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Childhood Obesity

Author: Cathleen Erin McGreal
Michigan State University

Synopsis

In this activity, you will look at the problem of childhood obesity and explore some of its possible causes as well as some of its remedies. During the activity, you also will view videos in which children who have struggled with obesity describe themselves and their experiences of being overweight.

Sharron Dalton (2004), a professor specializing in food choice behavior and weight management, likes to quote a nurse’s provocative phrase. At a conference on childhood obesity, the nurse said, “It is bigger than all of us.” Sad but true, the problem of childhood obesity has been growing—not only in the United States but also around the world. Looking at U.S. statistics, Robert Cornette notes (2011) that 4% of baby boomers were overweight children, as compared to approximately one third of today’s youth who will be overweight before adulthood.

Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents, by age group—United States, 1963–2008

Graph retrieved from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6002a2.htm?s_cid=mm6002a2_w

Which of the following BEST describes the statistical pattern of obesity in U.S. children?

The greatest increase in childhood obesity from 1963–2008 appeared in 6–11-year- olds.

Results collected from 1999–2002 indicate that 10 percent of children between the ages of 6 and 11 years were overweight.

The percentage of obese children remained stable until the 1990s.

Children younger than 6 years maintained healthy weights, but this pattern changed when the children entered the school years.

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In 1963, just fewer than 5 percent of 6–11-year-olds were obese. By 2008, almost 20 percent of 6–11-year-olds were obese.

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What is the capital of Oregon?

Eugene

Salem

Portland

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Click on an item in the left column, then click the item in the right column that matches it.

Antecedent Behavior Consequence	The infant is fed and is no longer hungry. Infant cries and establishes contact with its mother. An infant is hungry.
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