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review or even a description of their own research, which led them to the conclusions that they indicate. The inclusion of even a...
products. In addition, Schlosser and many nutritionists have argued that eating fast food is responsible for a record number of c...
environmental issues literally for decades - such as when actor Ted Danson announced decades ago that the ocean would be "dead" in...
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is one of the main ways that the problem of obesity is tracked in the US (Hensrud and Klein, 20...
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...
not using vitamin supplements (Nachtigal et al., 2005). B6 and B12 vitamins increase the metabolism, which is an important factor...
ESTIMATED TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US ALONE SUFFERED FROM DIABETES IN 2005 (DESHPANDE, HARRIS-HAYES, AND SCHOOTMAN, 2005). AS...
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...
exercise he usually engaged in. Spurlock is 6;2: tall and weight 185 pounds at the beginning. His BMI was normal. For his height...
body mass index that is greater than the 95th percentile for age and gender, they are classified as obese (Dietz & Hunter, 2009). ...
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...
obesity, tobacco use, substance abuse, responsible sexual behavior, mental health, injuries and violence, environmental quality, i...
Post highlights what is ostensibly a growing problem in the United States: the rising prevalence of childhood obesity. In the firs...
guidelines that these should be used only as a last resort when all other options have failed, with the possible exception of surg...
link between the unhealthy, fat-laden meals served by fast food restaurants and the epidemic of obesity in the U.S. However, commo...
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...
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 (...
balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person" (MedlinePlus, 2008). Frighteningly enough, CNN (2007) claims...
significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...
a personal decision and the effect is not singular but one of accumulative effect. For many it is deemed that the weight gain is s...
and asked why he had been gaining weight, the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast f...
2, diabetes. Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new ch...
his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...
common occurrence for the American adolescents in particular, with findings indicating how not only are American teens less active...
unhealthy no matter which perspective one takes. Just how unhealthy is fast food? How does it contribute to obesity? The U.S. Sur...