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This paper pertains to low-income community assessment, and then presents statistics on childhood obesity prevalence. Three pages...
The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...
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...
"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...
Melnyk, 2001, p. 606). Children today live in a social and cultural climate that "idealizes thinness," and also "stigmatizes being...
In five pages various types of child abuse are discussed in terms of statistics, situational assessment, and suggested improvement...
trying her best to pay attention. Results and Interpretation Motor Domain In the area of muscle control, which assesses a chil...
This essay offers an overview of health and safety in Richmond County, NY (Staten Island). Demographic data and health data are in...
This research paper offers an overview of the websites for the following health education professional organizations: the Society ...
The prevalence of obesity has increased across the world over the last three decades. Effective programs to curb and prevent overw...
negative health impacts are felt. This means that there is a lag in the conditions as well as the associated costs. The short term...
factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...
It is no secret that a large percentage of the American population is overweight or obese. The tragedy is that a large proportion ...
14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...
Effective public health agencies are essential for the health of the general public. They have many diverse responsibilities, one ...
If public health and health care could be integrated, it would result in numerous benefits, however, there are barriers and challe...
Both Winslow and Acheson make the link between society and health, and the role of social actions; a concept that was seen in many...
self-reported diabetes ranged from 1.6% among persons aged 18-34 years to 12.5% among persons aged 65-74 years" (Current Trends Re...
Orem defines a "self-care deficit" as when a clients condition or injury prohibits that individuals ability to meet the requiremen...
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...
of people who are constantly trying to lose weight, if they were heavy as adolescents they are at increased risk of dying younger ...
This 10 page paper gives an overview of childhood obesity. This paper includes how combining mental health treatment with family h...
This research paper presents an extensive discussion of childhood obesity that addresses prevalence, the negative effects of overw...
to play unsupervised or accompany them to a park. Immense social and economic changes have dictated shifts in how families ...
a number of other illnesses (Huang et al, 2007). The nurse will be involved if these risks materialize and may also have...
pressure There are three types of high blood pressure observed in children. The first type is called "white-coat" high blood pres...
The introduction reports data about the incidence of Chlamydia and uses that as a catalyst to discuss health programs in schools; ...
Dutch, Swedish, Native American and Russian ("Dallas, Texas," 2005). What does this mean? It seems that the largest demographic is...
products. In addition, Schlosser and many nutritionists have argued that eating fast food is responsible for a record number of c...