Childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is a very serious problem in modern day America, with the convince of fast, cheap, fatty food, and the high price and low availability of good high quality produce it’s no wonder modern Americans an obesity epidemic and the worst part is we are passing it onto our children. Our book says “Overweight parents may serve as examples of poor exercise habits, encourage overeating, and keep unhealthy foods in the home” (Rathus, 2015). We need to lead our children by example for a…

This paper is about Childhood Obesity: what its comorbidities are, the nurses’ role, how parents should become involved, and how the community can participate in fighting childhood obesity. Obesity is used interchangeably with the term overweight. They are both defined as a person having an excess amount of body fat that can contribute to later diseases. Several groups need to participate in order to ensure an ultimate strategy. Nurses should be well aware of the risks and know how to properly…

Prevention, over the past 30 years, childhood obesity has more than doubled (“Childhood Obesity Facts”). Who is to blame for this rapidly growing societal issue? I believe parents are to blame for the childhood obesity problem in America. Parents have the authority to control and monitor the child’s lifestyle habits that lead to their obesity and are currently too busy or lazy to do anything. Many parents believe that fast food is the main cause of childhood obesity. Fast food is known for…

Childhood obesity has many long-reaching health problems that can influence adult health as well as the health of future generations. There is a clear correlation between the obesity in parents and the obesity in children. This causes a cycle of obesity in children from their parents, which in turn leads to greater health problems for the next group of children. This demonstrates the need for awareness of the role parents can play in the obesity and health of children and will be a firm…

Technological Advances Aid or Fight Childhood Obesity? Childhood obesity has been characterized as a growing epidemic by many health researchers and specialists. There are also researchers and specialists who insist that childhood obesity is not an epidemic, but rather a reflection of generational trends that impact the health of children directly. While the stance on childhood obesity as an epidemic is conflicting, the approach to define causes of childhood obesity is another conflicting aspect…

According to Gary Ruskin and Juliet Schor in their article, “Who’s to Blame for Childhood Obesity?” key food enterprises are publicly sympathizing with America’s ever increasing body size, specifically the countries children, promising to curb advertising tactics that target young children and couple that effort with the promotion of healthier food choices. However, behind closed doors these food moguls continue to lobby legislators to protect their industry’s welfare. Ruskin and Schor report…

There is a growing problem in the U.S., obesity. Not just in adults, but now onto children. A whole new generation raised on anything fried, sugar coated and dipped in oil. People will argue that we need to blame the food industry. Putting out all of these new cheap snacks with sugars, fat, gluten and whatever else that’s on the back of the nutrition’s fact label. That’s not the complete case. Childhood obesity can be prevented, all with healthy lifestyle choice by parents limiting the amount…

Parents and Childhood Obesity A few hundred years ago people had to live off the land and supplying food, water, and shelter for their children and themselves. As we fast forward to the present day though, many things have changed. Many parents do not care about their children’s diets or exercise resulting in children becoming obese at younger ages. Some parents today influence their children towards unhealthy lifestyles because they do not care. Most parents today without even knowing…

games. This generation of kids have developed new social norms and being active and eating healthy are not the main priority. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, obesity is defined as, “the condition of being extremely fat or overweight” (“Obesity, n”). Attention needs to be brought to the American Public that childhood obesity has nearly doubled between 1999 and 2007 with much of the “overweight” children rising from 13% to 31.7% (Fontaine). At a time in their life when children…

Childhood Obesity December 1, 2014 Health Science Lauren Coady David Beltran Kyle Free Melanie Bonilla Mauricio Enriquez Childhood obesity affects 1 in every 3 children in the United States. It is a disease that has become the number 1 health concern among parents due to the physical and mental health effects. Obesity is defined as having too much body fat, or excess of. This is to not be confused with overweight, which is just simply weighing too much. Childhood…