PHE 5001 Final Project The Growing Epidemic in Childhood Obesity
PHE 5001 Final Project The Growing Epidemic in Childhood Obesity
Submitted a presentation that includes: a title slide, the description of your selected public health issue, the results of your literature review, the theoretical frameworks that have been applied to your selected issue, a proposal for a health promotion program based on social and behavioral theories, an implementation plan for that program, a program evaluation that is based in the theoretical frameworks that you have applied to your selected issue, a conclusion, detailed speaker’s notes, and at least twenty-five references.
Demonstrated critical thinking skills in the application of the social and behavioral aspects of public health within the final project.
Assembled the content in a visual layout that contributes to the flow of the project by making appropriate use of headings and subheadings, with clear and smooth transitions among the sections of the presentation.
PHE 5001 Final Project The Growing Epidemic in Childhood Obesity
Presented a structured presentation free of spelling and grammatical errors.
Provided a report that is original and free from plagiarism.
Properly cited sources using APA format.
Childhood obesity is a serious health crisis. Physicians now find themselves diagnosing early hypertension and full-blown high blood pressure among children and adolescents stemming from excessive weight gain. These conditions can lead to type 2 diabetes and heart disease caused by high blood pressure and/or high cholesterol. Until recently, these were ailments common only among middle-aged and elderly adults.
The answer is not to blame the children. In fact, overweight children are often teased and bullied. When this happens, when they are rejected by their peers, or ridiculed by teachers or parents, it only lowers their self-esteem and can make them vulnerable to dangerous eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
Understanding the main causes of obesity is not rocket science. Most of the factors that make children overweight are obvious and in plain sight: supersized fast food, omnipresent vending machines offering snacks, candies, desserts, soft drinks and other high-sugar beverages. After school, children rather than asking to go out and play, are sitting on their bottoms watching television, playing video games and surfing the Internet. There is a psychological element to this problem as well. For some children, as for many adults, overeating is a way of coping with emotional problems, stress, boredom and negative social influences.