Obesity is a serious social problem in America. The effects of obesity in childhood are well documented in both the social science literature and medical journals. During the last 30 years, the percentage of obese children between the ages of 6 and 1 Continue Reading...
Obesity Psychology The Psychology of Obesity Obesity is a significant public health problem. Due to negative nutritional habits, a lack of exercise and a greater proclivity toward lifestyle decisions which expose individuals to lesser physical acti Continue Reading...
Obesity Prevention Program: Project Planning Stakeholder identification Childhood obesity-prevention demonstration projects The ANGELO process Socio-cultural contextual analyses Stakeholder engagement Engagement workshops Action plan formulati Continue Reading...
Obesity Why Obesity is so Difficult to Treat Determination of obesity Proper definition of obesity Obesity in perspective of the World Health Organization (WHO) Historical trends Health and Economic Costs Prevalence and Time Trends Prevalence Continue Reading...
Obesity WHY ARE WE SO FAT? Whole books have been written (and movies made) about why Americans are becoming the obesity leaders of the Western world. Some people point to biology. Others blame the restaurants, particularly the fast-food ones. Yet o Continue Reading...
OBESITY Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity: An epidemiological overview Community and population Childhood obesity is an increasingly serious problem in America and around the world. Obesity in all demographic categories in the U.S. is increasin Continue Reading...
Obesity Preventing Childhood Obesity Nina Davuluri of Syracuse, New York met with several dozen students at the Bell Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 6 to discuss her experiences with childhood obesity (Eger, 2014). This was particularl Continue Reading...
Obesity, Prevention and Control in Teens Obesity refers to accumulation of harmful body fat levels, with excessive loose connective adipose tissues relative to lean body mass (Donatelle, 2002). One of the causes of obesity is high calorie consumptio Continue Reading...
Obesity in Children Obesity is a growing problem in America with more than 64% of the U.S. adult population identified to be clinically obese or overweight. It is estimated that there are more than 300,000 deaths every year which are directly attrib Continue Reading...
Obesity Budget and Rationale One often things of pandemics as serious diseases that have the potential to change the global culture. Ironically, a 21st century pandemic that has developed globally, moving from the developed to the underdeveloped wor Continue Reading...
Obesity A brief explanation of the public health need you identified. Childhood obesity is an increasingly prevalent problem in our homes, schools and in the United States as a whole. With obesity comes a host of health risks including heart diseas Continue Reading...
Obesity Reduction and Public Health Policies Proposed Public Health Policy Although the problem of obesity is complex, it is well-established that a lack of physical activity contributes to obesity. Furthermore, children who do not get enough physi Continue Reading...
obesity and diabetes increased? In spite of the fact that technology and medical science have experienced significant success in the recent decades, maladies like diabetes and obesity are increasing in prevalence in developed countries. This provid Continue Reading...
Prevention Epidemiology Provide a Framework Health Professional Intervene Prevent Disease, Injury Disability Levels of prevention in epidemiology: Obesity Obesity is responsible for an estimated 3,000,000 premature deaths every year and the number Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Study The research study titled, "Parents' perceptions and attitudes on childhood obesity: AQ-methodology study" by Akhtar-Danesh et al. (2010) details the perceptions that parents have toward the cause of obesity, how much obesity Continue Reading...
Employees Healthcare System Obesity, Ageing, Healthcare and Statistics: Obesity in the U.S. Obesity has been referred to as a causal subject to just about 100,000 -- 400,000 demise in the America for every year and has augmented well-being and spe Continue Reading...
This study indicates that some races are at higher risk of catching asthma when obesity is prevalent as compared to other races. This observation may help medical insurance companies to target these vulnerable groups of ethnic races. The study was Continue Reading...
Childhood obesity is one of the most discussed health problems in the United States, and is a growing health issue in many places worldwide. The reason that childhood obesity is a worry for healthcare officials will be discussed in this paper, along Continue Reading...
Childhood obesity is becoming prevalent with every passing day, almost uniformly in the developed parts of the world. This problem needs to be discussed on important forums so that substantial solutions can be sort for this issue as this is creating Continue Reading...
Epidemiological Analysis of Obesity As a result of increasingly sedentary lifestyles and poor nutritional choices, an increasing number of consumers are gaining weight and obesity has reached epidemic levels in many countries. Although the social a Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity in America The authorities can only address the issue of childhood obesity by educating people on the negative effects that the condition imposes, because only then can they get everyone, whether personally affected or not, aboard, Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity and Interventions There is a strong relationship between childhood obesity and exposure to environmental factors -- most notably socio-economic status. There are exposures that trigger both positive and negative outcomes, and thes Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Research Obesity is defined by WHO (2011) as the excessive accumulation of fats that can cause harm to the health of an individuals. This is measured using the Body Mass Index. This is the juxtaposition of body weight for body heig Continue Reading...
The evidences presented in this regard explain how different studies and research support that obesity can have profound deteriorating psychological effects as well as health effects on children. The changing eating lifestyles leading to increased c Continue Reading...
In the 90s, sugar, cookies, snacks and candies were amongst the foods that were most advertised on the TV. Since the 80s, the ads showing high fat and high sodium foods has almost doubled. Effects of Movie and TV show Characters on Eating habits of Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Growing Where some oppose the idea of childhood obesity being a disease, there is still a growing epidemic where children's weight exceed the normal weight per height and age and increasing health concerns that must be addressed wi Continue Reading...
Program Design on Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has become a very serious epidemic today, it is estimated that about 16.3% of children all over the world are obese.in the past four decades the rate of obesity for children that are aged between Continue Reading...
controversy regarding childhood obesity, as this is a pressing matter and as there are more and more cases involving children becoming obese as a result of a series of factors involving poor nutrition, little to no exercise, and a general failure to Continue Reading...
child obesity, which has become an epidemic in the current epoch of technological advancements and innovations. Since obesity is escalating at an unprecedented rate specifically amongst the teenagers and children; thus, thus research proposal intend Continue Reading...
Sleep Deprivation and Adolescent Obesity Sleep Deprivation the effects it has on adolescent obesity. Sleep deprivation and adolescent obesity: Literature review We have become a 24/7 society. Adolescents in particular are known for shortchanging t Continue Reading...
Fast Food on Health: Obesity Fast food restaurants are a major contributor to the deterioration of health in America. We all know the importance of healthy eating and how it can affect our health. Fast food is one way which can affect our health i Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Strengths and Barriers to Program Implementation for Childhood Obesity With any plan to implement a program, there are both strengths and barriers. The program addressed here will be on childhood obesity. The strengths of the prog Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity/Exercise The study by Akhtar-Danesh, Dehgham, Morrison, and Fonseka (2011) was designed to address the problem of parents' perceptions of the causes of childhood obesity, barriers to prevention, and the impact of obesity on child h Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity and Fast Food Inductive Reasoning Empirical Research Applied Research Quantitative Research Qualitative Research Exploratory Research Focus Groups Participants The paper is a research based on the topic of "The influence o Continue Reading...
Craven County North Carolina Obesity Epidemic Craven County, North Carolina is located in the Coastal Plains section of North Carolina and is situated halfway between New York and Florida. Craven County is reported to cover 708.43 square miles of la Continue Reading...
Depression, Diabetes and Obesity This is a case study on a 58-year-old male, Mr. H.Y. who worked at a supermarket and is now retired. He has a supportive wife who works full time and children who are all independent .He has a history of smoking, but Continue Reading...
Latent learning; this is the type of learning that takes place oblivious of the reinforcements that are applied though these reinforcements can be useful later on in the process of learning. It is the education that is instantly expressed in a resp Continue Reading...
In order to get various information for comparative analysis, several online databases will be explored so that the scientific data and social factors that will be unearthed are factual enough and relevant to the study of obesity among teenagers. T Continue Reading...
There are remedies (albeit not easy ones for the individuals involved), as suggested by the research. However, and this is very important, the current public health approaches that the Saudi government has taken, as Mabrey et al. (2010) note, have Continue Reading...
