According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years,” (“Childhood Obesity Facts”). The monumental question that researchers seem to be asking is why the increase now? Childhood obesity has become a paramount problem in the United States in recent years due to various social, biological and technological factors that ultimately requires immediate assistance in order to promote a healthier…

school. In addition effects are not only limited to educational sanctions; certain students feel emotional effects such as depression and loss of self-worth. To understand these effects it is required to first understand on what the cause cheating. It has come to the conclusion there are four main causes on why cheating occurs. They are as followed being afraid of failing, not having the capability to take the test, the urge to take the risk, and unfair teachers/loyalty to classmates The contents of…

little to no exercise they get. Nearly 1/3 of adults are considered overweight or obese. The question is how does a person become that way in why haven’t they done anything about it? Obesity has become a national epidemic regarding social economic status along with the personal choice of living an inactive lifestyle and begins with children’s mental stability. If knowing that obesity is killing more people than smoking, does that not frighten people? Or that in every school there are soda and fattening…

Teacher retention and recruitment has become a national problem in the last 20 years. Within the Columbia, Mo. Community it seemed to be a problem only plagued by certain schools, however a closer look has revealed that other schools are facing the same issue. Unfortunately, it is due to the same reasons, the same reasons the nation is now plagued. Article reviews According to Schaffhauser (2014, pg. 1), the problem isn’t teacher recruiting, it’s retention. Plenty of candidates exist and can be…

Heroin In the world today, drug abuse has become a real problem. In the 1800s there was a drug called opium that was commonly used. Opium came from the poppy seed plant and became very popular here in America, starting in the west. There used to be opium dens where cowhands would stop and stay and smoke opium. From opium, along came the drug morphine. Morphine was derived from the drug opium and was also introduced in America in the 1800s. Morphine became a very popular pain killer in America during…

In the United States today, obesity has become an enormous problem. In the last 3decades, the number of people overweight has increased dramatically. A study done by the Centers of Disease Control showed that since 1980, one third of our adult population has become overweight. America is the richest but also the fattest nation in the world, and our obese backsides are the butt of jokes in every other country (Klein 28). The 1980s were a time when Americans suddenly started going crazy over dieting…

servitude. Human trafficking has become an increasing problem around the world. It is seen as the modern equivalent to slavery. According to Arkofhopeforchildren.org, 600000 to 800000 women, children, and men are bought and sold across international borders every year and exploited for forced labor or commercial sex. 50% of those victims were estimated to be children. But in 2012 there were 20.9 million victims of trafficking worldwide. Child trafficking has become an enormous problem itself, some cases involve…

Childhood Obesity: How Has This Become a Problem and What Can Be Done to Fix it? Childhood obesity is affecting 1 out 3 kids in our society. These children are being classified as being obese or overweight. Obesity has gained recognition as an important worldwide public problem and in the U.S., appears to be overtaking tobacco use as the number one cause of preventable death (Dennison, B. A., Edmunds, L. S., Stratton, H. H., & Pruzek, R. M. (2006). This is the first time we have ever seen our children…

Some would say obesity has become an epidemic in our country. More than one-third (34.9% or 78.6 million) of U.S. adults are obese.1 And more than 1 in 6 children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 are considered to be obese.2 This statistic is frightening for healthcare providers, as many serious conditions are associated with obesity, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, breast, colon, endometrial, and kidney cancer, and stroke…

In the United States, obesity has become an enormous problem, both literally and figuratively. This extra weight has become a burden, taking its toll on the health of Americans by making them vulnerable to a range of diseases, including type 2 diabetes, stroke, atherosclerosis, osteoarthritis, and reproductive problems. As a result, public health officials, policy makers, and large parts of the health community are paying increasing amounts of attention to this issue, from the formulation of school…