Childhood Obesity

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This paper looks at the detrimental causes and effects of the nationwide trend and tragedy of childhood obesity. It looks at these causes and effects from a social standpoint as well as standpoints based on science and medicine using professional and peer reviewed journals and research for source material and evidence.

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"Childhood Obesity In many ways, the overall health of our nation, and our world, has increased greatly in the past generation. From much new knowledge on healthier lifestyles, to better exercise and fitness technology, to greater medical breakthroughs that have allowed for the prevention, detection, and treatment of disease and illness, better scientific knowledge has led to better health in human beings. However, one losing battle has arisen in the arena of health and it is ever faster affecting thousands or millions of those that matter most, our children. This battle is one of childhood obesity. In a article on this issue that was published within the past month, Jeffrey Schwimmer notes the ferocity and controversy that occur when studying such a touchy subject when he paints the following picture. "At an urban high school, set in a low-income neighborhood, serving an ethnic minority population, one might find nearly half the teens overweight or obese.""

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