sity less than 20%. Thirty-six states had a prevalence of 25% or more; 12 of these states (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia) had a prevalence of 30% or more. The South has the highest prevalence of obesity (29.4%) followed by the Midwest (28.7%), Northeast (24.9%) and the West (24.1%) [6, p. 132]. Obesity among Americans does not just happen overnight, it develops gradually from poor diet and lifestyle choices and, to some extent, from genes. Lifestyle choice is an important factor in influencing on weight on American children. Eating more calories than they need leads to obesity. Lack of physical activity is another important factor that is related to obesity. Many children have activities that involve sitting at a desk for most of the day, and rely heavily on the transport to get around. When it is time to relax, many American children tend to watch TV, or play computer games, and rarely take any regular exercise. Of course some children tend to stay the same weight for years without much effort, whereas others find they put on weight quickly if they are not careful about what they eat. This could be due, in part to their genes.is a harmful tendency among American children - juvenile delinquency. There are teens with rich parents, that give them money and expensive things. Envy and the desire to possess the same things can push teenagers to committing a crime and it leads to juvenile delinquency. Juvenile Delinquency refers to criminal acts committed by children or teenagers, specifically anyone below the age of eighteen. Common sentiment on this issue is that the crimes they commit hurt society and hurt the children themselves. Much research and debate revolves around the problem of juvenile delinquency in the US. There are roughly 75 million juveniles in The United States today. That is, one in four Americans have the potential of being labeled as juvenile delinquents (because they are considered juveniles). More specifically, in 2009 there were 74.5 million juveniles in the US, which was 2 million more than in the year 2000. The population of juveniles in the US is projected to increase until 2015, at least. In fact, the Federal Interagency on Child and Family Statistics reported that the number of juveniles might reach 101.6 million by 2050. If the juveniles delinquency rates were to increase with the population, or even plateau, this would translate into thousands of more juvenile delinquents [ 8, p. 84]. To the latest poll, thirty-two percent of parents fear for their child s physical safety when the child is at school. Thirty-nine percent of parents with a child in grade six or higher are more likely to say they fear for their child s safety. Twenty-two percent of parents whose children are in grade five or lower fear for their child s safety. It seems that American children bully for a variety of reasons and when dealing with child bullying we can see that there «s usually one person who» s the gang leader and his friends who help him. The reasons for bullying in the USA can include: frustration, lack of behaviour skills, abuse at home (the child is being abused and is expressing their anger through bullying), neglect at home, conduct disorder, undue influence or neglect at home (similar to abuse as the child's emotional and behavioural development is being retarded) [7, p. 239]. Statistics show bu...
