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An Article on Obesity, Diabetes, and the Effect of Estrogen Reviewed

instance, causes "rapid onset of severe hyperglycemia associated with the progressive loss of islet area and insulin immunoreactiv...

Customers, Weight Gain, and Restaurant Accountability

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...

Nutrition and Health Science

claims with some skepticism. However, understanding the basics of nutrition and how it affects the mind and body is relevant for e...

Obesity, Surgery for Weight Loss, and Their Psychological Impacts

may bear little resemblance to the overweight person from before. Many who have weight reduction surgery also feel that they are...

Managing Weight and the Influences of Environmental, Psychological, and Physiological Factors

highest prevalence of overweight teens (British Medical Association, 2004). Research indicates the prevalence of overweight and o...

Workplace and Obesity

speaker can establish a certain intimacy with the audience by asking them if they have seen the movie Shallow Hal. Audience member...

Evaluating the Impacts of a Vegetarian Diet Proposal

health and that any perceived quality of life benefits are more related to ideology than scientifically demonstrable benefits deri...

Corporate Conspiracy of 'Junk Food'

had a disease, there would be a widespread and enthusiastic campaign to find a cure. However, because obesity is not considered a ...

Studying Lifestyles of Sedentary and Teenage Obesity

obesity, research includes differences in reports between teens and their parents (Goodman, Hinden and Khandelwal, 2000); and stud...

Article Review of Barbara A. Dennison's 'Television Viewing and Television in Bedroom Associated with Overweight Risk Among Low Income Preschool Children'

significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...

Canada and the Social Problem of Childhood Obesity

greater importance are the collective changes in social structures and expectations that lead to increasingly sedentary lifestyles...

Alberta, Canada's Health Concerns

have in promoting her citizens wellness while Alberta still lags behind in her recognition of the importance of education in promo...

Various Factors That Contribute to Obesity

care physician (Ridings, Rapp, Boosalis, and Pomeroy, 1998). Millions of Americans, in fact, can be classified as obese. Obesity...

Obesity and Nutrition

as obese (Liou, Pi-Sunyer, Xavier and Laferr?re, 2005). Raatz, Torkelson, Redmon, Reck, Kristell et. al. (2005) provide a...

Dallas, TX and Obesity Prevention

Dutch, Swedish, Native American and Russian ("Dallas, Texas," 2005). What does this mean? It seems that the largest demographic is...

Childhood Obesity Control Measures

Another important area of research is obesitys impact on childhood from health, psychosocial and cognitive development standpoints...

Obesity and American Health

determine what is normal or clinically notable. For example, a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m ( Must, Spadano & Coakley et al., 19...

Childhood Obesity and Effective Treatment

respiratory conditions, such as asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (Thorpe, et al, 2004). The long-term consequences of childhood ...

1991 to 1998 Obesity in America

Control and Prevention in conjunction with the work of state health departments (Mokdad et al, 1999, p. 1519). This survey is des...

Obesity and Bariatric or Gastric Bypass Surgery

is the largest non-profit healthcare organization in the United States and currently oversees the operations of 8 million particip...

Pediatric Obesity/Overweight

for "population, intervention, comparison intervention and outcome" and therefore offers nurses a structure that prompts nurses t...

Personal Experience Essay: Mother's Obesity, Diabetes And Depression

mother who do not follow a strict diet only ask for further complications, since their bodies have already endured a lot of damage...

Forecasting for a Fast Food Outlet

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

Women In Chinese Culture: Historical Analysis

inasmuch as they were "fortunate to live at a time characterized by open-mindedness and liberal ideas" (Jianying, 2001). This exa...

Emecheta/2nd Class Citizen

brother. As with all female orphans, she becomes a "servant" in her uncles household (Emecheta, 1983, p. 17). Her uncles family co...

Why Science Will Not Solve the Obesity Problem

a medical intuitive and medical doctor, claims that a multitude of issues including psychological and emotional problems will caus...

Suing Fast Food Restaurants For Obesity

The dictionary defines this phrase as: "in fact, whether with a legal right or not" and "acting or existing in fact but without le...

Frankenstein/Symbolic of Women's Fate

are equated by Frankenstein as emotionally synonymous to pursuing and conquering a woman. From this sexual conquest of nature, Fra...

Muslim Women's Rights

woman 2. Little real freedom V. Obedience and disobedience A. Legal aspects 1. Honor killing in Saudi Arabia 2. Turkeys secular la...

Cultural Needs of Chinese Women in Childbirth

background and knowledge to evaluate when there is a need to consult a transcultural nurse specialist, as these specially trained ...