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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...

their level of obesity, but, until this study, little was known as to whether or not there is a "relationship between dieting and ...

researchers maintained that obesity is on the rise in adolescent populations and may be the product of social constructs. There ...

of healthcare by primary healthcare givers to the conditions which require more immediate and urgent treatment is understandable (...

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...

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

Post highlights what is ostensibly a growing problem in the United States: the rising prevalence of childhood obesity. In the firs...

link between the unhealthy, fat-laden meals served by fast food restaurants and the epidemic of obesity in the U.S. However, commo...

to be used depending on hoe many of the variables are dependent and the type of dependence, for example, where only one or more v...

intake and the general type of diet which is consumed and the need for a nutritional balance physical activity is also an importan...

2010). Frieden, Dietz and Collins (2010) point out that policy interventions promote encouraging children to make healthy food c...

different part of the globe, "hundreds of millions eat too much, or consume the wrong sorts of food, and it is making them ill," a...

formed in 2003 to push forward clinical research (NIH, 2010). National measures have been undertaken, but they need to be suppor...

strategy it is necessary to examine the company in its external and internal environment. This can be undertaken using a number of...

with the group existed with two people, and compliance and conformity existed with the third one. On the one hand, two were confor...

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

where the program will be delivered. The distribution will be mainly for the way that information is delivered as well as informat...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...