Socialization of Children is Key to Reducing Childhood Obesity

The purpose of this article is to select topics or topics related to family or family theory. The questions to answer are as follows: what you learned from the literature on this topic. How these measurements will serve to better understand how to actually solve this problem. In this discussion, we will use at least three peer-reviewed articles. The chosen theme was how parental social skills and behavior promote childhood obesity. Based on literature review, it was found that the incidence of obesity doubled in the United States from 1980 to 1999 (Ogden, Carroll & Flegal, 2002 O'Dea & Eriksen, 2010, pp.

Childhood obesity is a serious problem for children in the United States. Because of the high percentage of children diagnosed as overweight or overweight each year, several doctors even mention childhood obesity as epidemic. "According to DASH, it is said that 16 to 33% of American children are obese each year" (childhood obesity) is a small part of obese children related to body and health, about 1 It is only a percentage. The problem, nonetheless, this serious disease such as obesity may have been prevented.

The dramatic increase in the number of childhood obesity in the United States made it a pandemic disease in our country. Obesity is a threat to health for many children. Over the past 30 years, childhood obesity has more than doubled among children, and more than 4 times among young people. The obesity rate of children aged 6 to 11 in the US rose from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly, the proportion of obese adolescents aged 12 to 19 years increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period. (Fact of childhood obesity, 2015) What is obesity?

Childhood obesity is prevalent in the United States. One in five Americans is obese. In fact, "About 17% (12.5 million) of children and adolescents from 2 to 19 years of age are obese (" obesity rate ", 2011). Since 1980, the childhood obesity rate has steadily increased, and many children are now diseases of adult diseases such as elevated cholesterol level, hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, etc. Among the internal and external factors There are things that lead to childhood obesity, but parents think that they are mainly responsible for obese children and adolescents. Experts and sociologists are studying the continuous decrease in physical activity ... more content

Childhood obesity is a serious condition that occurs when the age and height of a child exceeds normal weight. The main causes of childhood obesity are irregular eating habits and lack of physical activity. There are also some related effects such as cholesterol problems, blood pressure, diabetes and so on. Journal of Childhood Obesity is designed to provide complete and reliable information on the cause, treatment, efficacy and prevention of childhood obesity and its related effects by publishing papers, reviews and case reports I will.