A child's deteriorating health and increasing weight are usually started by unhealthy eating habits. 90% of the time these bad habits originate from the child's parents (Family 2). Statistics from stats.net show that parents are working an average of 10 hours more a week than in 1980. ... On average, children under the age of thirteen, eat at fast food restaurants seven times a month (Modern 3). ... The average child consumes 170 pounds of sugar a year, that's 20 pounds more than the average adult (Modern 1). ...

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Causes Genetic Causes of Obesity Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting a genetic link. Yet families also share diet and lifestyle habits that may also contribute to obesity. ... Most overweight people have no more psychological problems than people of average weight. ... There is a common perception that obese people have lower self esteem than do average people. ...

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Because doctors are specialized in medical fields, the average American is extremely likely to trust their judgment. ... Because it is a doctor who recommends this as opposed to an average friend or family member, the audience is much more likely to believe them. ... He does this by emphasizing the fact that prior to the experiment commencing, he was said to have above average health. ... If Spurlock gained such a significant amount of weight, then a person of average or inferior health would gain even more in an even shorter amount of time. However, another compelling factor of the argument i...

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Anorexia victims tend to be young, healthy, attractive girls from fairly successful families. ... The families of anorexics are often high achieving with high expectations of their children. ... According to one estimate, women suffering from major depression have eight times the average rate of anorexia. ... Social isolation and family conflicts arise at a time when families and peers ought to provide comfort zone and to support issues related to self-concept, self-esteem. Because adolescents usually live at home or interact with their families on a daily basis, the role of the family shoul...

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Anorexic patients typically come from white, middle class families. ... There are 3 kinds of treatments for the anorexic patient: nutritional therapy, individual psychotherapy, and family counseling. ... Some physicians put the patient in the hospital until they are nutritionally stable and others work with patients in the family setting. ... The other kind of treatment is family therapy which is suppose to help family members relate better to one another and encourage more mature thinking in the patient and also to help all family members work together for the well being of the pati...

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Obesity does tend to run in families. ... With notably higher levels of cholesterol, glucose, and triglycerides than other people of average weight, the obese child who becomes an obese adult is in greater danger for a heart attack or stroke. ... Thin or average weight people frequently judge overweight people as having character flaws. ...

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Unfortunately, the industry is fueled by our society's portrayal of how the average American should look. Think about it, how often do you see a truly average looking American in a magazine or a movie? ... Fitness as a part of family values should be a high priority to all families. ... For most families, especially unfit families have the main course of their meal as beef at least five out of seven days of the week. ... Not only will teaching your family about fitness educate them but it can also bring the family closer together. ...

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Barbie is a young girl's first example of the ideal woman; which can explain why the average age of cosmetic surgery patients is lowering each year (Plastic Surgery). ... Many women spend more time applying their makeup than they do with their families, some of them do not even feel comfortable leaving their own home without makeup. ... The average woman is 5"4" and 140 pounds, while in contrast, the average model is 5"11" and 117 pounds (Costello). ...

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Obesity has become a tremendous problem today and one reason is because families do not congregate together every night at home and eat good home-cooked meals together, as they used to do when obesity was not a vast problem. ... It is hard for obese people to go unnoticed and people tend to stare, which puts these people in uncomfortable position and is just another thing making live harder for them and something that average size people do not have to put up with. ...

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My personal profile says that I average about over 2,000 calories each day. ... I drink a lot more than average because I work out a lot. ... For this week, I slept about 6 hours on average, but I took naps when I got home from class. ... I don't want to turn out to be a diabetic, although it doesn't run in my family. ...

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Emotional and personality disorders, family pressures, possible genetic or biologic susceptibility, and a culture where there is an obsession with thinness are all contributing factors to this consuming disease (noah.cuny.edu). ... The eating binges average about 1,000 calories but can be as high as 20,000 calories or as low as 100. Patients diagnosed with bulimia average about 14 episodes per week. ... It also establishes a 24-hour, toll-free hotline that sufferers and their families can call to receive referrals for services or other information about eating disorders (apa.org/ppo/nit...

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Some people weigh less than average for their height because they have smaller bones and muscles. ... I look at obesity and think of diseases; this is because of family history. My whole family is practically considered overweight according to the BMI and has diseases that are even unheard off. ... In my family, I have seen it from parents to their children. ... Since my family is mostly overweight, I see what they have to go through. ...

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Fast-food has become very convenient to most families today, as they may not have time to prepare home cooked meals. Between working a full time job and having to care for a family, it is much easier to spend a little money for a diverse of instantly ready foods. ... In school, it is compulsory to take physical education, but this only lasts one semester out of the four years the average student will attend. ... If a child is born into a family full of overweight people, one has a higher probability in being genetically linked to the condition. ... Food, too many children or adolescent can al...

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Other contributing factors are the long working hours of family members an increase in single parent household, long distances to school or work, and short lunchtime are also factors. ... Between the years 2000 to 2003 they have opened an average of three restaurants each year. ...

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The old fashioned family meal with a balanced nutrition has been replaced with fast food joints like McDonald's and Taco Bell and household staples have become frozen pizza and pre-packaged processed meals. ... In this section it also mentions an alarming report was published in the New England Journal of Medicine that suggested over the next fifty years obesity will shorten the average U.S. life expectancy by at least two to five years, reversing the mostly steady increase in life expectancy that has occurred over the past two centuries. ...

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The average American woman today is 5"4"", weighs 142 pounds and is relatively heavier than the average American woman was 20 years ago. ... Many models and actresses are 10 to 20 percent below their ideal body weight (Hittner 88), and weigh about 23 percent less than the average individual. . ...

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The average man or woman cannot compete with these images. ... This has the effect of isolating them, because a central part of their life is kept secret from family and friends. ... Archer 5 Young girls pick up messages from family, media, and role models that to be thin is not only desirable, it is required. ...

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Many things had caught my attention when I first arrived to Canada, two years back. The country is large, the distance is greater, the cars are bigger and the people are wider. (if you want, you can elaborate such reaction & comparison in order to connect w/ below paragraph) The n...

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., which is less than the average weight for her height. ... For instance the show Roseanne, the show was about the life of a low-income family, it just so happened to be that the parents were overweight. ...

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The average rate of most fruit and vegetables is costly compared to the over processed food price tag. ... Children of today's parents fall victim to marketing schemes of nutritious banquets for the family in half the time with full dietary benefits. ...

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African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans develop diabetes, nephropathy, and kidney failure at rates higher than average. ... Both family history of hypertension and the presence of hypertension appear to increase chances of developing kidney disease. ...

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The heart of an anorexic patient is smaller and weaker than the average individual. ... Eating disorders are nothing to play with; so suspected individuals should be reported to family members or medical physicians. ...

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When placed in a setting, such as a family mealtime, where they are expected to eat they will often cut their food into small pieces and move it around their plate to make it look as if they have eaten, or they will hide food in their napkin. ... Since they are so determined to avoid meals they are forced to become very withdrawn from friends and family. ... Some binge eaters report consuming as much as twenty thousand calories in a single sitting, the amount an average person eats in 8 days.... Some of the common stimuli which trigger eating disorders are; family or other relationship problem...

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The constant pressure placed on athletes by family, coaches and their communities, may pressure them to engage in unhealthy practices in order to appease those expectations and achieve success on the field. ... Given that non athletic individuals who suffer from eating disorders often have overbearing, controlling families who put pressure on them to succeed, it is not surprising that, athletes who are constantly under pressure to win resort to similar coping strategies. Specifically, in many cases athletes are under more pressure from more people; such as coaches and peers in conjunction w...

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Males are considered obese when they are 5% or more over the average body fat percentage. ... In ending, the main way to loose weight and stay fit is to have a healthy diet, exercise regularly and get the family involved in a healthy new life...

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