YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The American Obesity Epidemic
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researchers maintained that obesity is on the rise in adolescent populations and may be the product of social constructs. There ...
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...
common occurrence for the American adolescents in particular, with findings indicating how not only are American teens less active...
Within the last thirty years in the United States, the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled as it was estimated that on...
goals and interventions which are compatible with those identified in "Healthy People 2010". Eight assessment parameters will be ...
his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...
2, diabetes. Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new ch...
to play unsupervised or accompany them to a park. Immense social and economic changes have dictated shifts in how families ...
and asked why he had been gaining weight, the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast f...
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...
In twelve pages the growing problems of obesity in children and adolescents in the United States are considered in terms of presen...
significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...
obesity, research includes differences in reports between teens and their parents (Goodman, Hinden and Khandelwal, 2000); and stud...
had a disease, there would be a widespread and enthusiastic campaign to find a cure. However, because obesity is not considered a ...
claims with some skepticism. However, understanding the basics of nutrition and how it affects the mind and body is relevant for e...
greater importance are the collective changes in social structures and expectations that lead to increasingly sedentary lifestyles...
health and that any perceived quality of life benefits are more related to ideology than scientifically demonstrable benefits deri...
speaker can establish a certain intimacy with the audience by asking them if they have seen the movie Shallow Hal. Audience member...
highest prevalence of overweight teens (British Medical Association, 2004). Research indicates the prevalence of overweight and o...
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...
The results supported the authors hypotheses by illustrating the correlation between certain social measures. Low income, limited...
thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...
In six pages an article addressing the problems of children who spend too much time engaging in sedentary activities such as watch...
heavier than men), genetics, environment (lifestyle), illness, medication and the level of ones physical activity ("Obesity"). Psy...
The chart below from the Obesity Society shows the percentage of the U.S. population that is obese. Colorado had the least percent...
of food, and while in some instances that is true, it is not characteristic of obesity. While many people know when they are obes...
In five pages this paper discusses the topic of adolescent obesity from an adolescent's perspective. Six sources are cited in the...