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Chapter 1. Chapter 11

Human Development Case Study Exercise
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Young boy in bedroom using a laptop computer and listening to headphones

Case Study

A young boy using a laptop computer and listening to headphones
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Evan can't run very fast, and he doesn't like sports because they take too much effort. He likes playing his video game system and especially enjoys snacking while watching television. Evan is about 20 pounds overweight. After the gym teacher measured his body mass index, Evan's already poor self-esteem sank even lower.

Read the section in the textbook on childhood obesity. Visit the American Heart Association’s Web site: www.heart.org (read the article entitled, “Preventing Childhood Obesity: Tips for Parents and Caretakers”) and the University of Rochester’s Web site: www.urmc.rochester.edu (read the article entitled, “How to Prevent Childhood Obesity”).

Using information from both the textbook and the Web sites, write at least two paragraphs describing what you would you suggest that Evan’s parents do to help him lose weight.