Childhood obesity is an epidemic in the United States. We learned from him that it is caused by lack of education, unhealthy lifestyles, socioeconomic factors, and genetics. America must be more proactive towards educating institutions, families and children of this problem and stop the growth before its too late. Obesity is defined as excess body fat. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled since 1980, and today nearly one in three children are obese.
"Kids said if they were going to do phys education, they wanted to do something fun." (Sealy, G., 2003, pg.1) Children’s nutrition is another huge factor in fighting obesity in the United States. Ray Kroc founded the corporation was all know as Mc Donald’s in 1955. This was the first of the fast food chains and look at the amount of fast food options we have today. Fast food offers convenience to people with busy lives and often time’s parents chose poor options for their children.
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"
A compelling statement provided by the article is that “Children ages six and eleven are the ones who are gaining large amounts of Annotated Bibliography Tracy Pp.2 weight.” The Institute of Medicine is sending out the message for this group of children who are victims of obesity that have more than tripled in the last thirty years. In using these sources it starts to strengthen a voice on why childhood obesity should be fading. Relevant causes of childhood obesity will also help because after stating facts and causes of childhood obesity each cause one by one. Childhood obesity increases each year and I understand because after studying the trend and the causes if it is not stopped it will be a bigger epidemic than we can handle. Levine, Susan and Rob Stein, “Obesity Threatens a Generation”: Washington Post 17 May 2008 17 Nov 2008
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. The scariest fact is that one in three children under 18 are overweight or obese, a rate that has tripled since 1960. The fact that the obesity rates are so high shows that as a society we accept this lifestyle. We need to be proactive as a country, and stop accepting this lifestyle and work towards a healthier society. If this continues we will have a new generation of people that don’t outlive their parents.
New Changes to School Lunch Menus Ciera Jimerson Strayer University Dr. Jeff Kersh ENG115 August 19, 2012 One of the biggest epidemics in this country is children being overweight. As adults we are here to guide and educate children on the benefits, and how important it is to keep our bodies healthy. We have created a new menu for school lunches to ensure children are getting more fruits and vegetables. Changing the menus to school lunches will allow children to lead healthier lives and can also increase life expansion. Lack of nutrition can cause obesity, poor academic performance, and an increase in diseases.
This problem still continues to this day. Right now I can see that as time passed by, most of my cousins aren’t very healthy. According to an article called Obesity by Scott Barbour in 2011, 1/3 of children are overweight or obese. I hope to change your opinion, and help you see that with an early start of healthy food choices in our schools,
There are many reasons that a parent should be held responsible for their child’s obesity. Childhood obesity has become a worldwide epidemic. A child looks to their parent(s) for guidance on how to live; if the parent(s) chose to look the other way; this shows the child(ren) that being overweight and unhealthy is okay. That can also contribute to the likelihood that the child(ren) will become obese as an adult. Scholars recognize "it is not advantageous to wait until
With jam packed schedules, we don’t allow ourselves time to make healthy meals at home. Instead, we opt for the super size or big kid meal because it’s fast and easy. This is the very reason, I believe, for America’s obesity situation as it is today. One study showed that, children who are obese are more likely to die before the age of 55 than of a child who is not obese. The study also stated that a child with high blood pressure is likely to die before reaching 55 (New York Times, 2010).
Some are uncontrollable, like genetics, and some are, such as choosing to eat the cupcake instead of the fiber bar. That is the funny thing: the high obesity rate can be lowered and maintained just by making healthier choices every day. Many of our lifestyle choices lead to us being overweight and obese, but that can easily change; as America continue to ignore the obesity rate, many of us are dying each day from this disease called diabetes. Because our lifestyle choices affect our weight, our health, and the chances of us becoming obese, we can reduce that by balancing our energy, having a more active lifestyle, eating a healthy diet, changing our environment, and getting more sleep. One of the main reasons of obesity is the lack of energy balance, meaning that the amount of food you eat is the right amount to manage your weight.