News and Questions About adolescent obesity
Open Question: personal fitness. = [ anyone wanna help?
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about obesity?
A.It is usually considered to be 30% or more over the ideal body weight
B.It puts a strain on the heart, that can increase the chance of heart disease and high blood pressure
C.It is a physical condition, not psychological
D.It is a serious chronic disease
2. Research shows that about __________ of adolescents (ages 12 to 19) are obese.
A. 10.5%
B. 12.5%
C.14.5%
D. 15.5%
3. How many children (ages 6 to 11) in America are obese?
A.12.5%
B. 14.2%
C.15.3%
D. 10.3%
4. Childhood obesity caused by overeating can:
A.Stunt a child’s height, which will become normal as he becomes an adult
B.Cause a child to be tall for his age, even though he may not be tall as a adult
C.Stunt a child’s height, causing him to be a shorter adult than genetics would have intended
D.Slow a child’s mental development
5. Which one of the following is NOT a cause of obesity?
A.Overeating
B.Insufficient exercise
C.Genetics and hormonal disorders
D.Anorexia nervosa
6. Which disease once consider “adult onset” is now afflicting children and adolescents?
A.Type 1 diabetes
B.Type 2 diabetes
C.High blood pressure
D.High cholesterol
7. Children who suffer from __________________ could face a variety of medical problems when they grow up including amputations, kidney failure, and blindness.
A.Type 2 diabetes
B. High blood pressure
C.Heart disease
D.Cancer
8. What is the most common cause of childhood obesity?
A.Medical conditions
B. Genetic disorders
C.Unhealthy diets and a lack of physical activity
D.Hormonal conditions
9. What is one of the most important measurements used to determine obesity?
A.Weight
B.Resting heart rate
C.Body Mass Index (BMI)
D.Calories
10. A BMI of ________ or higher is considered obese.
A.20
B.25
C.32
D.30
Voting Question: May someone please critique my essay?
In “The Gospel of Food” by Barry Glassner believe that a fast food industry changes our culture with food and health issues. The poor, middle class, and adolescents fall in the category of the ethnic restaurant that is cheap. Now a day, people are getting to lazy to take time to at least make a sandwich or to use their manners without grabbing the food with their hands. Society will always change their culture, it does not matter if someone eats a burger with there hands or dine at a place where the food is cheap. Attending daily to a fast food area is a problem people need to learn how to limit there cravings for a hamburger.
Malnutrition has always been a problem in the community. As Bailey Burritt states that bad eating habits occur by “ignorance not poverty”. Anyone has the choice to eat a healthy and a balanced diet. Taking time to cook a meal for the family prevents issues with food crisis. Food poisoning always occurs at a fast food their products are not healthy. These food are kept processed, who knows if the meat is not spoiled. Children spend most of there time at the fast food chains and less in activities. Obesity, heart disease, and high cholesterol happen frequently when consuming fast food daily. Social status is changing because of these restaurants. Foreigners that come to America experience the difference of food and culture. Adolescent from France, prefer “self service aspect, absence of table settings, utensils, and the usual rules of etiquette". The French tradition is to always eat at the fanciest restaurant with utensils and a posture of high class.
I’m of two minds about Barry Glassner’s claim that the food chain changes our customs with food and health. On one hand, I agree that society is changing their habits with food and our health problem has increased. On the other hand, I’m not sure if we should make a big deal of how people act or eat. When someone enters a fast food area, sits down expecting a waiter/waitress to take their order. That is not going to happen, these areas improves personal skills of doing things on your own. Utensils and the rules of manners do not play a part with a hamburger. Imagine someone using a fork for a hamburger. Would this seem strange or awkward? Of course they would seem awkward and strange. The only time proper manners should occur is at home, school, or a fancy restaurant. Health dilemma, there is no excuse for not feeding your child with healthy food. I understand single mothers have to work double shift to maintain a roof over their child’s head. That is not an excuse for being lazy or taking time to teach your child to prepare something easy and healthy. A mother complicates matters further when she writes, “My husband left us a few years ago and it’s just me and my son now. I work different shifts over at the hospital and don’t have much time to cook.” In other words, this mother believes that it is alright to feed their child every day fast food. This mother is a nurse as a RN they should know that fast food is bad for a child.
Although I agree with Barry Glassner up to a point, I still suggest that the main focus should be on health issues and not how people act when their socializing at these type of places. If mothers would stop to think about their child, not their job, they would realize the risk that may develop into obesity, heart disease, and high cholesterol. Manners at a fast food chain are ridiculous, people choose the way they want to act or eat. Glassner should stop worrying about changes in our behavior and focus more on other important facts.
Resolved Question: Is this article True?
1) Less may mean more. For people who sleep under seven hours a night, the fewer zzzz's they get, the more obese they tend to be, according to a 2006 Institute of Medicine report. This may relate to the discovery that insufficient sleep appears to tip hunger hormones out of whack. Leptin, which suppresses appetite, is lowered; ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, gets a boost.
2) You're more apt to make bad food choices. A study published this week in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that people with obstructive sleep apnea or other severely disordered breathing while asleep ate a diet higher in cholesterol, protein, total fat, and total saturated fat. Women were especially affected.
3) Diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance, its precursor, may become more likely. A 2005 study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people getting five or fewer hours of sleep each night were 2.5 times more likely to be diabetic, while those with six hours or fewer were 1.7 times more likely.
4) The ticker is put at risk. A 2003 study found that heart attacks were 45 percent more likely in women who slept for five or fewer hours per night than in those who got more.
5) Blood pressure may increase. Obstructive sleep apnea, for example, has been associated with chronically elevated daytime blood pressure, and the more severe the disorder, the more significant the hypertension, suggests the 2006 IOM report. Obesity plays a role in both disorders, so losing weight can ease associated health risks.
6) Auto accidents rise. As stated in a 2007 report in the New England Journal of Medicine, nearly 20 percent of serious car crash injuries involve a sleepy driver—and that's independent of alcohol use.
7) Balance is off. Older folks who have trouble getting to sleep, who wake up at night, or are drowsy during the day could be 2 to 4.5 times more likely to sustain a fall, found a 2007 study in the Journal of Gerontology.
8) You may be more prone to depression. Adults who chronically operate on fumes report more mental distress, depression, and alcohol use. Adolescents suffer, too: One survey of high school students found similarly high rates of these issues. Middle schoolers, too, report more symptoms of depression and lower self-esteem.
9) Kids may suffer more behavior problems. Research from an April issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine found that children who are plagued by insomnia, short duration of sleeping, or disordered breathing with obesity, for example, are more likely to have behavioral issues like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
10) Death's doorstep may be nearer. Those who get five hours or less per night have approximately 15 percent greater risk of dying—regardless of the cause—according to three large population-based studies published in the journals Sleep and the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Resolved Question: math help???????????????????????????????????
can you help make up question from this article on percent answers to questions too.
Each Daily Soda Increases Obesity Risk 60%
For every soft drink or sugar-sweetened beverage a child drinks every day, their obesity risk appears to jump 60%.
About 65% of adolescent girls and 74% of adolescent boys consume soft drinks daily.
Currently, soft drinks constitute the leading source of added sugars in the diet, amounting to 36.2 grams daily for adolescent girls and 57.7 grams for boys.
The study included over 500 schoolchildren of various ethnic backgrounds who were aged 11 and 12. The investigators found that for every can or glass of sugar-sweetened beverage a child drank during the 19-month study, a child's body mass index -- a measure of weight related to height -- and their chance of becoming obese increased 60%.
This is the first long-term study that links soft drink consumption to obesity in children. The study received no financial support from any organization that either promotes or opposes soft drink consumption.
Obesity among US children has increased significantly since 1960 -- by 54% in children aged 6 to 11 and by 40% for adolescents, according to a report on the topic that came out late last year.
The consumption of soft drinks has increased 500% in the last 50 years, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
Resolved Question: I'm 15 years old...and I have some...unusaul ideas about taking over America, what do you think about them?
Lately, I've bee having thoughts about taking over America and...rebuilding it. Why? Because America is going down the drain economically, politically and etc. Economically, we've become too dependent upon imported goods a fair amount of them from China, and we're especially too dependent on oil. As of January 30, 2008, the total U.S. federal debt was approximately $9.20 trillion. And the American dollar is gradually decreasing in it's worlwide value. Politcal parties are doing nothing but dividing our country and it's making us weak, plus there's a fair amout of internal corruption and some politicians are sinking to new lows just to get votes and etc. The government is constantly hiding stuff from the American people, they've probably already found cures for some diseases ad sicknesses but just haven't revealed it since thousands of doctors would likely lose their jobs. Our military is being exhausted on this War on Terrorism. Our health is slowly decreasing and obesity percentages are increasing every year. Pollution and deforestation is still a prblem in the USA. The American Academy of Pediatrics has identified the sexual behaviors of American adolescents as a "major public health problem", and there is a strong correlation between early sexual activity and engaging in other risky behaviors. Every year, an estimated 1 in 4 sexually active teens contracts an STD, and teen pregnancy is 2 to 10 times more prevalent in the United States than in other similarly developed countries. Although early sexual activity may be caused by a variety of factors, the media are believed to play a significant role.[According to journalism professor and media critic Jane Brown, since adolescents see so much sex in the media it is piquing their interest in sex at ages younger than they have traditionally been.
But anyways, it just makes me...ANGRY. So angry that i wanna start a violent (if that's necessary) revolution agaist America, take it over, burn or take most of it's historical documents and rewrite them, put some new laws into affect, and get America back on it's feet so what do you think?
Resolved Question: Research on adolescent obesity. Concentrating more on social side. help?
its for a research paper, reliable sources preferable. If anyone is obese would be great to interview, can remain anonomys
please help!
Voting Question: can someone help reword my essay? and its due tomorrow?
There are a variety of factors that contribute to the rise of obesity levels. As the argument in this essay has outlined, there are many policies and programs that could contribute to a reversal of obesity trends in Canada. Responsibility for implementing solutions will need to be shared across sectors and levels of government, with business and industry, with voluntary organizations and with citizens. The past 25 years have seen a considerable increase in the percentage of Canadian children and adolescents who are overweight or obese. The increase was particularly notable among 12- to 17-year-olds, whose obesity rate more than doubled, and whose obesity rate tripled. ( ) The burden to the health care system of childhood obesity is difficult to measure because the related physical health problems are usually not evident until later in life. However, the improvement in the incidence of obesity among children is essential because obesity in youth often continues into adulthood. A recent Canadian study based on longitudinal data found that once an adult is overweight, further weight gain is likely; very few return to the normal weight range.( ) However, some of the factors associated with overweight and obesity among young people are modifiable. Increased consumption of fruit and vegetables, as well as, more exercise and less time dedicated to inactive activities such as watching television and playing video games may help overturn the upward trend. Also, increased contributions from the government will help improve childhood obesity in Canada.
Resolved Question: What do you think of this thesis? Suggestions?
TOPIC:
"The majority of Americans are overweight and / or obese, but what is more alarming is that an increasing number of children and teenagers are overweight. As these children grow-up, identify at least 3 significant implications these obese people will have on the future of our society"
THESIS:
As adolescent obesity increases, they implement society in various ways. The death rate increases, the economy benefits, and public accommodations have to be adjusted.
Is it good? What do you think?
What are other possible thesis statements I could use?
Best analysis and suggestions gets 10 points! If I use your new thesis, I will automatically choose you as best answer!
There are 10 total topics to choose from, so if this is a hard one, I can pick a different one.
Thank you. All your feedback counts.
- Pedro (:)P
Resolved Question: Older adults amongst us only please,about adolescent obesity?
How many obese schoolmates do you remember in your time spent there?How long ago was that?
I remember one in elementary,and another one in high school,which had 500 students.
Obese being 20 or more pounds overweight,not just a tad chubby.
30 years ago.
"Health Canada" states that 20 or more pounds overweight is obese,not my figures dude,doctors fugures.
Resolved Question: What are we as Americans supposed to look like?
You have the Dove campaign to help show women in their natural beauty whether they are petite, big, or curvy.
But yet you have the health nuts who call the likes of Jordin Sparks "fat" and make an obsession of BMI.
When its not about obesity, people are worried about kids, adolescents and even adults with eating disorders (anorexia and bulimia).
Why can't we as Americans just accept that although we have to cut out our fast food habits, we shouldn't all want that zero percent body fat freakishly gnarled cut up body? Some people look GOOD chubby while others are naturally slim. Why can't we all just see ourselves and each other as beautiful instead of having a definitive standard of beauty (which is what you see on television)?
Start showing guys who may be thin but not with six-pack abs or huge steroid-induced muslces and girls who have some to love.
We won't be able to accept and love the diversity of America if we can't even love our own bodies.
actually Peace- I'm not fat. I'm thin, vegetarian, and actually have a slender body. I'm not a bad looking guy either. Believe it or not.
Resolved Question: What role does nutrition play in how we assess, treat, and prevent obesity in children and adolescents in our?
What role does nutrition play in how we assess, treat, and prevent obesity in children and adolescents in our society? (the word society got cut off in the question)
Voting Question: What role does nutrition play in how we assess, treat, and prevent obesity in children and adolescents in our?
Resolved Question: Writing a paper on Childhood Obesity?
I am having problems writing my introduction paragraph What should go in it? I think the Intro paragraph is suppose to have 5 sentences?
This is what I have so far:
Obesity has become an epidemic in our nation and is becoming more of a concern in children and adolescents.
Thanks Jack Russell but I prefer to write my own paper
Resolved Question: What is a healthy weight?
I am working on an essay about adolescent obesity. I was wondering where I can find a good chart (or something) that says what a healthy weight for teenagers are.
thanks
Resolved Question: does this make sense?!?
The purpose of these articles is to address the reader that America is increasing in overweight population. Obesity is becoming an epidemic that threatens the health of children and adolescents.
if not how can i improve it
thanx in advance
Resolved Question: 'Fat' could become 'normal' in America by 2015?
this is horrible
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=469486&in_page_id=1811
If Americans keep gaining weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 per cent of US adults overweight and 41 percent obese, researchers have predicted.
A team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore examined 20 studies published in journals and looked at national surveys of weight and behavior for their analysis, published in the journal Epidemiologic Reviews.
"Obesity is a public health crisis. If the rate of obesity and overweight continues at this pace, by 2015, 75 per cent of adults and nearly 24 per cent of US children and adolescents will be overweight or obese," Dr. Youfa Wang, who led the study, said in a statement...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=469486&in_page_id=1811
Resolved Question: Do parents have an impact on adolescent’s health?
Food choice, what they eat?
do you think that parents play an integral role in the weight and health of their children. alternatively do you think advertising is more responsible for the growing obesity epidemic.
do you believe that the food habits you are surrounded by as an dapandant child influence your food choices later in life?
thankyou...
Resolved Question: Any correlation studies between participation in Home Economics courses and general health/obesity rates?
I have seen the recently published ones with family time, behavior and adolescent rates. I have noticed that people who have taken at least two Home Ec courses in High school tend to eat better (more nutrionally sound) or were taught at home did better than the others who didn't. I wonder if anyone has ever done a study on this, and incorporate Home Economics (or "consumer" whatever they changed it to) into a standard of education so young adults do not have to rely on fast food, like Subway or McDonalds, to teach them nutrition. I took many in high school, and paid more attention to my health (plus my family influence). I'm not too concerned about obesity, as there are many factors involved, but general health status.
For those who may be interested...Germany is working on this (HA, my grandmother is full german...and whom I learned all about frugal living!)
This was the type of information I needed to know....nutritional studies.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2251268,00.html
I have to make my own pizza at home, and realized it tastes better and much healthier than store-bought/premade. Same with cookies, cakes, Bisquick, etc.
Resolved Question: Does anyone know a good site on adult and adolescent obesity?
I have a worksheet and we have to look up adult and adolescent obesity and I want really accurate and recent information because i want a really good grade.
Resolved Question: Kids With High IQs Grow Up to Be Vegetarians ... do you agree with this news article?
British researchers have found that children's IQ predicts their likelihood of becoming vegetarians as young adults -- lowering their risk for cardiovascular disease in the process. The finding could explain the link between smarts and better health, the investigators say.
"Brighter people tend to have healthier dietary habits," concluded lead author Catharine Gale, a senior research fellow at the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre of the University of Southampton and Southampton General Hospital.
Recent studies suggest that vegetarianism may be associated with lower cholesterol, reduced risk of obesity and heart disease. This might explain why children with high IQs tend to have a lower risk of heart disease in later life.
The report is published in the Dec. 15 online edition of the British Medical Journal.
"We know from other studies that brighter children tend to behave in a healthier fashion as adults -- they're less likely to smoke, less likely to be overweight, less likely to have high blood pressure and more likely to take strenuous exercise," Gale said. "This study provides further evidence that people with a higher IQ tend to have a healthier lifestyle."
In the study, Gale's team collected data on nearly 8,200 men and women aged 30, whose IQ had been tested when they were 10 years of age.
"Children who scored higher on IQ tests at age 10 were more likely than those who got lower scores to report that they were vegetarian at the age of 30," Gale said.
The researchers found that 4.5 percent of participants were vegetarians. Of these, 2.5 percent were vegan, and 33.6 percent said they were vegetarian but also ate fish or chicken.
There was no difference in IQ score between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarian but who said they ate fish or chicken, the researchers add.
Vegetarians were more likely to be female, of higher social class and better educated, but IQ was still a significant predictor of being vegetarian after adjustment for these factors, Gale said.
"Vegetarian diets are associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk in a number of studies, so these findings suggest that a such a diet may help to explain why children or adolescents with a higher IQ have a lower risk of coronary heart disease as adults," Gale said.
One expert said the findings aren't the whole answer, however.
"This study left many unanswered questions such as: Did the vegetarian children grow up in a household with a vegetarian parent? Were meatless meals regularly served in the household? Were the children eating a primarily vegetarian diet at the age of 10?" said Lona Sandon, an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
"In addition, we don't know the beliefs or attitudes of the parents of the children, nor do we know if there was a particular event that led these children to becoming vegetarian in their teens or adulthood," Sandon said.
As the study showed, more women than men chose a vegetarian diet, Sandon noted. "Other research shows that women in general will focus more on their health than men. So, if they believe that a vegetarian diet will have health benefits, they are more likely to follow it," she said.
Given these factors, "we cannot draw any solid conclusions from this research," Sandon added.
Another expert agreed that a vegetarian diet is healthy.
"The evidence linking vegetarianism to good health outcomes is very strong," said Dr. David L. Katz, the director of the Prevention Research Center and an associate professor of public health at the Yale University School of Medicine.
"Studies, for example, of vegetarian Seventh-Day Adventists in California suggest that they have lower rates of almost all major chronic diseases, and greater longevity, than their omnivorous counterparts," Katz said. "Evidence is also strong and consistent that greater intelligence, higher education, and loftier social status -- which tend to cluster with one another -- also correlate with good health."
Resolved Question: do u think this is a good persusive essay???
Should schools allow the sale of junk food? This is a question that majority of elementary, middle school and high school students would answer “Yes” to. I on the other hand am a part of the students that answer “No” to this question. As teenagers most students are not worried about their health, they are more worried about the taste of their food. What students do not know is what will happen to them after they eat all of these varieties of junk food. Some junk food children eat is pizza, chips, candy, soda, and other munchies. Parents will probably say that potato chips come from potatoes so it is healthy but, most potato chips are deep fried so it is filled with oil. This is even worse because from all that oil going through your body it can make a person sick.
Schools give children lessons on what they should eat. The next day Schools are serving exactly the same foods that they told them not to eat. Schools should ban all vending machines that serve junk food, they might get extra money but is that better than having the district tell you that you have very unhealthy students at the school. A government Accountability Office study last year found that 99 percent of high schools, 97 percent of middle schools and 83 percent of elementary schools have vending machines, school stores or snack bars sell mostly unhealthy snack and drinks.
Schools are not the only reason but also parents have a part in this. Because some parents have busy schedules so they do not have time to make home cooked meals. They have dinners at the drive through in other words at fast food restaurants. The impact from that causes children the urge to have those exact types of food choices ordinarily at school.
School districts think that munchies from vending machines will get students to keep them alert. Well, I have got news for them candy will keep them alert only in one way and that is not listening in class, it is an alert that lets them talk and initially fall asleep in classes. Therefore, they still will not pay attention to what is going on in class, so I ask this question. Do students really need junk food at school?
Students usually do not have time for breakfast. So when they get to lunch time that is basically there breakfast. Some schools offer breakfast but what they offer is not a healthy meal, they serve a cinnamon twist nearly like as a donut, and that has many more calories, also sell bagels with cream and cheese and muffins. After school children get home and eat snacks, and do not think they eat fruits and veggies they eat candy and all types of junk food they can get there greedy hands on.
In many schools, there are so many children with obesity and diabetes, also others will get tooth decay. Today there are more diabetic children then the last few years. Just by banning few foods will not help. Every school should have a program that helps children get energized and be educated on nutrition facts.
It is not like children develop into teenagers and stop growing. As they become older there bodies will need more of those healthy foods they should have ate like milk which helps your bones a lot and other healthy foods like carrots and cereal. When there is an obese child he or she will become an adult with major chronic health problems. What this means is, making junk food a part of your regular meal will cause major health problems in the future. Many people will become obese and will develop heart problems, diabetes, cholesterol, and high blood pressure.
Some children do not have fast metabolisms like other healthy children. So those adolescents who do not think there perfect, will get depressed and eat even more food then they can handle. Others like women go on crash diets to look their best for men. For example actors go on crash diets to obtain the skinny look so that they can get roles in movies.
One of the unhealthiest habits to not gain weight is a crash diet, like not eating at all, this is called anorexia. Another eating disorder, common to young women of normal weight, is when the eat food and constantly make themselves vomit, or in other words self-induced vomiting this disorder is call bulimia.
All in all, schools should ban junk food because many children are getting infected by this type of eating.
Resolved Question: What types of social problems might obese adolescents face?
What are some ways that our society can combat obesity in the young?
Resolved Question: I need a few catagories on adolescent children!?
I am doing a project on adolescent children and I have no idea on any catagories. I have one on obesity but I really need more ideas. Can anyone help!
Resolved Question: Where in Alexandria, Louisiana can you find a clinic or hospital that treat children(mine is 9) for obesity.?
Need to find treatment or counseling in Alexandria, Louisiana for my 9 year old boy(weighs 126). Has always been overweight, but had surgery on both legs last year(cast, rod, plates), just released this August as far as being able to do anything. Also grandfather just passed 8\09\06. He may need for eating disorder(counseling). But everywhere I've called doen't deal with children, starts with adolescents or adults. Please if anyone know where in Alexandria, Louisiana where I can get him help. I'm afraid he could get diabetes or heart problems(all fat around heart). THANK YOU ANYONE THAT CAN GIVE ANY ADVICE!!!!!
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