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Essays 511 - 540
need to be more in tune to their childrens activities and their food choices. Obesity observes no geographic or socioeconom...
Lingering Myths about Content and Process Models As shown above, recent research is starting to dispel the myths of one-sid...
of food, and while in some instances that is true, it is not characteristic of obesity. While many people know when they are obes...
The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...
may bear little resemblance to the overweight person from before. Many who have weight reduction surgery also feel that they are...
greater importance are the collective changes in social structures and expectations that lead to increasingly sedentary lifestyles...
had a disease, there would be a widespread and enthusiastic campaign to find a cure. However, because obesity is not considered a ...
speaker can establish a certain intimacy with the audience by asking them if they have seen the movie Shallow Hal. Audience member...
highest prevalence of overweight teens (British Medical Association, 2004). Research indicates the prevalence of overweight and o...
health and that any perceived quality of life benefits are more related to ideology than scientifically demonstrable benefits deri...
significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...
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...
claims with some skepticism. However, understanding the basics of nutrition and how it affects the mind and body is relevant for e...
common occurrence for the American adolescents in particular, with findings indicating how not only are American teens less active...
Within the last thirty years in the United States, the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled as it was estimated that on...
goals and interventions which are compatible with those identified in "Healthy People 2010". Eight assessment parameters will be ...
his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...
to play unsupervised or accompany them to a park. Immense social and economic changes have dictated shifts in how families ...
and asked why he had been gaining weight, the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast f...
unhealthy no matter which perspective one takes. Just how unhealthy is fast food? How does it contribute to obesity? The U.S. Sur...
2, diabetes. Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new ch...
need to eat healthy food in order to feel good and, therefore, learn better. The American lifestyle of sedentary occupations and l...
guidelines that these should be used only as a last resort when all other options have failed, with the possible exception of surg...
Tunica media. This is the middle layer of the artery wall, composed of smooth muscle and elastin. It is the muscle of...
link between the unhealthy, fat-laden meals served by fast food restaurants and the epidemic of obesity in the U.S. However, commo...
cars in year 4. This is a luxury market, and therefore less price sensitive, whilst it is good to keep car stocks to a minimum thi...
body mass index that is greater than the 95th percentile for age and gender, they are classified as obese (Dietz & Hunter, 2009). ...
not using vitamin supplements (Nachtigal et al., 2005). B6 and B12 vitamins increase the metabolism, which is an important factor...
exercise he usually engaged in. Spurlock is 6;2: tall and weight 185 pounds at the beginning. His BMI was normal. For his height...
thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...