PTSD and Childhood Trauma By Bob Murray‚ PhD Over the years my wife‚ and fellow therapist‚ Alicia Fortinberry‚ and I have treated many people who were suffering from what is called post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD including a number of Vietnam veterans. In talking to the vets I noticed that a pattern was developing which caused me to widen my enquiries to veterans who went through the same experiences in Asia‚ but who did not have the symptoms of PTSD. I have not had the time to do a formal
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Research Proposal on Obesity About one in five American kids is overweight enough to be considered obese (Parr 45). Obesity being 20% or more overweight‚ is considered a disease because it is associated with so many health problems‚ like heart disease and diabetes. Being obese as a child usually leads into being obese through adulthood. “One third of adults are obese‚ and a third of these got that way in childhood” (Parr 53). That is why it is so important to keep kids from becoming overweight
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| Childhood obesity is a disease that affects millions of children worldwide today. According to the Mayo Clinic‚ “Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his or her age and height. Childhood obesity is particularly troubling because the extra pounds often start children on the path to health problems that were once confined to adults‚ such as diabetes‚ high blood pressure and high cholesterol
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RUNNING HEAD: CHILDHOOD OBESITY 1 Childhood Obesity C. Kevin Barr SOC120 John Meeks February 8‚ 2013 CHILDHOOD OBESITY 2 Childhood Obesity and the Health Concerns Obesity is such a hot topic in America today and childhood obesity and the ethical arguments over obesity has greatly increased over the last 10 years. Health problems that occur from this deadly disease is something that
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Stress can be tough on you. Throughout children’s lives they have played countless hours of sports that have interfered with schoolwork‚ which obviously is not the certain stress other children can be under but this has created an environment of stress‚ good or bad it doesn’t matter‚ each day children are stressed. For years‚ children would miss school due to sporting events and have a tremendous amount of make up work to do in order to keep up with their grades and on top of that‚ a child’s parents want
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People ought to have a right not to vaccinate their kids‚ even if refusal to do so puts one’s own kids at risk‚ along with other people’s children. Do you agree? Childhood immunisation must be one of the most significant public health advances in medical history. Thanks to vaccines‚ children and teens that have been immunised would not have to experience the abhorrent epidemics like polio‚ mumps‚ measles and smallpox the older generations did. While it is safe to assume vaccines are here to stay
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The Role of Parents and Media Childhood obesity is between 16-36 percent of child and youth that are obese/ overweight. If one of the parents is obese or overweight‚ it is likely that 50 percent the child can be an overweight or obese child. If both parents are overweight or obese the child has 80 percent guarantee that he/she is going to be an overweight or obese child. In addition‚ in the United States the percentage of American children has tripled in the past 20 years. The children who are
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Fitness and Nutrition Paper University of Phoenix Paradigms of Health / SCI 100 Fitness and Nutrition Paper Fitness and nutritional habits should be more enforced in today’s society; especially in the United States. The general public as a whole is less healthy the prior days. People are not as active‚ make poor eating choices‚ are indoors more often and always on the run. This is the results to an unhealthy culture. By changing our day to day habits by incorporating healthy meal planning
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Hungry Caterpillar and Love You Forever. These are some of the many books that made me happier than getting any new action figure. When it was time to go to bed‚ there were two books that would have to be read to me in order for me to fall asleep: Good Night Moon and Corduroy. Something about those two were comforting to me and were able to put me out like a light and make it okay for me to sleep in the dark. Reading was something I learned to
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Introduction Childhood obesity is rapidly becoming a global epidemic affecting over four million children alone in the United States. Obesity is the top healthcare priority in the United States at this time as described by the United States Surgeon General. And‚ although the obesity epidemic is receiving increased attention in recent years‚ an approach that is “consistent‚ integrated‚ and aggressive” has not yet been reached. Lifestyle changes are often difficult to implement and are not consistent
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