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and asked why he had been gaining weight, the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast f...
significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...
had a disease, there would be a widespread and enthusiastic campaign to find a cure. However, because obesity is not considered a ...
claims with some skepticism. However, understanding the basics of nutrition and how it affects the mind and body is relevant for e...
obesity, research includes differences in reports between teens and their parents (Goodman, Hinden and Khandelwal, 2000); and stud...
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...
Control and Prevention in conjunction with the work of state health departments (Mokdad et al, 1999, p. 1519). This survey is des...
learning and performance. The different methods account for students who are better able to demonstrate learning through a project...
in the US are 20.7% (Martorell, 2000). In general terms the many developing counties appeared to have obesity consecrated in the ...
Dutch, Swedish, Native American and Russian ("Dallas, Texas," 2005). What does this mean? It seems that the largest demographic is...
as obese (Liou, Pi-Sunyer, Xavier and Laferr?re, 2005). Raatz, Torkelson, Redmon, Reck, Kristell et. al. (2005) provide a...
care physician (Ridings, Rapp, Boosalis, and Pomeroy, 1998). Millions of Americans, in fact, can be classified as obese. Obesity...
determine what is normal or clinically notable. For example, a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m ( Must, Spadano & Coakley et al., 19...
proposed prison design by eighteenth-century reformer Jeremy Bentham but what distinguished this structure had been an architectur...
endless parade of gorgeous people living fabulous lives; it is attractive and seductive, and that makes it an ideal platform for m...
- take the weight of the patient in pounds, divide this number by the square of the height in inches, and multiply this value by 7...
the ages of 12 and 19 were considered overweight (Surgeon General News, 2005). If that werent enough, this number is nearly triple...
and contest the idea that their weight is problematic. They contend that they are healthy the way they are and there is a fat acce...
decrease costs, which seems to be counter to increasing spending. Increasing spending on diabetic screening and testing, however,...
above the ideal standards based on the National Center for Health Statistics growth charts (Jerum and Melnyk, 2001). While weight ...
that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a leading contributor to poor hea...
obese, but that their lifestyle, perhaps a lifestyle set down by generations, is the reason for the obesity. The nation cannot ent...
various measures, the first step that the researchers took was to compare maltreatment items that were administered in the lab ses...
This, notes Brantlinger (2003), is precisely the situation that has manifested where academic injustice is concerned, inasmuch as ...
he disavows his grief, which "does the season wrong" (line 26). It is spring, the "heart of May" (line 31), and Wordsworth will no...
Association for Retarded Citizens was organized (Education Encyclopedia, 2006). In the 1960s, parents became even stronger in thei...
with an ethical foundation. Out from all the bloodshed and terror of such despicable crimes comes the most obvious of questions: ...
Once considered dependent, the courts engage in a review hearing on the childs behalf no less frequently than at six-month interva...
romanticism prevents her from seeing Charles realistically prior to marriage and her failed expectations cloud her perception of h...
framework of an idealized childhood. His father, as a "Scot and a Presbyterian," believed that "man by nature was a mess and had f...