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A 10 page paper discussing rising rates of childhood obesity in Canada from a social perspective. The United States still leads the world in childhood obesity, but Canada is approaching achieving similar rates. The paper discusses several attempted interventions that have occurred to date, noting that a trend in business is to seek to achieve sustainable business relationships. The paper concludes that partnership between budget-restricted government and the accomplished marketers of companies such as Kraft and Gerber could result in better results including slowing in rates of increase and reduced incidence of Type II diabetes and hypertention. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSsocChldObeCa.rtf
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Mark Tremblay, dean of kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan, is a leading expert and researcher in childhood obesity. He has proclaimed that childhood obesity is "epidemic" in
Canada, and that furthermore, the problem is expected to worsen at a more rapid rate than it developed. Research confirms what common sense dictates: fat children grow up
to be fat adults, individuals who are at far greater risk for developing Type II diabetes and hypertension. These two conditions have long been believed to be limited to
older adults, but their incidence is increasing at frighteningly younger ages. The Social Problem And why would childhood obesity be regarded as a
social issue? Limiting consideration to Type II diabetes and hypertension alone, the implications for the public health care system are enormous. Both Type II diabetes and hypertension are
chronic, long-term conditions that effectively are double-edged swords. Both contribute to increased risk of coronary artery disease, which further stresses public health care systems and is the leading cause
of death in several countries. The public health aspect of childhood obesity is only part of the social issue. Perhaps of even
greater importance are the collective changes in social structures and expectations that lead to increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Video games and computer use are seen as being significant contributors to
increased rates of obesity among children, a factor used to explain why the increase in childhood obesity among boys is greater than among girls (Expert says Canada losing child obesity
battle, 2003). Though the electronic lure of the sedentary lifestyle is strong, Tremblay says that the obesity problem "is mostly due to Canadas
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