The following five community resources that I found are very important because they provide services to families in the city of Chicago to help them fight childhood obesity. I picked some organizations in the Humboldt Park community because they are going to be more convenient for the child and the family that I am focusing on for this project. As I mentioned in the child profile, “L” is a child who is suffering from child obesity. I think the following resources are going to help him and his family overcome this health problem. As early childhood educators we can help parents change their eating habits and improve their health by referring them to professionals who know how to educate them to better their life.
The first community resource that I found is the Erie Family Health Center
Manager, Community Programs located at 2750 W. North Ave., Chicago IL, 60647. This resource is important because they have a program called “La Vida Sana La Vida Feliz (Healthy life, happy life)”. This program is federally funded to prevent obesity and intervene in the Humboldt Park community. At the moment this program serves 63,000 residents. In this program the families will learn new skills to prevent and target obesity. These include self-management associated with nutrition, physical activity, and healthy weight. They reinforce these skills through nutrition counseling and fitness programs. They help the families to gain access to healthy foods and motivate them to stay active. For help regarding obesity the families can call 312- 432-7499 for assistance. I think this resource could help “L” and his family very much to solve the obesity problem.
The second community resource is “Near North Health Service Corporation,” located at 1...
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...m provides services to diverse children; they focus on children ages 7-13 years old and their parents/caregivers. The children and their families have the opportunity to participate in the MEND for ages 7-13 to prevent obesity, manage weight, to modify eating and physical activity, and to reduce obesity among young children (MEND, 2014). The program is for ten weeks and is a 21-month innovation maintenance strategy. Their goal is to encourage healthy lifestyles and healthy habits. The families meet twice a week to learn about nutrition, food labels, food shopping and physical activity. They talk about food portion sizes, and teach families that food can be healthy but eating too much of the same thing is bad. The families need to qualify for the program. The children need to have a BMI above 26 % and pass a medical exam to ensure they qualify for the program.
Of course there are many beautiful and dynamic fish that reside in the waters of Hawaii, but none are as captivating as the Humuhumumunukunukuapua'a (Rhinecanthus rectangulus ). This reef trigger-fish is the official state fish of Hawaii because of its abundance in the shallow waters of the coast. Humuhumumunukunukuapua'a means “nose like a pig” because of the shape of its nose due to the formation of its teeth and because it makes a “snorting” sound when abruptly taken from the water and when swimming away from predators. The locals of Hawaii usually call this fish humuhumu (hoo-moo-hoo-moo) in lieu of having to pronounce its full name for conversation purposes. In other parts of the world this shallow water fish is also known as the Picasso and rectangle fish because of the colors and patterns on its body. Since the humuhumu prefer waters with degrees from seventy-five to eighty degrees Fahrenheit they are found and indigenous to the “Indo-Pacific: Hawaiian islands, Red Sea south to East London, South Africa and east through Indonesia to the Marquesan Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island.”(Oceanlink.com).According to ask a Marine Scientist:Osteichthyes , they are in the class of the “Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)”,the order of the ”Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes)”,a member of the ”Balistidae” family(Oceanlink.com), and its biome of preference is the coastal strand.
In 1970 the nation was in its highest state of controversy. The generation gap that had begun to form in the sixties was now more of a ravine. The youth of America was finally standing up and raising their voices in protest against all the problems that plagued the country they would have control of in years to come. There were many events that helped in feeding the flame in the hearts of Americans. One such event was the Kent State University incident. It is an event that touched the nation and made such a profound mark, and yet it only lasted for thirteen seconds. In the thirteen seconds the Ohio National Guard, along with the rest of government by association, established themselves as the new enemy. All eyes were on them, scrutinizing their every move, pointing out every mistake they made. Interestingly enough, most don’t even really know exactly what went on in those thirteen seconds, but they knew that it left four students dead and nine injured at the hand of the National Guard, so that was enough to strike the hearts on millions. Still today, twenty-nine years later, we still don’t really know what went on. Who fired the first shot, and were they provoked? Was it necessary for the National Guard to be present on this typically calm college campus in the first place? And why did it have to end in such tragedy? There are so many questions, and so many misconceptions about this incident, and like any controversial issue, there are always two sides to the story.
Obesity is a rising problem in the United States. With obesity rates on the rise something must be done to prevent this massive issue. There are ways to help including educating at young ages, improving nutrition facts at restaurants, and providing more space for citizens to get physically active.
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Childhood obesity in Mississippi is rising due to a parent’s lack of healthy food choices and lack of obesity awareness. Without proper nutrition, obesity is inevitable, and quality nutrition begins within the home of the child. If a parent constantly buys processed foods and saturated fats, it limits a child to only eat what is available at home. Within a study done by BMC Pediatrics, “Parental surveys revealed that approximately 40% of children eat less than two servings of fruits and vegetables per day” (Tovar, Chui, Hyatt, Kuder, Kraak, Choumenkovitch, S., & ... Economos). Although this is a statistic regarding the United States as a whole, the percentage of childhood obesity in Mississippi is higher than the national average. Parents in Mississippi would presumably be starving their children of proper nutrition. Poor nutrition and diet in a parent will eventually be passed down to a child. According to a study at Stanford University, “64% of children with overweight parents became overweight, compared with o...
Going to college is a big step in a young person’s life. That is why when going to college; one should know which college they would like to go to. For me personally, the college of my dreams is Louisiana State University. The top three majors at Louisiana State University are Biology, Biomedical engineering, and Business. The main reason I want to go to Louisiana State University is because of their amazing biology department .The main things that caught my attention about Louisiana State University, was how flexible I could be with my money, it isn’t that hard to apply and the admission process is pretty doable, and the campus life is interesting with many clubs and organizations that I could join.
The purpose of this paper is to provide an individual health promotion for an 8 year old African American female who is in the 95 percentile for weight. Guiding change is a key component that a nurse must display in order to combat childhood obesity (Berkowitz & Borchard, 2009). The health promotion will aim to increase physical activity and enhance the individual’s consumption of nutrient dense food based on Healthy People Guidelines 2010, as well as improve the health literacy for the parent and the individual with regards to childhood obesity. It is essential that the nurse, parent, and child have open communication with mutually agreed upon goals (Caprio et al., 2008). The goals set forth by the nurse, parent, and child are that the attendee participate in at least 60 minutes of sustained aerobic activity 5 days a week for the next 6 months.
Childhood obesity has become such a big problem because of the lack of parent awareness and influence on children to eat healthily. Childhood obesity i...
Obesity in children across America has become an increasing public health concern. Obesity has been identified as an epidemic that is plaguing our children in the United States. In some countries around the world children are dying of starvation everyday. How can this happen when here in America the opposite is a major problem? This is not to say that in America there are no hungry or starving children. It has been proven that our children suffer from obesity, and “children who are overweight or obese as preschoolers are five times as likely as normal-weight children to be overweight or obese as adults” (“Hope”). Obesity not only can cause a child to become more prone to having health problems down the road, but it can also make them feel insecure about themselves. There needs to be action taken in schools as well as in homes to help prevent this growing epidemic.
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The length of your formal essays (minimum 750 words combined) should be no fewer than the following number of words TOTAL: 250 words for essay #1; 500 words for essay #2 . Your essays should be structured like an essay for an academic class. It will be evaluated both on your content and ideas as well as on writing conventions such as thesis, supporting evidence, organization, style, and mechanics. Submit BOTH essays in ONE attached document.
Sorg, M. J., Yehle, K. S., Coddington, J. A., & Ahmed, A. H. (2013). Implementing family-based childhood obesity interventions. Nurse Practitioner, 38(9), 14-22. doi:10.1097/01.NPR.0000433074.22398.e2
In recent years, childhood obesity has become a public health concern, both in the U.S. and worldwide. According to Hopkins, DeCristofaro, and Elliott (2011),
Childhood obesity is a health problem that is becoming increasingly prevalent in society’s youth. For a number of years, children across the nation have become accustomed to occasionally participating in physical activities and regularly snacking on sugary treats. In result of these tendencies, approximately one third of American children are currently overweight or obese (Goodwin). These grim statistics effectively represent all the lack of adult interference, in regards to health, has done to the youth of America. The habits of over consuming foods and under participating in physical activities are all too common in the children of today. Children cannot solve this issue alone, though. These young people need to essentially be given the opportunities to make positive health decisions and learn about good, nutritional values.
...system approximately $44 billion dollars annually (CDC). Obesity is defined as having a BMI of 29.5 or higher and is associated with inducing secondary diseases and illnesses that are not always irreversible. The impacts of the disease (or diseases) can afflict suffers with mental illnesses (anxiety, low confidence, depression,) or poorer IQ as children. Combining these together can produce a lower socio-economic status and inspire other problems related to that. Such as housing, careers, quality of life, financial troubles, that is hard to bring oneself out of alone. By offering support or putting together organizations coupled with self-determination we can assist those with obesity. Combined with employer incentives, mediation, and increased physical activity along with reduction in high caloric foods the rates of obesity and obesity related illnesses could drop.