Nutrition and health plays a critical yet important role in the growth and development in young children in today’s society. Heredity and environment plays an important part in determining the factors that affect children’s health (Groark, Song, 2012, sec. 1.1). “A child 's state of health, whether positive or negative, has direct influence on child development” (Groark, Song, 2012, sec 1.1). The constant growth process of a child is considered child development. Addressing the issues related to obesity in ways it impacts nutrition issues in children growth and development short and long term, describe a specific child who has a nutrition issue dealing with obesity, and describe three specific ways to combat this nutrition issue that involve …show more content…
Child development is affected by all things leading up to nutrition such as health, behavior, and safety. “Obesity is characterized by the accumulation of excess body fat and can be conceptualized as the physical manifestation of chronic energy excess” (Chaput, Tremblay, 2006). Some blame obesity on genetics alone, “but genetics alone cannot explain the rapid increase in the prevalence of obesity in our population” (Groark, Song, 2012, sec. 2.2). Obesity can have a short and long term affect on a child’s physical and mental health. Obesity comes into play from a child being over-nutrition by foods that are not nutrient-dense foods. Long term affects that obesity can have on a child could be heart disease, diabetes, and strokes (Groark, Song, 2012, sec. 1.2). Short term affects that obesity can have on a child could be isolation, poor self-esteem, and …show more content…
This child’s weight is important and is determined by their diet and activity level which is different for both home and school. This child’s school day is affected in specific areas such as: meal times (breakfast and lunch), recess, Physical Education, and classroom time with her peers. When at home, she is allowed to eat what she pleases because her parents see the sadness in her eyes that comes with her life on a daily basis at school. Meal times at school for this young girl consist of dietary options to control her Type 2 diabetes. Her portion sizes are very controlled when eating in the school setting by a portion plate. More vegetables and fruits are given to her with a small amount of grains and proteins. There is no fruit juice or soda served to her during meals, but the only options she has is 2% milk and water. It is recommended that children of her age get at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day during recess. Because she doesn’t have many friends her recess time consist of sitting and watching all the other children run around of get as much physical exercise as possible. “Although physical education (PE) in schools can help kids get up and moving, more and more schools are eliminating PE programs or cutting down the time spent on fitness-building activities’ (Overweight and Obesity, 1995). When in the classroom setting her peers tease her quite often about being
Lazarou & Kouta (2010) define obesity as “a chronic metabolic disease, considered to be one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease”, and state that hypertension, atherosclerosis and type two diabetes have also been shown to be more likely in people with obesity (p. 641). These adult health problems have now become commonplace amongst children and youth today (Tuckwood, 2012). With obesity being diagnosed at earlier ages, prevention becomes increasingly difficult; personal habits are harder to break, health risks are more serious, and the likelihood of living with obesity in adulthood is significantly higher. Fifty percent of children who are obese will become obese adults (Lazarou & Kouta, 2010).
Children are the future and children with obesity can end up with serious health problems in the
Today about one in three children in the United States are obese, and is the number one cause of death in America. Childhood obesity is now more concerning to people than drug abuse and smoking. Obesity not only has disgusting physical effects, it also will have negative changes to a person’s personality. Even though many people are aware of the problems obesity brings, there still has been at least a 50% increase in obese people since 1980. Obesity will cause extreme health problems and possibly death if people don’t change their diets, activity levels, or emotional needs towards food.
The high demand for medical care also increases the financial burden on the families and therefore the community as well. As one can see the community health is greatly effected by the high rates of obesity among its individuals. Children in particular have a massive effect because not only are they the future of that community, but they also influence the schools in that region. Healthy People 2020 regard obesity in America as a very serious problem especially among children. It is such a major issue because childhood obesity easily leads to obesity in adulthood that increases the risks for heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, stroke, and cancer (Nutrition).
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government and school districts to enforce state school nutrition laws in order to support elementary students’ physical and mental health, and to effectively improve elementary students’ standardized test scores. Every school year, school leaders gather at the faculty meeting to discuss plans to change all of elementary students’ physical bodies and minds. School leaders also need to conduct more research and rely on helpful resources in order to educate elementary students about nourishment and exercise. Anderson then suggests “a push to combat childhood obesity, [and enforce] the Hunger-Free Kids Act” (2). This new, enforced law, creates an effect that Anderson persuades elementary students to get out of their comfort zone and participate in fitness-based activities, such as running on the treadmill, performing yoga poses, and doing push-ups for muscle endurance.
The issue is childhood obesity, and it is only accelerating as a percentage of children in both America and all western nations of the world. Childhood Obesity is an issue relevant to all who consider themselves part of American society and it has profound adverse effects economically, physically for those afflicted with the issue, and mentally for those who live an obese childhood or within the family unit of a household with at least one obese child. The scope of the issue is massive and the impact of the consequences dire in many accounts. There is hope to reverse course and change the way of American-western living, and it starts with understanding the size and
Childhood obesity is rapidly increasing due to the shift in cultural norms. Not only is weight affected by surroundings, but exposure to technology deeply creates roots sunk deep into the issue of Obesity. AAP, the American
Obesity: There is a direct link between young children’s eating habits and them becoming overweight and obese later on. Children in families with insufficient access to nutritious foods are in fact significantly more likely to be obese in early childhood than other children. This is the result of excessive calorie intake and an emphasis on foods that have high levels of fat, sugar and sodium.
Over the past generation obesity has become a major health issue. The term obesity is best describe as someone having a body mass index (BMI) equal to or above the 95th percentile. Within both genders of African American children and adolescent obesity has increased tremendously. Obesity can contribute too many chronic illnesses down the line if left untreated such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, asthma, and type 2 diabetes (Coreil, 2009). Studies have reported that within low income communities 1 out of 3 children are considered as overweight or obese (Ogden et al., 2010).
1. Introduction The rate of childhood obesity has increased over few years. There are 41 million children in the world are overweight or at risk of obesity. Childhood obesity is a serious health problem.
Overall, these childhood obesity treatment efforts are modest and efficient in helping children become more active and having healthier eating habits. These programs have been successful in decreasing childhood obesity; however, more focus could be put on the psychosocial factors of childhood obesity. To combat this issue, an understanding of the psychosocial factors that affect obese children is needed. To evaluate the effectiveness of these intervention programs, the following criteria should be achievable: how accessible is the intervention programs and will the program decrease the psychosocial factors of childhood
Obesity in children is a significant public health concern. In addition, there is evidence that the incidence of children who are overweight is increasing despite efforts to the contrary. The consequences of child obesity are far reaching, implicating not only children on a physical scale but also socially and mentally. However,
Some studies support that children aged 6 – 12 years old can be positively affected from obesity prevention programs at school. However, environmental factors like economic, physical, political and sociocultural may influence negatively the results of the preventing programs. Obesity however, could be related with cultural environmental factors. For example, Mexican children consume increased amounts of sweetened beverages and decreased amounts of natural and healthy foods. In western societies children most of the time are watching TV and they are traveling by car, which means that they are performing less physical
Knowledge of complementary feed and its effect on the child nutrition Abstract: Keywords: Introduction: Baby food is any soft, easily consumed food, other than breastmilk or infant formula, that is made specifically for babies, roughly between the ages of four to six months and two years. The food comes in multiple varieties and tastes; it may be table food that the rest of the family is eating that has been mashed or otherwise broken down, or it can be purchased ready-made from producers.