Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children. Obese children tend to become obese adults. According to the statistics 13.9 percent of children among the age too of 2 to 5 years are affected with childhood obesity. 18.4 percentage of Children among the age group of 6 to 11 year old are affected.And it increases the complexity among the upcoming generation.It leads to various health issues among children and hence it is a problem.
The main causes of childhood obesity are as follows
The long-term effects of childhood obesity are
why is childhood obesity is a problem? how is childhood obesity is bring created? what are...
1.Provide background information about childhood obesity as a social issue. What is childhood obesity? Why is it important and what are the costs to society? What are the latest trends? What are the causes? What are the consequences? Which groups are at greater risk? What are the current interventions and what works best? Provide a purpose for a potential campaign that tackles childhood obesity. What behavior are we trying to change/abandon/adopt/encourage? What is the potential impact of a successful campaign?...
How was the problem identified? (Check all that apply) the problem is ( Childhood obesity ) ❑ Safety and risk-management concerns ❑ Quality concerns (efficiency, effectiveness, timeliness, equity, patient-centeredness) ❑ Unsatisfactory client, patient, staff, or organizational outcomes ❑ Variations in practice within the setting ❑ Variations in practice compared to community standard ❑ Current practice that has not been validated ❑ Financial concerns What is currently done to address ( Childhood obesity ) in practice?
1. What are the social determinants that impact childhood obesity? 2. Describe briefly an evidence-based program that involves obesity prevention in low income group. 3. Describe and discuss one or two theories that are related to behavioral interventions in obesity prevention.
what is the effects of monitoring as a technique in combating and regulating childhood obesity?
A local health department is developing a program to help stop the childhood obesity epidemic in your county. The nurses, nutritionists, epidemiologists, social-workers and other public health officials at the health department recognize that obesity is a problem for children of all ages, not just school-age children. The public health officials are going to target their program to not only schools, but also to homes and day-care facilities. They want to see if the younger children participating in the program...
Childhood obesity is a growing problem. What do you see as contributing factors and what can be done?
As sociologists, we can ask: what institutions influence childhood obesity? How would they need to shift in order to deliver high-quality nutrition to children? Do children experience other ill-effects, on a societal level, from obesity? Do you think that high-profile initiatives like First Lady Obama's "Let's Move" campaign, in limiting sodas and junk food in schools, are useful in influencing structural changes that affect children?
In an effort to increase awareness of the problem of childhood obesity, the Tennessee legislature passed a law requiring the printing of student’s BMI scores on their report cards. Using an ethical analysis framework, please discuss what you believe the motivations of the legislators were and why health and education officials and advocates had concerns about their actions.
need answered ASAP BEFORE 11:30 PM EST. Childhood Obesity We are all aware of the increasing problem of obesity in our children. Many focus groups have been formed, articles written and numerous experts have discussed and debated how to solve this serious situation. The new US food pyramid for adults came out spring 2005 www.mypyramid.gov and just a few months later on Sept. 28, 2005 the government added a food pyramid and whole section for children ages 6-11 www.mypyramid.gov/kids. MyPlate...
Childhood obesity has become a critical issue in the United States and other countries over the past 30 years. All three countries of North America have seen childhood obesity (a child with a Body Mass Index above the 95th Percentile) more than double since 1980 (Berger, 2019). There are many reasons why this dramatic increase occurred. Parents have a role in the obesity of children. Parents are the model for children's eating habits and parents provide food for children to...