CHILDHOOD OBESITY: A REFLECTION ON PARENTAL NEGLIGENCE

RATIONALE AND PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH

The prevalence of childhood obesi ! has been increasin"l! #nan icipa ed $orld$ide% &an! researches have associa ed childhood obesi ! o fas foods' h#s in a(e of fr#i s and ve"e ables has been on he do$n rend beca#se he!)re e*pensive' elevision vie$in"' less ph!sical ac ivi ! and en"a"in" +ore o hi"h echnolo"! "ad"e s ha children #se $hile si in" also (no$n as ,co#ch po a o lifes !le-' overea in" or bin"e ea in"' and he +os con roversial is paren al ne"li"ence% Paren s in he ./s cen #r! have a b#sier $or( sched#le han before% T!picall!' +o hers' for ins ance' s a!ed ho+e preparin" ho+e coo(ed food and a(in" care of he children a ho+e% A fa her' he! sa!' brin"s ho+e he bacon% 0# as of oda!' bo h paren s' beca#se of he de+ands and needs of he fa+il!' he! $or( o s#s ain he de+ands of heir children $i hin he socie !% Paren s provide heir children ins an foods $i h fe$er n# rien s' "ive $an s of heir children o reciproca e heir absence% 1one are he da!s $hen $e as (ids $ere able o r#n aro#nd' cli+b rees' s$i+ rivers' ca ch dra"onflies' pla! "a+es li(e , patentero, taguan' a"' 2#+pin" rope' chinese "ar er' e c%- 3isi in" $i h "randparen s and han"in" o# $i h friends' $i h nar! a ho#"h abo# child +oles ers in o#r +ids % Those da!s are "one' ha 4s $h! oda!4s children are no as ac ive or as adven #ro#s as $e $ere beca#se of hese hin"s% Thro#"h a hle ic co+pe i ions and o her school ac ivi ies' o#r children are a#"h life chan"in" s(ills ha he! $ill #se in heir ad#l hood% I find ha he children no$ are hi"hl!

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