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This video was very touching. I felt the little kids emotions and I think this is a very good video that concerns childhood obesity. </div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-5671538137562225702012-04-24T11:52:00.002-07:002012-04-24T11:52:36.848-07:00My reflectionMy required blog post for this week was to start my reflection. I havent started my reflection yet, because i havent finished my video. I should be done with my video within the next couple of days. So therefore, once im done with my video i will start my reflection.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-70739386901943476422012-04-24T11:47:00.000-07:002012-04-24T11:47:15.041-07:00PathosIn my video i will use pathos, ethos, and logos. I will mainly use pathos, so that parents could possibly feel guilty emotionally and would want to stop the problem, which is childhood obesity. The design, color, image, and sounds could all effect my argument if I dont use them right. If the font is a playful font, then my audiance wouldnt take my presentation serious. If my presentation is to colorful, it will appear that that the issue isnt serious either.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-78268629499293570272012-04-18T12:47:00.001-07:002012-04-18T12:47:08.923-07:00ProcrastinationProcrastination is horrible! I've been procrastinating making this video and i know i still have time but i feel like i don't. So therefore, i plan on working on this video everyday until i get it how i want it. After trying to use the movie maker i found out that its going to be harder than i thought!Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-44739103660565718662012-04-18T12:44:00.002-07:002012-04-18T12:44:53.245-07:00Required blog post for 4/12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This video is directed to parents to address childhood obesity. Im inspired by this video because it is exactly how i want my video to be like. It sets a sad mood and makes you want to fix the problem. <br />
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Required blog post for 4/12Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-18260602035232518282012-04-18T12:38:00.000-07:002012-04-18T12:42:43.771-07:00My video progression..<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
So far for my English 1060 project, im making good progress. I havent started making the actual video just yet but Im going to start this week. My biggest problem so far is trying to figure out what music i am going to use. I've gotten all my pictures and i have a clear picture in my head of how i want my video to look. I hope it comes out exactly how i want it!</div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-5895937326398735382012-04-09T20:05:00.002-07:002012-04-09T20:05:55.821-07:00Porfolio 3 so far..I'm really excited about making this video for my English 1060 class. I think it will be fun, and I'm a creative person so i think i will do well on it. I got almost all my sources i want to use for my video. I just got to pick the music and do other small things.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-19509354671258829062012-04-09T20:04:00.000-07:002012-04-09T20:04:01.332-07:00Copywriting- required blog post.In the past, i have used something from the internet in an unethical way. In the digital composing environment, i do not think that the current copyright laws work well because its sometimes hard to determine whats copywriting. Sometimes even when we cite the source, they might still say it was copywrited. It should be changed so people can have a clearer understanding of whats copywriting.<br />Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-32494992410815746182012-04-09T19:56:00.000-07:002012-04-09T19:56:23.631-07:00Childhood obesity video<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtMKl38r00&feature=relmfu">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtMKl38r00&feature=relmfu</a><br />
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This is a very creative video about childhood obesity. It gives statistics and plus it makes you thing about the consequences of obesity. Also, ways to prevent it.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-20863597957416439922012-04-02T21:30:00.002-07:002012-04-02T21:30:41.040-07:00What can parents do to prevent childhood obesity?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Starting when the child is young, teach your children about healthy nutrition and healthy food choices. You can help them do this by ensuring that there are always healthy foods in the house and by guiding their food choices. Parents can also be a good role model by having a good diet, limited television viewing, and doing physical activity. It would also help children get the adequate amount of sleep each night. Also, have as many meals together as possible. Children who eat meals with their families are more likely to eat healthier meals. </span></div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-70548021033376177102012-04-02T21:29:00.000-07:002012-04-02T21:29:06.810-07:00Are parents the blame?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">There are many things that cause childhood obesity, but there are also many ways for it to be prevented and controlled as well. Childhood obesity is an unhealthy issue that needs to end. This horrible epidemic can end if the parents be more involved in their children life regarding their health. If parents pay closer attention to what kind of food and how much their children intake, and limit their children television and video game time, I have no doubt that the rate of childhood obesity would decrease. I’m not saying that parents are the blame for the problem, but they could be a huge help to try to end this epidemic. Our generation is told to be the unhealthiest generation yet. If parents start a good diet and exercise pattern for children when they’re younger, it will most likely carry on with them into their teenage years and they will less likely become an obese adult. With healthier children, we will develop a healthier generation and longer lives. </span></div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-58537702132412586242012-04-02T21:28:00.002-07:002012-04-02T21:28:14.227-07:00childhood obesity<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">There is a health crisis that is spreading throughout the United States, children at younger ages than ever before are gaining weight more rapidly. The cause of childhood obesity has been studied by researchers for many years. “Obesity” is a term that’s loaded with emotion and carries the potential for discrimination. During the past half century America’s food choices, eating habits, and activity levels have become seriously imbalanced. </span></div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-29109115399984867762012-03-26T17:41:00.000-07:002012-03-26T17:41:53.976-07:00Obesity related to schools<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The cause of childhood obesity has been studied by researchers for many years. Schools have frequently been identified as a key factor in childhood obesity research.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In this study, the relationships between childhood obesity and family, school, and community factors are examined. Considering all the multidimensional perspectives surrounding a child's life, they explored the effects on body mass index (BMI) as a measure of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity and overweight is most appropriately an age-and gender-specific determination not always captured by BMI. Regardless of household socioeconomic status, children attending public schools have higher BMI than those attending private schools. Eligibility for free or reduced-cost lunch or breakfast programs at public schools is positively correlated with children's BMI. Also, children attending public schools are more likely to be overweight. In lower socioeconomic status households, school type does not have a significant effect on the probability of being overweight.</span></div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-30428852569449924652012-03-26T17:38:00.002-07:002012-03-26T17:38:50.152-07:00Fast food related to childhood obesity<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Children have the highest levels of fast-food consumption. This includes higher household income levels, boy’s older children, blacks and children living in the South. The lowest levels were found in children living in the West, rural areas, Hispanics and those that are aged 4 to 8. Fast-food lovers consumed more fats, sugars and carbohydrates and fewer fruits and non-starchy vegetables than children who didn't eat fast food. Fast food contributes to increased calorie intake and obesity risk in children. The study also found that they also consumed 187 more daily calories, which likely adds up to about six pounds more per year. The results are based on children questioned in government surveys from 1994 to 1996 and 1998. Even though this study was taken so long ago, children's current levels of fast-food consumption probably are even higher because of an increase in the number of fast-food restaurants and in fast-food marketing since the late 1990s. The nation's obesity epidemic has focused attention on fast-restaurants, and many want to blame McDonald's Corp. for making people fat and tried to sue them, many fast-food chains have begun offering healthier food. Since fast food is such a big contributer in obesity, policy-makers are taking action to protect children from the fast-food trend, including efforts to limit soft drink and snack food sales in schools, and to curb food advertising aimed at children.</span></div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-40075056412123383602012-03-26T17:37:00.001-07:002012-03-26T17:37:11.305-07:00Required post, week of 3/27<strong>Consider what needs revising (strengthening audience and purpose):</strong><br />
<strong>Does this fulfill the purpose of (an annotated bib? a review of lit?) as we have discussed them? </strong>Yes<br />
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<strong>Do you share the research, teaching us why this is important/what it means in terms of your research question, as you go? </strong>Yes<br />
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<strong>Do you integrate quotes and paraphrases carefully, instead of “plopping” them in? </strong>Yes<br />
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<strong>Do you use the sources to build your argument? Do you include a thoughtful statement of purpose and audience for the final project?</strong> Yes<br />
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<strong>Do you notice any patterns of error–surface errors (like comma splices, run ons, etc.) that you make repeatedly? </strong>Yes; others proof reading me help me make grammer corrections.<br />
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<strong>What grade would you give your drafts right now? How could you improve upon them? </strong>For what i have so far, i would give my draft a B. Whenever i finish it, i believe it would become a higher grade.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-1789020381828429682012-03-19T11:32:00.001-07:002012-03-19T11:32:04.723-07:00Let's Move!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First lady, Michelle Obama, established an international program launched on February 9, 2010 called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let’s Move!</i>The First Lady launched the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let’s Move! </i>campaign at the White House where she was joined by members of the President’s cabinet, including Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, HHS Secretary Sebelius, Education Secretary Duncan, HUD Secretary Donovan, Labor Secretary Solis, and Interior Secretary Salazar, Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, Members of Congress, mayors from across the nation and leaders from the media, medical, sports, entertainment, and business communities who impact the health of children and want to be part of the solution.Let’s Move is collaborative, community-oriented, and comprehensive and will include strategies to address the issues that lead to childhood obesity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It collaborates among the leaders in government, medicine and science, business, education, athletics, community organizations and more.The goal of this program is to solve the problem of obesity within a generation so that children born today will grow into a healthier lifestyle and will be able to achieve their dreams. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let’s Move!</i> wants to put children on a path to a healthy future while they are still young. It provides parents with helpful information and environments that support healthy choices. The Task Force focuses on five main things, which are: creating a healthy start for children, empowering parents and care givers, providing healthy meals in school, improving access to healthy, affordable food, and increasing physical activity. </span></div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-6496860656286655232012-03-19T11:30:00.002-07:002012-03-19T11:30:49.847-07:00Breast FeedingWhile doing my research on my project, I've found out that if you breast feed your child they're less likely to become obese. Breastfeeding is extremely beneficial for an infants health. I believe more mothers should consider breast feeding so they can raise a healthy child.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-33104895871844169682012-03-17T21:13:00.001-07:002012-03-17T21:13:43.679-07:00Overweight: A Handbook for Teens and Parents<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Overweight: A Handbook for Teens and Parents</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> by Tania Heller discuss how physical activity and nutrition, lifestyles of many young Americans has changed tremendously over time. She also talks about how a long time ago, people walked miles to get to school, to visit friends, and to see the doctor. There were also no television to watch, and no internet to keep children from leaving the house and going out to be active. Back then, they also spent their time cooking a fresh home cooked meals and enjoying meals as a family, instead of going to a fast food restaurant and eating precooked meals. The result to the change of how things use to be to now is the rise in obesity. It’s now affecting the younger population more than ever. With the increase in childhood and adolescent obesity comes a host of other illnesses and conditions: diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cancer, along with low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. Written for both youth and parents, this work covers the causes and effects of the rise in childhood obesity while presenting straightforward guidelines and recommendations for getting assessed and treated. It provides information on healthy nutrition and physical activity for young people, tools for self-monitoring and medical conditions associated with weight gain. Also, throughout the book, there are teens that discuss their weight-related struggles and how they overcame them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a useful source because it includes real life stories about people that were obese and they provide strategies to overcome it. It also talks about how you can prevent obesity. This source is different from my other sources because this is the only source that has people’s real stories about when they were obese. It also has people telling their stories that are currently obese. They talk about how they feel and what struggles they go through. The goal of this source is to aware parents and teens that technology and fast food has become an issue in today’s world. Also, that we are not as active as we use to be. Therefore, we need to focus more on our health and the substances that we’re putting in our body. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Overweight: A Handbook for Teens and Parents</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> was a helpful source for my research. It compares how teens live in today’s world to how teens use to live back then. I believe if we lived the life that they use to back in the day, we would have a healthier generation. In today’s world people don’t walk anywhere, because everybody has cars. Therefore, they don’t get that much exercise. Also, since everyone has cars, when they get hungry when they’re out running errands they don’t go home to get a healthy snack. Instead, they stop by a fast food restaurant and get something that’s most likely unhealthy. I can use this source to show that people became less active overtime and that’s one of the main causes of obesity. </span></div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-23440035990657222952012-03-05T11:04:00.001-08:002012-03-05T11:04:23.379-08:00Out in publicAs i go grocery shopping i see a lot of kids running around the store. Most of the kids i see in there are overweight and what makes it worst is that when i look at their parent cart, their carts are filled with junk food. So i do think parents are a huge blame for this childhood obesity epidemic.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-56476048870897524452012-03-05T11:00:00.001-08:002012-03-05T11:00:37.454-08:00This Research ProjectAt first I thought this project was going to be alot of work. Then i realized that its not going to be that hared because the topic is something that i like to talk about. So far this project hasnt been too stressful and i been able to get some great resources regarding my research topic.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-20375134165822602162012-03-05T10:54:00.001-08:002012-03-15T10:18:32.235-07:00Our Overweight Children bibliography<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dalton, Sharron. <i>Our Overweight Children: What Parents, Schools, and Communities Can Do to Control the Fatness Epidemic</i>. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. Print.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">There is a health crisis that is spreading throughout the United States. Children at younger ages than ever before are gaining weight more rapidly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today’s generation is the most obese generation of adults in history. Doctor’s are having visits from young children with harmful grown-up heath concerns from type 2 diabetes to high blood pressure. This book talks about what’s behind the statistics and diagnoses, and suggests what can be done about the major health crisis threatening American children. Sharron Dalton discusses topics like: what obesity is, what causes it, and why it matters. With supportive information from well known and scientific sources, she reviews current diet and exercise recommendations for healthy living, comparing these recommendations with everyday realities experienced by American families. When more than half of the children in today’s environment are overweight or likely to become so, it’s everyone’s problem. Dalton argues in this book that there is a need for a united approach to solve the problem. She promotes the complementary roles of parents, school and community leaders, and health professionals. Dalton makes an outline for everyone that may have a impact on the epidemic by suggesting new ways for parents and other adults to help balance children’s food choices and physical activities. Our Overweight Children is a welcome prescription for treating the problem threatening our children’s health and our nation’s future. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This book is focused on children and their special needs with regard to the prevention and management of obesity. This source is a reliable source because Sharron Dalton is a nutrition professor and she uses scientific evidence. She organized the text in three major divisions. The first describes the problem and its measurement, developing the question of whether or not any child should ever diet. Age-specific body mass index charts for children are included in the book which is extremely helpful to let you know if your child is overweight. Next, the book provides details of factors contributing to weight problems, including authoritarian and permissive parenting styles, fad dieting, and bullying. There are also links to many other useful books and videos are provided throughout the book. Dalton provides her audience guidelines for combating this growing problem at all levels. The topics and the references make this text incredibly useful and comprehensive. Our Overweight Children is an easy to read and clearly written book, and it will serve as resource for teachers, health care workers, parents, students, and social leaders. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The information in Our Overweight Children by Sharron Dalton is extremely useful for my research project. It provides me with the information that is related to my topic. It helps me by giving ways to I can help aware the environment to control and stop childhood obesity. This source helps me shape my argument by saying that everyone has a role and can be the blame for childhood obesity. It changed my thought about my original topic, that fast food was the blame for childhood obesity which in this case I found out that it’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not the only blame. </span></div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-76853281969094507542012-02-27T15:48:00.001-08:002012-02-27T15:48:54.219-08:00UNCP's Health CenterI didn't know how useful this schools health center was until recently. Since I've got this cold they have been providing me with medicine and all the other supplies to get rid of it. The health center is also useful for other things, such as information about your health, check ups, and vaccinations. And the best part is IT'S ALL FREE!! Your financial aid covers everything. So if your ever feeling down, stop by the health center. You might as well since you already paid for it.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-40414326543229491742012-02-27T13:12:00.001-08:002012-02-27T13:12:10.251-08:00DepressionDepression is a mood disorder that makes you feel sad, and makes you want to be isolated from the world basically. When many people feel sad for a couple of hours, they usually say that they are under depression but true clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for weeks or longer. The cause of depression is not yet known, although many chemist believes it comes from chemical changes in the brain. It could come from stressful situations or it could even run in your family. But they believe it's both of those causes together. Depression can change or distort the way you see yourself, your life, and those around you. People who have depression usually see everything with a more negative attitude, unable to imagine that any problem or situation can be solved in a positive way. There are ways that you could get tested to see if you actually have a mood disorder or if you're just feeling sad for a temporary moment. There's also treatment for depression. I have family members that suffered from this mood disorder and it can be treated.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-59200949331808317902012-02-23T14:42:00.001-08:002012-02-24T19:04:14.296-08:00Research Proposal<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 1.5pt 0in;">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A topic that I was interested in is childhood obesity. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his or her age and height. Childhood obesity is particularly troubling because the extra pounds often start children on the path to health problems that were once confined to adults. Childhood obesity has <strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">more than tripled</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>in the past 30 years. An estimated 17 percent of children and adolescents (ages 2-19 years) are obese in the U.S. <strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Obese children are at risk</span></strong> for numerous health problems during their youth and into adulthood. Children who are obese are more likely to have<strong> </strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and Type 2 diabetes.</span></strong> Not to mention the psychological toll obesity has on children, which can lead to drug and alcohol abuse, depression, eating disorders and other health issues. Because of these health problems, childhood obesity is responsible for <strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">over 300,000 deaths each year.</span></strong> Healthier habits must be established early on. Children who are obese are more likely to become obese as adults. And the health risks continue. Numerous studies have shown that a child who is obese between the ages of 10 and 13 has an <strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">80 percent chance of becoming an obese adult.</span></strong> But with proper nutrition, exercise and support, children can lose the weight and develop <strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">healthy habits for life.</span> </strong></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dietary and physical activity behaviors of children and adolescents are influenced by many sectors of society, including families, communities, schools, child care settings, medical care providers, faith-based institutions, government agencies, the media, and the food and beverage industries and entertainment industries. Schools play a particularly critical role by establishing a safe and supportive environment with policies and practices that support healthy behaviors. Schools also provide opportunities for students to learn about and practice healthy eating and physical activity behaviors. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There are a lot of overweight children in Robeson County, especially at the Boys and Girls Club where I work at. I would like to come up with ways to avoid childhood obesity so that children could live a healthier and better life. A research question that I would consider to research would be, “Are fast food restaurants the blame for childhood obesity?” At a young age, children are exposed to a lot of fast food restaurants and they become sort of addicted to it. Most young children do not know that McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s and all these other fast food restaurants are bad for their health, and they most likely do not know that it affects their appearance. That’s where a parent would be involved in this research topic, because the parents are the ones that buy the food for the children. The food at fast food restaurants have so much fatty substances in them, and there’s a lot of food that is sold there that we don’t even know what it’s composed of! Also, parents are fooled by the fast food ads that they show. The food may look healthy but in reality, it could possibly be the most fatting and unhealthy thing at the restaurant. This is a research question that I believe would be very beneficial to parents and children.</span></div>
</div>Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113764792973094875.post-81379346213968251062012-02-19T20:37:00.001-08:002012-02-19T20:37:29.990-08:00Whats going in your body?.... wouldnt you want to know.<br />
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I havent always wondered what type of sugars and fats that were going in my body. It wasnt until recently i started to wonder. I've always been on of those people that would eat anything they want and wouldnt think twice about it. Then one day i started paying attention to the Nutrition Facts thats on items i eat. I cant lie, I couldnt believe how my unhealthy things i was consuming on a daily basis. Ever since then, i started reading the labels on things and making sure they contain healthy thing that will benefit my body, not harm it.Alyessa Draytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170449817594425881noreply@blogger.com0