Child obesity
... The growth of technology has formed a major impact on the obesity of today`s children. ... Because of technology in todays society the problem with child obesity has become tremendously intensified. First, what is child obesity? The term child obesity means a child is a person between birth and puberty and obese is extremely fat: corpulent (The American Heritage Dictionary 265,856). This disease is caused due to a lack of exercise and over-eating by a child. Child obesity can cause many medical problems for a child that suffers from such a disease. ... Furthermore, it is obvious that the lack of exercise has a major part to do with child obesity; scientists blame the television for a substitute to outdoor sports. ... The findings strongly support the notion that the most important lifestyle factor in childhood obesity is television watching (Monmaney). The television brings the child`s imagination to life, giving them entertainment to do without the running and exercising of outdoor sports.