Category: Childhood Obesity
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Understanding Obesity in America
The popular opinion on obesity is that children and their parents arent capable or willing of taking the time and effort of cutting down on their weight. However, US News reports that doctors specializing in obesity and weight loss say certain scientific and societal factors — including genetics, the rise of processed foods that include…
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The Rise Of Childhood Obesity In Modern Life
Childhood obesity is a condition in which the children are above the normal weight for their age and height. When we see chubby children, we find them really cute. But in the long term, they will look fat as they wont change their eating habits and tend to put on weight. It is found that…
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How Environment Affects Children Eating Habits
School-aged children are classified as overweight or obese with a percentage of 10 around the world (Foerste et al.). Many years ago, child obesity was not really an issue that is to be argued about or discussed. Back then, children had an average weight, ate healthier food, and played outside for as long as they…
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Feeding the Youth Obesity Epidemic: Risk Factors Examined
Between the years 1978 and 2004 Canadian youth aged 2 to 17 became 11% more likely to experience clinical obesity (Childhood Obesity Foundation, 2015, para. 2). Even more frightening, in 2017, 30% of youth aged 5 to 17 were overweight or obese (Tackling Obesity, 2018, para. 1). Between 40% and 70% of obese youth become…
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The Impact of Food Advertisement on Child Obesity With Special Reference to Kumbakonam
Abstract This research is based on Childrens eating habits and their food consumption have direct relations with obesity, diabetes , cancers, hypertension and coronary heart disease. Television advertisements directly affect childrens eating habits and their food consumption. This study was conducted in order to examine television advertisements and childrens food consumption while watching television and…
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The Link Between Childhood Obesity And Trauma
Over the years eating disorders have become more common in people of all ages. As more and more people find themselves facing the harsh reality of eating disorders I have decided that for my research project Im going to look deeper into the causes of eating disorders and whether or not there is a link…
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Solutions To End The Presence Of Obesity Among The Young And Growing Children
Obesity is one of the challenges facing the current generation and most probably the young and growing children. According to Lobstein et al. (2015), obesity refers to excess body weights or body fats that might affect one’s health and are measured by the Body Mass Index (BMI). The challenges affect the children both mentally and…
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Role of Nutrition Education in Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Low-Income Families
Childhood obesity has steadily become a problem in the United States. Data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show an increase of prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents. In addition, a decrease in level of education shows an increase of prevalence of obesity. A study by Rogers et al. (2015), stated…
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Child and Adolescent Obesity in the USA
In the United States, the percentage of children and adolescents affected by obesity has more than tripled since the 1970s. There are many reasons for this increase, but the most impactful causes are usage of modern technology, unhealthy eating patterns, and lack of exercise. Although there are many ways young children can prevent obesity, they…
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The Reasons How Swimming Can Reduce Child Obesity
Did you know that 1 in 10 children in Singapore and 41 MILLION children worldwide are overweight? Whats worse is that 7 in 10 of these children grow up to be obese as adults as well! Did these figures alarm you?! I hope they did! Fret not however, as I am here to provide you…