As some people may think physical education is just throwing the ball out and telling the kids to play. Although what they don't know is Physical Education deals with many different aspects, whether it be teaching someone to eat right or funding youth programs. All six of these articles...

There is something wrong when salsa passes as a vegetable in the school cafeteria and students can buy soda and candy from vending machines on campus. With this in mind we can only begin to wonder what the future holds for today's adolescents. When students are exposed to a life of poor nutrition, t...

In today's hectic, high-speed Internet, quickly changing world, ithas become common for us to think about the here and now, and put offconcerns about the future as vague possibilities that we will deal withonce we come to them. This, sadly, has reflected on our health, and thenutritional choi...

Introduction Obesity is a common disorder amongst our society today. It is caused by many factors, including excessive caloric intake, lack of physical activity, as well as genetic influences. Excess body fat is caused by an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure which are brough...

Obesity In The USA One may confuse or understand that obesity is, variously, defined in terms of absolute weight, distribution of subcutaneous fat, or societal and esthetic norms. Basically, obesity can be characterized as ¡§Excessive body fat¡ (Webster). And used as a term applied to indivi...

Childhood obesity is a serious issue in today's society. Many children, of all different ages and races suffer from obesity. There are reasons why these children are suffering from this serious problem. Childhood obesity in America causes many health and social problems for children. One of ...

Making Money vs. American Health Every year more and more Americans are looking to lose weight and are willing to spend whatever it cost to do the trick. Close to $35 billion a year is spent on weight loss aids and the number is increasing every year (Anderson). As one can imagine, organizations...

Maintaining A Healthy Weight Data collected from more than 20,000 people by the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reveal a distressing picture of excessive weight and obesity in American Society( These increases have been caused by greater daily caloric consumption and a rel...

Robert Chaplin English 111-B Mrs. Innes 10 April 2000 Obesity in America Although it has nothing to do with international boundaries or population size, it is the people of America who are expanding at the waistline. In the United States thirty three percent of th...

Many people often wonder why it is important to have a healthy diet. Life at times can be very busy and some people just don't have time to cook. This results in them eating out very often. Fast food is mostly fatty, loaded with high sugar contents and other unhealthy elements. Sadly many peopl...

"At least 25% of all Americans under age nineteen are overweight or obese," notes Greg Crister in his article, "Too Much of a Good Thing." In the article, which appeared in the Los Angeles Times in July 2001, Crister proposes resolving this problem by teaching children not to ov...

Nutrition is the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenence. In other words, nutrition, or nutrients are the main substances that operate our body. It runs through your body and it is a necessity. Wheth...

Introduction Like many behaviours in children, eating behaviours are largely learned under the influence of physiological, psychological and environmental factors. The first year of life is characterised by rapid growth and changes in body composition. Simultaneously infant's eating patter...

In recent years the consumer attitudes in college students towards eating meals at fast food restaurants have changed. College students are less likely to eat at such establishments than they were in high school. The question is, why such a change in behavior? What has happened to initiate such a dr...

The children of today are becoming more obese, for the fact that they are obtaining laziness. They are spending more time in front of the television than they are getting their daily exercise. Their growing bodies need the practice to lose baby fat before it gets to be a severe problem. The growth o...

Adults generally recognize that children have limited experience of life. Kids do not have the necessary knowledge to distinguish between information that is acceptable and information that is misleading. This feature of children is especially important where the media is concerned. Kids are arou...

Many women of today are very weight conscious. Females from fashion magazines, models, entertainers and movie stars have perfectly curved slim bodies. Every woman probably wants to be like them, they get into exercising, dieting or yoga. But we are blinded by the fact that we have more obese or anor...

"Schools need to take on their responsibility for the health of the minors in their care. This duty of care extends to the school canteen." Discuss. Teenage obesity is a growing concern for Australia and is one of the pressing global health problems that we encounter everyday; one in e...

Obesity Obesity is America's fastest growing health concern. According to the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) statistics show that over 60% of Americans are obese. Compared to the statistics done in 1991 it's increas...

America's favorite pastime- is watching TV- with an abbundance of Jenny Craigs, and other weight loss programs in America- its amazing that people don't realize - Its time to get off your ass and do something besides watch TV. I will talk about... (personal experience, health benefits, mind benefits...

Diet PillsAmerica is a nation with a problem, a weight problem. Over one third of the United States population is over weight (Cameron 202). To combat this problem many people have chosen to take prescription diet pills. While medical experts continue to affirm that diet and exercise should rema...

Technology and Television: Child ObesityThe children of today are becoming more obese, for the fact that they are obtaining laziness. They are spending more time in front of the television then they are getting their daily exercise. Their growing bodies need exercise to lose baby fat before it get...

Technology and Television: Child ObesityThe children of today are becoming more obese, for the fact that they are obtaining laziness. They are spending more time in front of the television then they are getting their daily exercise. Their growing bodies need exercise to lose baby fat before it get...

The Atkins DietThe Atkins diet has recently become one of the most talked about diets in America. The diet consists of taking carbohydrates out of a person's everyday eating pattern. People are eagerly ready to dive into the diet before they even have a clue of what it consists of. There are a lo...

When talking about the word "epidemic" you always think of weird diseases, like the flu, SARS, and AIDS. Right now in America, there is an ongoing epidemic. It is caused not by viruses or bacteria, but by human nature. It's called obesity. There is no one way to solve this serious problem. We as a n...