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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...
In five pages this paper considers 3 contemporary problems from the theoretical perspectives of Emile Durkheim including infant ab...
as obese (Liou, Pi-Sunyer, Xavier and Laferr?re, 2005). Raatz, Torkelson, Redmon, Reck, Kristell et. al. (2005) provide a...
Another important area of research is obesitys impact on childhood from health, psychosocial and cognitive development standpoints...
significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...
Dutch, Swedish, Native American and Russian ("Dallas, Texas," 2005). What does this mean? It seems that the largest demographic is...
care physician (Ridings, Rapp, Boosalis, and Pomeroy, 1998). Millions of Americans, in fact, can be classified as obese. Obesity...
respiratory conditions, such as asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (Thorpe, et al, 2004). The long-term consequences of childhood ...
(2004) reported the following: in 2000, 64.5 percent of American adults were identified as overweight and 30.5 percent were obese....
topic under discussion. Difference between primary and secondary sources : One source was selected in order to help illustrate th...
have in promoting her citizens wellness while Alberta still lags behind in her recognition of the importance of education in promo...
The results supported the authors hypotheses by illustrating the correlation between certain social measures. Low income, limited...
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...
thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...
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...
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...
body mass index that is greater than the 95th percentile for age and gender, they are classified as obese (Dietz & Hunter, 2009). ...
where the program will be delivered. The distribution will be mainly for the way that information is delivered as well as informat...
reduce obesity, increase activity and to encourage healthy eating habits. Wisconsin is also trying to take charge through ...
treatment of the sick, then undertaking preventive measures to reduce obesity before illness occurs may be beyond that duty, as it...
including an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, believe instead that the plateau has happened simply because...
Interventions Recent research contends that the nations school lunch program is actually "exacerbates" the...
their functioning around food, including monitoring their fat and sugar in-take and improving their diet as a whole. The whole fa...
formed in 2003 to push forward clinical research (NIH, 2010). National measures have been undertaken, but they need to be suppor...
The same results were not seen for boys. Shaya and colleagues conducted a similar study in 2008. The results of the empirical re...