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Childhood obesity has become a major issue in our society. It does only influence one's childhood but it will also make an impact on one's later adult life. For instant, how will people perceive an obese person...etc? There are many reasons for childhood obesity, for example, dietary, genetics, environment, illness, and psychological factors. It is important to be aware of what kinds of health problems obesity will bring to us. Diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep problems as well as cancer can all be brought out by obesity. Thus we have to know what we can do to fight or to help others to fight this condition.

In my search paper, I will talk about the relationship between fast food and childhood obesity. The reason why I chose this as my limited topic is because after research, I find many have argued that whether fast food is really the prime factor or childhood obesity. Many agree and many disagree. I will look at this topic based on nutrition facts, parenting, and decision-making. As I continue with the research, I hope I will be able to find more sub topics.

After some thoughts, my proposed claim is "fast food is not the main cause of childhood obesity." Why do I pick this statement? I personally think that fast food does have certain influence, which causes childhood obesity but I think it also has a lot to do with other factors. Like I mentioned in the first paragraph, we should take those factors into consideration instead of blindingly blame fast food. I will try to be as objective as I can on this topic.

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