Critical Attributes of Childhood Obesity

The New York Times reports that The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a study that shows that children who are obese have a great change of developing health problems later in life. This study followed children as they became adults.  The New York Times article reports, “…obesity was the factor most closely associated with an early death…” Childhood obesity causes many problems, such as diabetes and high cholesterol. This issue is definitely one that the public needs to be educated about. The full article can be found HERE. 

Citation:

Rabin, Roni Caryn. "Child Obesity Risks Death at Early Age, Study Finds." The New York Times. 10 Feb. 2010. Web. 22 Feb. 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/health/11fat.html>.

 

The critical attributes of childhood obesity are:

1.       Childhood obesity: children that fit into the “obese” category according to their weight/body mass index. There has been an increase in childhood obesity in the United States.

2.       Nutrition: the content of food and what the food is made up of; poor nutritional choices or healthy nutritional choices. Today, children are often making poor nutritional choices.

3.       Exercise: engaging in physical activity. Many children are not active enough and do not know about the benefits of exercise.

4.       Schools food selections: schools often provide poor food selections (soda, candy, French fries). However, there has been a push to provide healthier options.

Informational knowledge consists of schools food selections. Procedural knowledge is childhood obesity, nutrition, and exercise.

In order to teach the readers of this blog about childhood obesity, we will teach both informational and procedural knowledge regarding our issue. It is important for us to keep our readers up-to-date on changes that are being made to fight childhood obesity, such as schools changing their food selections. At the same time, it is important to include information on topics that encompass the essence of childhood obesity, such as why childhood obesity is occurring and why it is a problem.  

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Rabin, Roni Caryn. "Child Obesity Risks Death at Early Age, Study Finds." The New York Times. 10 Feb. 2010. Web. 22 Feb. 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/health/11fat.html>.