My Capstone Topic

The topic for my Senior Capstone Project is childhood obesity and how having a pet can reduce the risk for it. The reason that I choose to childhood obesity as my topic is that I see everyday how obesity effects children all around me. I work at a childcare at the YMCA, one would think that a wellness center would be a place where you would not see many children that are obese or overweight but it is surprising how many children are not at the healthy weight that they should be at. Personally I think that we need to make a change in our nation to become healthier and to lower the obesity rate that we are currently at. I volunteer at an animal shelter and working with the animals there got me to thinking about how having a pet could reduce the risk for becoming obese or overweight as a child and actually found data that backed up what I thought and it is proven that having a pet does indeed reduce the risk.