Childhood Obesity Essay

Our First Lady’s platform is on childhood obesity and she has worked with the FDA to improve the standards of school lunches and has started a website Let’s Move (“Michelle Obama Pledges to ‘Fight until the Bitter End’ For Lunch Standards”). There are more than nine million children between the ages of six to nine that are considered overweight. Also, 70% of children who are considered obese are more likely to continue being obese into adulthood (“Obesity Statistics”). My research question will focus on what causes child obesity. My thesis is that technology is the main cause of child obesity. Throughout my research paper, I hope to educate my audience on the problem of how vital childhood obesity is becoming and how to prevent it so that American children will be healthier. The benefit to this paper is that it will inform my readers about the causes of child obesity and will encourage them to prevent it. I want to write about this topic because I struggled with child obesity, and I finally made a change in my life through eating healthier and exercising. In addition, I hope that I will further educate myself on the causes of child obesity so I can be aware of signs to look for in my children. Also, I am religious and believe that I have to be physically healthier in order to serve God. My intended audience will be parents who have children who are obese and want to help them make a change in their lives. Review of Sources The majority of my sources are from…

Childhood obesity is a rather new term but it is taking the world by storm. It is extremely hard to find an individual in this country that has not heard the term childhood obesity. Unfortunately this is a very serious problem that a large number of children in the United States are faced with. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2014), said that approximately 12.7 million or seventeen percent of children and adolescents aged two to nineteen are considered to be obese (Childhood…

Today in America child obesity is a growing problem. According to the “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” the agency of the US Department of Health, childhood obesity is on the rise and has emerged as the number one problem facing children in America. In this essay I plan to discuss the various reasons as to why this epidemic has come about and highlight government failures which have arisen while tackling the issue. I find this research very important to focus on because it has been a…

Childhood obesity is increasing year of year. A study by The American Heart Association shows that obesity in children has more than tripled from 1971-2011. As Doctor Richard Jackson mentions on many occasions in our textbook, this is the first generation of children in which their parents are expected to live longer (Jackson, R. 2012). This is a trend we must work together to reverse. If we don’t, we could see one third of children developing diabetes in their life (learn the facts, n.d.). …

Childhood obesity is a major health concern for developed and developing countries. Obesity is often thought of as an excess of caloric intake—too much caloric consumption with little caloric expenditure. While this is the case for some, the cause varies from person to person. For example, some suffer from endocrine disorders while others were born with a genetic predisposition. Environmental, sociocultural, and prenatal factors can also play a role in childhood obesity (Seth & Sharma, 2013).…

Wonseleah Yleah Professor Hayes CENG 106-03 03 December 2016 Childhood Obesity With nearly one third of children overweight or obese, the number of overweight and obese youth has been increasing dramatically in recent decades, and it’s becoming an epidemic. Although the definition of obesity has changed over time, it can be defined as an excess of Body Fat (BF). A child is obese when he or she is well above the normal or healthy weight for his or her age and height. According to OALib…

How is the wealth gap affecting childhood obesity rates in America? As of the early seventies America started to see a widening in the gap between the middle class and the elite. With income inequality on the rise it’s only natural for those with less means to cut down and budget their income wisely. Families then resort to quick and inexpensive food choices, which evidently happen to be the same foods that will later on cause health complications to them and their children. The effects of lower…

Analyzation of Childhood Obesity in the United States Childhood obesity is a major issue in the United States of America. Most people believe that overweight individuals are of the older population, but the trends in the U.S. are revealing that younger individuals make up majority of the obese population. The prevalence of childhood obesity is a rising epidemic. Obesity in childhood may cause an array of complications for the individual, specifically by the increase in the susceptibility of…

Over the years many have believed junk food to be the main cause of childhood obesity; when in reality it only plays a small part in it. What really plays a major part in the childhood obesity epidemic are school, physical activity, and most importantly family influence. The CDC reports that over 17% of children are obese, and for years many have believed that junk food was the main cause of childhood obesity, but recent studies have found otherwise. Many recent studies have found that junk…

Childhood obesity rates have been steadily increasing over the years and is an epidemic in America. “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).” Childhood obesity “is linked to a host of physiological problems such as coronary heart diseases and premature mortality (Reilly & Kelly, 2011).” Statistics such as these show a clear need for intervention. In this…