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pressure There are three types of high blood pressure observed in children. The first type is called "white-coat" high blood pres...
It is no secret that a large percentage of the American population is overweight or obese. The tragedy is that a large proportion ...
a number of other illnesses (Huang et al, 2007). The nurse will be involved if these risks materialize and may also have...
genetic problem. The first position-that one can eat right and be healthy despite obesity-is a part of a recent fat acceptance mov...
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 ...
factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...
balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person" (MedlinePlus, 2008). Frighteningly enough, CNN (2007) claims...
While obesity observes no geographic or socioeconomic boundaries, it can be more prevalent in some groups than in others. It can ...
Human Services: National Institutes of Health, 2008). Actually measuring a persons body fat is not a simple procedure such as step...
their level of obesity, but, until this study, little was known as to whether or not there is a "relationship between dieting and ...
"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...
low self-esteem," but there are also serious health repercussions that can follow children into their adult years (Henry and Royer...
issues on that front? First, it should be said that although the government does have policy on health related issues, some compl...
target children as their principle demographic also have Web sites that market to children (Cowdrey 19). A child who gets bored wi...
Such junk food is apparently readily available in many high schools, perhaps with the understanding that high school students are ...
Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...
2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...
wherein children become obese. Interestingly enough, two authors argues that the caloric intake of children and adults is ...
topic under discussion. Difference between primary and secondary sources : One source was selected in order to help illustrate th...
population, for example, present unique cultural concerns in terms of how to direct a public relations campaign that targets obesi...
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 five pages this paper considers 3 contemporary problems from the theoretical perspectives of Emile Durkheim including infant ab...
have in promoting her citizens wellness while Alberta still lags behind in her recognition of the importance of education in promo...
and asked why he had been gaining weight, the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast f...
2, diabetes. Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new ch...
Within the last thirty years in the United States, the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled as it was estimated that on...
unhealthy no matter which perspective one takes. Just how unhealthy is fast food? How does it contribute to obesity? The U.S. Sur...