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took her two children, a toddler and an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was...
their level of obesity, but, until this study, little was known as to whether or not there is a "relationship between dieting and ...
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 ...
In a paper consisting of five pages the causes of children's obesity is examined with factors such as lack of exercise and diet di...
In twelve pages the growing problems of obesity in children and adolescents in the United States are considered in terms of presen...
environmental issues literally for decades - such as when actor Ted Danson announced decades ago that the ocean would be "dead" in...
metropolitan area and 14.1 for the affluent Westside" says the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Mcnew). Fast food restau...
prevalence of obesity more than doubled, from 15 percent to almost one-third of the adult population" (Poirot). As it relates to c...
researchers maintained that obesity is on the rise in adolescent populations and may be the product of social constructs. There ...
In ten pages the components of bulimia, anorexia, and obesity eating disorders are examined in terms of treatment alternatives. T...
In five pages this paper considers 3 contemporary problems from the theoretical perspectives of Emile Durkheim including infant ab...
in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...
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...
and a very important factor is a lack of medical attention. All of these things culminate in a situation where people are more vul...
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...
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...
- take the weight of the patient in pounds, divide this number by the square of the height in inches, and multiply this value by 7...
instance, causes "rapid onset of severe hyperglycemia associated with the progressive loss of islet area and insulin immunoreactiv...
obese, but that their lifestyle, perhaps a lifestyle set down by generations, is the reason for the obesity. The nation cannot ent...
above the ideal standards based on the National Center for Health Statistics growth charts (Jerum and Melnyk, 2001). While weight ...
that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a leading contributor to poor hea...
target children as their principle demographic also have Web sites that market to children (Cowdrey 19). A child who gets bored wi...
wherein children become obese. Interestingly enough, two authors argues that the caloric intake of children and adults is ...
Such junk food is apparently readily available in many high schools, perhaps with the understanding that high school students are ...
of revenue for under-funded schools, it is difficult to get them removed (Van Staveren and Dale, 2004). They contain, in addition ...