Childhood obesity

Childhood obesity, an epidemic sweeping the nation. Particularly with Hispanic and people in poor neighborhoods. But just like every epidemic, it has to start somewhere. In this case it starts at home, with parents not having the time to learn the importance of healthy eating. Not only do parents play a role in child obesity, but also all of the fast food chains opening up around every corner making it easy for kids to access cheap and unhealthy food. With all the calories kids are…

David Ludwig have written an article, State Intervention in Life-Threatening Childhood Obesity, presenting facts that parents play a responsible role in their child’s weight gain. The neglect in nutrition and physical activity is totally reversible through education and changing bad habits. Murtagh and Ludwig believe the Government has the responsibility to intervene, depending on the situation. In severe child obesity cases, government required, legal intervention, might be necessary. Federal…

Obesity has become an epidemic in society today more than 78.6 million adults are obese. More than one-third of the children in America are obese as well. People who are overweight require more medical treatment than normal weight people. In 2008 obese people spent 1,429$ more dollars then healthy weight people. Childhood obesity is becoming a negative epidemic. Health professions urge people to get their weight under control to prevent further damage to their bodies. Are medical researchers…

Kayla Bilderback Psychology Research Paper Obesity and Depression in Adolescents Mental and physical health is important to a happy healthy life. With rates of obesity soaring worldwide and depression becoming more evident it is undeniable that there is a problem, not only in adults but also in children. There has been little information about childhood obesity but, in recent years, more studies are being done to find out what the effects are of being extremely overweight at a young age and to…

Obesity is a problem in America. Obesity doesn’t just effect adults, but is now effecting children. The main reasons for childhood obesity are: a sedentary lifestyle and poor food choices. With all the information available about obesity 30 % of American children still remain obese. Research suggests that obesity prevention plans in school are ineffective because by the time a child enters school it is too late and because children learn healthy eating habits and exercise habits primarily from…

Throughout the year’s child obesity has increased from how it was in the year 2004, and 2012. This has to do with the school food that is given to the children. As adults we don’t take the time too acknowledge what is being feed to children. We believe that whatever the school is giving to the students must be good for them if they are the ones who are providing it. Students eat the food that is provided to them only, because they did not bring their own food from home. For some people the…

Statistics have shown for years that obesity is the leading health problem among adults and even children. As the years continue to progress, the percentages of obesity among children and adults continue to also. In Diane Schanzenbach’s article, she states that, “Recent statistics indicate that 30 percent of adults are obese, and another 35 percent are overweight. Obesity is also common among children: Sixteen percent of children aged 6-19 years old are obese.” (Schanzenbach, 2009, p. 684) It…

In recent years, childhood and teen obesity has turned into a big social problem for London. A study that took place in England among 370,000 children aged between 11 and 15, revealed that 24% of boys and 25% of girls were obese (Donnely, 2015). Results of another research showed that “childhood obesity rates are higher in London than the rest of the country” and “one in five children classed as very overweight by the time they leave primary school” (Crerar, 2015). According to the National…

In the 19th century, obesity was referred to as a symbol of wealth and power, but as the years progressed, scientists discovered that obesity leads to the disintegration of the human body. In America, more than 190 billion dollars in medical costs are spent taking care of the problems of the obesity epidemic (Harvard). Consequently, not only do health care costs increase, but also burdens the health care system. Even though the statistics of overweight Americans continue to rise, maintaining a…

Obesity in the United States has drastically grown and needed to be stopped now by creating healthy lifestyles for the youth of our nation to prevent health risks in the future. Not so long ago obesity and all of its accompanying complications were limited to the realm of adulthood. Now, things have turned for the worse in the past few decades. There are higher overweight and obese adult rate than ever been before, and these conditions have been beginning to affect kids and teens at younger and…