The average American child watches TV, plays video games in front of a TV and also staring in a computer screen a good part of the day. As long as kids are safe inside the house they are not encourage to go out and play and exercise. The typical American parent is too busy working and being “lazy” to plan meals and family time. Even on TV commercials the whole family is either watching TV or using the tablet, phone or computer, what type of family time is that? Parents usually seek the easier route by picking up dinners which are super high in carbs and sodium, or rent movies to pacify the kids after school.
There are less children outside playing and more children inside sitting in front of televisions, video games, computers or just laying around in their houses doing nothing at all. Family behavior is another leading cause of childhood obesity. Parental behavior patterns are the main cause of the problem. Children learn from what they see. Parents who have poor shopping, cooking, eating and exercise habits show their children that their way of life is okay, when it, in fact, is not.
For example, it shows us the risks of eating fast food, specifically McDonald’s fast food. Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald’s fast food for thirty days straight. He gained 25 pounds and also doubled his chances for heart disease. It took Morgan 14 months to lose his extra weight and he said it was nothing close to being easy. In addition, this movie shows the ways schools are affecting obesity in their students.
These are just a few of the many benefits your child will experience and enjoy. Imagine watching your child enjoying a healthy, active sport with other children their age and knowing that they are creating the very best atmosphere a child can have. Youth soccer is an athletic sport enjoyed by over three million children in the United States today (Hick, 2005,p.1). Soccer is a great way to prevent child obesity, which affects one in three children in America today. One of the main reasons the sport is so popular is it keeps children active and in shape.
Children today don’t get enough exercise. Pastime used to include many different ways a child got their daily exercise. Today’s children exercise is their fingers typing on a computer or cell phone or using a game control or television remote. Other than that if they didn’t have to walk around their school, they would be lucky to get ½ hour of exercise. Having all these electronic gadgets are fine but we need to as parents, get our children back outside getting exercise like children in the past used too.
Children are bombarded with images and messages that reinforce the idea that thin is happy and successful. These days it is almost impossible to watch TV, listen to the radio, go to the mall, read a magazine or newspaper without being stricken with the message that fat is bad. Appallingly enough these messages are especially targeting young children. Many people
Cause #1: Lack of Physical Activities First of all, the lack of physical activities is one of the main causes which lead to obesity in American children and teenagers. Physical activities help us to burn excess calories to help maintain the body weight. However, with the development of technology and society, American kids and adolescents do not spend enough time doing outdoor activities. Schwager (2010) mentions that “Today, kids can “play” with friends in a virtual world, and going outside simply to goof round is a rarity” (p.19). Instead of going outside to get same exercises, they prefer to stay in room to go online, and with the internet they can play whatever they want, they even make friend through community websites.
For example, it shows us the risks of eating fast food, specifically McDonald’s fast food. Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald’s fast food for thirty days straight. He gained 25 pounds and also doubled his chances for heart disease. It took Morgan 14 months to lose his extra weight and he said it was nothing close to being easy. In addition, this movie shows the ways schools are affecting obesity in their students.
My name is Bernardo Ostalaza and today I will be speaking to you about the influence TV has on our society. The most at risk categories for TV influence are kids and elderly people. I’d like to start off with a small fact for you. The average American kid spends more time watching TV than they do at school. Kids likes to sit around and eat food while watching TV and also do their homework while doing the same thing.
I think that victories in sports increase the students’ sense of pride in their school. If all teams had larger numbers of participants, they could unearth more potential and talent in their athletes; this, in turn, could lead to more victories for said team. When high schools have winning teams, students would feel pride in their school and be discouraged from vandalizing school property. Lastly, team sports promote healthy lifestyles. With record childhood obesity in America, it is important for children to be bombarded with information about healthy eating and exercise.