가정의 저수입이 아동 비만에 미치는 영향 (How Low-income of Families Affect Their Children’s Obesity in U.S.)

소개

Some people say obesity should be considered as a disease because obesity can cause serious health problems. Moreover, the obesity of children is more serious problem. There are many causes of childhood obesity, and low income of the children’s families is one of the causes of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity of low income families can be caused by parents’ inability to pay attention to their children, psychological factors caused from low income, and less education about diet. Childhood obesity is the problem that should be solved for our healthy future. And also to solve this problem, government should consider this childhood obesity as a world problem, not as a matter of personal responsibility of individual families, and should offer the financial supports to low-income families.

목차

Outline
I. What is the problem of childhood obesity?(Tyler & Horner, 2007)

II. How the low income causes the childhood obesity?
A. Parents’ inability to pay attention to their children (McDonald et al., 2008)
B. Psychological factors. (Sugarman & Sandman, 2008)
C. Less education on diet. (Tyler& Horner, 2008)

III. How to solve the childhood obesity problem?
A. Considering obesity as a world problem. (Sugarman & Sandman, 2008)
B. Providing financial supports to low-income families
IIII. Conclusion

본문내용

“Regardless of age, gender, or racial/ethnic origin, the average weight of U.S. children has steadily increased since the 1970s” (Tyler & Horner, 2007, p.1). Obesity can be defined by BMI (Body mass index). If BMI is greater than 95%, it is defined as obesity, and if BMI is greater than 85% and less than 95%, it is defined as overweight. According to Tyler and Horner (2008), 17.1% of U.S. children are obese and an additional 16.5% are overweight. This is a serious problem because the children who are obese have many health risks. The childhood obesity not only leads to high rates of type 2 diabetes, but also it can cause high blood pressure (Sugarman & Sandman, 2008, p.2). Because of these reasons, the obesity is a serious problem. There are many causes of childhood obesity, including low-income of their families. The problem of childhood obesity is much worse on the children in low-income families. Low-income of families are not cause obesity directly, but it can lead direct causes of obesity. Low-income can lead direct causes of childhood obesity because of parents’ inability to pay attention to their children, children’s psychological factors, and their children’s less education about diet. And to solve this problem, it needs the government’s different recognizing about this problem, and financial supports.

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