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Hispanic Teens, Overweight/Obesity

This research paper discusses the content and purpose of three studies that focus on the problem of overweight/obesity among Hispa...

Hispanic Youth, Obesity, and Research

This research paper pertains to three research studies, which pertain to overweight/obesity in Hispanic adolescents, and reports ...

PICO Question, Childhood Obesity

This research paper presents a PICO question that pertains to the problem of childhood overweight/obesity. Six pages in length, fi...

Cultural Causal Factors for Obesity

This research paper focuses on cultural factors that are associated with the development of obesity. The writer reports on an inte...

Determining Statistical Tests

Different types of tests may be used for differing purposes and with different types of data. This paper looks at how univariate ...

Proper Nutrition and Exorcise to Eliminate Eating Disorders

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

Obesity Worldwide

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

Junk Food and Children

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

Food Advertising & Children

target children as their principle demographic also have Web sites that market to children (Cowdrey 19). A child who gets bored wi...

Ethical Issues with Regard to Marketing Prepackaged Foods to Schools

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

Childhood Obesity and Public Policy

issues on that front? First, it should be said that although the government does have policy on health related issues, some compl...

Epidemiology of Obesity

activity patterns, and resting and active metabolisms" (Speakman, 2004, p. 2090S). Nevertheless, considerable advances have come a...

Media's Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic

would work to resolve the problem and in fact, some people report that religious activity has helped them lose weight. The author ...

Exercise in LA, the BCRP

This research paper focuses on Belvedere Community Regional Park (BCRP), which is located on E. Cesar Chavez Avenue in Los Angeles...

Cardiovascular Disease, Research on Contributing Factors

This research paper pertains to current literature that investigates the relationship between nutrition, obesity and atherosclerot...

Childhood Obesity in America

wherein children become obese. Interestingly enough, two authors argues that the caloric intake of children and adults is ...

Australian Perspectives on Public Relations and Obesity

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

Understanding the Cultural Aspect of the Obesity Epidemic Among Children in America

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

Preventing Obesity

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

Literature Reviews of Studies on Heart Failure and Obesity

topic under discussion. Difference between primary and secondary sources : One source was selected in order to help illustrate th...

Obesity and Nutrition

as obese (Liou, Pi-Sunyer, Xavier and Laferr?re, 2005). Raatz, Torkelson, Redmon, Reck, Kristell et. al. (2005) provide a...

Obesity is Not a Problem of Epidemic Proportions

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...

Two Topics, Self-Efficacy/Childhood Obesity

Self-efficacy is a concept that refers to the degree to which individuals perceive themselves as having the ability and capability...

Childhood Obesity and Parental Factors

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at childhood obesity. The epidemic is analyzed in terms of parental factors. Paper uses...

OBESITY PROGRAMS: ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT

by 5% each week. Longer-term goals focus on reductions in absenteeism and illness which, in turn, will lead to a reduction in insu...

Childhood Obesity and the Role of the School System

systems around the nation began to report BMI on report cards. The BMI or body mass index is a calculation involving height and we...

Why Television Viewing for Children Should be Limited

include many violent or negative acts. Cartoon characters are killed all the time, only to return immediately without explanation....

79 Year Old Woman with Multiple Diseass

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

Importance of Nutrition and Weight Status

This essay pertains to a Healthy People 2020 topic, nutrition and weight status and specifically discusses the problem of childhoo...

Obesity/Chronic Disease

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