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Introduction
Childhood obesity has rapidly increased in America over a short period. Currently, nearly one in three children is obese. This number is even higher among African American as well as Hispanic societies where 40 percent of the children are overweight (Blackwell, 2012). If the country does not put measures to solve this issue, a third of the children born in the 2000’s or later will end to suffer from diabetes at some point in lives. Most of the children will face chronic obesity health problems such as cardiovascular risk factors (high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, heart disease, cancer, obstructive sleep apnoea and asthma. Childhood obesity is a significant public health problem that should get addressed through prevention interventions and government policies so as to avoid future health complications.

In the recent past, many people led lives that kept them at a healthy weight. Children walked to school and from every day. They used to run around in recess, participated in gymnastics class as well as playing for long hours after school and before supper. Dishes got cooked at home with healthy portions of natural ingredients. Vegetables that are an excellent source of dietary fiber that helps reduce the risk of chronic diseases were part of the meal on a daily basis (Nkrumah-Elie, et al., 2012). Chemically raised food was rare while snacking between meals was scarce. These practices assisted in reducing the risk of childhood obesity; however the present day situation has allowed the population to become crippled by child obesity. Currently, kids have very opposite lifestyle. They now go to school by car or bus rides. Gym classes, as well as after-school games, got extinct. Evenings get spent on TV, video games as well as the internet. Families take less home-cooked food as required. Snacks are now the tradition in many households (Willhite, et al., 2014).

Obesity is the major challenge that faces children in the United States. In my opinion, many problematic illnesses that affect many children today are as a result of fast foods. It gets attributed to the fact that the children fall a victim to the fast foods advertisements that encourage their addiction to fast foods. My view, therefore, is that there should be stringent measures imposed on fast food industry especially in the method of advertisement, in which the key advertising practices target children (Blackwell, 2012). Many lifestyle diseases including cancer and other obese illness related problem gets attributed to the fast food snack that the children eat each and every day. The fast food industry consistently advertises their products in all the mass media that is greatly accessible to children. Some of the mass media in which children have access and where they get the information are the Internet, radio, and television (Wurtzel, 2015. Before the introduction of fast foods, children lived a normal healthy life and consumed health food; however the introduction of fast foods into the market led to a change in eating lifestyle. The eating habits of the children entail more of snacks in between meals than fruits or any other food. Home cooked food does no longer get preferred in households. It, therefore, calls for the need to regulate the fast food advertisement, as it has impacted heavily on the children eating habits on foods that are less healthy.

Fast foods get widely supported due to their high convenience regarding costs and time saving, as well as taste and flavor (Anderson, et al., 2014). Consuming fast foods is the fastest way of satisfying one’s hunger compared to preparing a meal at home that entails visiting the grocery store, cooking and later washing utensils. It is also more economical compared to preparing a meal at home where there are expenses from cooking ingredients and resources such as gas. However, these factors should not get considered for the loss of an individual’s health that may result in adverse effects.

What are three areas that security plan should address? Describe each?

The three areas that security planning has to address include the assets needing protection risks facing the assets as well as resources needed for protection. Good are property possessed by an organization, group or individual and must be vulnerable to insecurity. Risks are the potential dangers facing the assets while efforts and resources are the material as well as none material input an organization or an individual allocates to protect the assets of electronic surveillance systems.

What are the difference between a fully functional 13 step systems development life cycle (SDLC) and a fully functional 3 step SDLC?

The main outstanding difference between the two is that a 13 SDLC takes and goes through all steps in system development while reducing the risks in system development. On the other hand, the three steps SDLC suppresses part of stages only to concentrate on main steps. 3step model, therefore, never aim at managing the risks.

Discuss the three critical resources that are linked to business success when focused on business driven technology.

The main IT resources for business success are namely the people, information, and business information technology. Business people referrers to all key players in a business environment like customers, contractors as well as the supplier. Therefore, people explain both the external as well as internal business persons who are owners. The business information refers the useful business data after going through the process of conversion for proposed of making business decisions. On the other hand, information technology includes all tools, techniques as well as applications critical for the business to have smooth operations.

Describe the systems theory model and give one example how it works.

Systems theory model gives a clear total organization analytical background of all its operations. For instance, decision-making system theory model puts emphasis on organization interactions with external stakeholders. It, therefore, provides comprehensiveness of threats and opportunities to the organization giving response strategy to solve the issue.

Discuss some common it metrics for strategic initiatives and how they get measured.

The IT metrics critical to strategic initiatives encompass, supply chain metrics, website metrics, customer relationship metrics, enterprise resource planning metrics as well as business process re-engineering metrics. Website metrics gets measured by abandoned registrations, conversion rates; unique visitors as well as shopping cards. Supply chain management metrics, on the other hand, get measured by back orders, inventory practices, and customer order real cycle. Customer relationship management metrics takes sales metrics, marketing metrics, and service delivery metrics.

How do Ethics apply to Information Technology? Provide two specific examples of information ethics.

Ethics applies to the information technology through utilization of use of informatics while ensuring no harm to others. In information technology, privacy, as well as intellectual property rights, remain key information technology ethics.