Category: Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity: Medical Complications and Social Problems Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating ~ Bob Filner The advent of the new century has bought many social problems along with itself; this is mainly due to the changes that came in the…

Childhood Obesity: Problem Analysis Table of Contents Introduction Background Problem Analysis Solutions Benefits Conclusion References Introduction Changes in lifestyle, coupled with poor feeding habits and lack of physical exercise have contributed to the rise in the cases of childhood obesity. There are various causes of childhood obesity that health care providers and parents or families…

Care Plan: Quincy Town, Massachusetts With Childhood Obesity D. (2005). The Raising Of a President: The Mothers and Fathers of Our Nations Leaders. New York: Atria Books. “

Prevention of Childhood Obesity Elementary school students today are diverse by race, culture, and background. The student population includes non-Hispanic white, black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and other races. They represent different linguistic, social, and cultural groups. However, there is a problem that unites all of them. It is childhood obesity, and it should be…

Childhood Obesity Action Campaign World health organization (WHO) defined obesity as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. Body weight measure by the body mass index (BMI), a persons weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of his or her height (in metres). A person with a BMI of 30 or…

Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Urban Adolescent Schools Children With social-economic development,India moved away from childhood malnutrition and towards the better health and food security, this resulted in reduced number of underweight, malnourished, and stunted-wasted children. With changing lifestyle and food habits there is a spike in overweight and obesity not onlyin adults…

Health Impacts of Childhood Obesity and the Nursing Obesity is a critical medical issue that is normal among youngsters and teenagers in Western nations. Being obese is the basis of diabetes at a young age and enhances the threat of cardiovascular sickness in adulthood. Earlier avoidance of fatness decreases the probability of serious diseases in…

The Effects of Advertising on Childhood and Adult Obesity Have you ever asked a child what they want to eat for dinner or lunch and their response was a hearty vegetable? Or does that answer usually sound more like pizza or McDonalds? More than fifty percent of commercials or advertisements that children see while watching…

Determinant of Health and Childhood Obesity The following essay will define the concept of health and wellbeing, illness and health promotion. A case study will be used to consider and demonstrate the health needs of Newham East London as regards to childhood obesity which is caused by above 95th percentile in Body Mass Index (BMI)…

Obesity as a Global Issue Obesity has become a global epidemic over the last 30 years affecting 40 million children, below the age of five. The implications of obesity not only affect the health of an individual but also their social lives, the society around them and the overall economics of a country. Today, obesity…