Copywriting- 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.

Childhood obesity video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtMKl38r00&feature=relmfu

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.

What can parents do to prevent childhood obesity?

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.

Are parents the blame?

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.

childhood obesity

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.

Obesity related to schools

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. 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.

Fast food related to childhood obesity

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.