Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis Sameera Karnik‚ Amar Kanekar1 Correspondence to: Ass. Prof. Amar Kanekar‚ Department of Health Studies‚ East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania‚ East Stroudsburg‚ PA‚ USA. E‑mail: akanekar@po‑box.esu.edu Date of Submission: Sep 17‚ 2011 Date of Acceptance: Oct 27‚ 2011 How to cite this article: Karnik S‚ Kanekar A. Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:1-7. ABSTRACT Introduction: Childhood obesity
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principles of support are applied to ensure that individuals are cared for in health and social care practice 1.2 Outline the procedure for protecting clients‚ patients‚ and colleagues from harm.1.3 Analyse the benefit of following a person-centred approach with users of health and social care services1.4 Explain ethical dilemmas and conflict that may arise when providing care‚ support and protection to users of health and social care services (E.g. Mrs. M is a service user in the residential care
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healthy to do sports. Engaging in sports increases both the physical and mental health of its participants as well as reduces stress‚ and most of all…….IS GREAT FUN. Of a truth not every sport is right for you‚ but the fun part is that you would enjoy it when you locate the one suitable for you. Playing sports is something most of us love‚ Right? Undoubtedly‚ sports are a whole lot of fun‚ and they offer several health benefits too you know. Playing some sport regularly goes a long way in maintaining
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word apple in this quote signify healthy eating‚ so the author simply meant to say‚ eating healthy will reducing your risk of having certain health issues; therefore you will not be making countless trips to a hospital. For example‚ did you know that the number one cause of death in America is health related? And one of the reasons for most of these health related disease is a pore diet. Just think‚ a healthier diet could mean a longer life-span. Though many individuals do not see the value or benefits
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|Identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or | |PWSC27 |1 |1.1 |social care work setting. | |Answer | |Legislation relating to health and safety in a care work setting include the Health and Safety at Work Act. Care Standards Act. COSH
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and try to wake up at the same time every day. If you don’t get enough sleep one day‚ make it up by taking a nap. Exercise . Our bodies were meant to move they actually crave exercise. Regular exercise is necessary for physical fitness and good health. It reduces the risk of heart disease‚ cancer‚ high blood pressure‚ diabetes and other diseases. Not only that it improves stamina‚ strengthens and tones‚ enhances flexibility‚ controls weight and it overall improves quality of life. If you do not
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of Oriental medicine‚ is the fact that Li Shizhen personally avoided medicinal herbs. He was a practicing Daoist who revered tonic herbs and a range of supportive herbs that helped open the Eight Extraordinary Channels‚ the framework of the Daoist health system. For his personal life‚ he followed the Light of the great Daoist herbal masters. The same was true of the "Herb King‚" Sun Simiao. Master Sun lived to be over 100 years old‚ relying on tonic herbs as his personal herbal protocol. I would
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Health promotion is of great importance to nursing because it has long been acknowledged in nursing literature as fundamental to health care. A dramatic increase in chronic lifestyle diseases has prompted an emphasis on health promotion (Egger et al‚ 1990). Health promotion can be defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and to improve their health WHO (1986) cited in (Bright‚ 1997). However‚ health promotion is commonly confused with health education and
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The Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Theory of Reasoned action (TRA) are two theories that were discussed in class. In response to what has been taking place at my site‚ Ikamva Labantu‚ these two models have not been efficiently shown to be a source of relevance even though there are certain aspects of these theories that are trying to be reached and/or are being considered in order to make the program more beneficial. The first model‚ the Health Belief Model (HBM)‚ is a psychological model that
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Health is a complex and challenged concept with a variety of different definitions. The traditional definition solely focused on disease and injury to define health. Following the later ground-breaking definition formulating in 1946 with the World Health Organisation (WHO) describing health as "...a state of complete physical‚ mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". As a result‚ this portrayed health as having many more dimensions alongside the inclusion of
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