Childhood obesity

Childhood obesity affect 17% of all children in United States according to neayc.org. In the textbook, it describes this as an overweight epidemic. Cheap easily accessible unhealthy food is widely available. Growing technology leaves children spending more time in front of a screen and less time playing and exercising outside. Many people believe bullying children would help them lose weight. Bullying children for their weight leads to depression, low self-esteem, and body image disturbances…

behavioral, and psychological effects on health. Some of these effects are child obesity, aggression and developmental delays. As technology advances the ramifications of misuse leads to consequential complications on health. An overuse of technology can result in an early death, no relationship, and unemployment. Childhood obesity has grown over the past few years. In the article, “Kids, computers and childhood obesity” Janet Caputo and Paul J. Mackarey comments, “Recent studies have shown that…

The child’s parents play a very important role in the child’s eating habits and should avoid buying the unhealthy foods advertised on television. Tish Davidson stresses in “Childhood Obesity” that parents have to be good examples for their children in order to prevent child obesity. They should start working on good eating habits at a young age (170). There are numerous ways parents can promote healthy eating. For instance, having a healthy variety of food and healthy snacks in the food…

the past, obesity was rarely looked at as a health issue. Now, not only adults are becoming overweight, but children as well. “The rate of overweight among the subgroup of children aged 2-5 years was slightly lower at 15.2%, whereas 6.3% were obese” (Shields). Children who become overweight around the age of six, are most likely to continue the same bad eating habits later in childhood. Having an excess amount of fat on your body can cause numerous diseases that associate with obesity such as…

more than one third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. The rate of obesity is increasing yearly, and there needs to be an end to this epidemic that this country is facing. The two most important causes that contribute to childhood obesity are from physical education diminishing within schools and fast food companies marketing their products to kids. A major cause that contributes to childhood obesity in America is from physical education diminishing in schools. The schooling…

Childhood obesity in America is at an increasing rate and needs to be attended to because children suffering from being overweight are at risk of many health conditions that can carry on into their adult years. As adults it is easy to overlook children 's weight for the common belief it is just “baby fat” or they will “grow out of it” but what adults and/or parents don 't realize is that there are long term effects that mutate and change one’s body. Even if that person lost weight the damage has…

today’s society, the issue of obesity has plagued our nation’s youth and has encouraged serious discussion about the plan required to solve this epidemic. Childhood obesity kills about thirty-four children per hour around the world, and causes about three hundred and sixty-five deaths a year in the United States alone (Nemet 48). According to the researcher Dan Nemet, “today about one in three American kids and teens are overweight or obese” (49). Childhood obesity arises as a result of…

America is childhood obesity which literally gets over looked every day. Children who are obese are more likely to have cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and other serious health risk when they get older. Childhood obesity has increased highly over the generations. In my opinion there are three causes for this problem which include, not enough physical activity at home or in schools, food habits, and genetic. Before we can talk about the causes of childhood obesity we must know what…

Childhood obesity is an issue of concern in the United States. It is considered a lifestyle disease with many contributing factors, such as genetics, economic, social, psychological and environmental factors (Newson, et. al, 2013). Obesity is described as the most widespread threat to health and well being of individuals. It has a negative effect for the individuals, local communities and to the society as a whole. Research has posed that obesity services should combine dietary, physical…

Obesity has become one of the top diseases in American children due to the unhealthy diet and the lack of exercise. American parents have to begin to see that the diet that is provided to their children should be a healthy one and forget about buying them fast food. There are many ways to avoid obesity or if the child is obese to help them lose the excessive fat. America has become the country with the highest number of obese children. Parents need to begin to make better choices for their…