Children are not getting out and playing sports or participating in as many extracurricular activities. ... In 2013 the CDC website reported that children between the ages of 8-18 "spend an average of 7.5 hours a day using entertainment media, including television, computers, video games, cell phones, and movies"( Childhood Obesity Causes & Consequences 2013, para 4). ... Children are not getting out and playing sports or participating in as many extracurricular activities as previous generations because of more multimedia, less physical fitness in our schools, and because of limited...

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They are often involved in recreations that exemplify the ideal woman, like cheerleading, dancing, modeling, theater, and certain sports [CITATION NHS14 l 1033]. ... This perfect woman stereotype is also present in media, as in movies, TV, and video games the heroine is always a super model. ...

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These advertisements can put a lot of pressure on young girls at such a young age to look beautiful that it can make them feel depressed about not being able to have the sexual attractiveness they desire or that the media and society desires. ... Authors Domenech-Rodriguez, Rouner, and Slater state that "Males tend to be presented in sports and professional activity contexts, savoring freedom and adventure; traditionally, females are portrayed either in relation to males, as spouses and homemakers, or in relation to children, as parents and homemakers" (p. 1-2). ... One journal me...

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Most coaches are concerned with improving their particular sports teams, but must have so many regular classes under their supervision. ... Television, video games, social media, sleeping, and injury are all factors of lacking a workout schedule to maintain and build muscle and eliminate fat. ...

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