Child Obesity

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Child Obesity
chapter 21 Health and Medicine
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Division of Labor

• Cassandra Cernohous- Researcher
• Jessica Ballweg- Researcher
• Drew Bartell- Researcher
• Adam Boes- Researcher
• Dan Brunclik- Power point

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Reasearch Method

• We used secondary analysis as our research method
  because it would be pretty hard for us to go out
  and survey people on our topic. We got
  information from journals, books, ebsco host, web
  sites, and general information from people that
  know stuff about nutrition.

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What you will learn

• The effects of nutrition, parenting, society, and
  genes on a child's weight
• What is being done about overweight, and obese
  children
• What you can do to help children who are
  overweight or obese

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Facts

• One in Four children are overweight
• 70 of children that are obese at a young age are
  still obese when they are adults
• Second only to smoking, kills 350,000 preventable
  deaths each year
• Some of the health problems that can occur are
  cardiovascular disease, diabetes, colon, breast,
  or prostate cancer
• Many doctors do not like telling parents that
  their children are overweight and consequently
  when they finally do tell the parent, an eating
  disorder is suspected
• Eating disorders are far less common than weight
  gain problems
• Pediatric obesity has also triggered sleep apnea,
  hypertension, and type 2 diabetes

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Facts contd

• Among the children who were severely obese only
  3 of their parents thought their child was
  overweight
• 25 of childrens food intake is done while
  watching television
• Child obesity has doubled and even tripled
  between the years of 1980-1994 while the amount
  of television watched by kids has also increased
  dramatically
• 1969 the average child in America watched two
  hours
• 1990 the average child watched a remarkable five
  plus hours of television

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Websites

• www.obesity.org
• www.obesity.org/subs/childhood

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A few things parents can do

• Boob Tube- Have the child watch one less hour a
  day of TV and instead get some physical activity.
• Portion Size- Have a reasonable amount of food
  for that child when it is time to eat. Stay away
  from supersizing at restaurants.
• Beverage Savvy- Have children drink less water.
  Take all the soda out of the house and dilute
  juice with water.

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A few things parents can do

• Food Prep 101- When eating at a fast food place,
  inform children of healthier choices like having
  a grilled sandwich instead of fried food. Also
  by leaving certain condiments off of certain
  types of foods to make it a healthier choice.
• Five to Stay Alive- Presenting the food in a
  creative way also helps children eat right. Cut
  fruits into shapes or by spreading them out on a
  plate.
• Like Mother, Like Daughter- If a parent is
  overweight, they should let their children know.
  They can both go through eating better and
  getting exercise together. This will help the
  child know that they arent the only one
  overweight.

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Important Terms

• BMI- (Body Mass Index) the ratio of weight to
  height
• Overweight-Weighing more than is normal,
  necessary, or allowed, especially having more
  body weight than is considered normal or healthy
  for one's age or build.
• Obese-Extremely fat, or grossly overweight.

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BMI-Body Mass Index

• Take your weight and multiply it times 703.
• Divide the result by your height (in inches)
  squared.
• For example, if you are 56 and weigh 140 pounds
• 140 x 703 98,420
• (Height squared) 66 x 66 4,356
• 98,420/4,356 22.6
• A BMI of 25 to 29 means youre overweight, 30 or
  above means you are obese, while 40 or above
  means youre morbidly obese

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Discussion Questions

• 1)Do you think that schools have a right to send
  out letters saying their child is obese?
• 2)Should Wisconsin create soda taxes or is it
  another way for the government to infringe and
  dictate what we should be doing to be healthy?

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Discussion continued

• 3)Is child obesity due to a society that raises
  children through the means of television or is it
  due to other factors?
• 4)Should parents be prosecuted for child abuse if
  their child is severely obese?