SEARCH RESULTS

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

their level of obesity, but, until this study, little was known as to whether or not there is a "relationship between dieting and ...

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

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

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...

While obesity observes no geographic or socioeconomic boundaries, it can be more prevalent in some groups than in others. It can ...

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...

factor in the onset of childhood obesity. Dennison, Erb, and Jenkins (2002) report that children spend a larger portion of their ...

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

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

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

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

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

of food, and while in some instances that is true, it is not characteristic of obesity. While many people know when they are obes...

Lingering Myths about Content and Process Models As shown above, recent research is starting to dispel the myths of one-sid...

need to be more in tune to their childrens activities and their food choices. Obesity observes no geographic or socioeconom...

The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...

and a very important factor is a lack of medical attention. All of these things culminate in a situation where people are more vul...

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

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...

instance, causes "rapid onset of severe hyperglycemia associated with the progressive loss of islet area and insulin immunoreactiv...

is obese children (Neff 2359). Other health risks associated with obesity include, but are not limited to: high cholesterol, hea...

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

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

respiratory conditions, such as asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (Thorpe, et al, 2004). The long-term consequences of childhood ...

- 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...

as obese (Liou, Pi-Sunyer, Xavier and Laferr?re, 2005). Raatz, Torkelson, Redmon, Reck, Kristell et. al. (2005) provide a...