YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The American Obesity Epidemic
Essays 301 - 330
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...
significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...
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...
instance, causes "rapid onset of severe hyperglycemia associated with the progressive loss of islet area and insulin immunoreactiv...
his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...
to play unsupervised or accompany them to a park. Immense social and economic changes have dictated shifts in how families ...
2, diabetes. Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new ch...
and asked why he had been gaining weight, the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast f...
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...
decrease costs, which seems to be counter to increasing spending. Increasing spending on diabetic screening and testing, however,...
In ten pages this paper discusses U.S. obesity in a consideration of various contributing factors with socioeconomic, psychologica...
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...
In five pages this paper discusses the topic of adolescent obesity from an adolescent's perspective. Six sources are cited in the...
In six pages an article addressing the problems of children who spend too much time engaging in sedentary activities such as watch...
"this beautiful/and terrible thing," which human beings find as "needful a air" and as "usable as earth," will finally belong to b...
of measuring ones soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity" (Du Bois ch. 1, para. 3). In other words,...
a medical intuitive and medical doctor, claims that a multitude of issues including psychological and emotional problems will caus...
The dictionary defines this phrase as: "in fact, whether with a legal right or not" and "acting or existing in fact but without le...
is the largest non-profit healthcare organization in the United States and currently oversees the operations of 8 million particip...
This paper assessing the chemical reactions that are important in determining drug function. There are three sources in this thre...
This paper considers the progress New Jersey has made towards meeting the objectives outlined in Healthy People 2010 and Healthy P...
Should fast-food restaurants be held liable for people becoming obese? What is the consumer's responsibility in this issue? This p...
This research paper describes Patricia Benner's Humanistic Model, Kathryn E. Barnard's Parent Child Interaction Model and Nola Pen...
This paper introduces the concept of childhood obesity and why it is important for the CDC to address the issue. Communication met...
This paper emphasizes the importance of this program being part of a much larger societal framework. There are three sources in t...