Conclusion: 1. I. Summary A) Obesity is the leading cause of children in America. B) Childhood obesity risk a lot of health problems. II.
Jordan Kendall ENC 1101 Professor Fallows 12-04-11 Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has slowly become a very wide spread epidemic. In the last few years, we have seen that every 1 in 3 kids is either overweight or obese (kidshealth.com),this means because of the numerous fast food opportunities, certain ethnicities, and peoples every day sedentary life-style, in almost half a century we have tripled the rate of obesity in children. What exactly does the term obesity truthfully mean? In the chapter “Children” from the book Biographies of Disease: Obesity, It explains children measured to a certain specification, with BMI’s, Body Mass Index’s, in the 85th to 95th percentile, were labeled “At risk of becoming overweight”, and
Child Obesity in America Child obesity is a growing problem in American societies these days. Children are getting bigger and bigger and the major cause to this problem is growing number of fast food restaurants, unhealthy diet, not enough nutrition in the body and lack of exercise. Moreover, there are plenty of statistics that prove that child obesity in America is at epidemic levels. Research has proven that in the last 30 years, the number of children who are overweight has tripled to 15%. Another research shows that one third of nation’s children are obese.
Almost one-third of adults in the U.S. are obese, and more than two-thirds of adults are overweight. Obesity rates have increased by 214 percent between 1950 and 2000(Livestrong.com). Also According to livestrong.com, the main cause for the increase it weight among American’s is lack of exercise, as well as the convenience of fast food, and caloric increase. This rise in obesity has increased diseases such as heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. As a country, we are spending over $190 billion a year treating these diseases, diseases that could be prevented by increasing exercise and decreasing calories.
Annotated Bibliography By Tracy Garrett English 122 Professor Pearson Annotated Bibliography Annotated Bibliography Tracy Pp.1 Childhood Obesity: “A Serious Problem” CBS Worldwide Inc. of May 2002 17 Nov 2008 (http://64233.169.104/Search?q=cache:Rvhed1EFD80J:www.cbsnews.com/stories.2002/05/01/ Health/main507774.Shtmitdiseases+caused+by+childhood+obesitydhl=en&cd+14q1=457 Childhood obesity results in many health problems. These health problems are causing health care costs of hospitals to rise. Therefore, not only is obesity dangerous but becoming very expensive. Statistics are given a decade old to ponder on how much the health care costs of childhood obesity has risen and will even more likely to be implemented. Convincing people that both childhood obesity and health
Shelly Ju-Hsing Lu Professor Littwin English 2-26 Feb 17th 2014 Obesity: An Annotated Bibliography Obesity has been a global problem in the last decades. Especially in America, the obesity problem became a major healthy concern. Not only adults but also children, obesity became a fast-growing epidemic in the world. In this paper, I will develop the causes, prevalent, prevention and more valuable information of obesity. Bellisari , Anna .
American Obesity Epidemic Joe-Anne McCormick Anthropology 101 Jonathan Sharpe October 25, 2010 The American culture in the last 30 years has become obese. Obesity among African American and Hispanic children and adults is a growing epidemic in the United States. However,” obesity among immigrants may reflect adaptation of the U.S. lifestyle, such as increased sedentary behavior and poor dietary patterns.”(Goel, 2004) Nutritionists and health experts say that obesity is linked to serious and life-threatening illnesses and disabilities that carry enormous economic and public health costs. (Loonin 2007) Such health problems include heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers.
Anthony Leach Period 3 11/11/12 “Fat tax” Myth: taxing junk foods imposes a nanny state on individuals and punishes those who consume junk food in moderation. Taxing junk foods will decrease consumption of unhealthy foods and decrease obesity rates. The obesity rate for adults was 15% in 1980. The number has doubled since then says the centers for disease control and prevention. More than 2/3 of adults over 20 are either overweight or obese.
However, confronting obesity and lowering the rates now will be a more costly effective movement for the future. Nowadays obesity in the United States carries the hefty price tag of 147 billion dollars per year in direct medical costs, just over ten percent of all medical spending, experts report (Jamporis). The financial and health costs of obesity have only been rising over recent years, and there is no way they will begin decreasing if there is not any plan put into effect. The health risks are obviously a huge concern for the public health field, but the financial costs are even more concerning for the economy. With the United States in such a deep debt, costs derived from obesity are unnecessary and should not have to be dealt with.
Running head: CHILDHOOD OBESITY Childhood Obesity ENG 122 Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity refers to an increase in total body fat. Research shows that approximately 17% of children and adolescents are obese. Since 1980 the obesity rate has almost tripled. The major concern for childhood obesity is health concerns and preventive care. Often referred to as a disease, obesity is actually a sign of what may well be a spectrum of different kinds of disorders-genetic or environmental.