Short-Term and Long-Term Impacts of Childhood Obesity

CHILDHOOD OBESITY
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Obesity prevalence in children aged 5-19 in the United States has tripled since 1970 CITATION Fry14 \l 1033 (Fryar, Carroll, & Ogden, 2014) and data from 2015-2016 show that nearly 1 in 5 school age children and young people (6 to 19 years) in the United States has obesity. This is a disturbing trend that illuminates the probability of the inherent challenges it poses to the country when its population is increasingly becoming obese. However, childhood obesity can be lessened by creating intervention measures that focus on teaching children and parents healthy eating habits.
Cheung, P. C., Cunningham, S. A., Naryan, K. V., & Kramer, M. R. (2016). Childhood Obesity Incidence in the United States: A Systematic Review. Child Obesity, 12(1), 1-11.
The researchers sought to establish the patterns of childhood obesity in the US based on age and other related factors that have been linked to childhood obesity. The article was published in 2016 which means it reflects the current state of affairs in the country at the moment. The researchers, who are PhD and Masters holder in fields related to public health sought to establish trends and the best way to reverse them. In their findings, they found out that obesity declined with age. Children are more obese early in their life but they grow into a healthy weight as they approach adolescence. They recommended that childhood obesity should target early ages of the children at its onset with intervention measures.
I would use this source to support my points on the current state of childhood obesity in the country. From the article, it is apparent that childhood obesity has increased but it tends to reduce with age. I would use the article to suggest the best intervention methods based on this information. The article would fit perfectly where I have to explain the patterns exhibited by childhood obesity and the best interventions to curb the problem.
Huffman, F. G., Kanikireddy, S., & Patel, M. (2010). Parenthood—A Contributing Factor to Childhood Obesity. Journal of Environmental Research an Public Health, 2800-2810.
The authors of this article have published many public health journals and they lecture in notable universities in the United States. The research is was published in 2010 and the findings are still relevant to the discussion of childhood obesity today because it covers a recurring variable of childhood obesity, parenting. The researchers sought to find the relationship between childhood obesity and parenting. Since obesity is a lifestyle condition, the researchers sought to establish the commonalities of obese children and tie them to parenting styles that could explain them. They found out that the single parented households are more likely to have obese children because the children took foods with higher calories and saturated fatty acids than in dual parented households. This phenomenon can be attributed to the socio-economic dynamics of single parented households where parents hardly have enough time to provide for the children and ensure that the children stick to a healthy diet.
This source is rich in information which shows the prevalence of childhood obesity...