Childhood Obesity: An Overview Dora Matagić‚ PO2 recent research evidence on a number of aspects of childhood obesity: definition and prevalence consequences causes and prevention body mass index (BMI) as a means of defining obesity in children and adolescents it does matter to physical and psychological health there are adverse health risks for both the obese child and the adult who was obese as a child Introduction and aim Strategies to combat childhood obesity have been overtaken
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Is Obesity Really a Disease? The controversial debate on whether obesity should be classified as a disease has been around for some time. Recently‚ the American Medical Association officially classified obesity as a disease. Disease is generally defined as an abnormal condition that results from developmental errors and/or unfavorable environmental factors that cannot be controlled. It can be caused by an external source‚ such as some sort of pathogen or an internal dysfunction of cells. Obesity
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English-103 18 October 2014 Is Obesity a Disease? More than two-thirds of U.S. adults‚ and about one third of school aged children are overweight or obese. Obesity rates have more than doubled in adults and children since the 1970s. Becoming obese is based on ethnicity‚ gender‚ socioeconomic status‚ and diet. Obesity is a way of life that is determined by one ’s decisions‚ obesity is not a disease and is 100% preventable. There are many factors that contribute to obesity‚ including larger portion sizes
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Some people can actually be diagnosed with a condition called: obesity. There are some medical professionals out there that say that Obesity qualifies as a disease. Whether obesity is a condition or disease‚ Obesity is an abnormal high proportion/percent of body fat. A doctor can assess the percentage of body fat simply and easily by measuring body weight in proportion to height‚ which is the usual way of determining if an individual is overweight‚ obese‚ or at normal‚ healthy weight. A physician/doctor
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Obesity is a serious disease in today’s society. Obesity is defined as having excessive fat in body tissues. The most common measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI). Besides‚ obesity is influenced by many causes such as eating habits‚ unhealthy lifestyle‚ and genetics. Firstly‚ the cause of obesity in our society is eating habits. Our bodies require calories for daily normal functions and activities. Gaining weight occurs due to increase in the amount of calories consumed over its need.
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The Relationship between Obesity and Diabetes Melissa Westfall COM155 09/22/2013 Paul Howell The Relationship between Obesity and Diabetes Diabetes and obesity are two different chronic diseases; however‚ they share many similarities that link them together. Some Similarities are characterized by genetics‚ depression‚ and medication‚ just to name a few. Enough information can be found on both diseases to pull them together‚ but
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Challenges in Nursing: Increased Childhood Obesity & the Effects on Nursing Lance Van Middle Georgia State College Challenges in Nursing: Increased Childhood Obesity & the Effects on Nursing Modern nurses encounter many difficulties while fulfilling their role as a patient advocate‚ educator‚ and partner. One major task nurses are confronted with is the growing epidemic of childhood obesity as younger patients are being treated for serious conditions usually associated
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Nikki Buck Mrs. Bala English 124 29 June 2014 Obesity: A Social Problem Not Disease He clutched his glass of milk a little tighter as a sudden pain shot up the 65 year old man’s arm. He knew instantly something was wrong as this was unlike his usual aches and pains that present themselves with old age and the result of a youthful life style. Rapidly his breathing became more difficult and he grabbed at his chest in response to a knifed like feeling. My uncle had been classified as “obese”
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the results of the survey‚ to be more specific‚ 36.6% of Americans are overweight and 26.5% are obese (Percentage of Overweight‚ Obese Americans Swells. (n.d.). The obesity rate has increased in America and unless there is a broad cultural‚ behavioral‚ and government change among Americans regarding diet and exercise in America‚ obesity rates will most likely
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exercise and obesity Carla Henry UNV-104 04/11/2013 Alli Holladay Association between Sleep Disorders Exercise and Obesity plays a huge part in the United States today. The way people today eat and exercise plays a factor on what their sleeping habits become as they get older Thesis Statement: In this assignment I will Endeavour to tackle the issues of the link between Sleep Disorders‚ Obesity‚ and Exercise. Some say that a decreased amount of
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