For my research I will be examining the hypothesis that putting an age restriction on sugary drinks, such as soda and sports drinks, for children under 18 will make a significant positive effect on increasing childhood obesity and increase overall health of children. Childhood obesity is a nationwide epidemic where children are well over the appropriate weight for their age and height causing many health concerns. Lot of children suffer from the illness of obesity are because of the food and drinks they consume. Many children consume sugary and high caffeinated drinks on a daily basis, and most of which have no nutritional value. A large reason why children drink these things is because it is inexpensive and available to anyone of any age. By having a age restriction it will make it harder for children to purchase these products, and will make it so that less children are consuming no nutritional drinks.
In my research I have found that 1 in 6 children are affected by obesity, which is 17% of nations children and adolescence ages 2 to 19. Childhood obesity is higher in certain ethnic and racial groups than others. I also found that children that come from a low income family or parent is not highly educated that they end up being more often obese.
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The Essential Content of the Article: In this article it provides statistical evidence about childhood obesity among American youth based on race, ethnic groups, income and education.
What it Proves: Childhood obesity is a national wide epidemic in all American children but there is many different factors involved in who and why the children are effected by obesity.
2. Ideas to Curb Childhood Obesity
The Essential Content of the Article: In this article the discussion of how sugary drinks are a large effect on the obesity epidemic and present different ideas to help curb this epidemic. These also discuss how there is nothing effective being done in this area of concern.
What it Proves: Sugary drinks are highly involved in the obesity epidemic and that people out there are trying to come up with ideas to positively effect this issue but nothing has been done yet.
3. Higher consumption of Sugary Drinks and Fast Food because of Public Ads
The Essential Content of the Article: Childhood consumption of sugar drinks and fast food has increased where TV ads for theses are largely prevalent. There is no direct link to body weight however there is to consumption in this article.
What it Proves: There is a direct correlation to exposure to Sugary drink ads and consumption of these products.
4. direct relationship between sugar drinks and obesity
The Essential Content of the Article: A study completed in Massachusetts that proves that sugary drinks are largely influenced in the childhood obesity epidemic.
What it Proves: Consumption of sugary drinks are directly related to childhood obesity.
The Essential Content of the Article: there is currently an invitiave going on to help consumption of sugary drinks to decrease.
What it Proves: Sugary drinks are a large reason for obesity and people are starting to recognize this and make a change.
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