This source
gives an extraordinary amount of information on childhood obesity. It goes into
which kids are obese and need help, the causes of why they are obese, and potential
ways to keep children from getting obese and to get those who are already obese
down to a healthy body fat level. Reading this publication did not change my
point of view of children today, if anything it made it stronger. I have read
through studies on the same topic, but not this extensive before. This
publication goes into more depth than anything I have read before. It also
makes me wonder why there isn’t more emphasize on the physical education in the
lower grades when there are publications out there like this that show how big
of a problem it really is. This author, like all the others writing about obese
children, are trying to get it out there that this is a huge problem and that
there are some fairly simple steps that can be taken to prevent kids from
becoming obese from things other than genetics. The audience of this
publication are the people who have the power to change the system today. These
are people that have a fairly advanced education that can understand most of
the terms and statistics the author uses to get his point across. The author is
just trying to show that it is a problem, but he understands why kids are obese
and sympathizes with them. All he wants is to see them live a nice full life
that would not be possible if their life was full of health problems that come
along with being obese. After going through this publication, I want to continue
to explore how physical education can help solve the national pandemic that
plagues our country today.
This source
goes into detail of all the ways that being physically active, especially from
an early age can be beneficial for the rest of one’s life. It goes into more
than how it feels to be physically fit and health makes life easier. It goes
into how it helps socially and with cognitive thinking. If people who make decisions
about children’s education read this article, they would change the way they
currently do things, and that is what the author intended for it to do. They would
make sure to include more education in schools to help develop the kids into
well-rounded teenagers, which is exactly the point I want to make in my paper.
While reading this, I learned more about how being physically active from a
young age has changed how I have developed into the person I am today. I am
wondering how I would have turned out if I wasn’t constantly active when I was
younger. This journal entry continues to persuade me that I am right about
wanting more physical education in schools. I do wonder though how they determined
the differences between the physically active and the people who were not.
There is a small chance that being physically active could be a character trait
just like anything that they were studying. Maybe these people were physically active
because it is just who they are. I don’t truly believe this, but there is a
chance. This author does say that he could be wrong about all of this, but he
believes what he has published. I am starting to wonder what more physical education
would be replacing. Everything in elementary school is important, even learning
cursive (the reason we learned it was to make sure that we could read every
single persons hand writing and to show that we could learn how to write
again). The decision would have to be made what to cut out to include physical activity,
because it is sorely needed.
Matthew, I think this is a great topic to research because it is such a big issue in America today. We have all seen ads for increased physical activity on television, in magazines, and elsewhere. One suggestion may to be research statistics where children were encouraged to remain physically active at an early age compared to those who weren't and compare how that impacts their lives.
ReplyDeleteI completely understand the relevance of this topic, and I especially like the completely unbiased approach that you have chosen to take as far as research. This can create an extreme level of author credibility with which you can inform and potentially persuade your audience. The attachment to this topic in part to being a college student at a school with a nationally ranked dining service creates a great basis for research and field work.
ReplyDeleteI think you are gonna have a breeze writing this paper. There is so much information out there about this topic and I definitely think it is something that needs to be discussed more often. Try to use as many statistics as you can in your paper to prove solid foundations for your facts, and they shouldn't be hard to find. Also I think it would be awesome to read about how people are trying to make changes in their daily lives to prevent this epidemic.
ReplyDeleteYour first source seems like it will provide a great deal of information that you can discuss regarding what causes obesity in children. You said that the second article talks about many benefits of physical activity; yet many people still do not exercise as much as they should or want to. Try to find a source that outlines major inhibitors to people exercising.
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