Childhood Obesity: A Preventable Epidemic Dr. Andrew H. Locke University of Connecticut Childhood Obesity: A Preventable Epidemic Over the course of recent years, childhood obesity has become a modern problem of epidemic proportions. Being the fact that the population of obese American children is estimated to be 30% total, the risks need to be appropriately managed by parents to dampen this growing populous (Benac, 2010). Just in the past 30 years among American adolescents alone, obesity rates have tripled in size which consequentially increases complications resulting in the possibility of early mortality. Furthermore, a child suffering from obesity may live and develop weight-related debilitating diseases such as type-2 diabetes, high
The parents will then learn effective ways to help their child receive a healthy lifestyle. Verses other sources, this source was created specifically for the audience of parents of children who are obese. Where the other sources audience is was more to inform the public? I use this source to back-up my arguments that parents need to be doing more for their children. Parents are not always aware of childhood obesity statistics so this source was able to help me explain my argument about the cause of obesity in kids.
Introduction The recent nutritional changes to the breakfast and lunch programs throughout the united states were implemented to help improve health and reduce childhood obesity rates amongst our children. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act that was signed by the president in 2010 forced schools to update their food menus to meet the most current dietary nutrition standards as well as address childhood hunger. For these reasons, billions of dollars have been awarded to public and non-profit schools from grades K-12 for new food revenue that has helped our schools implement this new standard. NUTRITION and HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS With our economy feeling the raft of the recession we face today, in 2010 over 17 million households in the
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Greg Kolakowski English 101-075 Ms. Rendek September 8, 2013 In the past decades obesity has been a growing epidemic in American society among young adults but was overlooked for years. In 1999 James Behnke, the executive at Pillsbury made it his goal to make the emerging obesity epidemic a priority to the big food companies and show how to deal with it. This was merely the first step in his plan, he then wanted to impose industry wide limits on certain products pulling back the use of salt, sugar and fats from unhealthy foods. Many factors such as the marketing aspect contribute to the causes of obesity in today's society and can impact our decisions on what we eat. Despite being "concerned that obesity was becoming a major issue"
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There are many things that go into the cause, and the lasting effects that need dealt with now, to ensure our future is in better health than it is heading at the present time. This is a subject that everyone should be concerned with, as it is the future of our children. Research on the many aspects that are involved in the fight to eliminate this problem is a very good start, but according to the data, more needs done. The causes of childhood obesity are many, everything from poor diet, lack of exercise and even include depression. “Understanding the causes of Child Obesity is paramount to its productive treatment” CDS (2012).
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Journal of School Health, 80(5), 233-239 Purpose: The purpose of this article is to raise awareness and provide strategies and solutions of the problem of obesity of children attending schools. Method: A qualitative approach was chosen in order to conduct this study. Six groups of people were included. There were school directors, physical education teachers, catering staff, school nurses and health educators, parents of young adolescents, and young adolescents. There were two steps in the conduction of this study.
Executive Summary Executive Summary Once your paper is completed, you will need to summarize the paper’s main points for your reader. Explain succinctly the problem/issue you are writing about along with a summary of your paper’s main points. Include the solutions offered along with your identified best solution and plan and how it will solve the identified problem/issue. Maximum Length of an Executive Summary is 2 pages. Problem/Issue Statement Over the past 30 years childhood obesity rate has tripled in the United States.