YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Childhood Obesity in America
Essays 541 - 570
In two pages this paper examines U.S. Nintendo in a consideration of its website information that also includes a discussion of wh...
In ten pages the components of bulimia, anorexia, and obesity eating disorders are examined in terms of treatment alternatives. T...
in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...
In a paper consisting of five pages the causes of children's obesity is examined with factors such as lack of exercise and diet di...
In five pages this paper discusses the topic of adolescent obesity from an adolescent's perspective. Six sources are cited in the...
In ten pages this paper discusses U.S. obesity in a consideration of various contributing factors with socioeconomic, psychologica...
In eleven pages the problem of obesity in American children is examined in terms of adolescent health risks and causes that includ...
In twelve pages the growing problems of obesity in children and adolescents in the United States are considered in terms of presen...
health and that any perceived quality of life benefits are more related to ideology than scientifically demonstrable benefits deri...
speaker can establish a certain intimacy with the audience by asking them if they have seen the movie Shallow Hal. Audience member...
obesity, research includes differences in reports between teens and their parents (Goodman, Hinden and Khandelwal, 2000); and stud...
claims with some skepticism. However, understanding the basics of nutrition and how it affects the mind and body is relevant for e...
had a disease, there would be a widespread and enthusiastic campaign to find a cure. However, because obesity is not considered a ...
may bear little resemblance to the overweight person from before. Many who have weight reduction surgery also feel that they are...
Lingering Myths about Content and Process Models As shown above, recent research is starting to dispel the myths of one-sid...
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...
instance, causes "rapid onset of severe hyperglycemia associated with the progressive loss of islet area and insulin immunoreactiv...
and a very important factor is a lack of medical attention. All of these things culminate in a situation where people are more vul...
is obese children (Neff 2359). Other health risks associated with obesity include, but are not limited to: high cholesterol, hea...
the ages of 12 and 19 were considered overweight (Surgeon General News, 2005). If that werent enough, this number is nearly triple...
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...
decrease costs, which seems to be counter to increasing spending. Increasing spending on diabetic screening and testing, however,...
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...
as obese (Liou, Pi-Sunyer, Xavier and Laferr?re, 2005). Raatz, Torkelson, Redmon, Reck, Kristell et. al. (2005) provide a...
Dutch, Swedish, Native American and Russian ("Dallas, Texas," 2005). What does this mean? It seems that the largest demographic is...
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...
in the US are 20.7% (Martorell, 2000). In general terms the many developing counties appeared to have obesity consecrated in the ...
significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...