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had a disease, there would be a widespread and enthusiastic campaign to find a cure. However, because obesity is not considered a ...

obesity, research includes differences in reports between teens and their parents (Goodman, Hinden and Khandelwal, 2000); and stud...

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...

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

food, something that is very important and relevant in the United States. This author notes, "Technological change (e.g. industria...

population, for example, present unique cultural concerns in terms of how to direct a public relations campaign that targets obesi...

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...

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...

care physician (Ridings, Rapp, Boosalis, and Pomeroy, 1998). Millions of Americans, in fact, can be classified as obese. Obesity...

Control and Prevention in conjunction with the work of state health departments (Mokdad et al, 1999, p. 1519). This survey is des...

Dutch, Swedish, Native American and Russian ("Dallas, Texas," 2005). What does this mean? It seems that the largest demographic is...

endless parade of gorgeous people living fabulous lives; it is attractive and seductive, and that makes it an ideal platform for m...

the ages of 12 and 19 were considered overweight (Surgeon General News, 2005). If that werent enough, this number is nearly triple...

in the US are 20.7% (Martorell, 2000). In general terms the many developing counties appeared to have obesity consecrated in the ...

decrease costs, which seems to be counter to increasing spending. Increasing spending on diabetic screening and testing, however,...

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...

may bear little resemblance to the overweight person from before. Many who have weight reduction surgery also feel that they are...

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...

is obese children (Neff 2359). Other health risks associated with obesity include, but are not limited to: high cholesterol, 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...

This paper contends that the measures that are needed to address obesity are the same as those needed to address binge eating, ano...

This essay offers an overview of health and safety in Richmond County, NY (Staten Island). Demographic data and health data are in...

This paper pertains to the Precede-Proceed model and its applicability to intervention development that addresses the overweight/o...

This paper offers an abstract for study that pertains to the under-diagnosis of obesity. One page in length, no sources are cited....

This paper pertains to chronic disease and its causes, focusing specifically on the influence of environmental factors, such as ac...

balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person" (MedlinePlus, 2008). Frighteningly enough, CNN (2007) claims...

took her two children, a toddler and an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was...