Childhood Obesity Statistics

The critical attributes are significant characteristics of a certain topics these are the parts of a topic that are most important to acknowledge.

The critical attributes of childhood health in the US are:

·       - 52.5% of the US population was classified as overweight or obese.

·       - 25% of boys and 23.3% of girls in the US were either overweight or obese.

·       -Childhood obesity is a serious concern because obese children have a greatly increased likelihood of becoming obese adults.

·       -Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years

·       -The prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. The prevalence of obesity among adolescents aged 12 to 19 years increased from 5.0% to 18.1%.

·       -Children and adolescents who are obese are at greater risk for bone and joint problems, sleep apnea, and social and psychological problems such as stigmatization and poor self-esteem

Informational knowledge is the statistics that goes along with the statements about obesity and seeing and processing the information.

Procedural knowledge is seeing the evidence in public as well as being able to tell if you or your child is obese. A person could find out if they or someone the know is obese by using the BMI (the body mass index)

I would teach this by allowing everyone to figure out his or her own BMI secretly and figuring out for themselves how they compare to the statistics. After I would have maps and graphs showing the growth in obesity and the poor health effects obesity has on humans. Lastly, at the end of the lesson I would provide helpful tools for creating a healthier environment.