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...
The Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Addressing the Causes and Consequences Childhood obesity has emerged as a significant public health crisis, with alarming prevalence rates and severe consequences for both physical and mental well-being (World Heal 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...
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...
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 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 One of the most significant health problems seen in the United States is obesity. Within this dynamic there are particular issues of special concern for the health care industry and society in general, most notably the exponential Continue Reading...
As the primary operators of community-based health centers nurses are ideally positioned to influence the development of health policies and their implementation. The authors conclude that three key skills are essential for nurses. These include adv 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...
(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...
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...
Also the correlation between LVMI and BP suggested higher risk for developing cardiovascular complications among the obese children. [Maggio et.al, 2008] Coronary Heart Diseases Childhood obesity is implicated as a chief risk factor for developing Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity in Kentucky Childhood overweight and obesity has grown at an alarming rate over the last decade. Obesity is linked to media advertising, environmental, social and psychological, food labeling, and parental factors. Causes of childh Continue Reading...
The conductors of the study relied upon past information indicating that children born with low birth weights have an increased likelihood of suffering from health problems later in life -- many of these health problems are results of obesity. Gener 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...
Childhood Obesity The mission of XYZ will be to enhance health, eliminate health disparities, and promote the well-being of individuals across the world. The organization will generate positive and sustainable changes in individuals' health by offer Continue Reading...
" (1999) Moran states that it has been demonstrated in many studies that a "familial aggregation f risk factors for obesity exist and the family "provides the child's major social learning environment." (1999) Surgical and Pharmacological Treatment Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity and Diabetes Association Between Childhood Obesity and Diabetes in Urban Neighborhood in Massachusetts Topic Selection Problem Description Demographics Sampling Technique and Data Collection Procedure Ethics in Research Obesi Continue Reading...
197). Further, Robinson and Sirard posit that applying a "Litmus Test" helps to identify the specific research questions, study designs, and methods that will most likely contribute to improving individual and overall population health (198). The r Continue Reading...
The study found that overweight children or those likely to be overweight tended to incur more medical expenses than non-overweight children (Johnson 2006). Socio-economic and demographic differences between them indicated the differences in expens Continue Reading...
Barriers to provision of healthcare in rural areas include "provider shortages and infrastructure issues." (Hearne, et al. 2004) Obesity related costs are inclusive of both direct and indirect costs which include 'medical costs and lost productivit Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity In the last three decades, the rates of childhood obesity have increased by more than three times. This is according to the American Health Trust (2013), which further reports that 30 states have over 30% of their children above th Continue Reading...
Another issue is the fact that our nation's schools are failing to provide students with healthy foods in our in-school lunch programs. The school programs are making little effort to structure their menus so that the daily nutritional requirements Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Obesity in young ones is a major public health issue in the U.S. as the figure of overweight teenagers has tripled over the last thirty years such that 17%, that is, 12.5 million of children and teenagers aged between 2 and 19 year Continue Reading...
86)." In fact, social researchers Michael Gard and Jan Wright (2004) point to studies that show: today's children, in both developing and industrialized countries, are taller and heavier than in the past, in spite of relatively stable or falling e 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...
" (Dietz, 1998). Obese children are often taller than their non-overweight peers, and are apt to be viewed as more mature. This is an inappropriate expectation that may result in adverse effects on their socialization. (Dietz, 1998). Overweight child Continue Reading...
Development of Policy Responses The first step in the development of these policy strategies was to identify that a problem existed with childhood obesity and frame the problem so that it could brought to light and intervention strategies debated. Continue Reading...
S. is between $4.8 and $6.1 billion, as is suggested by the analysis presented in the first paragraph of this report, only 3.3% to 4.2% of these children would need to achieve a healthy weight to achieve the break-even point for the cost of the inter Continue Reading...
Policy-Priority Issue on "Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is considered to a global epidemic demanding prioritizing in policy and health care reform. This is a disorder that has a lot of effects on long-term and acute health, as well as increasi Continue Reading...
Topic 1: In reviewing the Affordable Care Act, what are the potential effects of the options for insurance coverage in both the private and public sectors? How will this impact the discussion about population-based nursing? The Affordable Care Act ( Continue Reading...
Social Marketing PlanProblem Description.1. The problem statement.Childhood obesity has tripled in the US in the last fifty years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reports that from 2017 to 2018, more than on Continue Reading...
Policy, Politics, and Global Health The public policy issue selected is childhood obesity. I selected this issue because childhood obesity has a considerable longstanding impact on the health of the public as well as the cost of health care. This is 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 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...
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...
Childhood Obesity in Turner County (Ages 6-11) What small group have you selected? The group selected is a nuclear family comprising of parents and a male child who is obese (William). What made you select this particular group? The group was cho 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...
Parents of Obese Children and Charges of Child Abuse: What Is Our Response? Pediatric Ethics, Issues, & Commentary, 337-342. This article provides a discussion on the problems related to childhood obesity and the potential redresses that could 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...
