II. Clincher A) Childhood obesity is on the risk and clearly, everyone is a risks from the effects. B) In America this is a unknown problem that needs our attention. Bibliography Tanner, Lindsey (April 6, 2009) Obesity: 4 year old in Ohio State – Temple University Study are Wildly overweight. Http://www.huffingtonpost.com Revised September 15, 2012 Katz, David L.(August 2012) Childhood Obesity.
According to Marion Nestle’s article “Food Marketing and Child Obesity”, obesity has definitely taken a toll on today’s society. “Since the late 1970s, obesity rates have more than doubled among children 6 to 11 years of age and more than tripled among those 12 to 19 years of age” says Nestle. We are seeing an increase in illnesses. Junk food not only has a short term effect, but it will also cause a long term effect. Mark Bittman’s title “Parasites, Killing Their Host” is basically telling us that the parasites are the large corporations and that the consumers are the hosts.
Velychko 1 How We Eat Overeating habits that people have can cause health problems. Obesity can be a medical or a psychological problem and it’s one of the major problems that people have. People can have these habits of overeating because of many reasons. Both readings, “The Wage of Sin” by Francine Prose and “In Gorging, Truth”, by Jason Fagone argue about reasons of overeating. People are obese because of society that surrounds them.
However, the operant conditioning side was used by Dollard and Miller in 1951, which they claimed was more complex as the infant feels uncomfortable when they are hungry and their primary caregiver reduces that discomfort whilst pleasuring them hence them becoming attached. There are some positive aspects in this explanation such as that we all learn through association as well as reinforcement which this explanation is based on. Yet, on the other hand food may not be the main reinforcer as attention and responsiveness form a caregiver are also rewarding. Unfortunately for the Learning Theory there is an increasingly high weakness to strength ratio. For example; a study by Harlow demonstrated that food isn’t everything as his study concerned monkeys who were raised by their own two wire mothers, however one was covered with a cloth and offered no food whilst the other offered food without comfort.
The U.S. mythology is full of images of glory and physical hard work. From winning the Olympics to cowboys and to hardworking miners, yet 50% of the U.S. is over weight and 22% obese. More-so 60% of overweight children between the ages of five to ten have cardiovascular risk factors which could become a chronic issue as adults. It is clear that obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. A BMI or body mass index of 25 kg/m2 or more can be considered a health issue.
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
Fat America – Bigger Isn’t Always Better Obesity in American culture has rapidly evolved into a serious problem. To date, approximately one third of the population is obese – that is approximately 72 million Americans (Obesity Society). Weight has not only risen to an all time high in adults - it has also become predominant in children and adolescents. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over the past three decades, childhood obesity has more than doubled for kids aged 2-5 years old and adolescents aged 12-19 years old. It has also more than tripled for children aged 6-11 years old.
CHILDHOOD OBESITY Asia Jackson ENGL 122 English Composition11 Jason Vinson December 17, 2012 Childhood obesity is an ongoing epidemic in the United States. Today in America every one and three children are obese. Obesity is defined as an excessively high amount of body fat in relation to lean body mass. Schwimmer, J.B., Burwinkle, T.M and Varni, J.W., (2003), Ch ildhood obesity is now the number 1 health concern among parents in the United States. Child obesity is a very serious matter.
Childhood obesity is increasing at rates of epidemic proportion across the globe and is becoming a significant health problem. The current obesity rates in Australian children are among the highest in the developed world. ‘In 2007–08, one-quarter of all Australian children, or around 600,000 children aged 5–17 years, were overweight or obese, up four percentage points from 1995 (21%). According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABOS) (2009). ‘Research indicates an annual increase of this figure of 1-1.5%, a trend that suggests half of all young Australians will be overweight by the year 2025’ (Tipping the scales: Intervention and management of childhood obesity 2007).
Running Head: CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AMERICA 1 Childhood Obesity in America Kilah Bryan-Lawson Liberty University Online CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AMERICA 2 Abstract Childhood obesity has become quite a problem in America. This paper describes the obesity problem as a nationwide epidemic. It defines what it is to be medically obese and addresses the issues that adolescents face when they encounter this issue. This paper also discusses the reasons that childhood obesity has become an epidemic. It also discusses ways in which schools enable childhood obesity and gives ideas on what schools can do help prevent childhood obesity.