Graphic with Narrative on Childhood Obesity

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Cesar R
Ms.Caple
English 3
3/29/17

Graphic with Narrative on Childhood Obesity

  

    Childhood obesity has been here for a long time. Parents are feeding their child fat foods. This

 chart demonstrates how obesity has grown over the years. 

                                                                                               
    As it is shown here in the graph, the obesity rates had grown dramatically over the past years.

 The obesity rate is still growing at a fast rate. Parents should feed their child nutritional foods. By them

 feeding nutritional foods, it may help them lose weight and if more parents help their child loose

 weight, obesity rates may go down. Parents should encourage their child to eat healthily. Parents

should learn to eat healthy as well so their child can be able to eat nutritional foods. More children

will need to exercise their bodies so they may be able to cut down on their fat.

Cutting down on fat foods may help the child have a healthy lifestyle. If parents do not change their

 eating habits, the future generation will suffer for the same habits that are being learned at the house.

In the article, "Clinical Tracking of Severely Obese Children: A New Growth Chart", it admits, "The 

results showed that 39% of children >95th percentile and 59% of children ≥99th percentile had ≥2 risk factors, 

respectively, which was significantly greater than children in the 85th to 95th percentile. Both of the higher BMI 

groups were much more likely to become obese as adults.1 "  By this, it means that more children are going to

be obese in their adulthood life. The obesity rates are flying through the roof. Parents are responsible

for their child's health. Parent's should see the danger and the damage that their child could suffer or

is suffering.



 As more children are being obese, more problems are also arising. The cost for the rising of obesity

in children are growing fast. In the article, "Over a lifetime, childhood obesity cost $19,000 per child

 --ScienceDaily",  it states, "Based on this evidence, the researchers recommend using $19,000 as the

 estimated lifetime medical cost of an obese child when compared with a child of normal weight who 

maintains a normal weight throughout adult life, and $12,900 per obese child when considering the 

possibility of normal weight children becoming overweight or obese in adulthood." Childhood obesity 

is costing people a lot of money. Parents should demonstrate the right paths of a healthy 

life. Parents are responsible if their child to eat nutritional food. Parent's are responsible for

 the food that they bring to the house, this can be healthy food or non-healthy. 

In this article, Finkelstein stated, “While the cost estimates are significant, the motivation to prevent

 childhood obesity should be there regardless of the financial implications.” By this, he means that 

although the cost are high, parents should encourage their child to eat healthy, even if there

 is low money. 


Sources:  "Over a Lifetime, Childhood Obesity Costs $19,000 Per Child." Duke Global Health Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2017.

  N.p., n.d. Web.