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respiratory conditions, such as asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (Thorpe, et al, 2004). The long-term consequences of childhood ...
country, the often ate "traditional diets ... high in grains, fruit and vegetables and low in fat" (Hoffman). Once they arrived in...
target children as their principle demographic also have Web sites that market to children (Cowdrey 19). A child who gets bored wi...
Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...
2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...
of food, and while in some instances that is true, it is not characteristic of obesity. While many people know when they are obes...
wherein children become obese. Interestingly enough, two authors argues that the caloric intake of children and adults is ...
Such junk food is apparently readily available in many high schools, perhaps with the understanding that high school students are ...
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...
significantly to the problem. The allure of the silver screen, whether that screen be that of a television or a game pad, has tra...
health and that any perceived quality of life benefits are more related to ideology than scientifically demonstrable benefits deri...
common occurrence for the American adolescents in particular, with findings indicating how not only are American teens less active...
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...
obesity, research includes differences in reports between teens and their parents (Goodman, Hinden and Khandelwal, 2000); and stud...
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 ...
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)....
an apple shape with body fat accumulate in the bellies. This is not a universal as individuals storage of body fat may differ than...
which would have put him at greater risk for dying of heart disease, regardless of his genetic makeup. Smoking is considered the ...
a false ideal body weight, there is an epidemic within the psychological world of those adolescents and indeed, people of all ages...
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...
Tunica media. This is the middle layer of the artery wall, composed of smooth muscle and elastin. It is the muscle of...
unhealthy no matter which perspective one takes. Just how unhealthy is fast food? How does it contribute to obesity? The U.S. Sur...
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 ...
to play unsupervised or accompany them to a park. Immense social and economic changes have dictated shifts in how families ...
his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...
and asked why he had been gaining weight, the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast f...