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1、5YOUTHOBESITYWords:664AProblemSolutionReportaboutYouthObesityBy:ShengdeYuID#:20630871Instructor:NancyOczkowski5YOUTHOBESITYAgrowingnumberofteenagersinmanydevelopedcountriesareconfrontedwithbeingoverweightandsomeobesechildrenhavebeenplaguedbydiseasesthatusuallyoccurinadults.Accordingtoarep
2、ortissuedbyInternationalJournalofObesityin2011,overweightandobesityinchildhoodandadolescencemayleadtoseveralsubsequentdiseases,suchasdiabetes,stroke,coronaryheartdisease,andhypertension(Reilly&Kelly.2010).Therefore,inordertosolvetheproblemsthatarecausedbyobesityamongchildrenandadolescents
3、,schoolpolicyandchildren’slifestyleshouldbechangedsothatobeseadolescentscanexperiencemanyphysicalactivitiesandbalancetheirdailydiets.Obesityandoverweightinchildhoodhavemanynegativeeffectsonchildren’smentalhealthandphysicalhealth.Inrecentyears,substantialevidenceindicatethattheyouthobesity
4、isrelatedto“morbidityandmortality”.Severaldiseases,whichposethreatstoyoungpeople’sphysicalhealth,arecausedbyobesity.Forexample,obeseteenagersareconfrontedwithcardiometabolicdiseasesandsomechronicdiseases.Thesediseasesmayleadtodisabilityinchildren’sdailylifeandmakechildrenfeelinferior(Reil
5、ly&Kelly.2010).Inaddition,chronicobesitymayalsohaveanadverseeffectonteenagers’mentalhealth(Duarteetal.,2010).Forinstance,obesityinchildhoodisassociatedwithconductproblems.Besides,obesitymaycausethedepressionamongyoungpeople(Duarteetal.,2010).Tosolvetheproblemsthatarecausedbyyouthobesity,s
6、chooldepartmentsshouldimplementsomepracticablepoliciesthatcanincreasestudents’physicalactivitytimeandreducetheenergyintake.Therearetwotypesofschoolpoliciesthat5YOUTHOBESITYcanbeimplementedinschools.Thefirstpolicyisthefoodserviceandnutritionpolicythatcanbalancethestudents’diets.Forexample,
7、schoolfoodserviceshouldprovidedifferenttypesofhealthyfoodsthatcansatisfychildren’sdailynutrition(Nanneyetal.,2010).Inaddition,physicalactivityandeducationpolicyshouldbeimprovedsothatthestudents,whoareoverweight,canobtainself-confidencefromphysicaleducation.Forexampl
