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In twelve pages the growing problems of obesity in children and adolescents in the United States are considered in terms of presen...

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...

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,...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

and a very important factor is a lack of medical attention. All of these things culminate in a situation where people are more vul...

speaker can establish a certain intimacy with the audience by asking them if they have seen the movie Shallow Hal. Audience member...

highest prevalence of overweight teens (British Medical Association, 2004). Research indicates the prevalence of overweight and o...

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...

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 ...

of revenue for under-funded schools, it is difficult to get them removed (Van Staveren and Dale, 2004). They contain, in addition ...

Such junk food is apparently readily available in many high schools, perhaps with the understanding that high school students are ...

costs in each country. This was chosen as it was a product that was exactly the same in each country where it was sold as well as ...

guidelines on how to address cleaning and disinfecting issues as they impact on the problem of HAIs. Before offering conclusion, t...

Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...

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