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Childhood obesity: a societal problem to solve - PubMed - 1 views

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    A child's weight is their own weight meaning only they can be the ones to properly exercise to have the correct weight. The only way to prevent childhood obesity is based off of the responsibility of the child. The prevention is known to be a struggle especially because exposure to unhealthy foods are everywhere.
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    The article indicates that the issue with our society and how it relates to childhood obesity is in how we treat the issue, as a separate entity from all other health issues wherein the child and family receive support and resources on how to help prevent and treat their ailment. In America a child faced with Obesity is treated with distain despite the fact that the food and lifestyle pushed at them in every facet of their life is unhealthy and ultimately results in obesity and the article clearly aims to show the reader that the way in which we shift blame should reflect back at societies stigmatization rather than blame the child. How did you conclude that the child is solely responsible for their own obesity from reading the article?
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Who's to blame for obesity? Policy makers, the food industry, or individuals? - 0 views

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    This article brings up the question of who we can blame for the obesity epidemic. Is there one particular industry that is really at fault? Surprisingly, the majority of the people surveyed blame themselves.
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