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Contributing Factors to Adolescent Obesity: A Research Proposal

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

Critique of Qualitative Study/Nutrition

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

Food Addictions, Symptoms and Treatments

took her two children, a toddler and an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was...

Obesity and Television Viewing: A Review of Literature

factor in the onset of childhood obesity. Dennison, Erb, and Jenkins (2002) report that children spend a larger portion of their ...

Variables and Clusters in Research

those who have a body mass index of below 35 m-2 tend to have similar activity patterns when the energy expenditure levels are cor...

What Schools Can Do to Stem the Obesity Epidemic

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 3 Lifestyle...

Fast Food, Microwaves and Society

metropolitan area and 14.1 for the affluent Westside" says the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Mcnew). Fast food restau...

High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity

prevalence of obesity more than doubled, from 15 percent to almost one-third of the adult population" (Poirot). As it relates to c...

"Community" And "Aggregate"

those who are not criminally-minded, it may be difficult to understand how crime can be a satisfying behavior, however, criminals ...

Factors of Obesity

In ten pages this paper discusses U.S. obesity in a consideration of various contributing factors with socioeconomic, psychologica...

Adolescent Obesity Interview and Discussion

In five pages this paper discusses the topic of adolescent obesity from an adolescent's perspective. Six sources are cited in the...

Children, Obesity, and Causes

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...

Increasing Problem of Obesity in Children and Adolescents

In twelve pages the growing problems of obesity in children and adolescents in the United States are considered in terms of presen...

Contemporary Problems and the Theories of Emile Durkheim

In five pages this paper considers 3 contemporary problems from the theoretical perspectives of Emile Durkheim including infant ab...

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...

Treatment Options for Eating Disorders

In ten pages the components of bulimia, anorexia, and obesity eating disorders are examined in terms of treatment alternatives. T...

Overview of Nutrition

are two very separate elements within the definition of developed. Not all countries with a low standard of living have low rati...

Two Topics, Self-Efficacy/Childhood Obesity

Self-efficacy is a concept that refers to the degree to which individuals perceive themselves as having the ability and capability...

79 Year Old Woman with Multiple Diseass

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

Issue in Social Psychology

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

OBESITY PROGRAMS: ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT

by 5% each week. Longer-term goals focus on reductions in absenteeism and illness which, in turn, will lead to a reduction in insu...

Childhood Obesity and the Role of the School System

systems around the nation began to report BMI on report cards. The BMI or body mass index is a calculation involving height and we...

Why Television Viewing for Children Should be Limited

include many violent or negative acts. Cartoon characters are killed all the time, only to return immediately without explanation....

An Article on Childhood Obesity and Television Critiqued

In six pages an article addressing the problems of children who spend too much time engaging in sedentary activities such as watch...

Causes and Effects of Obesity in Adults

an apple shape with body fat accumulate in the bellies. This is not a universal as individuals storage of body fat may differ than...

Childhood Obesity and Parental Factors

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at childhood obesity. The epidemic is analyzed in terms of parental factors. Paper uses...

Childhood Obesity/The Role of Schools

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

School Programs to Reduce Obesity

The same results were not seen for boys. Shaya and colleagues conducted a similar study in 2008. The results of the empirical re...

The Paradox in the World Food Crisis

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...

Creating a Campaign to Reduce Obesity in Brooklyn - Background Information on the Target Audience and Existing Campaigns

ongoing health problems later in life. 2. Target Population The campaign will be aimed at young adults, which we will define as...