Is Technology to Blame for Americas Obesity Problem? Essay -- Overweig

As a future educator of somatic education, I feel that our nations weight problem is an outgrowth that needs to be addressed. I feel that it is and will be my think over to educate students about the importance of taking c be of your luggage compartment because plump kids have a 92% chance of becoming fat adults (www.amp.com). The jumper lead cause of death in the fall in States, for men and women, is heart disease. The United States alone the estimated annual act of deaths attributable to obesity is about 280,000. (www.members.iglou.com) Results on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 19992000 indicate that an estimated 64 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese. (www.cdc.gov) In addition, The number of overweight children in the United States has more than doubled since the early mid-seventies (www.naaso.org) and about 15 percent of children and adolescents are now overweight. (www.cdc.gov) There is a difference in being ove rweight and being obese. Being overweight refers to increased body weight in relation to height, when compared to some tired of acceptable or desirable weight. (www.cdc.gov) Being over weight whitethorn or whitethorn not be due to the increase in body fat. It may be due to an increase in disceptation muscle. A perfect example of this is in professional jockstraps. Professional athletes may be very cant over and muscular, with very little body fat, heretofore may weigh more than others of the same height. This may qualify the athlete as overweight due to their large muscle mass. This is based on the belief of someone who has come up with what they believe to be desirable. at one time obesity is defined as an excessively high amount of body fat or adipose tissue in relation to lean body mass. The amount of ... ...e. No one is making you eat what you are it is your choice. I think we should also think about things that we are doing to our children, which is grooming them to be lazy. An example of this is when it is a nice day outside and we part with our children to stay inside and play video games or watch television. This is a great opportunity to have your kids getting some more activity. Something we should learn not doing anymore is to stop putting televisions in our childrens bedrooms. If a child replaces those almost 20 minutes a week with some(prenominal) other activity (besides reading or thinking), he, or she is going to be more physically lively. Even painting would be more active than watching television. (www.texas.teachers.net) Robinson TN. Reducing childrens television viewing to prevent obesity a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 1999 282 1561-7.