationally, at least 10% of school age children are considered obese. In the United States, this number is near 32%. Childhood obesity is so important to tackle at an early age, because studies have shown that it leads to long term health risk such as diabetes, heart disease, and cardiovascular disease.
At the moment obesity is the leading cause of diabetes. Those who develop adult onset diabetes generally are diagnosed in their middle years, between 30-60 years old. This type of diabetes is almost always associated with obesity. Reducing body weight can reduce or eliminate the need for oral medications or insulin
Problem/Issue Statement Over the past 30 years childhood obesity rate has tripled in the United States. Today nearly one out of every three children is obese or overweight. Many of these children will grow up to be obese adults that will suffer from high blood pressure, cancer, asthma, and other health related
Why does the author suggest giving infants vegetables and meat before sweet fruits? You've probably heard the statistics. Childhood obesity has doubled over the last 20 years, affecting 10 million children. One in five children are either overweight or obese. Diseases once thought of as adult onset, including obesity, are now affecting children.
Chrystal Halbert Eve Tongdaeng Larry Mitchell Research Introduction Political Inquiry and Analyses Dr. Bernick Childhood Obesity: Policy Effectiveness and Overview The topic we have chosen to research is policy effectiveness in regards to childhood obesity. Obesity in children is becoming an increasingly alarming subject due to the sheer number of American children affected by the disease. The medical community has brought attention to the issue and many are eager to find the root causes and ways to circumvent the consequences. Research on the issue has pointed to numerous possible causes such as the relation to sugary drinks for example. There are also several publications outlining a number of negative health effects related to the subject.
Running Head: CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AMERICA 1 Childhood Obesity in America Kilah Bryan-Lawson Liberty University Online CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AMERICA 2 Abstract Childhood obesity has become quite a problem in America. This paper describes the obesity problem as a nationwide epidemic. It defines what it is to be medically obese and addresses the issues that adolescents face when they encounter this issue. This paper also discusses the reasons that childhood obesity has become an epidemic. It also discusses ways in which schools enable childhood obesity and gives ideas on what schools can do help prevent childhood obesity.
Doctors have found biological connections between fat, insulin, and the high blood sugar levels that define the disease. The CDC estimates that 55 percent of adult diabetics are obese, significantly more than the 31 percent prevalence of obesity in the general population. And as obesity has become more common, so, too, has diabetes, suggesting that one may cause the other. Yet the critics dispute claims that diabetes is soaring (even among children), that obesity is the cause, and that weight loss is the solution. A 2003 analysis by the CDC found that “the prevalence of diabetes, either diagnosed or undiagnosed, and of impaired fasting glucose did not appear to increase substantially during the 1990s,” despite the sharp rise in obesity.
Some health problems are cardiovascular disease which is disease of the hearth, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis’s, diabetes type 2 and certain types of cancer are caused by obesity. Obesity has been found to cut your life expectancy by 6 to 7 years. There are many way to prevent obesity like regular physical exercise and a proper diet. Limiting your fat and carbohydrate in take and eating lots of fruit and vegetables daily, is
In Washington state alone children age 2 -5 were 18.4% were overweight and 14.4% were considered obese. Obesity is a major risk factor for many serious health conditions including type 2 diabetes, stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure and certain cancers, and among youth these diseases are at an all-time high. The most striking fact to me is that during the past 40 years obesity rates for children age 3-11 nearly tripled from 5% to 14$ and more than tripled for adolescents age 12-19 n from 5% top 17.1%. Some of the causes as stated on the National Heart Lung and blood Institute were lack of exercise, oversize food portions, lack of access to healthy food, food advertising, and parents work schedules. Also some common factors such as genetics and cultural environment experts have agreed that are a cause of childhood obesity.