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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...

at least 30 kg/m2" (Allison et al, 1999, p. 1530). It was found that approximately 22% of adult Americans, about 40.5 million pers...

Human Services: National Institutes of Health, 2008). Actually measuring a persons body fat is not a simple procedure such as step...

their level of obesity, but, until this study, little was known as to whether or not there is a "relationship between dieting and ...

In this six page essay, the writer explores the growing issue of childhood obesity and offers behavioral solutions to this epidemi...

took her two children, a toddler and an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was...

balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person" (MedlinePlus, 2008). Frighteningly enough, CNN (2007) claims...

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 ...

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

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

This essay proposes to categorize substance abuse as a chronic disease. The National Institute on Drug Abuse affirms this opinion ...

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...

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

In a paper of three pages, the research writer expounds upon the system of a SWOT analysis, identifying the strengths, weaknesses ...

This essay describes an ad that warns parents about the risks associated with childhood obesity. Five pages in length, one source...

This research paper pertains to the problem of childhood obesity. The writer discusses the need for intervention and describes an ...

This research paper argues that early childhood obesity prevention programs are the best approach. Four pages in length, six sourc...

This essay offers an overview of health and safety in Richmond County, NY (Staten Island). Demographic data and health data are in...

This paper pertains to the Precede-Proceed model and its applicability to intervention development that addresses the overweight/o...

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

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

This 10 page paper gives an overview of childhood obesity. This paper includes how combining mental health treatment with family h...

This paper pertains to low-income community assessment, and then presents statistics on childhood obesity prevalence. Three pages...

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...

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

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