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a multitude of cultural groups. Consider, for example, the tendency of the dominant US culture to lump all people of Asian herita...
"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...
to join a health club or try to fit some other structured activity into her already-full schedule, at least not on a long-term bas...
unhealthy no matter which perspective one takes. Just how unhealthy is fast food? How does it contribute to obesity? The U.S. Sur...
factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...
researchers maintained that obesity is on the rise in adolescent populations and may be the product of social constructs. There ...
care physician (Ridings, Rapp, Boosalis, and Pomeroy, 1998). Millions of Americans, in fact, can be classified as obese. Obesity...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at childhood obesity. The epidemic is analyzed in terms of parental factors. Paper uses...
thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...
This paper pertains to chronic disease and its causes, focusing specifically on the influence of environmental factors, such as ac...
and a very important factor is a lack of medical attention. All of these things culminate in a situation where people are more vul...
in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...
In a paper consisting of five pages the causes of children's obesity is examined with factors such as lack of exercise and diet di...
In ten pages this paper discusses U.S. obesity in a consideration of various contributing factors with socioeconomic, psychologica...
highest prevalence of overweight teens (British Medical Association, 2004). Research indicates the prevalence of overweight and o...
Different types of tests may be used for differing purposes and with different types of data. This paper looks at how univariate ...
arguably around the world. 2. Approximately 22 million children worldwide who are under the age of five are thought to be obese...
regards to the obesity epidemic in America. It seems that over the last few decades, the numbers has risen more dramatically than ...
emotional problems are likely to emerge. The relationship between obesity and depression is one that is not exactly clear (Stunka...
causes of obesity catching children when they can still be influenced. Children who are overweight are one of the groups that ha...
Melnyk, 2001, p. 606). Children today live in a social and cultural climate that "idealizes thinness," and also "stigmatizes being...
health. There are morbidly obese people who appear to enjoy being the way they are and actively seek to maintain their stat...
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...
also associated with adolescents who have been diagnosed as having binge eating disorder. Unquestionably psychologically related,...
a drug sold under the brand name of Glucophage) in treating obesity. Finally, nursing intervention will be proposed based on the ...
This paper pertains to obesity and the writer specially discusses how the terms "epidemic" and "pandemic" are defined in regards t...
This research paper pertains to a social marketing campaign, the Campaign to End Obesity and the writer also discusses obesity pre...
This research paper presents an extensive discussion of childhood obesity that addresses prevalence, the negative effects of overw...
food, something that is very important and relevant in the United States. This author notes, "Technological change (e.g. industria...
towards culturally different practices. 2. The Event In order to understand the ritual it is important to understand a i...