Childhood obesity

Childhood obesity has been significantly on the rise since the 1970's. According to the Center for Disease Control, about 1 in 5 children today have this chronic disease. It's a serious problem and detrimental to a child's mental and physical health. Childhood obesity is often blamed on the parents, for passing unhealthy habits onto their own children, but it should be taken into consideration that the lifestyle and food choices of families, as well as the weight of a child, is often times…

Obesity is a major concern in the United States as the nation holds the number one position for the highest rates of obesity around the world. Approximately 43 million individuals suffer from obesity and from that population 16-18% include obese children . Obesity is associated with many serious health concerns, including high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and decreased life expectancy . These health consequences can impact a child at a young age and leave them with long-term…

Obesity in the United States has been a growing problem and it’s not just in adults. The percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an frightening rate. One out of every three kids are now considered overweight or obese. Growing up, one thing that nearly every student has in common is school. Students spent on average eight hours a day there. So schools should be the first institutions to help fight childhood obesity by promoting eating healthy and being active. Schools…

CASE STUDY 2: IS CHILDHOOD OBESITY PARENTAL NEGLECT? The proximate causes of childhood obesity such as those highlighted by Professor Baur (2012) and Young (2012), once critically examined show their inherent origins and connections to structural factors. The scale and depth examined as well as personal ideological standings can alters the interpretation and defining the factors can then become difficult. In her ABC 7:30 Report interview, Professor Baur identifies both proximate and structural…

In this article “Childhood Obesity: Is it Abuse?” by Abigail Darwin it begins by addressing childhood obesity rates and how they are rapidly increasing across the states, forcing courts and child welfare system to deal with the major issue of childhood neglect. States have to try to help all kids with obesity so it doesn’t become a harmful factor of their growth, but they also have to figure out if taking the child out of a family environment is a good idea. Today’s research shows almost 66% of…

said, "children who are considered overweight will have a 70% chance of becoming overweight as an adult"(thehealthyeatingguide). How scary does that sound? You and your child have to worry about obesity at the time in their lives where they are supposed to eat unhealthily and run around playing. Obesity has grown into a taboo topic nowadays, people love it, people hate it, but is it healthy? What is healthy? Why do some identify themselves based on their fat or lack of? What does it mean to…

The prevalence of childhood obesity has more than tripled from 1971 to 2011. About one in the three American children and teens are overweight or obese. Fast food marketing is to blame for the epidemic due to the fact that it preys on the innocence of children and their vulnerability to external influences. Although fast food endorsements are necessary for the survival of the industry, these advertisements are encroaching on every public space to specifically target children and teens. Thus,…

The United States childhood obesity rates for ages 2-19 are higher than any other year. “A recent study of 15 industrialized countries revealed that teens in the United States had higher rates of obesity than teens in any other country studied (Hawkins & Linvill, 2010).” According to Hawkins and Linvill (2010) “childhood obesity is associated with increased incidence of heart disease, stroke, arthritis, and type 2 diabetes, as well as a host of social and psychological adjustment problems.”…

Childhood obesity is a recent epidemic that has overcome the American culture and is growing at alarming rates. There are many contributors to this unhealthy lifestyle, many of them being environmental aspects. Environment play a big role in the nutrition children receive. Adolescent obesity is the direct product of a child 's environment both geographical and their home settings. Schools have done a substantial amount of work on creating a healthy environment for students, but there is more…

The childhood obesity epidemic is a growing public health concern worldwide. Many European countries and the United States are facing a widening gap in socioeconomic status and its effects on a widely overweight population of children (Bambra, Hillier, Moore, & Summerbell, 2012). With prevalence rates as high as 14.4% in children ages 2 to 4 years old living in low income families in 2010, it is hard to overlook the correlation between the elements (Pan, May, Wethington, Dalenius, &…