Jessica Brown English 101 Childhood Obesity In America Obesity is one of the serious medical conditions which is difficult to treat. Up to one out of every five children and teens in the U. S. are obese, and this number is continuing to grow. Over the past three decades, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12-19 years, and it has more than tripled for children aged 6-11 years. (Jeff Barnes) Childhood obesity has dramatically increased. The United States needs to take concrete steps to reduce obesity in children.
Childhood Obesity Policy Obesity is one of the leading health problems of the 21st century. According to Ferry, 31.7% of children between the ages of 2-19 and 34.2% of adolescents are obese (Ferry1406). About 1/3 of all children in America are obese, that is an alarming number and it must be lowered. Childhood obesity that develops into adulthood is only second, in deaths that could have been prevented, to tobacco (Ferry 1406). We can now see obesity is the second killer behind tobacco that could have been prevented with the proper lifestyle changes.
The evidence provided in this study concludes that soda can be a leading factor in obesity rates, and that water or lower-calorie drinks can help prevent obesity. In another study performed by Dutch researchers, equal amounts of students were assigned to drink either one cup of Coca Cola or a drink sweetened with Splenda each day. The results concluded that “after 1 ½ years, weight, waist size, and body fat increased more in the youngsters who got the sugary-drinks” (“Getting Fat on Sugary Drinks” 8). Just one cup a day had drastic effects on the children’s bodies. People today are consuming up to three times the recommended
Obese groups also scored lower in the physical and general self-esteem scales than the control group. Anxiety disorders seemed to be higher in obese children, especially social anxiety. Several studies show binge eating disorder or binging behavior to correlate with psychosocial strain. Obese children usually have more problems in school as well. Difficulties in school seem to be a predictor for developing obesity.
Almost one-third of adults in the U.S. are obese, and more than two-thirds of adults are overweight. Obesity rates have increased by 214 percent between 1950 and 2000(Livestrong.com). Also According to livestrong.com, the main cause for the increase it weight among American’s is lack of exercise, as well as the convenience of fast food, and caloric increase. This rise in obesity has increased diseases such as heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. 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.
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
Annotated Bibliography Pamela Lockett HCS/465 February 16, 2015 Angela Miller, MBA, SSBB Harper, Mary G. MSN, RN (2006) Childhood Obesity: Strategies for Prevention Retrieved from http:/ovidsp.tx.ovid.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com This article discusses that there are children who are overweight and what should be done to help prevent it. One of the ways to help prevent childhood obesity is to change the way they participate in physical activity. It is said that those students (approximately one third) in high school do not participate in gym activities in school or extracurricular physical activites regularly. Also those who live in unsafe neighborhoods or come from homes who parents work spend more time alone and in the house so they get little or no physical activity. The lack of physical activity may put children at risk
Why does the author suggest giving infants vegetables and meat before sweet fruits? You've probably heard the statistics. Childhood obesity has doubled over the last 20 years, affecting 10 million children. One in five children are either overweight or obese. Diseases once thought of as adult onset, including obesity, are now affecting children.
Approximately ten percent of four and five year old children are overweight. Obesity increases even more as children get older. For ages six to eleven, at least one child in five is overweight. Over the last two decades, this number has increased by more than fifty percent and the number of obese children has nearly doubled. For most children, overweight is the result of unhealthy eating patterns and too little physical activity.
Childhood obesity is becoming a serious issue in American children today. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) found that African American and Mexican American adolescents ages 12-19 were more likely to be overweight, at 21 percent and 23 percent respectively, than non-Hispanic White adolescents (14 percent). In children 6-11 years old, 22 percent of Mexican American children were overweight, whereas 20 percent of African American children and 14 percent of non-Hispanic White children were overweight. What is childhood obesity specifically? Well according to the staff from Mayo Clinic childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents.