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A 6 page discussion of the growing problem of childhood obesity. This paper statistically describes the problem and suggests behavioral modification is key to addressing it. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPobeseChildrenBehavioralTherapy.rtf
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its proportion. An estimated seventeen percent of children in the U.S. are classified as overweight (Budd and Hayman, 2006). While as will be pointed out below commonly agreed
upon terminology distinguishing between the overweight and the obese is difficult to identify, a significant number of those are actually obese. The problem of childhood obesity is attributable to
a number of factors. Our growing dependence on fast food has coupled with inactivity to result in a problem that is literally overwhelming in its extent. This paper
will discuss the importance of a healthy lifestyle in addressing obesity. It presents the thesis that:
while medication can be an important intervention in addressing obesity, the most important intervention is that that changes lifestyles.
Behavioral therapy can do just that. Behavioral therapy can help our children institute lifestyle changes that will make obesity a problem
of their past. What is Obesity? While obesity
observes no geographic or socioeconomic boundaries, it can be more prevalent in some groups than in others. It can be found throughout the population in individuals ranging from infants
to those that are quite elderly. African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics, however, have a greater propensity to be obese than do non-Hispanic whites (Budd and Hayman, 2006).
The methodology most normally used to define obesity, that based on the height and weight relationship noted above, relies on a
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