Essays 211 - 240
health and that any perceived quality of life benefits are more related to ideology than scientifically demonstrable benefits deri...
had a disease, there would be a widespread and enthusiastic campaign to find a cure. However, because obesity is not considered a ...
of food, and while in some instances that is true, it is not characteristic of obesity. While many people know when they are obes...
need to be more in tune to their childrens activities and their food choices. Obesity observes no geographic or socioeconom...
and a very important factor is a lack of medical attention. All of these things culminate in a situation where people are more vul...
obese, but that their lifestyle, perhaps a lifestyle set down by generations, is the reason for the obesity. The nation cannot ent...
above the ideal standards based on the National Center for Health Statistics growth charts (Jerum and Melnyk, 2001). While weight ...
that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a leading contributor to poor hea...
is obese children (Neff 2359). Other health risks associated with obesity include, but are not limited to: high cholesterol, hea...
instance, causes "rapid onset of severe hyperglycemia associated with the progressive loss of islet area and insulin immunoreactiv...
In twelve pages the growing problems of obesity in children and adolescents in the United States are considered in terms of presen...
In a paper consisting of five pages the causes of children's obesity is examined with factors such as lack of exercise and diet di...
in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...
In ten pages the components of bulimia, anorexia, and obesity eating disorders are examined in terms of treatment alternatives. T...
which would have put him at greater risk for dying of heart disease, regardless of his genetic makeup. Smoking is considered the ...
an apple shape with body fat accumulate in the bellies. This is not a universal as individuals storage of body fat may differ than...
of people without health care insurance than in years past. As the economy worsens and the US slides into recession, we can expec...
are two very separate elements within the definition of developed. Not all countries with a low standard of living have low rati...
In ten pages this paper discusses U.S. obesity in a consideration of various contributing factors with socioeconomic, psychologica...
In five pages this paper discusses the topic of adolescent obesity from an adolescent's perspective. Six sources are cited in the...
goals and interventions which are compatible with those identified in "Healthy People 2010". Eight assessment parameters will be ...
2, diabetes. Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new ch...
unhealthy no matter which perspective one takes. Just how unhealthy is fast food? How does it contribute to obesity? The U.S. Sur...
Within the last thirty years in the United States, the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled as it was estimated that on...
common occurrence for the American adolescents in particular, with findings indicating how not only are American teens less active...
a personal decision and the effect is not singular but one of accumulative effect. For many it is deemed that the weight gain is s...
claims with some skepticism. However, understanding the basics of nutrition and how it affects the mind and body is relevant for e...
obesity, research includes differences in reports between teens and their parents (Goodman, Hinden and Khandelwal, 2000); and stud...
and between 30 to 34.9 one is in the first class of obesity; with 40 or more points one is considered to be severely obese (2002)....
a false ideal body weight, there is an epidemic within the psychological world of those adolescents and indeed, people of all ages...