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

activity patterns, and resting and active metabolisms" (Speakman, 2004, p. 2090S). Nevertheless, considerable advances have come a...

balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person" (MedlinePlus, 2008). Frighteningly enough, CNN (2007) claims...

those who have a body mass index of below 35 m-2 tend to have similar activity patterns when the energy expenditure levels are cor...

of healthcare by primary healthcare givers to the conditions which require more immediate and urgent treatment is understandable (...

took her two children, a toddler and an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was...

researchers maintained that obesity is on the rise in adolescent populations and may be the product of social constructs. There ...

the research team will use a convenience sample of women recruited from a specific geographical area, and the team may choose to l...

Human Services: National Institutes of Health, 2008). Actually measuring a persons body fat is not a simple procedure such as step...

the UAE (Join the movement to tackle obesity, 2004). The UAE is the fifth most obese nation in the world, following the "United St...

products. In addition, Schlosser and many nutritionists have argued that eating fast food is responsible for a record number of c...

environmental issues literally for decades - such as when actor Ted Danson announced decades ago that the ocean would be "dead" in...

at least 30 kg/m2" (Allison et al, 1999, p. 1530). It was found that approximately 22% of adult Americans, about 40.5 million pers...

review or even a description of their own research, which led them to the conclusions that they indicate. The inclusion of even a...

metropolitan area and 14.1 for the affluent Westside" says the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Mcnew). Fast food restau...

prevalence of obesity more than doubled, from 15 percent to almost one-third of the adult population" (Poirot). As it relates to c...

Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is one of the main ways that the problem of obesity is tracked in the US (Hensrud and Klein, 20...

And obesity is definitely an issue that needs to be addressed in Australia. Though the issue is a high-profile one in the nation, ...

HIV/AIDS cannot be spread through hugging or touching someone with the virus, Americans are still very much afraid of this disease...

heavier than men), genetics, environment (lifestyle), illness, medication and the level of ones physical activity ("Obesity"). Psy...

The chart below from the Obesity Society shows the percentage of the U.S. population that is obese. Colorado had the least percent...

need to be the skills, including cooking skills, the ability to design menus, and the approaches taught also need to be available ...

on around the stomach) (Nazario, 2009). Obesity is linked to heart disease and stroke because it often causes high blood pressure...

relationship between childhood abuse and obesity in young adulthood. The abstract of that paper says that the study was of young a...

is well known that the United States is one of the most obese nations in the world. It has become such a problem that it also affe...

to hypertension. The problem is that most people havent been motivated to lose weight under the old regime, which has focused on l...

ESTIMATED TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US ALONE SUFFERED FROM DIABETES IN 2005 (DESHPANDE, HARRIS-HAYES, AND SCHOOTMAN, 2005). AS...

not using vitamin supplements (Nachtigal et al., 2005). B6 and B12 vitamins increase the metabolism, which is an important factor...

body mass index that is greater than the 95th percentile for age and gender, they are classified as obese (Dietz & Hunter, 2009). ...

obesity, tobacco use, substance abuse, responsible sexual behavior, mental health, injuries and violence, environmental quality, i...