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Global Epidemic Prevention of Obesity

a false ideal body weight, there is an epidemic within the psychological world of those adolescents and indeed, people of all ages...

Obesity in the United States

balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person" (MedlinePlus, 2008). Frighteningly enough, CNN (2007) claims...

Obesity in American Children

While obesity observes no geographic or socioeconomic boundaries, it can be more prevalent in some groups than in others. It can ...

Obesity Problem and Solutions

and between 30 to 34.9 one is in the first class of obesity; with 40 or more points one is considered to be severely obese (2002)....

A Busines Plan for Tudor Bookstore

are these larger but more rigid chains. We plan to use our size as a positive aspect of our business. 2.1 Company Ownership Th...

Case Study Analysis of Disease and Heredity

which would have put him at greater risk for dying of heart disease, regardless of his genetic makeup. Smoking is considered the ...

Obesity

Human Services: National Institutes of Health, 2008). Actually measuring a persons body fat is not a simple procedure such as step...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

What Schools Can Do to Stem the Obesity Epidemic

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

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...

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...

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...

Exercise and Vitamin Supplement to Combat Obesity

not using vitamin supplements (Nachtigal et al., 2005). B6 and B12 vitamins increase the metabolism, which is an important factor...

THE UNITED STATES AND OBESITY

The chart below from the Obesity Society shows the percentage of the U.S. population that is obese. Colorado had the least percent...

Childhood/Adolescent Obesity Research Article Comparison

thirty-five percent of nonobese peers, with a higher number of those being boys of ethnic backgrounds. II. GERALD ET AL Th...

The Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

ESTIMATED TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US ALONE SUFFERED FROM DIABETES IN 2005 (DESHPANDE, HARRIS-HAYES, AND SCHOOTMAN, 2005). AS...

Article Critique About Childhood Obesity

The results supported the authors hypotheses by illustrating the correlation between certain social measures. Low income, limited...

Treating Obesity with Nutrition

heavier than men), genetics, environment (lifestyle), illness, medication and the level of ones physical activity ("Obesity"). Psy...

Obesity and Nutrition

as obese (Liou, Pi-Sunyer, Xavier and Laferr?re, 2005). Raatz, Torkelson, Redmon, Reck, Kristell et. al. (2005) provide a...

Literature Reviews of Studies on Heart Failure and Obesity

topic under discussion. Difference between primary and secondary sources : One source was selected in order to help illustrate th...

Preventing Obesity

(2004) reported the following: in 2000, 64.5 percent of American adults were identified as overweight and 30.5 percent were obese....

Obesity is Not a Problem of Epidemic Proportions

away from parents who are blamed for abuse or neglect if a child becomes too fat. In the old days, this was unheard of. Families t...

Food Advertising & Children

target children as their principle demographic also have Web sites that market to children (Cowdrey 19). A child who gets bored wi...

Junk Food and Children

Such junk food is apparently readily available in many high schools, perhaps with the understanding that high school students are ...

Australian Perspectives on Public Relations and Obesity

population, for example, present unique cultural concerns in terms of how to direct a public relations campaign that targets obesi...

Childhood Obesity in America

wherein children become obese. Interestingly enough, two authors argues that the caloric intake of children and adults is ...