Essays 241 - 270
Lingering Myths about Content and Process Models As shown above, recent research is starting to dispel the myths of one-sid...
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...
- take the weight of the patient in pounds, divide this number by the square of the height in inches, and multiply this value by 7...
in the US are 20.7% (Martorell, 2000). In general terms the many developing counties appeared to have obesity consecrated in the ...
endless parade of gorgeous people living fabulous lives; it is attractive and seductive, and that makes it an ideal platform for m...
the ages of 12 and 19 were considered overweight (Surgeon General News, 2005). If that werent enough, this number is nearly triple...
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...
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...
Control and Prevention in conjunction with the work of state health departments (Mokdad et al, 1999, p. 1519). This survey is des...
Dutch, Swedish, Native American and Russian ("Dallas, Texas," 2005). What does this mean? It seems that the largest demographic is...
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...
had a disease, there would be a widespread and enthusiastic campaign to find a cure. However, because obesity is not considered a ...
significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...
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...
his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...
and asked why he had been gaining weight, the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast f...
2, diabetes. Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new ch...
common occurrence for the American adolescents in particular, with findings indicating how not only are American teens less active...
goals and interventions which are compatible with those identified in "Healthy People 2010". Eight assessment parameters will be ...
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...
which would have put him at greater risk for dying of heart disease, regardless of his genetic makeup. Smoking is considered the ...
a false ideal body weight, there is an epidemic within the psychological world of those adolescents and indeed, people of all ages...
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)....
to join a health club or try to fit some other structured activity into her already-full schedule, at least not on a long-term bas...
Tunica media. This is the middle layer of the artery wall, composed of smooth muscle and elastin. It is the muscle of...
This paper offers an abstract for study that pertains to the under-diagnosis of obesity. One page in length, no sources are cited....
This paper pertains to chronic disease and its causes, focusing specifically on the influence of environmental factors, such as ac...