The Issue Of Childhood Obesity In The United States

Health Analysis Issue Part 1
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Past and present initiatives (private and public) to address the issue of childhood obesity in the United States.
Over the past two decades, the United States has recorded a 16.9 per cent increase in the number of obese children and adolescents, a large percentage being children CITATION Kar14 \l 1033 (Karnik & Kanekar, 2014). Obesity brings with is psychological, social and economic issues pertinent to the society and the state at large. For this reason, both the public and private sectors in the U.S have been involved in a myriad of initiatives to help address this issue. To begin with, public health policies, legislation and other relevant policies of intervention had in the past and are currently playing a critical role in having an impact on the physical and social environment of these children to help promote healthy behavior CITATION Kar14 \l 1033 (Karnik & Kanekar, 2014). For instance, the creation of school nutrition...