1. Obesity
How Can Ending Obesity Help Others in
Society?
Manar Abdalla
B-Block
11/7/10

2. HOW MANY
PEOPLE DO
YOU THINK
ARE OBESE IN
AMERICA?

3. Introduction
 Obesity is an excessive accumulation of fat. If a person is 20%
larger than usual than one is fat.
 “Lets end obesity within a generation.”
 ( SIRS Knowledge Source)
 5% of Black and White children are obese, 12% of Hispanic boys
are obese, and 19% of Hispanic girls are obese.
 4.5 million children in America are obese.
 107 million children have tendency to develop diabetes due to
obesity.

4. What is government doing to
end obesity?
 Making schools and other popular teen
attractions have healthier foods.
 Banning junk food in many areas such as your
average public schools.
 Mexican schools now have salad bars instead of
taco bars and in American schools they have
lowered calories in school milk.

5. Where Could Others Start?
Helping out in school:
 A student can ask their principal to bring in
healthy vending machines for snack and lunch.
 A student can organize active and fun school
activities; being active is one way to prevent
obesity.

6. Where Could Others Start?
Helping out in our community:
 One can organize a family bike race.
 Or have a community annual marathon.

7. How Can Others Help?
 Convince others ( family and friends) to
eat healthier and explain the
consequences of an unhealthy life.
 Families must train their child to eat
healthy so the child will get used to
healthy eating.

8. Who can people contact?
 People can contact the USDA (United
States Department of Agriculture) for more
information on how to treat obesity and
how to prevent it as well.
 People can also contact The Center of
Disease Control.

9. Why/How Is Obesity
Dangerous?
Obesity can cause a numerous amount of
diseases such as:
 Stroke
 Cancer
 Heart Disease
 Diabetes
 High Blood Pressure

10. Why/How Is Obesity
Dangerous?
Other Problems Can Occur such as:
 Social Disabilities
 Mental Illness
 Stress
 Short Life Expectancy
 Low Self-Esteem

11. Plastic Surgeon
 Average- $27,800
 Potential- $56,300
 Entry Level- $16,800
 The percent of change is +22%
 Related Career- Orthodontist, Urologist, and Radiologist
 Orthodontists specialize in providing others with straight, and
healthy teeth. They can provide you with braces or a retainer if
needed. Radiologists make your bones healthier, also they
inform you have broken a bone, Radiologists also take your x-
rays. And Urologists specialize in the urinary tracks of men and
women. They also specialize in ones reproduction system

12. Visual Communications
 Atholton High School
Visual Communications
I chose Visual Communications for my
career academy because it involves
painting and photography and I enjoy both
very much, also you only need to maintain
a c average.

13. Johns Hopkins University
 Baltimore, Maryland 21218
 $41,480 (yearly tuition)
 4 English classes, 4 Foreign Language,
2 History classes, 4 Math classes, 4
Science classes, and 2 Social Studies
Classes
 47% women, 53% Men, 22% Asian, 6%
Black, 43% White, 7% Hispanic

14. Community Service
Grassroots
I volunteered at Grassroots because I
know if I were mentally challenged I would
enjoy another persons company also I
love people and I love making arts and
crafts while making another person happy.

15. Job Experience and Awards
Job Experience
 Babysitting, Summer of 2013
 Giant cashier, summer of 2012
 Target cashier, summer of 2014
 Tutor, 10th
grade
Awards
 Positive Paw, 3 times in Elementary
School
 Student of the Month, once in middle
school

16. Citation
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