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metropolitan area and 14.1 for the affluent Westside" says the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Mcnew). Fast food restau...
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 (...
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...
factor in the onset of childhood obesity. Dennison, Erb, and Jenkins (2002) report that children spend a larger portion of their ...
While obesity observes no geographic or socioeconomic boundaries, it can be more prevalent in some groups than in others. It can ...
balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person" (MedlinePlus, 2008). Frighteningly enough, CNN (2007) claims...
Human Services: National Institutes of Health, 2008). Actually measuring a persons body fat is not a simple procedure such as step...
the UAE (Join the movement to tackle obesity, 2004). The UAE is the fifth most obese nation in the world, following the "United St...
their level of obesity, but, until this study, little was known as to whether or not there is a "relationship between dieting and ...
speaker can establish a certain intimacy with the audience by asking them if they have seen the movie Shallow Hal. Audience member...
of food, and while in some instances that is true, it is not characteristic of obesity. While many people know when they are obes...
need to be more in tune to their childrens activities and their food choices. Obesity observes no geographic or socioeconom...
The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...
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...
HIV/AIDS cannot be spread through hugging or touching someone with the virus, Americans are still very much afraid of this disease...
And obesity is definitely an issue that needs to be addressed in Australia. Though the issue is a high-profile one in the nation, ...
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...
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...
of people who are constantly trying to lose weight, if they were heavy as adolescents they are at increased risk of dying younger ...
ESTIMATED TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US ALONE SUFFERED FROM DIABETES IN 2005 (DESHPANDE, HARRIS-HAYES, AND SCHOOTMAN, 2005). AS...
The results supported the authors hypotheses by illustrating the correlation between certain social measures. Low income, limited...
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...
products. In addition, Schlosser and many nutritionists have argued that eating fast food is responsible for a record number of c...
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...