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Composing, Humanities vs. Research Papers

This paper pertains to the differences that distinguish writing a humanities essay versus reporting on a research study. Three pag...

Childhood Development and Fathers

This research paper pertains to literature that focuses on the role and influence of fathers in regards to childhood development. ...

Childhood's Toddler Stage of Development

to remain into adulthood" (Hall, 1998, p. 88). Even within the toddler stage, there are several individual periods of growth wher...

Reason and Religion in Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke by examining the science and religion connection of t...

Measuring Success of Project

There is an international epidemic of overweight, obese, and morbidly obese adults and children. Programs that would be successful...

The World is Getting Fatter

Obesity is a global issue that is nearly an epidemic. The CDC reported that over the last 30 years, obesity has more than doubled ...

McDonald's and Obesity; A Case Study

eating. This will help empower them to make decisions regarding their own diet. It will also placed pressure on the companies to c...

Obesity in America

genetic problem. The first position-that one can eat right and be healthy despite obesity-is a part of a recent fat acceptance mov...

Ethical Issues with Regard to Marketing Prepackaged Foods to Schools

of revenue for under-funded schools, it is difficult to get them removed (Van Staveren and Dale, 2004). They contain, in addition ...

Media's Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic

would work to resolve the problem and in fact, some people report that religious activity has helped them lose weight. The author ...

Obesity Worldwide

country, the often ate "traditional diets ... high in grains, fruit and vegetables and low in fat" (Hoffman). Once they arrived in...

Junk Food and Children

Such junk food is apparently readily available in many high schools, perhaps with the understanding that high school students are ...

Counseling a Dysfunctional Family with Obesity

Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...

Obesity is Not a Problem of Epidemic Proportions

away from parents who are blamed for abuse or neglect if a child becomes too fat. In the old days, this was unheard of. Families t...

Australian Perspectives on Public Relations and Obesity

population, for example, present unique cultural concerns in terms of how to direct a public relations campaign that targets obesi...

Understanding the Cultural Aspect of the Obesity Epidemic Among Children in America

food, something that is very important and relevant in the United States. This author notes, "Technological change (e.g. industria...

Preventing Obesity

(2004) reported the following: in 2000, 64.5 percent of American adults were identified as overweight and 30.5 percent were obese....

Alberta, Canada's Health Concerns

have in promoting her citizens wellness while Alberta still lags behind in her recognition of the importance of education in promo...

Gluttony and How Dante Would Punish It

and contest the idea that their weight is problematic. They contend that they are healthy the way they are and there is a fat acce...

Brazil's Obesity Problems

in the US are 20.7% (Martorell, 2000). In general terms the many developing counties appeared to have obesity consecrated in the ...

Adolescents and Health

the ages of 12 and 19 were considered overweight (Surgeon General News, 2005). If that werent enough, this number is nearly triple...

Increasing Spending to Hold Down Costs

decrease costs, which seems to be counter to increasing spending. Increasing spending on diabetic screening and testing, however,...

Consumerism and Television for Children

endless parade of gorgeous people living fabulous lives; it is attractive and seductive, and that makes it an ideal platform for m...

Dallas, TX and Obesity Prevention

Dutch, Swedish, Native American and Russian ("Dallas, Texas," 2005). What does this mean? It seems that the largest demographic is...

Various Factors That Contribute to Obesity

care physician (Ridings, Rapp, Boosalis, and Pomeroy, 1998). Millions of Americans, in fact, can be classified as obese. Obesity...

Obesity and American Health

determine what is normal or clinically notable. For example, a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m ( Must, Spadano & Coakley et al., 19...

1991 to 1998 Obesity in America

Control and Prevention in conjunction with the work of state health departments (Mokdad et al, 1999, p. 1519). This survey is des...

Managing Weight and the Influences of Environmental, Psychological, and Physiological Factors

highest prevalence of overweight teens (British Medical Association, 2004). Research indicates the prevalence of overweight and o...

Obesity, Surgery for Weight Loss, and Their Psychological Impacts

may bear little resemblance to the overweight person from before. Many who have weight reduction surgery also feel that they are...

Workplace and Obesity

speaker can establish a certain intimacy with the audience by asking them if they have seen the movie Shallow Hal. Audience member...