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This research paper presents an extensive discussion of childhood obesity that addresses prevalence, the negative effects of overw...
Interventions Recent research contends that the nations school lunch program is actually "exacerbates" the...
regards to the obesity epidemic in America. It seems that over the last few decades, the numbers has risen more dramatically than ...
In six pages an article addressing the problems of children who spend too much time engaging in sedentary activities such as watch...
to play unsupervised or accompany them to a park. Immense social and economic changes have dictated shifts in how families ...
thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...
greater importance are the collective changes in social structures and expectations that lead to increasingly sedentary lifestyles...
The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...
respiratory conditions, such as asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (Thorpe, et al, 2004). The long-term consequences of childhood ...
Another important area of research is obesitys impact on childhood from health, psychosocial and cognitive development standpoints...
wherein children become obese. Interestingly enough, two authors argues that the caloric intake of children and adults is ...
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...
issues on that front? First, it should be said that although the government does have policy on health related issues, some compl...
low self-esteem," but there are also serious health repercussions that can follow children into their adult years (Henry and Royer...
Melnyk, 2001, p. 606). Children today live in a social and cultural climate that "idealizes thinness," and also "stigmatizes being...
a number of other illnesses (Huang et al, 2007). The nurse will be involved if these risks materialize and may also have...
14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...
The results supported the authors hypotheses by illustrating the correlation between certain social measures. Low income, limited...
including an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, believe instead that the plateau has happened simply because...
and adolescents from 1990 to 2000. Furthermore, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that 7 percent of in...
systems around the nation began to report BMI on report cards. The BMI or body mass index is a calculation involving height and we...
Self-efficacy is a concept that refers to the degree to which individuals perceive themselves as having the ability and capability...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at childhood obesity. The epidemic is analyzed in terms of parental factors. Paper uses...
This paper emphasizes the importance of this program being part of a much larger societal framework. There are three sources in t...
This paper introduces the concept of childhood obesity and why it is important for the CDC to address the issue. Communication met...
This research paper describes Patricia Benner's Humanistic Model, Kathryn E. Barnard's Parent Child Interaction Model and Nola Pen...
This research paper presents a PICO question that pertains to the problem of childhood overweight/obesity. Six pages in length, fi...
This literature review adds to a previous review that was formulated to address a PICO research question. The problem (P) address...
This paper offers an overview of the plans for a research study that pertains to childhood obesity. The study will target a specif...
This research paper argues that early childhood obesity prevention programs are the best approach. Four pages in length, six sourc...