In 1976-1980 and 2007-2008, data research from the National Health …show more content…
Childhood obesity is defined as the affection of obesity because of their body mass index for the age is the representation of ninety-five percent or more, that defines overweight as being more than eighty-five percent and less than ninety-five percent of a child’s body mass. The obesity in children is determined by the percent of body mass index that emerges from the measurement weight in children. By calculating the weight of a child is based on their age and body mass index because of the calculation of their height and …show more content…
The advantages of knowing about childhood obesity is that knowledge is power because by informing both the parent and the child and how it influences and changes society, it effects children’s emotions and academic performances, what are the causes and the complexity of obesity and the different types of nutrition and healthy recreation that are available. With medicalization in children is how we treat them medically by addressing explicit concerns and ailments with the accurateness and by addressing the failing need of thriving and medical concerns that can be related to malnutrition.
In 2009, with the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System have if physically active for about sixty minutes or more, per day for seven days have increased in females but had a dramatic increase in males. Between the 1991 and 2005, that adolescents who have engaged in physical education have decrease about eleven percent. Study have proven that over forty-five hundred adolescence have not participated in any physical activity within and out of school or have any type of daily physical activity and that they do not take advantage of the opportunities that have been activity at that