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3 pages in length. The catalyst of the authors' study was the desire to know to what extent the social environment influenced whether children became obese or not. Posing such question as how much impact does social status have on childhood obesity, does a lack of social support impair healthy weight levels and does marital status interfere with the ability to keep children from gaining excessive weight served to formulate the foundation of their research. The hypotheses include are that if adults are predisposed to obesity risks from social class measures like income, education and support systems, than it is reasonable to expect obese children to also face risks from these variables as well. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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as how much impact does social status have on childhood obesity, does a lack of social support impair healthy weight levels and does marital status interfere with the ability to
keep children from gaining excessive weight served to formulate the foundation of their research. The hypotheses include are that if adults are predisposed to obesity risks from social class
measures like income, education and support systems, than it is reasonable to expect obese children to also face risks from these variables as well. This qualitative study, which used standardized
research instruments for data collection, sampled seventy-seven children from an Alabama clinic who were a subgroup of a larger study of seven hundred and eighty respondents. A disproportionate number
of the sample were poor, black and unmarried, with many of them recipients of food stamps and the Women and Infant Children (WIC) supplemental program. Anthropometric data provided a
basis upon which to determine each childs physical measurements, followed by a food frequency checklist to determine nutritional intake as determined by such variables as the childs sex, age and
race, the caretakers status, income and education, as well as whether the family was on any governmental programs. The results supported the authors
hypotheses by illustrating the correlation between certain social measures. Low income, limited education and marital/social status all played critical roles in whether parents are able to or know how
to provide healthy food choices and portions for their children. Particularly pertinent to the results is the authors following statement: "Consistent with earlier studies, we found that the lower
the class position of the caretaker (usually the mother), as measured by multiple measures, the greater the obesity risk for her children" (Gerald et al, 1994, p. 154).
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