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- 1. DID THE PARENTS DO SOMETHING WRONG? Childhood obesity SSC.356.O Yurong Xi
- 2. Why a problem? Physically • type 2 diabetes • high blood pressure • liver disease • bone and joint problems • respiratory problems such as asthma • eating disorders (anorexia or bulimia) Mentally • may be at increased risk for depression • are more likely to bully others • may have poorer social skills • may have high stress and anxiety • may have behavior and/or learning problems https://metrocebu.news/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/childhood-obesity.jpeg
- 3. My argument • Parental behavior can directly lead to childhood obesity. https://media.healthplus.vn/thumb_x650x382/Images/Uploaded/Share/2015/08/12/benh-dai-thao-duong-di-truyen-la-yeu-to-nguy- co11439352180.jpg
- 4. What they eat? • Food choice is not in the hands of children. Unhealthy Lunch box Family dinner. • What parents eat, what children eat. Children don't make explicit attitude about what they eat. https://image.shutterstock.com/image-photo/unhealthy-school- lunchbox-french-fries-260nw-1302338623.jpg
- 5. What they eat? “Last year when I went to the doctor he said that I gained 30 pounds in a year.” “My mother and father are buying food that said they are healthy, but they weren’t.”
- 6. Parental Status • Education level of parents They don't recognize the nutrition labels on food packages They can‘t make the right healthy food choices • The economic level of the family “Among the school districts for every 1 percent increase in low- income status there was a 1.17 percent increase in rates of overweight/obese students.” (Michigan Medicine 2016) • Parental weight status Overweight pregnant women https://previews.123rf.com/images/iarti/iarti1812/iarti181200105/11402423 1-thinking-woman-have-a-question-cartoon-style-cut-businesswoman- thinks-about-problem-concept-confused.jpg
- 7. Obesity and Genetics • Children inherit around 40 percent of parents‘ BMI . (Medical News today 2017) • In some cases of childhood obesity, the genetic impact may be as high as 55 to 60 percent. (health corps 2017) • Science shows that genetics plays a role in obesity. Genes can directly cause obesity. (Etiology) http://www.mynutrispa.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/03/Fotolia_44434707_Subscription_Monthly_M-770x392.jpg http://www.clemson.edu/degrees/images/headers/51.jpg
- 8. My experience • I have experienced childhood obesity myself. • My family and relatives are not very skinny, although they are controlling their diet. It's genetically determined. • In my country, it is not a bad thing to raise your children "fat" because it is a symbol of wealthy family conditions to outsiders. https://www.sparkawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Experience3-72.jpg
- 9. What should we do? • Cooking food at home (healthline parenthood 2018) • Control and decrease the bowl serving size • Swap sweet snacks for fresh fruit • Spread knowledge about healthy eating https://ugc-01.cafemomstatic.com/gen/constrain/500/500/80/2014/08/06/17/2q/fc/po6pnlsfok.jpg
- 10. Conclusion • Parental behavior is an important cause of worsening childhood obesity. • The food problem is global, but there are also regional differences. So we can't just blame society and food companies or fast-food chains for producing unhealthy and fast food for kids. https://images.medicaldaily.com/sites/medicaldaily.com/files/s tyles/headline/public/2015/05/31/shutterstock_146150192.jpg
- 11. Reference • WHAT ARE THE COMPLICATIONS OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY? https://childhoodobesityfoundation.ca/what-is-childhood-obesity/complications-childhood-obesity/ • In Defense of Food (2015) https://mcphs.kanopy.com/video/defense-food • Low-income communities more likely to face childhood obesity https://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201601/low-income-communities-more-likely-face-childhood- obesity • CDC: ‘Complex’ relationship between childhood obesity and parental income, education level https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/obesity/news/online/%7B17de48f9-8e9c-405f-92b5- 1937f509bb20%7D/cdc-complex-relationship-between-childhood-obesity-and-parental-income-education- level • Relationships between Parental Education and Overweight with Childhood Overweight and Physical Activity in 9–11 Year Old Children: Results from a 12-Country Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996501/
- 12. Reference • Childhood Obesity Strongly Linked to Parents’ Genetics https://www.healthcorps.org/fitness-2017-05-obesity-genetics/ • Children inherit around 40 percent of parents' BMI https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315981.php#1 • Etiology: Genetic factors of overweight and obesity http://obesity.ulaval.ca/obesity/generalities/genetic.php • Overcoming Childhood Obesity: How Parents Can Help… or Hurt https://www.healthline.com/health-news/overcoming-childhood-obesity-how-parents-can-help-or-hurt
Editor's Notes
- Hi everyone, my name is Yurong. My topic of this position analysis on food issues is childhood obesity. My headline is, did parents do something wrong? I want to claim that parents should be responsible for the problem of childhood obesity.
- All of the conditions listed above are complications of childhood obesity, according to data provided by the Childhood Obesity Foundation in 2015. These diseases are usually found only in adults. Still, in the last decade, symptoms like high blood pressure and diabetes have been getting younger and younger, with type 2 diabetes in particular. What's more, most children's obesity will only increase as they age, making the diseases caused by obesity more serious. At the same time, in addition to physical health problems, the mental health of overweight children cannot be ignored. I, as a psychology student, lament this fact and wonder who is to blame for childhood obesity?
- When we all blame fast-food restaurants and food suppliers for serving unhealthy food to children, I would like to raise the critical impact of parents' behavior in this regard. In my opinion, the parents' behavior directly leads to childhood obesity. I will illustrate some examples given in news or film materials to strengthen my point of view in the next few slides.
- When I want to discuss this issue, the first thing that comes to my mind is "what parents eat." Imagine your lunch box when you were in elementary or middle school, was your lunch box filled with food that your parents prepared for you? I'm sure most people do, include myself. Children usually don't have a broad choice about what to eat today. Instead, the meals are typically arranged by parents. And in many cases, the children usually only consider the "the food is delicious " or "I don't get hungry by eating this food." They typically do not keep a negative attitude toward the food prepared by their parents (unless they do not love to eat). Still, as we know, unhealthy foods are usually high in fat and sugar made food, and people naturally tend to stick for these foods. The situation creates a cycle where parents think the food is acceptable to the child, and it's easy to prepare; then, we continue to follow this diet. Over time they are fed unhealthy food by their parents.
- This is a scene from In Defense of food (2015). The boy in the film is named Anthony, he is 11 years old, and the shocking fact is that he gained 30 pounds in one year. Her mother said she was shocked because almost all the food she bought was labeled "healthy food." This episode is a powerful example of parents making the wrong food decisions. In many cases, parents are deceived by the food manufacturers' lies and buy this so-called healthy food to become the main diet of their children, which directly leads to childhood obesity.
- The second point I want to mention is that there is a link between parental status and childhood obesity. I've divided statuses into three categories: parents' education level, income level, and body weight. Parental education level has always been a controversial topic for children's weight management. Although there has been a social argument that there is no direct link between parental education level and childhood obesity, I would like to claim that there is a correlation. According to a sentence in Healio's news, "The prevalence of obesity among youths living in households headed by college graduates was lower than that among those living in households headed by less-educated persons for each race. " What's more, it is difficult for parents with low education to fully grasp the knowledge about healthy eating. Second, low-income communities are more likely to face childhood obesity, according to a 2016 university of Michigan news report. Because poor communities are not well constructed, areas with few recreational facilities and supermarkets are more conducive to the consumption of unhealthy and low-nutrient foods. In the study of Relationships between Parental Education and Overweight with Childhood Overweight and Physical Activity in 9-11 Year Old Children, the researchers proposed a positive correlation between parents' Overweight and Children's Overweight.
- Numerous studies have shown that genetics is a crucial factor in childhood obesity. Although parents are not entirely to blame for this situation, genes are passed on to the next generation and are directly responsible for childhood obesity. For families in this category, parents should pay more attention to their own and their children's eating habits to avoid worsening the situation.
- Now, I want to relate the points I've made to my own experience. Until last spring, I weighed about 165 pounds, and I had not been considered slim since childhood, so my mother thought I needed to lose weight. Although I've basically managed to get down to around 134 pounds at this time, I have to admit that there are no members of my family who are generally considered thin. Since last summer, my mother and I have been going on a diet and trying to lose weight; fortunately we seemed success, But we were still curious that what is the cause of obesity in our family. So I asked my grandmother, who probably didn't know anything about genetics; But she told me that since she was a child, all her relatives have looked fat. I narrowly linked my information to the family's genetic heritage, but I also realized that in my country, if there was a skinny child in the class, we might think that she was not well cared for by her parents. In Asia, our primary food source is rice and noodles, which are high in carbohydrates.
- In response to the topic I've addressed, I've given some useful advice, starting with parents themselves, to prepare foods that meet the standards of a healthy diet for their children.
- The food industry is closely related to interests, no matter which sector of the food industry is trying to gain its own benefits. It is not the best practice to complain about social policies and systems, because it cannot change anything. In this semester's study, I fully understand that no one can break the pattern of the whole society by himself, because it involves too many people and the benefits of enterprises. Starting from the parents' behavior to carry on the practical change has a positive effect on improving childhood obesity.