How we can stop obesity in America

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How we can stop obesity in America
How we can stop obesity in America

• By Joey ORourke

By Joey ORourke
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Introduction

• The growing weight of obese children is getting
  out of hand
• How man schools require Physical Education
  everyday
• Why I think that should be done on the number of
  obese children
• How I think we can make a step forward and get
  every school in the United States to have PE
  everyday
• If I were the teacher how I would carry out the
  way my class participated
• What other teachers need to consider doing while
  they are teaching their class
• How parents can help slow the rate of obesity
  down
• Conclusion

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Percentage of Obese People in the United States

• American adults who are 100 or more pounds over a
  healthy weight has risen dramatically since 2000,
  a study released
• About 3 of people, or 6.8 million adults, were
  morbidly obese in 2005, up from 2 or 4.2 million
  people in 2000
• According to government data, about 66 of people
  in the USA are now either overweight or obese,
  which is defined as 30 or more pounds over a
  healthy weight
• The percentage of young people who are overweight
  has more than tripled since 1980. Among children
  and teens aged 6 to 19 years, 16 percent (over 9
  million young people) are overweight.

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Obesity out of Hand

• First off I when I go out into the community I am
  use to seeing a mix of obese and slim people.
• When I start to see more obese children
  everywhere I go I think that this is what
  Americas future is headed too
• So that is why I have chosen to do my research
  and presentation on the topic that I have chosen

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What of schools require physical education?

• Nationwide, the percentage of high school
  students enrolled in physical education was 56
  percent in 2003 (71 of 9th graders, 61 of 10th
  graders, 46 of 11th graders, and 40 of 12th
  graders).
• The percentage of students who attended a daily
  physical education class has dropped from 42
  percent in 1991 to 28 percent in 2003.
• The percentage of schools that require physical
  education in each grade declines from about 50
  percent in grades 1 through 5 to 25 percent in
  grade 8, to only 5 percent in grade 12.
• Eight percent of elementary schools, 6.4 percent
  of middle school/junior high schools, and 5.8
  percent of senior high schools provide daily
  physical education or its equivalent (i.e., 150
  minutes per week for elementary schools 225
  minutes per week for middle schools/junior high
  schools and senior high schools) for the entire
  school year for students in all grades in the
  school

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What I think she be done to cut it down

• I think that the schools need to require kids to
  take physical education everyday, because we
  dont wont our kids in the future to have
  possible health effects when we can easily
  prevent it.
• I think it is not only the schools problem to
  deal with I believe that the parents need to step
  up and play a role and help get their kids on a
  good healthy lifestyle track.
• Sure you can eat bad every once in a while but
  not everyday.

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How I think we can take a step forward

• I believe that we can stop this by making our
  kids do physical activity everyday
• Feed them better
• And not let them be lazy, make them get outside
  and ride their back or play basketball or some
  type of sport

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How would I require my class to participate?

• Play sports that the kids like
• Make them run a mile and do exercises during
  class
• Make the kids lift weights at least 2 times a
  week
• And just teach them about healthy lifestyles

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How parents can help

• Parents can help the cause by setting good
  examples
• Making their kids do something productive
• Feeding them better food and not as much junk
  food
• And just giving them their support to know that
  they can live a healthy lifestyle

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Conclusion

• So in conclusion I think that we can stop the
  rise of obesity anymore than it already has if we
  just take the right steps and start our kids on
  the right track to a healthy lifestyle.