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Being overweight, obese, or morbidly obese has become one of the major causes of illness across the globe. Childhood obesity is no...
parent report, experienced daily symptoms, 2 asthma attacks per week, persistent cough and were using bronchodilator therapy daily...
in nutritional value. High risk also results from the fact that poor neighborhoods frequently lack "well-maintained sidewalks and ...
eating. This will help empower them to make decisions regarding their own diet. It will also placed pressure on the companies to c...
Obesity is a global issue that is nearly an epidemic. The CDC reported that over the last 30 years, obesity has more than doubled ...
the research team will use a convenience sample of women recruited from a specific geographical area, and the team may choose to l...
Human Services: National Institutes of Health, 2008). Actually measuring a persons body fat is not a simple procedure such as step...
the UAE (Join the movement to tackle obesity, 2004). The UAE is the fifth most obese nation in the world, following the "United St...
researchers maintained that obesity is on the rise in adolescent populations and may be the product of social constructs. There ...
took her two children, a toddler and an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was...
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...
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...
metropolitan area and 14.1 for the affluent Westside" says the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Mcnew). Fast food restau...
review or even a description of their own research, which led them to the conclusions that they indicate. The inclusion of even a...
And obesity is definitely an issue that needs to be addressed in Australia. Though the issue is a high-profile one in the nation, ...
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is one of the main ways that the problem of obesity is tracked in the US (Hensrud and Klein, 20...
HIV/AIDS cannot be spread through hugging or touching someone with the virus, Americans are still very much afraid of this disease...
ESTIMATED TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US ALONE SUFFERED FROM DIABETES IN 2005 (DESHPANDE, HARRIS-HAYES, AND SCHOOTMAN, 2005). AS...
on around the stomach) (Nazario, 2009). Obesity is linked to heart disease and stroke because it often causes high blood pressure...
heavier than men), genetics, environment (lifestyle), illness, medication and the level of ones physical activity ("Obesity"). Psy...
The chart below from the Obesity Society shows the percentage of the U.S. population that is obese. Colorado had the least percent...
need to be the skills, including cooking skills, the ability to design menus, and the approaches taught also need to be available ...
not using vitamin supplements (Nachtigal et al., 2005). B6 and B12 vitamins increase the metabolism, which is an important factor...
This research paper pertains to data on the prevalence of obesity among American adolescents. This information reveals that it is ...
This research paper has two major sections. The first pertains to a proposed research study and the second pertains to a proposed ...
This research paper pertains to three research studies, which pertain to overweight/obesity in Hispanic adolescents, and reports ...
This research paper discusses the health benefits associated with exercise in regards to cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and ...
This research paper pertains to current literature that investigates the relationship between nutrition, obesity and atherosclerot...