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Childhood for the “Fat Kids”

of people who are constantly trying to lose weight, if they were heavy as adolescents they are at increased risk of dying younger ...

THE UNITED STATES AND OBESITY

The chart below from the Obesity Society shows the percentage of the U.S. population that is obese. Colorado had the least percent...

U.S. and How to Address the Public Health Crisis of Obesity

body mass index that is greater than the 95th percentile for age and gender, they are classified as obese (Dietz & Hunter, 2009). ...

Childhood/Adolescent Obesity Research Article Comparison

thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...

Proposal for a Project to Tackle Obesity in Adolescents

need to be the skills, including cooking skills, the ability to design menus, and the approaches taught also need to be available ...

Obesity and Health

on around the stomach) (Nazario, 2009). Obesity is linked to heart disease and stroke because it often causes high blood pressure...

Exercise and Vitamin Supplement to Combat Obesity

not using vitamin supplements (Nachtigal et al., 2005). B6 and B12 vitamins increase the metabolism, which is an important factor...

Adolescent Obesity in Canada

This research paper focuses on the problem of overweight/obesity and its prevalence among Canadian youth. The writer also discusse...

Hispanic Teens, Overweight/Obesity

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

Hispanic Youth, Obesity, and Research

This research paper pertains to three research studies, which pertain to overweight/obesity in Hispanic adolescents, and reports ...

Exercise and Health Benefits

This research paper discusses the health benefits associated with exercise in regards to cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and ...

Cardiovascular Disease, Research on Contributing Factors

This research paper pertains to current literature that investigates the relationship between nutrition, obesity and atherosclerot...

Teen Obesity

This research paper pertains to data on the prevalence of obesity among American adolescents. This information reveals that it is ...

Final Project Proposal, Childhood Obesity Research

This paper offers an overview of the plans for a research study that pertains to childhood obesity. The study will target a specif...

Exercise in LA, the BCRP

This research paper focuses on Belvedere Community Regional Park (BCRP), which is located on E. Cesar Chavez Avenue in Los Angeles...

PICO Question, Childhood Obesity

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

Expanding a Lit Review, Childhood Obesity

This literature review adds to a previous review that was formulated to address a PICO research question. The problem (P) address...

Proper Nutrition and Exorcise to Eliminate Eating Disorders

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

Proposed Study, Obesity, Adolescent Hispanics

This research paper has two major sections. The first pertains to a proposed research study and the second pertains to a proposed ...

SUD as Chronic Disease plus Overweight Kids

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

Determining Statistical Tests

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

Why Television Viewing for Children Should be Limited

include many violent or negative acts. Cartoon characters are killed all the time, only to return immediately without explanation....

Two Topics, Self-Efficacy/Childhood Obesity

Self-efficacy is a concept that refers to the degree to which individuals perceive themselves as having the ability and capability...

Childhood Obesity and Parental Factors

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at childhood obesity. The epidemic is analyzed in terms of parental factors. Paper uses...

79 Year Old Woman with Multiple Diseass

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

Preventative and Curative Health Care: An Economic Approach

also provides a valuable example of the economics of health care in general as obesity has been associated in recent literature wi...

Causes and Solutions of Childhood Obesity

including an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, believe instead that the plateau has happened simply because...

A Health and Nutrition Education Plan

their functioning around food, including monitoring their fat and sugar in-take and improving their diet as a whole. The whole fa...

Ethics, Healthcare and Obesity

treatment of the sick, then undertaking preventive measures to reduce obesity before illness occurs may be beyond that duty, as it...

Childhood Obesity/The Role of Schools

and adolescents from 1990 to 2000. Furthermore, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that 7 percent of in...