Courses/Computer Science/CPSC 203/CPSC 203 2008Winter L03/CPSC 203 2008WinterL03 TermProjects/T19 Group 1 -Obesity in Children & Video Gaming

Team Name
Tech-besity

Project Title
Tipping the Scale

Group Members
Katie Chung, Calvin Chan, Jer Erhardt, Kristie Schafer

Topic
Obesity in Children and Effects from Technology Today

Initial Project Statement
Childhood obesity is a growing health concern and is continuing to rise. Experts in highly developed countries, especially in the United States, identify their situation of obesity as an epidemic. The growing trend today is the younger population’s adaptation to an inactive lifestyle through television, computers, and video games. We will explore the variety of ways in which technology affects obesity in children.

Argument
(Calvin & Katie) how is technology affecting obesity

Definitions
(Calvin & Katie)

Background & History
(Statistics?) -Jer & Kristie What is obesity, Definitions,

Obesity is defined as a medical condition in people who have excess body fat.

Television
(Kristie)

Video Gaming
(Katie)

Computer
(Jer)

Cars
(Calvin)

Fast food
(Calvin)

Solutions
Recent advances