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A Prevention Approach, Early Childhood Obesity

This research paper argues that early childhood obesity prevention programs are the best approach. Four pages in length, six sourc...

An Intervention: Family Health, Fitness

This research paper pertains to the problem of childhood obesity. The writer discusses the need for intervention and describes an ...

Understanding the Cultural Aspect of the Obesity Epidemic Among Children in America

food, something that is very important and relevant in the United States. This author notes, "Technological change (e.g. industria...

Junk Food and Children

Such junk food is apparently readily available in many high schools, perhaps with the understanding that high school students are ...

Childhood Obesity

2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...

Food Advertising & Children

target children as their principle demographic also have Web sites that market to children (Cowdrey 19). A child who gets bored wi...

Childhood Obesity in America

wherein children become obese. Interestingly enough, two authors argues that the caloric intake of children and adults is ...

Counseling a Dysfunctional Family with Obesity

Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...

Obesity Worldwide

country, the often ate "traditional diets ... high in grains, fruit and vegetables and low in fat" (Hoffman). Once they arrived in...

Child & Adolescent Obesity/U.S.

"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...

Australian Perspectives on Public Relations and Obesity

population, for example, present unique cultural concerns in terms of how to direct a public relations campaign that targets obesi...

Psychological Explanation of Faith Based Behavior

first published in 1934). Although there are some subtle differences in their theories, each of these scholars saw humans as bein...

Alberta, Canada's Health Concerns

have in promoting her citizens wellness while Alberta still lags behind in her recognition of the importance of education in promo...

Cinematic Explanation of Sciences' Gender Gap

crashes several hours flying time from a scientific research station in the Arctic. An Air Force crew is ordered to go and pick up...

Why Television Viewing for Children Should be Limited

include many violent or negative acts. Cartoon characters are killed all the time, only to return immediately without explanation....

Childhood Obesity and Parental Factors

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at childhood obesity. The epidemic is analyzed in terms of parental factors. Paper uses...

Explanation of Terms Used on Financial Management

The writer p[resents a memo style paper in which five different terms used frequently in financial management are explained. The ...

Two Topics, Self-Efficacy/Childhood Obesity

Self-efficacy is a concept that refers to the degree to which individuals perceive themselves as having the ability and capability...

Childhood Obesity/The Role of Schools

and adolescents from 1990 to 2000. Furthermore, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that 7 percent of in...

Issue in Social Psychology

with the group existed with two people, and compliance and conformity existed with the third one. On the one hand, two were confor...

OBESITY PROGRAMS: ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT

by 5% each week. Longer-term goals focus on reductions in absenteeism and illness which, in turn, will lead to a reduction in insu...

Childhood Obesity and the Role of the School System

systems around the nation began to report BMI on report cards. The BMI or body mass index is a calculation involving height and we...

79 Year Old Woman with Multiple Diseass

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

THE KOL NIDRE - AN EXPLANATION

they confess their sins only once a year, on what is called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. Jews are mandated to observe this...

Explanations of Communication in Organizations

tend to become friends, thus, forming a social bond (Prell et al., 2010). Over time, these folks will influence each others opini...

A Poverty Explanation

In nine pages the reasons why poverty exists are probed with a culture of poverty thesis, the importance of a work ethic with refe...

Explanation of Social Theories

In ten pages this paper explains such social theories as alienation, social stratification, social strain, differential associatio...

Explanation of Distributed Cognition

In seven pages the late 1980s theory known as distributed cognition is discussed in terms of its departure from other theories of ...

Explanation of Theories Pertaining to Physics

In five pages this research paper discusses modern physics in a consideration of 2 major theories with the groupings or Eightfold ...

Explanation of Karl Marx's Theories

In twelve pages this paper examines concepts of capitalism, alienation, class struggle, and revolution in an overview of Karl Marx...