Negative Effects of Television on Children
In recent times, the mass media such as newspaper, film, radio, television and internet are the principal way to receive info...
Healthy America:
Wellness Where We Live,
Work and Learn
Call to Action:
An Agenda for
America's Governors
Healthy America:WellnessWhere We Live,Work and Learn
Call to A...
"With belly like a poisoned pup Said I: 'I must give bacon up: And also, I profanely fear, I must abandon bread and beer That make for portliness they say; Yet of them c...
EFFECTS OF TITLE IX AND SPORTS PARTICIPATION
ON GIRLS’ PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WEIGHT
Robert Kaestner
This research was partially supported by grants from the...
The Effect of Organized Sport on Children
It is obvious that the American society is obsessed with sports. All one needs to do to see this obsession is turn on the te...
Less Telly…Less Belly
Introduction
This report will introduce readers to the epidemic of child-hood obesity. I will illustrate how fast obesity has risen in children and...
Obesity is an epidemic plaguing the United States. According to the Center for Disease Control, 25.6% of Americans were obese in 2007. The CDC considers a person obese when th...
It is well documented that there are nine million six to sixteen year-olds in the country who are overweight in the United States. Studies show that hardening of the arteries,...