Dr. Sidney Please

Running head: Child Obesity 0

Child Obesity

Samantha Bonds

Capella University

Child Obesity

How does the eating behavior of parents impact the eating behaviors of children in their care?

The selected topic is in the position to be able to cover the most uprising issue in most of the homes recently. This is in the position to be able to be able to highlight and pinpoint the problems that are related to obesity in children. This is in the sense that the topic can address the issue of obesity that has become rampant and so making the children develop chronic diseases when they are still young. The parents or the guardians are the ones that are in the position to teach and live as an example in the way their children feed. They are the people who show their children on the way forward on how they eat. They are also the ones that are supposed to be on the look out to ensure that their children have a healthy and balanced diet.

ANNOTETED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cameron, N., Norgan, N. & Ellison, G. (2006). Childhood obesity: contemporary issues. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.

Cameron, Morgan & Ellison article is focused on the fact that it is trying to ensure that they reach a large number of individuals working to make sure that they get to know and understand obesity in children. They are focused on enlightening the people to make sure that they understand the disease and the dangers so that they can be cautious with the kid's diet.

The authors are in the position of trying to ensure that parents and guardians know about obesity and be on the lookout to be able to control and prevent it.

Harris, N. (2009). Combating child obesity. Brighton England: Emerald Publishing.

The authors are in the position of trying to educate parents and guardians on how to prevent obesity in children. They are also focused on the issue that will help the parents be in the position to prevent the occurrence of obesity to their children.

This is in the sense that the authors are focusing on how to help parents be in the position to prevent obesity occurrence in their children.

Krasnegor, N., Grave, G. & Kretchmer, N. (1988). Childhood obesity: a biobehavioral perspective. Caldwell, N.J: Telford Press.

The authors are seen to be in the position to deal with the children that are already affected by obesity. They are in the position to give out guidelines that may be used by the parents to ensure that they are dealing and reducing obesity level in their children.

This is helpful as it will have to give hope the parents who thought that they had no option of reversing the state that their children are in.

Smith, J. (1999). Understanding childhood obesity. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

Smith is seen to focus on the causes of childhood obesity and on how to prevent the occurrence of obesity in children. He is seen to focus on the parents who are seen to be the main people who contribute to the children obesity.

This is in the sense that children obesity can only be prevented and monitored by the parents as they are the ones that will have to control and monitor their diet.

Waters, E. (2010). Preventing childhood obesity: evidence, policy, and practice. Chichester, West Sussex Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell BMJ Books.

The author is seen to focus on the whole community to enlighten them to ensure that they are in the limelight to know the causes and the prevention methods of obesity in children. They focus on all the professionals who will also be helpful to spread the gospel.

This goes in the sense that, for everyone to get to know about obesity in children it will have to take the effort of everyone. This will have to be able to enlighten people on the effects and dangers of obesity in children.

Koplan, J., Liverman, C. & Kraak, V. (2005). Preventing childhood obesity: health in the balance. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press.

The authors are seen to be in the position of trying to teach and enlighten on the ways of preventing obesity in children. They are in the position of also trying to give a diet that may be used to feed the children so that to ensure that they are free from obesity risk foods.

This is in the sense that they can ensure that they give parents a guideline on how to be feeding the children so that they avoid diets that will pose a danger in making the children get obesity.