Contemporary Issues in Health Care Professor Name Reflective essay HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE During my four year period as a healthcare professional‚ I have seen the doctor who has been missing from the floor for hours because he/she went for lunch and had too much to drink or the nurse who is missing every few hours‚ gone to take a smoke. I have heard of the missing narcotics in pharmacy or the patient who constantly complain that whenever a particular nurse works she
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Parents Are To Blame for Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has become a growing problem in America. Although there are many contributing factors to overweight children‚ parents are usually to blame. The parents of children are the ones who provide food for them‚ so they have direct control of what their child is consuming. They are the ones who need to make sure their child maintains a healthy weight by eating right and taking part in physical activity. Obesity occurs when a person eats more calories
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Childhood Obesity- Public Health Crisis Report Word Limit: 3000words Word Count:3‚223 Table of Contents 1. Introduction and definition of key terms 3 2. Assessment of Obesity 5 2.1 Body fat: direct measures and derived estimates 5 2.2 Anthropometric measures of relative fatness 5 2.3 Weight for Height 8 2.4 Body Mass Index (BMI) 8 3. The Causes of Childhood Obesity 10 3.1 Normal energy requirements 10 3.2 Genetic‚ familial and gene-environment interactions
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Obesity Takes Over Obesity is a growing worldwide problem causing “over 400 million people to become obese” (Obesity). The numbers will keep climbing to be about “700 million in 2015” (Obesity). As the numbers keep growing in both adults and children‚ people will remain obese until they can make their life healthier. Throughout the United States‚ obesity has affected a large number of people from lack of exercise‚ consuming too much food and causing various types of health problems. People have
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Destiny Behny English 111-42B Prof. Rebecca Faught 28 Oct. 2013 Paper 3 MLA Obesity Obesity is a problem that has been on the rise for many decades. Not only is it starting at a young age‚ it is starting to affect the health of many around the world. There are many health concerns related to the topic of obesity‚ over nourishment can also cause obesity and health concerns. A lot of people like to blame an excessive amount of food consumed as part of them being obese. One does not have to
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While the field of health care is primarily led by knowledge and health sciences‚ it is also is guided by ethics. These sets of moral principles help the professionals make justifiable decisions about patient care may it be about treatment or procedures. Ethics in health care are influenced by many different factors‚ including our sense of what is moral and what is immoral.. Ethics are important because It creates a safer environment for all. For example‚ if a nurse realizes that a co-worker is abusing
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the reality that many children face. Obesity has become an epidemic in America‚ it has many contributing factors‚ and affects learning abilities but there are preventive manners for it. Although little is being done about obesity‚ its negative effect on children is caused by multitude of factors. The rising numbers of obese children has reached an alarming rate. With many Americans‚ “…‘obesity’…carries the connotation of being extremely overweight. [But] health professionals define overweight as an
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these contributed to the rise of obesity rates in developed nations. Conversely for developing countries‚ undernourished mothers produced babies who are genetically prone to obesity‚ and in countries like Mexico where the source of water is unreliable‚ the population turned to soft-drinks‚ making them the leading consumer of Coca-Cola in the world today. Be it certain cultures or traditions of specific society considering obese as signs of prosperity or affection‚ obesity is undoubtedly a grave problem
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Obesity is getting out of control especially in the United States. Obesity today is an epidemic; it is arguably the most pressing public health problem we face‚ costing the health care system an estimated $90 billion a year. (p.108;Micheal Pollan‚ Omnivore’s Dilemma). Obesity is increasing in a lot of health situations and leading roots of deaths. Obesity is also at risk of many diseases. Obesity like other diseases‚ harm the standard works of the body. People who are obese have lavish unctuous
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Assignment Two – Current patterns of ill health in the UK M2: Discuss the factors likely to influence current and future patterns of health in the UK. In the 21st century society there are two current factors that are very obvious in affecting patterns of health. These are that of social class affecting health and lifestyle choices. There has always been a link between social class and health‚ even with the welfare state and the improvements made to health in all sections of societies over the
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