Childhood Obesity

The topic I have chosen for my research paper is Childhood Obesity and the lifelong effect it can have on a person, as well as the impact it has on society. I know that being obese as a child can affect a child’s social life, self-esteem, and health. Childhood obesity might also determine the way they live their life as an adult. Habits and choices made as a child can carry over into adulthood. Childhood obesity can have an effect on family, friends, school systems and the medical field. Childhood obesity is a problem throughout the United States. This problem seems to be increasing over time. Obesity is thought to cause more medical problems which can cause health care costs to increase.

I will need to find out how obesity does affect a child’s self-esteem, family and friends. I will also need to research the impact of obesity on school systems and the health care fields. I would also like to know if the rate of childhood obesity is really increasing, and if so, by how much. Are they certain parts of our country with higher rates of obesity? Are there any programs to help prevent or treat childhood obesity? Are there any direct causes for childhood obesity? Is it genetic? Does society have an impact on childhood obesity?

"The Men We Carry In Our Minds" Response

I disagree with the essay "The Men We Carry In Our Minds" by Scott Russell Sanders it shows how women in the 1940's to 1950's were perceived as the stay at home mom, while the dad's went off and worked 40 hours or more a week. Women had to stay home to take care of the children, clean and make sure dinner was on the table by the time their husbands got home from work. The men thought that this an easy job, who wouldn't love to stay home take care of children and just sit all day? But in reality the women did basically everything besides bring home the money. Taking care of children is a difficult job, doing the shopping and cleaning takes a lot of energy out of a women. In the mind of a man he thinks he needs to bring home the money and by doing that he is giving is wife and children a comfortable life and showing his son(s) that its your job to do bring home the money and support your wife. But really a woman should have equal opportunity to support their household. Women should be able to college and get a degree in what they have an interest in. Even though some women would enjoy staying at home and letting their husbands be the "bread winner" still women should be given equal opportunity to do what they want. I would want to be given the chance to decide whether or not I would want to help support my family or not.