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- People struggle with mood/anxiety disorders

- Higher risk of developing depression

- Developing eating disorders

- Children may experience teasing/bullying

- Lowers body satisfaction

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- Serving healthy lunches

- Stop selling bad food/drinks

- Making water available to students

- Nutrition education

- Making sure that all students are physically active during gym class

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Telling a Parent their Child is Overweight

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Telling a Parent their Child is Overweight

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- Best person to talk about it is a doctor

- If school officials want to talk about it, they should reach out directly to the parent to schedule a meeting.

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- Increases people's energy expenditure (helps people stay in energy balance)

- Decreases fat around the waist and total body fat

- Can build muscle mass, increasing energy that the body burns

- Reduces depression and anxiety (can motivate people to stick to their exercise regimens)

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- SPAN (State Physical Activity and Nutrition)

- HOP (High Obesity Program)

- REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health)

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Health Costs:
- Higher risk for stroke
- Many types of cancer
- Premature death
- Risk of clinical depression/anxiety

Economic:
- Obesity-related medical costs: $173 billion per year
- Obesity-related absenteeism: $3.38 billion

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- Age 20 and over with obesity: 41.9%

- Age 20 and over with overweight (including obesity): 73.6%

- Adolescents aged 12-19 with obesity: 22.2%

- Children 6-11 with obesity: 20.7%

- Children 2-5 with obesity: 12.7%

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- Poor diet (fast food, baked goods, vending machine snacks, etc.)

- Lack of exercise

- Family history

- Socioeconomic factor (limited resources)

- Certain medications

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- High blood pressure
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Stroke
- Mental illness
- Body pain
- Sleep apnea

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What does obesity mean/why does it come across as negative?

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What does obesity mean/why does it come across as negative?

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- When one's weight is higher than what is considered healthy for their height.

- It comes across as negative because of weight bias that people have towards obese people.

- People will stigmatize obese people as being lazy and having a lack of moral character.