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Title: Childhood Obesity: A Cultural Epidemic


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Childhood Obesity A Cultural Epidemic
  • Its causes, effects, and how we can solve the
    problem

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What is Obesity?
  • Though there is no ideal weight for everyone, a
    person is considered obese when his/her BMI is
    over 30
  • BMI is a persons Body Mass Index

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Calculating BMI
  • In addition to the numerous websites available to
    calculate ones BMI, there is a formula
  • Weight(lbs)? (704.5)/(height(in))2

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What makes a kid/teen overweight?
  • Instead of using the word obese the Centers for
    Disease Control refer to two markers for those
    who are overweight
  • The 85th percentile is considered at risk,
    corresponding to a BMI of 25 for adults
  • The 95th percentile is the more severe level of
    obesity, corresponding with a BMI of 30 for
    adults

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8 Main Causesaccording to a study of 9,000
seven- year- olds
  • High birth weight
  • Obesity in one or both parents
  • 8 hours of TV per week by age 3
  • Larger size in early life, measured at 18 months
  • Rapid weight gain in the 1st year
  • Rapid catch up growth between birth and two
    years of age
  • Less than 10.5 hours of sleep per night by age 3
  • Early development of body fat in pre- school
    children
  • Before age 5-6, when it should start increasing

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  • Though humorous, this cartoon reflects the
    mentality of modern America

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  • Part of the reason for the marked increase in
    obesity over the past 40 years is the shift in
    the types of calories being consumed
  • 10 of caloric intake is from soft drinks, thats
    double from what it was in 1980
  • American children spend nearly 30 billion of
    their own money annually on junk food, a result
    of increased advertising specifically targeting
    them
  • Since 1994, 600 new childrens food products have
    been introduced, half of these being candies and
    gum

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There are many factors that can influence a
childs chances of becoming overweight
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Recent studies have shown that one of the many
factors influencing the weight of children today
is their ethnicity
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Frightening Food
  • As time goes by, children have been consuming
    increasing amounts of soft drinks, which contain
    high amounts of sugar and calories devoid of any
    nutritional value
  • 30 of the calories in an average childs diet
    come from these junk foods
  • Some pediatricians estimate that many overweight
    children may consume 1200 to 2000 calories per
    day solely from soft drinks
  • In recent years, low income families are finding
    it increasingly difficult to afford healthy foods
    such as fruits and vegetables
  • The foods that are most convenient (fast food,
    microwave meals, packaged snacks) are generally
    less nutritionally valuable and highly processed

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Two of the main causes of obesity exemplified
unhealthy food and a sedentary lifestyle
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Enough Exercise?
  • Suburban and Urban environments discourage
    walking or biking to places, with increased
    emphasis on riding in cars
  • Less opportunity for exercise in schools
  • Leisure activities such as video games becoming
    dominant over outdoor sports etc.

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The many risks associated with being overweight
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  • Long term effects of obesity

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  • In this study, mothers of Australian pre-school
    aged children were questioned concerning their
    childrens weights and whether or not they would
    consider them overweight currently

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  • This box an whisker plot reflects those mothers
    from this same survey who were concerned about
    their children being overweight in the future

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What Can Be Done?
  • Funding in schools can be increased in order to
    allow for more nutritious school lunches
  • Allowing time for physical activities during
    school hours
  • Instilling healthy eating and exercise habits in
    children, starting with the parents
  • Encourage family out door leisure time as opposed
    to video games or tv

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  • According to scientists in England, based on the
    trends in recent years,by 2010, obesity rates in
    adults will further increase, as shown in this
    graph
  • This same British group estimates that if no
    action is taken, obesity rates in children will
    continue to increase at a frightening rate

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  • If nothing is done about this nationwide, and
    even worldwide problem, we will have to deal with
    the consequences of the ailments of our children
    of today as they grow up to be our unhealthy
    adults of tomorrow. It is essential that children
    learn good habits now for better lives tomorrow.

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Works Cited
  • Anne Collins Weight Loss Program 2007. 20 Oct.
    2007 lthttp//www.annecollins.com/weight-loss/body-
    mass-index.htmgt.
  • ERIC Digest. American Association of Colleges
    for Teacher Education. 1990. 20 Oct. 2007
    lthttp//www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/obesi
    ty.htmlgt.
  • Research Uncovers 8 Causes of Childhood
    Obesity. Daily News Central. 20 May 2005. 19
    Oct. 2007 lthttp//health.dailynewscentral.com/cont
    ent/view/802/0gt.
  • Childhood Obesity in the United States Facts
    and Figures.Institute of Medicine of the
    National Academics. Sept 2004. Institute of
    Medicine. 19 Oct. 2007 lthttp//www.iom.edu/Object.
    File/Master/22/606/FINALfactsandfigures2.pdfgt.
  • The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity. Feb
    2004. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 20
    Oct. 2007 lthttp//www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/The-
    Role-Of-Media-in-Childhood-Obesity.pdfgt.
  • Haire-Joshu, Debra. Laura L. Hayman and Marian L.
    Fitzgibbon. Childhood Obestiy Can Policy
    Changes Affect this Epidemic? Society of
    Behavioral Medicine. 2007. Society of Behavioral
    Medicine. 19 Oct. 2007 lthttp//www.sbm.org/policy/
    childhood_obesity.aspgt.
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