Carolina Leal

TEC 912: Final Project

Childhood Obesity

 

Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the United States. It is a conditioned that is triggered by a variety of elements. I decided to divide my topic into seven categories that are connected to it.

What is Childhood Obesity?

These sites give a detail explanation of what Childhood Obesity is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_obesity

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/childhood_obesity.htm

http://www.parents.com/big-kids/nutrition/childhood-obesity/?ordersrc=google01childhoodobesity_cgy&s_kwcid=child%20obesity|476302402

Causes

These sites provide information on the common causes of Childhood Obesity.

http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/nutrition_7883_ENU_HTML.htm

http://www.kff.org/entmedia/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=32022

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/foodreview/jan1999/frjan99a.pdf

Environmental upbringing (causes)

These sites are outside causes triggered by a child’s home environment.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-11/tu-ahr111307.php

http://clearblogs.com/childhoodobesity/43460/Family+and+Behavior.html

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/02/overweight/index.html

http://www.obesitycures.com/child-obesity-who-to-blame.html

Risks/affects

These sites tell about the risks/affects associated with children who are obese.

http://groups.google.com/group/misc.kids.breastfeeding/browse_thread/thread/602f4c7f9f711495/04cf1ecf76a2b8ae?lnk=gst&q=childhood+obesity#04cf1ecf76a2b8ae

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/105/1/e15

http://www.nativeremedies.com/articles/childhood-obesity-health-risks-diagnosis-treatment.html

 

Treatment

These sites reveal simple, as well as complex treatments available.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/501526_4

http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl.html

http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/EHC/ehc76.pdf

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childnutrition.html

http://www.parents.com/family-life/fitness/family-fitness/ways-to-get-kids-to-exercise/

http://www.drgreene.com/54_13.html

Recent Studies

These are interesting sites based on studies connected to Childhood Obesity.

http://www.uthct.edu/drmom/videogamesfightobesity.asp

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.malaysia/browse_thread/thread/d7bee7a588d77d13?q=childhood+obesity#98a959a89d94987f

http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/jun2002/childhoodobesity.htm

http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20081111/obese-kids-have-middle-aged-arteries?src=RSS_PUBLIC

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111182915.htm

http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/child_obesity/

http://www.acfchefs.org/Content/NavigationMenu2/Partnerships/CCF/

Organizations

These sites are of organizations that help and support families/individuals dealing with Childhood Obesity.

http://www.acfchefs.org/Content/NavigationMenu2/Partnerships/CCF/

http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/poptopics/childobesity.html

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/index.html

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region3/index.html

Other

These are additional sites that deserved a category of their own.

http://www.diseaseproof.com/articles/obesity/

http://www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser/the_club/