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as part of equally bad legislation; and finally, it led directly to violence such as that which earned "Bleeding Kansas" its dread...

do, and does if people are given the opportunity to study and read such work. While many could well associate Amy Tans work...

riveter). But with the war, the demand for workers grew, and "everyone" agreed that women would work; they also agreed that the jo...

a number of other illnesses (Huang et al, 2007). The nurse will be involved if these risks materialize and may also have...

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

put the machine in his place. But the machine has not always been kind to man. In fact, labor unions came into being almost as so...

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

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...

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

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...

for farming" (Dawes Act, 2008). II: Frederick Jackson Turner Frederick Jackson Turner was a man who developed a thesis: ...

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

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

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

facets of daily life, from job availability to health care and public education, but the list is growing, even to the long term af...

obese, but that their lifestyle, perhaps a lifestyle set down by generations, is the reason for the obesity. The nation cannot ent...

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

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...

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

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...

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

Control and Prevention in conjunction with the work of state health departments (Mokdad et al, 1999, p. 1519). This survey is des...

Another important area of research is obesitys impact on childhood from health, psychosocial and cognitive development standpoints...

Workers included men, women and children. The fact that children worked in incredibly dangerous situations and conditions furthe...

interrupted by the First, and especially the Second World War, when women in large numbers went to work for the first time. Many ...

- 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 ...