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A 4 page research paper that discusses the problem of childhood/adolescent obesity in Canada. Canadian statistics are cited and the writer also discusses the influence of TV and video games in this trend. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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percent of obese young people continue this condition into their adult years (LeBlanc, 2003). Higher rates of obesity have been associated with the simultaneous rise in the incidence of type
2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (LeBlanc, 2003). Obesity results from a consistent positive energy imbalance. In other words, this can be understood as a simple physics equation, energy intake
is greater than energy expenditure, resulting in the excess energy intake being stored as fat. While it is also true that between 25 and 40 percent of childhood obesity is
genetically related, as LeBlanc asserts, "it would be hard to imagine that recent mutations have accounted for the epidemic raise in rates over the past 20 years" (LeBlanc, 2003, p.
329). Clearly, environmental factors play a large role in the trend. The typical Canadian diet includes large amount of refined sugar and fat (LeBlanc, 2003). Busy schedules and parents with
two careers often result in meals that are purchased from fast food restaurants, which is factor that accounts a great deal of the high fat content in the typical diet
(LeBlanc, 2003). Eating while watching television or while engaged in other sedentary activities has also been associated with increases in obesity. Statistics show that children and adolescents "watch up to
14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermore, the vast majority of Canadian school children
have Internet access at home (80 percent) and close to 50 percent at online for at least an hour per day (LeBlanc, 2003). These factors are complicated by the
fact that children, more and more, do not engaged in a healthy level of physical activity. Research indicates that at least half of all Canadian children do not engage in
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