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thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...
regards to the obesity epidemic in America. It seems that over the last few decades, the numbers has risen more dramatically than ...
In twelve pages the growing problems of obesity in children and adolescents in the United States are considered in terms of presen...
a number of other illnesses (Huang et al, 2007). The nurse will be involved if these risks materialize and may also have...
"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...
14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...
It is no secret that a large percentage of the American population is overweight or obese. The tragedy is that a large proportion ...
The prevalence of obesity has increased across the world over the last three decades. Effective programs to curb and prevent overw...
Melnyk, 2001, p. 606). Children today live in a social and cultural climate that "idealizes thinness," and also "stigmatizes being...
This research paper presents an extensive discussion of childhood obesity that addresses prevalence, the negative effects of overw...
In five pages this paper discusses the topic of adolescent obesity from an adolescent's perspective. Six sources are cited in the...
more attention needs to be given to the diagnosis and treatment of this illness. Any wide-spread illness is expensive to the patie...
previously tested instrument, indicates that issues of validity and reliability were also adequately addressed. The results are ...
to lose weight, media pressure to gain weight, and media pressure to increase muscle tone (McCabe et al, 2003). Both studi...
also associated with adolescents who have been diagnosed as having binge eating disorder. Unquestionably psychologically related,...
their level of obesity, but, until this study, little was known as to whether or not there is a "relationship between dieting and ...
respiratory conditions, such as asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (Thorpe, et al, 2004). The long-term consequences of childhood ...
America (1986) CWLA Standards of Excellence for Services for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Pregnant Adolescents, and Young Pare...
and, thus, in the religious duties and responsibilities of being an adult male within this community. The boy, in turn, receives a...
This research paper has two major sections. The first pertains to a proposed research study and the second pertains to a proposed ...
This literature review adds to a previous review that was formulated to address a PICO research question. The problem (P) address...
This research paper pertains to three research studies, which pertain to overweight/obesity in Hispanic adolescents, and reports ...
to play unsupervised or accompany them to a park. Immense social and economic changes have dictated shifts in how families ...
This research paper presents examination of sports research in order to ascertain if the benefits associated with sports participa...
Self-efficacy is a concept that refers to the degree to which individuals perceive themselves as having the ability and capability...
and adolescents from 1990 to 2000. Furthermore, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that 7 percent of in...
need to eat healthy food in order to feel good and, therefore, learn better. The American lifestyle of sedentary occupations and l...
In eleven pages the problem of obesity in American children is examined in terms of adolescent health risks and causes that includ...
target children as their principle demographic also have Web sites that market to children (Cowdrey 19). A child who gets bored wi...
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...