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    Childhood Obesity This essay inspects the segments of a communication campaign intended for the activity of the prevention of childhood obesity. It investigates techniques to achieve an intended interest group with a specific end goal to actualize change and support the activity proposed by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Since the 1980s, obesity among America 's children has just about tripled (Sarring, 2013). It is clear that childhood obesity is a developing pestilence in America. Obesity in childhood

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    Childhood obesity, a monstrous disease that grabs the attention of its victims so effortlessly, is a frightening concern among many. Childhood obesity is a condition in which a child is extremely overweight for their particular age group. This disease has rapidly increased its victims by luring them in with mouth-watering advertisements, pleasurable menu items and amusement. To cause matters to become increasingly detrimental to their health, technology has been introduced to kids at particularly

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    Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity is a well known issue in the United States. To some individuals childhood obesity is considered to be a medical condition while others may argue that is not. Childhood obesity is the condition where excessive body fat negatively affects a child 's wellbeing or health. Being obese is different from being overweight, although both mean that a person’s weight is greater than what is considered healthy for his or her

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    Childhood obesity is a common illness that causes extra body fat to affect a child’s well-being. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of the children in the Untied States that are obese. In the Untied States, childhood obesity is increasing every single day and becoming more and more of a problem. The age for childhood obesity starts as young as 2 years old. Prevention is the best way to combat obesity. In order for a child to maintain

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    Obesity has been a problem in America for multiple years. Obesity rates in the United States are going to increase 37% in the next twenty-five years (Pomeranz 2009). According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 68.8% of adults are overweight or obese, one in every 20 people or 6.3% of adults have extreme obesity and 3 in every 4 males or 74% of males are obese (Overweight and Obesity 2009). Once someone comes to the realization that they are obese, it can be

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    A Child 's Silent Killer

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    to present a problem and a solution, what bigger a problem and easier a solution than the underrated concern of childhood obesity in the United States. Childhood obesity is a serious, life threatening and growing medical concern in the U.S. today which can be prevented by educating parents, and implementing healthy eating habits as well as physical activity in

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    Childhood obesity is a major health problem in the United States because the number of obese children has increased from adults in past few years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United Stated, 7 out of 100 children age 6-10 years in 1990 are obese, and it has increased to 18 out of 100 in 2012. For the same period, adult obesity has increased from 5 in 100 to 18 in 100. The definition of being overweight means gained too much weight from fat, muscles

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    In this section, I summarize the major argument and findings of the author(s) from the first article that I reviewed. It discusses the health effects that are related to consumption of high calorie foods that are nutritionally deficient foods. Overweight children are at risk of asthma, hypertension and even diabetes type 2 which was primarily found in adults (Linn and Novosat, 2008). According to a research done by the authors, they found that television advertising influences their food and beverage

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    to feed themselves. As a result, many children and adolescents are eating at fast food places for various reasons: eating at a fast food place has cheap, quick access, and takes no waiting time. Through the years studies have shown an increase in obesity throughout the country. This is a major cause of concern for Americans. Research has shown that factors like socioeconomic status, race/ ethnicity, and poor eating

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    Obesity Issues In America

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    disorders, there is a disorder named obesity that affects the life of the people. There is a clear definition from WHO, obesity as a body mass index >30 kg/m2, as this is the point where the risk of several obesity-related diseases. Nowadays, people are suffering this problem around the world. According to (Gura, 1997), there is half of the people living in the United States are overweight, and one-third is clinically obese, America is only one example of obesity statistics. People live in a high-pressure

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