Essays 31 - 60
14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...
In this six page essay, the writer explores the growing issue of childhood obesity and offers behavioral solutions to this epidemi...
factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...
While obesity observes no geographic or socioeconomic boundaries, it can be more prevalent in some groups than in others. It can ...
factor in the onset of childhood obesity. Dennison, Erb, and Jenkins (2002) report that children spend a larger portion of their ...
their level of obesity, but, until this study, little was known as to whether or not there is a "relationship between dieting and ...
The results supported the authors hypotheses by illustrating the correlation between certain social measures. Low income, limited...
of people who are constantly trying to lose weight, if they were heavy as adolescents they are at increased risk of dying younger ...
need to eat healthy food in order to feel good and, therefore, learn better. The American lifestyle of sedentary occupations and l...
information on using this paper properly!...
Interventions Recent research contends that the nations school lunch program is actually "exacerbates" the...
including an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, believe instead that the plateau has happened simply because...
In five pages this paper considers 3 contemporary problems from the theoretical perspectives of Emile Durkheim including infant ab...
greater importance are the collective changes in social structures and expectations that lead to increasingly sedentary lifestyles...
Self-efficacy is a concept that refers to the degree to which individuals perceive themselves as having the ability and capability...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at childhood obesity. The epidemic is analyzed in terms of parental factors. Paper uses...
systems around the nation began to report BMI on report cards. The BMI or body mass index is a calculation involving height and we...
and adolescents from 1990 to 2000. Furthermore, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that 7 percent of in...
with the group existed with two people, and compliance and conformity existed with the third one. On the one hand, two were confor...
of children, adolescents and adults at the same time. In setting up the research, the researcher would need to pinpoint subjects i...
This paper emphasizes the importance of this program being part of a much larger societal framework. There are three sources in t...
This paper introduces the concept of childhood obesity and why it is important for the CDC to address the issue. Communication met...
was. In addition, children from abusive families are likely to grow into abusers themselves. Now, were not intimating that...
The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...
In six pages an article addressing the problems of children who spend too much time engaging in sedentary activities such as watch...
regards to the obesity epidemic in America. It seems that over the last few decades, the numbers has risen more dramatically than ...
thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...
years, with catch-up schedules for each group); expanding the recommendations for influenza vaccine to children ages six months to...
real-world application; otherwise theyre solving problems for the sake of solving problems; this can lead to boredom, irritation a...
both Rosa and Marianna attended. Father Ramirez and Sister Stevens spent long hours in that basement classroom teaching us abou...