Childhood Obesity By: Randall Wright. Quick Facts Childhood obesity is on a steady incline, today...
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Quick Facts
• Childhood obesity is on a steady incline, today there are more children suffering from obesity than ever before.
• Today nearly 20% of children are obese.
• Obesity is defined as having an excess amount of body fat.
• Overweight is defined as having excess weight for a height from fat, muscle, water or any combination of these.
Quick Facts Cont…
• In 2008 over one third of children were either obese or overweight.
• Overweight and obesity are caused when one consumes more calories than he or she burns off.
Top Ten Causes of Childhood Obesity
• Go to the following website and read the top causes of childhood obesity.
• Causes of Childhood Obesity
Can you think of any other causes of childhood obesity?
• Get with a partner and see if the two of you can come up with any other causes of childhood obesity other than the ones on the website.
Ways to Prevent Childhood Obesity
• Go to the following websites and read about the ways to prevent childhood obesity.
• Prevention of Childhood Obesity
• Ways schools can help prevent childhood obesity
As A Future Educator…
• Find a partner and try and come up with ways that you two think you would combat childhood obesity in your own schools.
• Would you use methods from the website? If so which ones?
• Do you have any different methods that you think would work in your future school?
References
• http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/problem.html
• http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm
• http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/physicalactivity/pdf/roleofschools_obesity.pdf