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Study on Obesity - An Analysis

relationship between childhood abuse and obesity in young adulthood. The abstract of that paper says that the study was of young a...

Health: Fast Food

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...

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...

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....

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 ...

Ethics, Healthcare and Obesity

treatment of the sick, then undertaking preventive measures to reduce obesity before illness occurs may be beyond that duty, as it...

Obesity in Brooklyn

formed in 2003 to push forward clinical research (NIH, 2010). National measures have been undertaken, but they need to be suppor...

Creating a Campaign to Reduce Obesity in Brooklyn - Background Information on the Target Audience and Existing Campaigns

ongoing health problems later in life. 2. Target Population The campaign will be aimed at young adults, which we will define as...

A Plan to Reduce Obesity

intake and the general type of diet which is consumed and the need for a nutritional balance physical activity is also an importan...

The Paradox in the World Food Crisis

different part of the globe, "hundreds of millions eat too much, or consume the wrong sorts of food, and it is making them ill," a...

Preventative and Curative Health Care: An Economic Approach

also provides a valuable example of the economics of health care in general as obesity has been associated in recent literature wi...

OBESITY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMMUNITY AND HEALTH DATA

reduce obesity, increase activity and to encourage healthy eating habits. Wisconsin is also trying to take charge through ...

Marketing Mix for a Health Program

where the program will be delivered. The distribution will be mainly for the way that information is delivered as well as informat...

Obesity Worldwide

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

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 ...

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...

Preventing Obesity

(2004) reported the following: in 2000, 64.5 percent of American adults were identified as overweight and 30.5 percent were obese....

Literature Reviews of Studies on Heart Failure and Obesity

topic under discussion. Difference between primary and secondary sources : One source was selected in order to help illustrate th...

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...

Obesity is Not a Problem of Epidemic Proportions

away from parents who are blamed for abuse or neglect if a child becomes too fat. In the old days, this was unheard of. Families t...

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...

An Article on Obesity, Diabetes, and the Effect of Estrogen Reviewed

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

Obesity and America's Youth

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

Children and Obesity

above the ideal standards based on the National Center for Health Statistics growth charts (Jerum and Melnyk, 2001). While weight ...

Employers' Tool for Healthcare Outcomes Management

that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a leading contributor to poor hea...

Community Obesity and Health Promotion

his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...

Fast Food Industry Obesity Case of Caesar Barber

and asked why he had been gaining weight, the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast f...

America and Obesity

2, diabetes. Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new ch...

American Obesity and Fast Food

unhealthy no matter which perspective one takes. Just how unhealthy is fast food? How does it contribute to obesity? The U.S. Sur...