Don’t need to know my name Prof. Patrick McKillop ENG101.7414 6 February 2011 Research Paper Prevent Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is when a child is overweight and has or will have many serious health risks. Ji Li and Neal H. Hooker‚ in “Childhood Obesity and Schools‚” explains that “childhood obesity is more than a problem in children; it is linked to adult obesity” (97). If a child is obese‚ she will stay obese in her adulthood. Helping children to stay healthy with the support
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Parental Responsibility and Childhood Obesity Submitted by: Cheryl C. Stevenson University Composition and Communication August 5‚ 2011 Parents are ultimately responsible for childhood obesity. Parents that ignore the countless warnings signs about the dangers surrounding childhood obesity are neglectful and this act should be considered a criminally‚ prosecutable offense. This type of neglect should be considered to be child abuse. Although a parent may not be physically abusing their
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Childhood Obesity Evaluating the Research Process HCS/465-Health Care Research Utilization September 17‚ 2012 Kerrie Kelly Ji Li‚ PhD and Neal Hooker‚ PhD conducted a study on the links of childhood obesity and children who are enrolled in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)‚ School Breakfast Program (SBP)‚ clubs such as sports and others‚ and different living and household factors. This study utilized the conceptual framework of the literature review from the National Survey of Children’s
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McDonald’s sent several senior executives and others to San Francisco to oppose the measure in person. As it was being drafted‚ amended and discussed over several months‚ Corporate Accountability ran a local newspaper advertisement signed by physicians‚ community activists and small restaurants that called on Board of Supervisors swing voter Bevan Dufty to support the
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Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two Tonya Krell Phoenix June 28‚ 2014 Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two The aspects of community and aggregate are closely connected and people tend to use the terms interchangeably. The best way to explain the difference between the two concepts is by examples to differentiate and get a clearer understanding of the difference between the two concepts. This paper will define aggregate and community giving a brief support from current literature
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Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child’s health or hauora/wellbeing. Due to the rising numbers of obesity in children and its many negative health effects‚ it is being recognized as a serious public health concern. According to WikiAnswers‚ %8.3 of NZ children are obese and %20 are overweight. Methods that determine body fat are difficult. The diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI (Body Mass Index). The BMI is a proxy based on an individual’s weight
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In the article “ Anger in adolescent communities”‚ authors‚ Lisa Pullen‚ Mary Anne Modrcin‚ Sandra L. McGuire‚ Karen Lane‚ Melissa Kearnely‚ and Sonya Engle’s purpose of the study was to examine the level of anger in adolescent communities‚ by measuring how angry are they? The research sample consisted of 139 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19. The gender consisted of 40.3% (n=56) males and 59.7% (n=83) females‚ one subject failed to identify gender. The sample was divided into early (12-14)
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the dangers obesity has inflicted on the lives of children. According to the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service‚ they indicated between 2007 and 2012 a majority of cities has increased 50 percent in fast food restaurant outlets. Making life tougher for children to acknowledge a life without fast food. Thankfully‚ since over the past few years‚ many have discovered possible solutions to try and prevent or somewhat help those already impacted by obesity with some solutions
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Nursing and Health Promotion Casey M. Smith Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V April 21‚ 2013 The World Health Organization (WHO) describes health promotion as allowing society to control elements of personal health‚ through intelligent‚ healthy decisions. Health promotion improves the resourcefulness of people to be accountable‚ and the capacity of organizations and communities to guide the determinants of health. Due to the multitude of determinants of health‚ health promotion needs
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Obesity has been around since the late 1900’s‚ but is gradually increasing. It is mostly affecting young children and young adults. Many families think their child is healthy if the child eats more than they should be eating. Especially‚ if the parents come from a different generation‚ they believe that seeing their child with full thick skin that they are healthy. So what types of problems are happening with early childhood obesity? Obesity can be caused easily without people realizing it‚ and
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