A Critical Review of “Raising Healthy Children: Moral and Political Responsibility for Childhood Obesity” Using current research and public health strategies, Purcell (2010) analysed and criticized an up to date approach in addressing childhood obesity. This study aimed to provide the highlights of research studies findings and recommendations for prevention and treatment of childhood obesity in North America. Purcell (2010) emphasized that this public health issue has become an epidemic, but until now, the solution remained intangible. Prevention and strategies need to be put in place urgently to slow down and reverse this upsurge in obesity. Encouraging individuals to make healthy choices may have some impact, but because of the magnitude of the issue according to Purcell (2010), it is insignificant.
Both very valid arguments and we will begin to see why during this passage. The first major aspect of this article is why it would be a wise choice to remove unhealthy drinks and snacks from school vending machines. Tom Vilsack states in school is where these children consume half of their daily calorie intake. Schools are promoting unhealthy lifestyles to our younger generation. Vilsack feels by reforming and changing the school meal menu into healthier choices that it will in fact ensure a more nutritious and healthy effect on children.
For many people, solutions to weight gain will be found both in new dietary behaviors and in medicines that come from labs where researchers study how the body burns and stores fat. To the extent that obesity is the result of a child’s inability to say “no” to a supersized meal, we should teach restraint just as Critser advises. But his behavioral fix will not work for everyone, and parents should be instructed on what to do when teaching restraint, alone, fails to keep their children reasonably trim. A more serious problem with Critser’s argument 5 is his use (twice) of the word “gluttony” and the judgmental attitude it implies. Early in the essay Critser argues that American parents need “to promulgate .
While some argued that it is the fault of food industries, and for some, fault of consumers, it can easily be resolved with two words: self-responsibility. Therefore, consumers are definitely the ones responsible for the current epidemic in this country. The first reason why consumers are responsible for America’s obesity epidemic is because consumers are the ones that choose what to eat and feed their children. There are many alternatives to fast food but most people rather not take their time to prepare for a healthier meal. In “The Battle against Fast Food Begins in Home”, author Daniel Weibtraub tries to convince parents to take a stand and fend off obesity in their homes.
Annotated Bibliography 1. “By Addressing the Obesity Crisis Together, We Can Become a Healthy and Fit Nation.” The Washington Post [Washington, D.C] 22 Mar 2011: E.6. Web. In this article the author talks about how obesity rates have gone up for last few decades. The author also points out to some diseases children might have at early ages and also how a family can help to control obesity.
Why is there not a lot of research done on mental and physical conditions like Childhood Obesity in military families? In order to research the issue, the world needs to know that the issue exists. “When it comes to childhood health concerns, a new poll shows many adults agree on the top priorities they want to see the candidates address: childhood obesity.” (PR Newswire, 2012). Most of the Primary Research (Sole, 2010) is done, but there just needs to be Secondary Research (Sole 2010) like surveys, test, and analysis done on our children of military families any order to end this
So food is one place a struggling family cuts corners (2012). President Obama and others have set a goal of ending childhood hunger in the United States by 2015 (2012). One component needed to achieve this goal is strong child nutrition programs, like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the school meal programs (2012). But progress against hunger requires broader efforts to reduce poverty. Food assistance to hungry people is vital, but it is not enough (2012).
So since they have low income they only thing they can do is go buy fast food. Arken and Houston also state more causes of obesity in the inner-city, “Obesity is determined by many factors (e.g inactivity, high-fat diet cultural preference)”(2).The culture the parents put their child in is basically by forced because of their living situation. With the low income it’s hard for the African American people to take their child to get health insurance, so they can’t receive advice from the medical establishment on how to prevent obesity. In, “Facing Up to Childhood Obesity” Phillips states the effects of inactivity in Great Britain. Arken and Houston do the same in Obesity in Inner-City African
I completely agree with Weintraub and believe that they should take more responsibility. I’ll admit that fast food advertisements play a big role in child obesity. But not big enough to overpower the kids’ parents; at least, it shouldn’t. According to David Barboza’s “If you Pitch it, They will Eat”, “most big food companies, despite some promises to offer healthier foods and in some cases to limit marketing in schools, deny that they are to blame for the
Personal responsibility has disappeared and until it returns, obesity will only increase as American health decreases. Steps can be taken to reduce body weight and return to a normal body mass index. Parents need to take responsibility for unhealthy food choices and lack of physical activity, and until this happens there will only be detrimental health effects in the future. It is time for change, and it is American parents who need to establish a change in their children’s eating