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A new study just came out for the first time that tracks childhood obesity y state. This was done by The Trust for America’s help.

The study is called F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2007
Some of the major factors include poverty and lack of excercise. (no brainer)

1. What are your thoughts around childhood obesity?
2. What do you think is the key to prevent it?
3. As parents, how can we play a role in that not just for our own kids, but their friends as well?

I think obesity is a problem not just in children but a lot of adults as well. I think many adults havent learned proper diet and excersice so how can they teach their kids.

Preventing it- well it could be lowering prices on healthy food versues junk food- a poverty family can afford more kinds of junk food to feed a family than they can feed on healthy. Also having more free activities for kids to get involved with- I mean kids would play more sports before but parents cant afford today alot of the prices for these things now days. Having more for them to do in the community would be nice.

I think by helping our kids help other people instead of calling them names- like a heavy child being called fat could be more helped by our children asking if they need a walking partner. We need to as parents ask what is it that we can do for the community, like starting weight camps and teaching children about healthy eating tips, not just a prymid that they dont understand and having the time to give knowledge to others to help them be able to help themselves.

I am having difficulty with this assignment and have had my paper returned three times. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Could someone provide an example of an ambiguous statement regarding obesity in the US. Maybe it will help me understand what the grader is looking for, nothing else has!

The reason that alot of people in the United States suffer from obesity is because many of them are too heavy.

The reason that alot of people in the United States suffer from obesity is because they like food too much.

The reason that alot of people in the United States suffer from obesity is because they gain too much weight.

Sweets, sodas, junk food, inactivity: obesity in children is a worry. What can we all do about it?

I am a 14 year old boy myself, and from a young age I have been not forced, but positively encouraged by my parents to eat a healthy, balanced diet whilst taking regular exercise.

I find that it does not only stimulate me physically, but it promotes my well being and mental stature. The only problem is, I can easily look around in my community and see other people my age and younger who obviously follow different guidelines and the effects show.

My brother has a friend of whom shall remain anonymous, and he is extraordinarily overweight for his 12 year age. I never ask him directly about his habits, but our families are good friends. Whilst I eat salads, home made food and low sodium, fat and other reduced ‘badness’ foods on a regular basis he is given an oven mini pizza snatched from the shelf of ASDA. He takes no exercise whatsoever and he waddles around. Honestly. He is small for his age and constantly looked at when he walks through the town centre as he looks so young. When he has meals at our house, he eats like some sort of barbarian; he chews with his mouth open, breaths through his mouth and just gets it all in at once. His father passed away last year, so I can only suspect that he, his mother and his six year old brother (who is also the same) do not eat together, rather they eat on their laps in the front room. When we take trips to the local park for a kick around, he has zero stamina and cannot keep up with the rest of his friends in PE. I worry because I know this can only lead to massive problems in later life both socially and physically.

My brother follows the same routines as me, but takes much less exercise and it sort of shows; he has a much larger abdomen than me. I am an active football referee, swimmer and participator in school sports days. I have a paper round, which take me half an hour each day, which I walk, totalling up to about 10 hours of exercise a week. I enjoy what I do and participate in The Duke Of Edinburgh award which I am in the process of getting my silver status.

In all, I feel that the key to tackling obesity is to maintain regular, healthy eating habits with other family members to help social skills, gain better relations (going away from possible depression, which could lead to comfort eating) with family and of course lots of exercise. I follow these simple rules, and I am 14 years old, 6ft 1" and 11 stone, with a muscled, athletic build. I very, very rarely eat fast food but as a man I cannot resist the odd kebab every few months. I am proud of who I am as I know I make the right decisions and I only wish everyone else could. I love what you’re doing at the moment doctor, and I am fully behind it.

Thank you,
The Famous Peter

im researching teen obesity and i need a good intro paragraph but i cannot really think of anything. any on idea? on how i should start this.

you should start out with Statistics about Obesity
or the definition of it
here’s some ideas..

The percent of children and teens who are overweight also continues to increase. Among children and teens ages 6-19, 15 percent (almost 9 million) are overweight according to the 1999-2000 data, or triple what the proportion was in 1980. In addition, the data shows that another 15 percent of children and teens ages 6 to 19 are considered at risk of becoming overweight.

OR
Obesity can be defined as an excessive accumulation of body fat, which results in individuals being at least 20 percent heavier than their ideal body weight. "Overweight" is defined as any weight in excess of the ideal range. Obesity is a common eating disorder associated with adolescence.

Good luck!!

OK, im writing a paper over obesity and need some effects this issue has on a population, doesn’t matter which population, just global.

well, if your fat, your kids will likely be fat, and that means less movement, laziness, and sport-ending! :p

I have to write a persuasive essay for English class. I chose to write about obesity in children. I need to prove that food isn’t the only reason that kids are obese. I have that kids don’t get enough excersise, but I need three examples of genetics and two examples of why their parents come into play. I also need a You might think that… but you’re wrong because… Please help
P.S. 7th grade, don’t use too many things that I won’t understand please.

Causes
There are many factors that contribute to causing child and adolescent obesity – some are modifiable and others are not.
Modifiable causes include:

Physical Activity – Lack of regular exercise.
Sedentary behavior – High frequency of television viewing, computer usage, and similar behavior that takes up time that can be used for physical activity.
Socioeconomic Status – Low family incomes and non-working parents.
Eating Habits – Over-consumption of high-calorie foods. Some eating patterns that have been associated with this behavior are eating when not hungry, eating while watching TV or doing homework.
Environment – Some factors are over-exposure to advertising of foods that promote high-calorie foods and lack of recreational facilities.
Non-changeable causes include:
Genetics – Greater risk of obesity has been found in children of obese and overweight parents.

According to the Surgeon General, obesity rates in rural America are higher than those in urban areas. Anyone who has taken a cross-country road trip has seen this first hand. Do you have a productive public policy suggestion that may reduce obesity rates in rural America? All suggestions are welcome.

It may not seem obvious but the answer is because of economics. I’ll explain in 2 parts:

The US economy has undergone several shifts. Early on it was primarilly agrarian based. With the industrial revolution this changed, and it became more consumer good based. And even now it is phasing out of that slowly into a more service based economy. During these changes, with the increase in machinery, it became more and more difficult to scrape out a living in the countryside as a farmer or in a support position to farmers(eg. a guy who runs the local store selling to farmers). The good paying jobs ended up being "in the city." And people moved to the city for those good paying jobs. This process actually makes life harder economically for the remaining rural population! And up to and through today people living in the rural areas of the US are generally in less well paying jobs while paying more for similar services and goods available in the city.

OK that was the first part. Now the second part.

So you have a real tight budget to pay for food to live upon. The simple fact of the matter is – fattening food is cheaper per amount than healthy food in most cases. And sure there may be seasonal things which are cheaper, but just go to a mcdonalds menu. You can buy a double cheeseburger for 1 dollar – or the non breaded chicken filet (about the same amount of sandwich)for like 3 dollars. Similarly, you can buy a few TV dinners for 1-2 bucks a piece, or you can buy the raw chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and corn, etc. at a cost factor of maybe 1.5 to 2 times as much as the TV dinners. (not even thinking about cooking/preparing time involved)

So it all comes down to simple economics – whether you have the cash to pay a little more to eat healthy and whether you have the time to spend to prepare said healthy foods.