YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The American Obesity Epidemic
Essays 211 - 240
population, for example, present unique cultural concerns in terms of how to direct a public relations campaign that targets obesi...
(2004) reported the following: in 2000, 64.5 percent of American adults were identified as overweight and 30.5 percent were obese....
care physician (Ridings, Rapp, Boosalis, and Pomeroy, 1998). Millions of Americans, in fact, can be classified as obese. Obesity...
have in promoting her citizens wellness while Alberta still lags behind in her recognition of the importance of education in promo...
topic under discussion. Difference between primary and secondary sources : One source was selected in order to help illustrate th...
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...
"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...
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...
products. In addition, Schlosser and many nutritionists have argued that eating fast food is responsible for a record number of c...
environmental issues literally for decades - such as when actor Ted Danson announced decades ago that the ocean would be "dead" in...
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is one of the main ways that the problem of obesity is tracked in the US (Hensrud and Klein, 20...
need to be more in tune to their childrens activities and their food choices. Obesity observes no geographic or socioeconom...
of food, and while in some instances that is true, it is not characteristic of obesity. While many people know when they are obes...
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...
prevalence of obesity more than doubled, from 15 percent to almost one-third of the adult population" (Poirot). As it relates to c...
14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...
metropolitan area and 14.1 for the affluent Westside" says the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Mcnew). Fast food restau...
The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...
Lingering Myths about Content and Process Models As shown above, recent research is starting to dispel the myths of one-sid...
may bear little resemblance to the overweight person from before. Many who have weight reduction surgery also feel that they are...
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...
had a disease, there would be a widespread and enthusiastic campaign to find a cure. However, because obesity is not considered a ...
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...
This essay pertains to a Healthy People 2020 topic, nutrition and weight status and specifically discusses the problem of childhoo...
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 offers an abstract for study that pertains to the under-diagnosis of obesity. One page in length, no sources are cited....