Abigail Rumpf

DeBock
9 November 2016
English 4
Obesity in children is a problem in the world
In this article Kepner talks about how physical education curriculum in schools in effort
to fight the rise of childhood obesity. About 65 percent of Americans 20 and older are either
overweight or obese, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for
1999 to 2002. But the problem in obesity starts at a young age. The school wants to change the
traditional ways of schools and to give more of a modern activities.The school with grades six
to nine offers in-line skating, biking, ballroom dancing, orienteering, self-defense, snorkeling,
canoeing and kayaking.("Delaware School Athletics Incorporate Extreme Sports to Fight
Obesity") By doing this they hope to get children more involved. "We introduce them to
activities that they can do for a lifetime," Lydic said in the article,"Delaware School Athletics
Incorporate Extreme Sports to Fight Obesity." They have the options from the kids and how they
can make them more involved in and what activities do they enjoying when they arent in school.
In the article it shows the differences between kids and what they prefer.Lydic, Delaware's 2006
Teacher of the Year, wants his students to learn life fitness activities("Delaware School Athletics

Incorporate Extreme Sports to Fight Obesity"). All kids are different and if the schools could find
different ways of making all kids like doing physical education then the amount of obesity was
decreased. In the article it shows that starting young with this program will affect the children
more and prevent obesity.
In the article "A Lack of Physical Activity Causes Obesity" it talks about how

there is a lack of activity and that's what is causing the obesity in children. There are lots of
different opinions in this subject. The article shows how politicians blame food advertising for
childhood obesity. In this statement there is no evidence that advertisements is what makes these
children obese. When it comes to the lack of physical fitness in children there is evidence in this
article to show that this statement is correct. The article talks about how schools are cutting back
on physical fitness. Schools are part of the problem. The schools are using money towards
educational purposes and going less and less towards physical education. The article is beneficial
towards my topic to show that schools are one of the problems when it comes to the lack of
physical activity.