Childhood Obesity: Prevention E-Book

This E-book talks about the characteristics of childhood obesity, the geographical and historical evidance, the physical characteristics associated with obese children, and how to prevent them. It also goes into great detail about using energy and the proper ways to intake food.

Growing Up Fat in a Culture of Inactivity

This magazine article, explains why children are becoming so lazy in our society. No longer do you see them out playing in the swings or sandbox, but instead playing Xbox. Over the past two decades childhood obesity has become epidemic in the US, leading many kids developing risks for future diseases. Recent studies indicate that kids from age 6 to 11 have doubled in percentage of obesity over the last two decades.

Journal: Childhood Obesity

This journal talks about health risks involved in childhood obesity: heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, and orthopaedic problems. Childhood obesity is rapidly taking over the world and therefore it has been brought to the attention of the NCMP (National Child Measurement Program). It then goes on to talk about the factors that cause childhood obesity including activity levels, eating habits, and physiological factors.

It's Not My Fault I'm Fat?!?

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This website explains how food maufactuers and marketers are causing more and more Americans to become obese. What if you, the human being, are not the one to blame? They say that the fault could be squarely laid at the feet of the maufactuers, the people who make the food so tasty. Several recent studies show that eating is an automatic behavior driven by images of buttery popcorn, glazed doughnuts, or a whipped-cream latte on the way to work. The website suggests that we need enviormental changes, such as taking out vending machines with fatty foods in schools. But, as one scientist said, "People will always eat. They will cheat on their diets and eat what tastes good to them, not what's healthy." An interesting observation and one that I tend to agree with. Whose to blame? That's up for debate.

The Obesity Society

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This website is based out of the Children's Eating Labrotory in Silver Springs, MD. They have done extensive research on why children are becoming excessively overweight. Several factors include formula feeding, demographic factors, parental obesity, and food choices. They also give tips for parents on how to keep your child's weight normalized. These include: fruits, vegatables, and other non-greasy items. They came up with a mathmatical formula to determine if your child is overweight, which I found to be very interesting.

Keeping Kids Weights Normalized

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This website is owned by a company based out of San Antonio who works to keep kids in shape using their renowned Shapedown technique. This website talks about the most important aspects of keeping your children from becoming excessively fat. There are ways to eat heathly and keep your kids heathly through intervention, training, prevention, and assessment. Shapedown helps kids enhance their self esteem, adopt heathier habits, and begin to normalize their weight.