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Obesity

“Well, first, I was born right after World War II, when the prevailing wisdom was that the only healthy babies were fat babies” 1 - President Clinton. Obesity. A m e r i c a n C h i l d r e n. Image 1. Kat.

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Obesity

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  1. “Well, first, I was born right after World War II, when the prevailing wisdom was that the only healthy babies were fat babies” 1 - President Clinton Obesity American Children Image 1 Kat

  2. How has Child obesity rates increased in the United States and How has media contributed to Child Obesity?

  3. What is it? 18.5 to 24.9 - normal 25 to 29.9 - overweight 30 and above – obese

  4. Causes ⚇Poor eating habits ⚇Overeating ⚇Lack of exercise (i.e., couch potato kids) ⚇Family history of obesity ⚇Medications (steroids) ⚇Stressful life events or changes (separations, divorce, moves, deaths, abuse) ⚇Depression or other emotional problems Exercise Calories

  5. Results • ⚇Diabetes • ⚇Heart disease • ⚇High blood pressure • ⚇Infertility Picture 2

  6. Obesity in America General View Picture 3

  7. Statistics ⚇ CDC- (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) “Obesity increased by 60% within the past twenty years” “Obesity in children has tripled in the past thirty years”

  8. More Statistics - Obesity in the United States 34% of the population - Obesity-related deaths have climbed to more than 300,000 a year,

  9. Why did they come to this? ⚇40-45% of population is considered the working class ⚇Busier ⚇Bad Economy picture 4 ⚇Cheaper satisfies hunger

  10. Childhood Obesity

  11. Children ⚇Grown in the recent years ⚇Between 16- 33% ⚇ Begins between ages 5-6 and adolescence Picture 6

  12. Further Research

  13. Who to blame? ⚇ Junk Food ⚇ Television ⚇ Video Games ⚇Food Marketing

  14. Food Marketing ⚇Too young to know? ⚇Average child sees more than 10,000 food ads on TV each year ⚇They spend nearly $30 billion of their own money Picture 8

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  16. What have they done? ⚇The Children’s Television Act (1990) ⚇Michelle Obama-Let’s Move campaign ⚇Government (10 Billion Dolars) ⚇Organizations -NAAO

  17. How did this become a GLOBAL issue? ⚇ growing global health problem.

  18. Wed Site http://www.globalissues.org/article/558/obesity

  19. Examples Beijing Xinhua News Agency (government-owned): ⚇rising numbers of obese children in China ⚇Official statistics show that 10 percent of the children in China suffer from obesity ⚇Some 14.8 percent of boys in primary schools in China are obese, girls 9-11% .

  20. Examples • Scotland The Scotsman (independent): - Highest consumption of sugary soft drink in the world - Nearly half of all children aged 13 in Scotland eat sweets on a daily basis.

  21. Conclusion In conclusion, Obesity has become a Global Issue due its increasing rates world wide, specially in the United States where more than half of the population is prone to being target to food marketing, specially children who are not yet able to distinguish what is good and bad for them.

  22. Citation BBC. "BBC - Health: Obesity." BBC - Homepage. Web. 04 Sept. 2011. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/obesity.shtml>. "Obesity In Children And Teens." American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. May 2008. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/obesity_in_children_and_teens>. Meacham, Jon. "It's a Global Problem." EBSCO. 23 Mar. 2010. Web. 25 Aug. 2011. <http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?sid=694c6dbd-b15c-4369-9ca5-755a4599eb50%40sessionmgr12&vid=3&hid=9&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=ulh&AN=48779692>. Nestle, Mation. "Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity." The New England Journal of Medicine. 15 June 2006. Web. 12 Sept. 2011. <http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp068014>. "Obesity Has Nearly Doubled Worldwide since 1980." Natural Views. 08 Feb. 2011. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.naturalnews.com/031245_obesity_epidemic.html>. "Obesity: A Worldwide Issue - Worldpress.org." Worldpress.org - World News From World Newspapers. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/1961.cfm>. Wright, Marian. "Fighting Childhood Obesity." Change.org News. 24 Mar. 2010. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://news.change.org/stories/fighting-childhood-obesity>.

  23. Picture 1: Poverty and Obesity in America. Digital image. ObesityHelp 101. Web. 25 Aug. 2011. <http://obesity-inusa.blogspot.com/2011/07/poverty-and-obesity-in-america.html>. Picture 2: Test De Diabète. Digital image. Health 32. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.health32.com/fr/diabetes-not-just-for-the-fat-people/>. Picture 3: Fast Food Nation. Digital image. MattheyHunt. 4 Feb. 2008. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://blog.matthewhunt.com/2008/02/fast-food-nation.html>. Picture 4 :Dollar Menu. Digital image. The Consumerist. 28 Apr. 2006. Web. 12 Sept. 2011. <http://consumerist.com/2006/04/dollar-menu-pulls-mcdonalds-away-from-the-abyss.html>. Picture 5: Obese Children. Digital image. Top News Arab. 22 Aug. 2010. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://topnews.ae/content/23789-obesity-children-biggest-problem-united-states>. Picture 6: No Matter Where Excess Fat Is. Digital image. Health Talk. 26 May 2011. Web. 12 Sept. 2011. <http://www.healthtalkandyou.com/no-matter-where-excess-fat-is-located-heart-disease-risk-still-remains/>. Picture 7: Wilson, Fernando. Explaining Growth of Obesity. Chicago, 12 Jan. 2006. PDF. Picture 8: Obesity coalition calls for junk food ad ban. Digital image. Obesity Thunder. 9 May 2011. Web. 12 Sept. 2011. <http://obesitythunderbay.ning.com/forum/topics/obesity-coalition-calls-for-1>.

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