Adolescent Obesity

EAT HEALTHY, BE HEALTHYAaliyah Shakoor, Calvette Miles, Destiny Mclendon, Precious Ransom, Shaniqua Salter & Timothy

Pope

Introduction

What is adolescent obesity?Adolescent obesity is a condition where

excess body fat negatively affects a child’s health and wellbeing it is determined by their BMI (body mass index).

Obesity Causes

Many factors influence body weight such as genes, poor diets, too little physical activity and too much television watching.

The harmful affects are high cholesterol, high blood sugar, early heart disease, diabetes, skin conditions, and bone problems.

The purpose

The purpose of this campaign is to inform adolescent about the harmful affects of eating bad food and not being active daily.

Target Audience

We want to target children ranging from the age 4-18. Obesity is harmful and it can also affect adults too but to stop it we must tell adolescent about it before they enter adulthood before it’s too late.

Statics

2010, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.

The percentage of children aged 6-11 years old in the U.S who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to 18% in 2010 and aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period.

Goals for Campaign

Our goals is to inform those who are affected and those who are not and to spread the word to other’s.

We also want to inform other states and countries not just the Untied States.

Campaigning

To help us inform people about childhood obesity we will be fund raising to help building a children gym/ activity center. By selling t-shirts and selling tickets for people to run in a obesity awareness race. We will also rent out a local park where we will have fun activity games such as (tag a war, basketball etc.) and giving out health snacks & drinks

Budget

$1,200 would go to activities (23,800) $3,600 will go to make shirts (20,300) $4,000 will go to advertising (16,300) $300 each will go to the 12

workers(12,700)

Prevention

Choosing healthier foods (whole grains, fruits and vegetables, healthy fats and protein sources) and beverages

Limiting unhealthy foods (refined grains and sweets, potatoes, red meat, processed meat) and beverages (sugary drinks)

Increasing physical activity Limiting television time, screen time, and

other “sit time” Improving sleep Reducing stress

Work cited

Obesity Prevention Source. (n.d.). Retrieved from Harvard School of Public Health: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/

Adolescent and School Health: Childhood Obesity Facts. (2013, 10 July). Retrieved from CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm

This website is about the epidemic of obesity. It tells what causes obesity in children and adults. It gives resources in how of avoid obesity and how to lose weight. The website shows statistics of children and adults with obesity, it shows ages and different life styles that cause obesity. This website also tell us life styles that can help us prevent obesity in ourselves and children.

This website shows facts on childhood obesity. It is revolved around facts on children with obesity. It tells facts about childhood obesity; like how childhood obesity had doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past thirty years. It tells about the health effects if childhood obesity. It also gives fact on how we can prevent childhood obesity.