Transcript Investigating attitudes towards obese students in a school in Qatar

Attitudes Toward The Students in Omar
Bin Alkhattab Prep School
Done By : Faisal Abdulrahman
Information about the causes and
effects of the obesity
WHAT IS OBESITY?
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Obesity is a condition in which the natural
energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of
humans and other mammals, exceeds
healthy limits. It is commonly defined as a
body mass index (weight divided by height
squared) of 30 kg/m2 or higher. (Encarta 2008)
OBESITY HAS MANY CAUSES:
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Genetics: Genes play a part in how your body
balances calories and energy. Children whose parents
are obese also tend to be overweight.
Physical Inactivity :Overweight people are usually less
physically active than normal weight people. Seriously
overweight people may have difficulty moving.
OTHER CAUSES THAT MAY LEAD TO THE OBESITY
PROBLEM ARE:
Gender /Age
 Medical Problems
 Lifestyle
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MOST OF THE TIME THE OBESITY HAS EFFECTS ON
THE BODY. OBESITY MIGHT CAUSE
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diabetes - Obesity is the major cause of type 2
diabetes. This type of diabetes begins in adulthood.
Obesity can cause resistance to insulin, the hormone
that regulates blood sugar. When obesity causes
insulin resistance, the blood sugar becomes elevated.
Even moderate obesity dramatically increases the risk
of diabetes.
cancer - Men who are overweight have a higher risk of
colon and prostate cancers.
OBESITY CAN ALSO CAUSE :
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heart disease
joint problems
high blood pressure
My Action
Research
Why Did I Choose This Topic?
I chose this topic because there are a lot of
obese students in my school, and I wanted
to know more about their feelings.
How Did I Get My Resources?
I gave a questionnaire to 37 students ,
12 of them are obese and 25 were
regular students. And their ages were
from 12 years to 15.
My Questionnaire Results
The Feelings of The Obese Students in Omar Prep School
The first question in my questionnaire
was about the weight of the obese
students. The students who filled
my questionnaire were about 67110 KG
Q2. Have your friends ever laughed at you
because of your weight ?
• 35% of the students
answered ‘Yes’ while
65% answered ‘No’
35%
yes
no
65%
Q3. Do you think teachers treat you like the
other students ?
• 65% of the
students
answered ‘Yes’
while 35%
answered ‘No’
35%
yes
no
65%
Q4. Have you ever gone on a diet ?
• 65% of the
students
answered ‘Yes’
while 35%
answered ‘No’
35%
yes
no
65%
Q5. Do you think obesity can affect your
grades and marks ?
• 25% of the
students answered
‘Yes’ while 75%
answered ‘No’
25%
yes
no
most reasons for this
affect were the
different way of
thinking
75%
Q6. Have you experienced any problem in the
school because you are overweight ?
Some of the students
answers were:
• I’m not treated like
the other students.
• Having trouble in the
physical education
lessons.
The Attitude Toward
Them
Q1. What do you think about the fat students ?
• Not smart
12%
• Like the other students 84%
• He doesn’t have a good relations to
others
Q2. Have you ever laughed at a fat student
because of his weight?
• 32% of the
students answered
‘Yes’ while 68%
answered ‘No’
32%
yes
no
68%
Q3. Do you think teachers treat the fat
students like the other students ?
• 54% of the
students answered
‘Yes’ while 46%
answered ‘No’
46%
54%
yes
no
Q4. Do you think obesity can affect the
students’ grades ?
• 16% of the
students
answered ‘Yes’
while 84%
answered ‘No’
Some reasons :
- The fats can affect the brain
- He only cares about the food
Q5. Do you think the fat students are different
from the other students?
• 16% of the
students answered
‘Yes’ while 84%
answered ‘No’
- The physical appearance
- Only think about food
- Everybody hate him
Conclusion
In my opinion , the regular students have a
wrong idea about the obese students in my
school because the fat students don’t feel
that their weight makes them different , but
the regular students do.
Done By :
th
Faisal Abdulrahman 9
Grade
Supervised By :
Dr. Gene Jongsma
Mr. Souhail
Dr. Gene
Jongsma
My English Teacher. Souhail
Bouziane
To my school
To all people who supported
me.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING