It is harder to be healthy
Social driving force of The Future of Technology in Secondary Education in 2020
Description:
It will be increasingly difficult, and expensive, for people to achieve good health. Developed economies beset by chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes. For example, poor urban residents in the United States with minor access to fresh foods, green spaces, and pollution-free environments will suffer excessively. More children will need access to ongoing medical care but in ways that don’t impact their ability to participate fully in school.
Enablers:
- Easy access to junk food
- Parents don’t control bad eating habit
- Little or no support from the government in the poor urban residents
- No insurance for medical care
- The growing population of overweight people
- Less exercise due to easy living, such as video games etc.
Inhibitors:
- More concern for health on media
- Popularity of sports
- Growing concern of parents
- Growing concern of the government
- School are getting more healthy
Paradigms:
By being concerned for today’s children’s’ health is the first step that needs to be taken in order to make sure that the children of tomorrow are living a healthy live. By living a healthy live, these children will have the ability to improve their social capabilities at school, or at sports. Furthermore their ability to concentrate in class and to participate will enhance.
Experts:
New Child Health Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide for Parents
By Frederick H. Lovejoy, David Estridge, Children's Hospital (Boston, Mass.)
WEB Resources:
http://www.kwfdn.org/map/
http://scenariothinking.org/wiki/index.php/The_growing_population_of_overweight_people
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=183632
http://books.google.com/booksvid=ISBN0385295979&id=YMghAAAAMAAJ&q=parents+concern+about+child+health&dq=parents+concern+about+child+health&pgis=1
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/family/school/child_obesity/obesity.html
http://www.healthinschools.org/sh/obesity.asp