Index of youth articles

Obesity, although a hot topic now, is only a few decades old. Prior to the 18th century, food was scarce. Being overweight was believed to be a thing only the rich could have, and it was considered as a healthy figure for the human body. In the 18th Century, many technological advances came about to help the human civilization, but they instead created an abundance of readily available food. Technology continued to grow well into the 19th Century, and many individuals decreased the amount of…

A recent online study in the journal Pediatrics states, “1,718 students in the study, 498 were considered overweight or obese (29 percent) based on their body mass index measurements, and 223 fell into the obese sub-category (13 percent)” (edweek.org). The study’s goal was to determine whether the sports decreased childhood obesity. According to edweek.org, “Students who played for three or more sports teams in the…

As a result, if the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program were modified to include lower calorie options, such as by implementing lower calorie sweeteners instead of regular sugar and more fruit and vegetables, it would impact a wide variety of students with differences in socioeconomic status and ethnicity. Since the National School Lunch Program was historically established for the purpose of battling hunger in the under fed the impact on children and adolescents of essentially revising…

“The Slave Side of Sunday” written by Dave Zirin, in which he showed and compared football with in being slaved. The article shows the former NFL player Anthony Prior’s viewpoint about the hierarchy and in how privileged the whites are in a NFL team. The hierarchy in the NFL is simply, the black society alias the players are on the bottom, above them are the coaches (mostly…

Why Raising Minimum Wage is Bad Over the years, raising the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25 to $15 an hour in the US has been a controversial topic and there is no clear solution to this issue. The purpose of raising the minimum wage is to decrease poverty, increase job growth and reduce federal deficit but there is evidence to show that the economy will have adverse effects from this change. Increasing the minimum wage is beneficial for a short period of time but it will only hurt the…

did not differ in children who experienced sudden/violent loss of a parent from those who experienced an expected loss. Ravels, V., Siegal, K., & Karus, D. (1999). Children's Psychological Distress Following the Death of a Parent. Journal of Youth and Adolescence , 28 (2),…

Nationally, there has been a great deal of media attention given to fast foods, exercise, and associated risks in regard to the high rates of obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that a healthy body mass index (BMI) rests within the normal parameter of 18.5 to 24.9. When a person’s BMI increases to 25 they are then considered overweight, and when the BMI exceeds 30, they are considered obese. The World Health Organization has labeled obesity a global epidemic,…

considered an important national issue that requires the development of a public policy. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) (2011), being obese entails having a body mass index of 25 or higher. In Canada, about one in every four adults is considered obese (Tran, Nair, Kuhle, Ohinmaa, & Veugelers, 2013). Furthermore, childhood obesity rates are three times higher than it was 20 years ago (Tran et al., 2013). Childhood…

overweight or obese is caused by a metabolic imbalance associated with consuming more calories than the body expends therefore causing weight gain. The most commonly used tool to determine a person’s weight category is by using their body mass index. Body mass index is calculated by taking the persons’ weight and dividing it by the square of their height. A high BMI is indicative of high body fat. Using BMI, a person is determined to be overweight if their BMI is between 25<40, and Class 3 is…

costs far exceed the income of parents, leading them to resort to alternative care providers. The introduction of a pilot program may resolve space shortages, but may also hold potential as revealed in McLaren, Zarrabi, Dutton, Auld, & Emery’s 2012 article regarding the association between care type and change in childhood obesity. With slight adjustments, the pilot project could influence greater health outcomes than initially anticipated. In November 2016, Albertan Premier, Rachel Notley,…