According to Time magazine, in America 13% of children under the age of eleven are obese. ... Statistics from stats.net show that parents are working an average of 10 hours more a week than in 1980. ... "We've never seen an obese child population like this before," says Naomi Neufeld, a pediatric endocrinologist and director of KidShape, a non-profit weight-loss program in Los Angeles. ... Our fast paced lifestyle and demand for promptness have doomed America's youth to obesity. ...

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In areas where the population is more concentrated, it is not unusual to drive a mile or more to the grocery store, and rural inhabitants would typically have to drive more than 10 miles. ... The percent of obese adults was at 60.3% in 2012 which is actually pretty low considering all of the other states and I see billboards telling kids to stop consuming sugar and advertisements at bus stops and train stations with health statistics and alternative options for good food. ... "Starved for Access: Life in Rural America's Food Deserts." ... American Journal of Public Health 99.3 (2009): 505...

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The topic of obesity is important to the field of sociology because obese people make up a significant portion of the world's population. ... More than half of American adults 20 years old or older are overweight or obese. ... ""Affecting one in five Americans - or more than 22 percent of the U.S. population - obesity is one of the most pervasive health problems in our nation right now," said George L. ... Rates of obesity among minority populations, including African-Americans and Hispanic Americans are especially high (AOA 2000). ... Yet public health statistics tell us there is an e...

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And not everything is better because it's the American way. 40% of Americans are obese. 50% of Americans are taking prescription drugs. 1 in 5 four year old's are obese, and we've spent 5 times the amount of money on healthcare that we have spent on our country's defense. These statistics were shocking to me when I learned of them watching the documentary "Forks Over Knives." ... Maybe America's Dairy Farmers need to change their catchphrase from "Got Milk?" ... Now, I'm finding out that we as a population have been feeding ourselves the ingredients necessary to...

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