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Childhood Obesity. By: Morgan Lindsay. Overview. Introduction Overweight Obese Causes and Prevention Risks Media Effects Change?. Objectives. After this presentation students will be able to: Distinguish between overweight and obese List 2 causes for childhood obesity
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Childhood Obesity By: Morgan Lindsay
Overview • Introduction • Overweight • Obese • Causes and Prevention • Risks • Media Effects • Change?
Objectives After this presentation students will be able to: • Distinguish between overweight and obese • List 2 causes for childhood obesity • List 2 ways to prevent childhood obesity • List 2 media Effects on childhood obesity
True False Review • 22 million children are overweight or obese across the world? • 1 in every 5 American kids or teens are overweight or obese? • The percent of obese children in America has tripled since 1960’s?
Introduction • 49% • 91% • My Plate
Overweight • Definition • Percentiles • Variables
Obese • Definition • Percentiles • Variables
Causes and prevention • Family life • School and friends • Diet • Activity Level • Media
Family life • Genetics • Family Meals • Parental Influence
School and Friends • Meals provided by the school • Peer influence
Diet • Fast Foods Restaurants • Packaged and Processed food • Overconsumption
Activity Level • 30 minutes of physical activity per day • Get involved in sports • Reliance on video games and television for entertainment
Risks • Diabetes • Bone and joints • Cardiovascular • Depression • Self-esteem • Death
Media Effects • Television and video games • Commercial influence • Marketing influences
Television and Video Games • Advergames • Viral marketing • Advercation • Video
Commercial Influence • 49%, 91% • Tony the Tiger, Cookie Monster • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study
Marketing Influences • The “Happy Meal” • Why is it appealing? • Strength, Speed, and Endurance • Brainwashing!?
How can we change? • Limit television, videogame and computer time • Get physical! • Promote healthy options
References • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031395505703540 • http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/Dietary-Recommendations-for-Healthy-Children_UCM_303886_Article.jsp • http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=2SUDUbGquk4C&oi=fnd&pg=PR1&dq=childhood+obesity+in+america&ots=MKWMVVTqUY&sig=X6CNUNq_2NSSDlDBnkoMMsiRWIQ#v=onepage&q=childhood%20obesity%20in%20america&f=false • ADA strategic communications team. (2011). Cartoons and poor food choices. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Retrieved October 3, 2011 from http://www.eatright.org/Public/content.aspx?id=6442459442&terms=television. • Brown,J. (2008). Nutrition Through The Life Cycle (4th Ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. • Anschutz,D. (2009) Side effects of television food commercials on concurrent non advertised sweet snack food intake in young children. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Retrieved October 5, 2011 from http://www.ajcn.org/content/89/5/1328.full?sid=d8e3cdaa-8299-4ea7-a283-980e4eadd05a .
Quiz • Overweight is excess body _____. • Obese is excess body ______. • List 2 causes of childhood obesity. • List 2 ways to prevent childhood obesity. • List 1 way the media effects childhood obesity.