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Minority Populations, HIV Intervention

This paper is comprised of two parts, with each part discussing aspects of the high prevalence of HIV infection among Hispanic/La...

Bereavement, and CBT, Hispanics

This research paper presents a literature review that pertains to research that address the needs of Hispanics in regards to use o...

Hispanics and The American Dream

This paper pertains to Hispanics Americans and the importance of these immigrants in achieving the American Dream. Three pages in ...

Hispanics and American Culture

This essay discusses the innumerable ways in which Hispanics have influenced American culture. Three pages in length, two sources ...

Hispanic Communities and Sexual Child Abuse

This research paper pertains to the prevalence and therapies associated with sexual child abuse, with a focus on Hispanics. The wr...

Child Sexual Abuse among Hispanics and TF-CBT

This research paper presents a literature review that pertains to research that addresses child sexual abuse occurring within Hisp...

The World is Getting Fatter

Obesity is a global issue that is nearly an epidemic. The CDC reported that over the last 30 years, obesity has more than doubled ...

Children And Obesity

for one full of simple sugars, worthless carbohydrates and empty calories, a cycle perpetuated by parents who fail to provide thei...

McDonald's and Obesity; A Case Study

eating. This will help empower them to make decisions regarding their own diet. It will also placed pressure on the companies to c...

Taking a Toddler’s Blood Pressure

pressure There are three types of high blood pressure observed in children. The first type is called "white-coat" high blood pres...

Lois W. Johnson/Trouble at Wild River

her mothers home country of Sweden. Ben had the "America fever" and stole the money in order to obtain passage to the US (Johnson ...

Addressing A Recurring Crime: Teen Rebelliousness

first element of establishing a proactive approach to addressing the issues of gambling and juvenile drinking problem in the Westw...

Health Promotion/Childhood Obesity

14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...

High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity

prevalence of obesity more than doubled, from 15 percent to almost one-third of the adult population" (Poirot). As it relates to c...

Fast Food, Microwaves and Society

metropolitan area and 14.1 for the affluent Westside" says the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Mcnew). Fast food restau...

Major Issues in Obesity

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...

Delimitations, Summary Sections for Proposed Study

the research team will use a convenience sample of women recruited from a specific geographical area, and the team may choose to l...

What Schools Can Do to Stem the Obesity Epidemic

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 3 Lifestyle...

Obesity

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

Critique of Qualitative Study/Nutrition

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

Contributing Factors to Adolescent Obesity: A Research Proposal

researchers maintained that obesity is on the rise in adolescent populations and may be the product of social constructs. There ...

Food Addictions, Symptoms and Treatments

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

Action Plan; Reducing Obesity in 18 - 25 Year Olds

of healthcare by primary healthcare givers to the conditions which require more immediate and urgent treatment is understandable (...

Obesity Community Health Intervention

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

Obesity in the United States

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

Obesity in American Children

While obesity observes no geographic or socioeconomic boundaries, it can be more prevalent in some groups than in others. It can ...

Variables and Clusters in Research

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...

Obesity and Television Viewing: A Review of Literature

factor in the onset of childhood obesity. Dennison, Erb, and Jenkins (2002) report that children spend a larger portion of their ...

Media's Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic

would work to resolve the problem and in fact, some people report that religious activity has helped them lose weight. The author ...

Review of Qualitative Research on Childhood Obesity

a number of other illnesses (Huang et al, 2007). The nurse will be involved if these risks materialize and may also have...