1. Childhood Obesity in L.A.
---Xinwei Yan

2. Content Definition of Childhood obesity Trend of childhood obesity
reasons OF childhood obesity in L.A.
effects OF childhood obesity in L.A.
how TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY

3. Childhood Obesity
It is concerning too much fat in the children’s bodies.
There is an example from Soumya Karlamangla. As she reported, “a 10-year- old boy of average height — about 4.5 feet tall — who weighs 102 pounds would have a body-mass index (a measure of weight and height) higher than 95% of his peers, and therefore be considered obese.” (Karlamanglla, 2015)

4. Childhood obesity
The rate of childhood obesity is still increasing because parents and children make the wrong food choice.

5. Trend of childhood obesity
From this chart, more and more American children got obese as the year increased.
Children Aged years old show the fastest increase.
Source from Ogden, et al., 2002a; CDC, 2003

6. This graph shows overweight and obesity among different ages in America.
After 1976, all lines illustrate a dramatic increase.
Source from CDC, 2003.

7. reasons OF childhood obesity in L.A.
Lacking of P.E. Class
Eating a lot of junk food
Too much fat intake
Large amount of calorie intake
Participating less physical activity

8. effects OF childhood obesity in L.A.
Physical and mental problems.
Depression
Type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular
Digestive disease

9. Example of disease caused by Obesity
Type 2 diabetes is increasing in children.
It will develop for some years.
As CDC mentioned, about 75,000 Americans die because of type 2 diabetes every year
The girl in the picture suffers from type 2 diabetes, and she is getting her sugar blood report.

10. How to prevent childhood obesity
Walking environment
Creating safe walking path
More public spaces for doing activities
Improving Healthy Environment
Increasing the amount of exercise
Walking or cycling to school
Taking P.E. or dance class
• Doing Physical Activity
• Limiting Watching TV
Avoiding eating when children watch TV
NO watching advertisements.
• Food Sector
Adding logos of nutrition
Reducing tax fee for healthy food

11. “Healthy eating out” campaign
This campaign aims to prevent obesity from adults and children.
It tries to train chefs to make healthy food.
It provides some advice of healthy food for customers, such as fruit and vegetables instead of french fries and soda drinks.
No fried food and soda drinks showing in the Children’s menu.
Over 700 Subway restaurants join this campaign.

12. L.A. County focuses on training child care providers
L.A. County department of Public Health costs more than 6 million dollars.
It trains 6000 child care providers in 500 workshops.
They study the analysis of food nutrition and provide healthy food for children.

13. Campaign against childhood obesity in l.a.
It encouraged to change food environment.
It pays more attention to improve the quality of nutrition of food.
It also suggests to eating healthier and do more exercise.
People should avoid soda, sports, and juice drinks.
Drinking more water instead of unhealthy drinks.

14. Children influence their family
A mom, called Azucena Santiago, always make healthy food with her children.
In the school, teachers educate them to choose the food that contains more nutrition.
Thus, children also help their mom prepare fresh vegetables at home.

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