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Michelle Obama: "Let's Move!"
education systems - children can learn how to eat healthily
-globalization of food markets and urbanization allow greater access to high fat, high sugar, energy dense food
-mass-marketed foods become cheaper, fresh produce becomes more expensive
-no time to prepare food, family eats out
-every day, one out of four Americans eats fast food
-30% of children eat fast food on a daily basis
(convenience, lack of time, lack of money)
inexpensive
calorie-rich
1970: 25% food budgets
1995: 40% food budgets
labor saving devices
personal automobiles
technology-driven workforce
physically demanding labor ---> sedentary work
-a body mass index of 30 or above
-dividing a person's weight (kg) over the square height (m)
-overweight at 123, obese at 149, morbidly obese at 198
-according to the World Health Organization, over 400 million people are obese, increasing to 700 million by 2015
-the US Centers for Disease Control estimated that 26.5% of people were clinically obese in 2007
-17% of children (2-19) are obese (doubled since 1982)
these add to unneeded sugars
12 ounce cans turn into 20+ ounce cans
"portion distortion" as we are exposed to larger quantities of food
What factor contribute to obesity in America, and how are children affected?
The purpose of this research project is to find the underlying factors contributing to obesity and deduce how those contribute to child obesity.