Population Health: Childhood Obesity Of all of the current factors impacting population health, childhood obesity may be have the greatest threat for long-term damage, as well as being the one most highly linked to culture, socioeconomic status, an Continue Reading...
To determine eligibility for a diagnosis of obesity, the children's height and weight were analyzed to categorize them based on weight categories. Then, more abstract data of environmental conditions was collected. This focused most on the social en Continue Reading...
Causes of Increased Child Obesity Causes of Increased Childhood Obesity in the 21st Century Over the last several decades, the issue of childhood obesity has been increasingly brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this, is because the ov Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Imagine living as an obese child. What are the trends with this phenomenon? Will he or she discover a way of changing his or her lifestyle? These children have a number of issues that arise because of this occurring at such a young Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Overweight: Scaling Back on Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has become a growing source of concern in America. Before 1980, 6.5% of children between 6 and 11 years of age were overweight or obese and 5% of children between 12 Continue Reading...
More specifically, when certain species (including homo Sapiens) consume more calories than necessary for immediate energy requirements, their digestive systems efficiently converts those excess calories into storable forms of reserve energy that ar Continue Reading...
(Obesity in Young Children: Impact and Intervention. NICHM Research Brief. 2004). The report echoes the views of many other critics that there is a decided need for further research to understand how overweight status can impact on children's mental Continue Reading...
But if you're looking at it as how many nutrients are you getting for a dollar, it's the least economical." New findings on the biological effects of fast food suggest that obesity isn't simply down to a lack of an individual's self-control. Some s Continue Reading...
Causes of Obesity Recent attention has been given to the growing number of obese Americans. In a nation notorious for technological advancements, the American population is also becoming popular for its growing girth. The primary cause of obesity in Continue Reading...
Doctors of nursing practice have an ethical and professional obligation to disseminate findings that emerge from relevant and timely research. One area of ongoing concern is the near-epidemic levels of childhood obesity that have emerged in recent ye Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Summary of Public Health Program Plan and Purposes of Evaluation Obesity is a growing problem in the United States for both children and adults. Over the past 30 years, obesity has more than doubled among U.S. children ages 2 to 5 Continue Reading...
The hypothesis to be tested is to what extent children and their families are influenced by the marketing techniques of food companies. This hypothesis will be tested through qualitative methods including primarily ethnographic observation and open Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity While standing in line at my local McDonald's I was struck by the number of overweight children. Everywhere I gazed, the children surrounding me were overweight I wondered why What is Childhood Obesity? O is an excess of body f Continue Reading...
Healthy People Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects both children and adolescents. This condition occurs when a child is above the normal weight for their age. The number of overweight children has dramatically increased ov Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Many health issues that children have been faced with in the United States have decreased in intensity and prevalence over the past few decades, but they have been replaced by new problems that could cause even more serious long-te Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity 9079 Man has always attributed scientific advancement to an improvement in life style, better cures for life threatening diseases, improved health and decrease in disease related deaths. However, today it is evident that these adva Continue Reading...
Poverty and Obesity POVERY AND OBESITY The Connection Between Poverty and Obesity Michelle Spezio English Composition Fall Session A The Connection between Poverty and Obesity The argument that obesity is correlated with poverty is one that is Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) (2010), childhood obesity has more than tripled over the past 30 years. The frequency of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years rose from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008, while am Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Dangers Being Linked to Fast Food Diets Unfortunately, there is a major concern that is threatening the health and well-being of American children around the country -- obesity. Childhood obesity levels have risen dramatically over Continue Reading...
Physical Fitness in Children The effects of a 2-minute jog 3 times per week on 20 meter shuttle run scores in elementary age students The connection between physical activity, proper diet and nutrition, and a growing trend towards children who are Continue Reading...
Diabetes and Obesity: What Are the Choices? Diabetes is becoming an increasingly serious health problem across the United States, and indeed across the world. The majority of cases of diabetes, both in terms of new diagnoses and of current cases, ar Continue Reading...
I knew a family with five children. The mother did not like to cook and so for dinner every night, she took her kids to McDonalds. The children ate hamburgers almost every night for most of their childhood. They also ate lots of French fries and dr Continue Reading...
The largest study of children's health is on course to make discoveries that could improve health for generations to come, according to its planners, including the possibility of new treatments and life-saving prevention strategies. However, propose Continue Reading...
diseases i.e. lung cancer, childhood leukemia, obesity and Alzheimer's disease. In each explanation, I have included a definition of the disease, risk factors, treatments, prognosis, and prevention. Later, I have provided short literature reviews of Continue Reading...
Change4Life: Government Movement to Reduce Childhood Obesity Change4Life, a public health program in England, effective since January of 2009 and organized by the Department of Health is the country's first national social marketing campaign to redu Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity The prevalence of childhood obesity has grown into a significant health issue over the past three decades. Research indicates that 70% of obese youths become obese adults (Gierzynski et al., 2010). The purpose of this longitudinal Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity The Role of the School in Fighting Childhood Obesity According to the Centers for Disease Control, childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past thirty years (2010). The long-term health impacts are significant and include g Continue Reading...
A survey of some of the nation's most popular fast-food restaurants revealed numerous high calorie, high fat, and trans fat in children's menu food selections. Helm found the fast-food restaurant Bojangles had an offering that was 841 kcal and had Continue Reading...
Background A growing pool of evidence points to the fact that chronic ailments such as obesity commence at life’s early stages. Early childhood facets and the intrauterine atmosphere potentially play a role in adulthood obesity onset via sever Continue Reading...
Health Public Good Public Health as a Public Good The United States has one of the lowest cost food options available to its consumers in the world. For an extended period, people assumed that this was a benefit of capitalism and that competition h Continue Reading...
Childhood obesity has been a topic of recent research that is being called an epidemic going into adult years and causing health issues. Anorexia is an issue that is growing in popularity among teens. Bullying is illegal, but still continues to be Continue Reading...
Poverty and Obesity Evidence is mounting that many Canadians are not getting enough to eat. Among the most vulnerable are people living with poverty . The following statistics begin to paint a picture of poverty in Canada. • In 1998 -- 99, the Continue Reading...
Abstract for Gause, Simpson & Biggs (2009): "Within the United States, schools offer many opportunities for developing obesity-prevention strategies" (Paxson, Donahue, Orleans, & Grisso, 2006, pg. 9). Many programs are offered in the schoo Continue Reading...
Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique Non-Infectious Disease Major Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique of the Research Literature Major Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique of the Research Literature The World Health Organization (WHO, 2013) est Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Healthy People 2020 Objectives include the growing acknowledgment in the areas of research, clinical practice and policy that the early and middle years of childhood make provision of the "physical, cognitive, and social-emotional Continue Reading...
Corporate Social Action of McDonald's and the Problem of Obesity Corporate Social Responsibility This paper proposes a corporate social action to McDonald's to address the issue of obesity among general consumers which is caused by high-calorie and Continue Reading...
Business of Obesity Obesity is big business according to Ashley Matuszak. A recent article in the New York Times revealed that 34% of American adults and 17% of American children are currently obese. This is twice as many adults, and three times as Continue Reading...
Diabetes, Hypertension and Obesity Diabetes Hypertension and Obesity: Causes and Management Diabetes Hypertension and Obesity: Causes and Management The world as we know it today is a fast world and people are continuously adapting to the fast wa Continue Reading...
