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    What can Samoan parents do to prevent obesity and diabetes in their children? Samoan culture is greatly respected by its people. In their opinion‚ no other culture is even close to theirs in values‚ respect‚ tradition‚ mentality‚ form of government etc. They want to keep things that way and hopefully nothing could come in between. Samoa may be perfect in such ways but‚ like they say‚ there is always a bad apple in a society. I believe obesity and diabetes are that. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate

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    Obesity Rasmussen College Elise Pfliger Author Note This paper is being submitted on February 10‚ 2013‚ to Jaqueline Schultz EC120/EEC1734 Section 02 Health Safety and Nutrition at Rasmussen College by Elise Pfliger. Childhood obesity is a condition that negatively affects a child’s health or wellbeing. Childhood obesity can be easily remedied if a parent‚ caregiver and child all work together to teach the child the correct way to prepare

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    Present day American culture promotes unhealthy eating habits in children. “Childhood obesity is a major public health concern‚ and has more than doubled since the 1970’s” (Ludmila 1). This can be a big dilemma because kids are developing an unhealthily lifestyle so young. America’s public schooling system needs to be held responsible for the causes of child obesity and make changes to accommodate the effects. Changes should be made in schools lunch menus and the types of foods found in vending machines

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    humiliating for the overweight people. Maybe to better comprehend this law or policy we need to know what obesity is and what causes this condition. The dictionary definition of obesity refers to it as a medical condition whereby surplus body fat has accumulated to the point that it may have adverse health effects‚ leading to a reduced life expectancy and increased health problems (Brethauer SA 19). Obesity is calculated using the Body mass index (BMI) which compares height and weight. A person is defined

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    Mal J Nutr 10(1): 13-22‚ 2004 Childhood Obesity: Contributing Factors‚ Consequences and Intervention Sherina Mohd Sidik1 & Rozali Ahmad2 1 2 Department of Community Health‚ Faculty of Medicine and Health Science‚ Universiti Putra Malaysia‚ 43400 UPM Serdang‚ Selangor‚ Malaysia Ministry of Defence‚ Malaysia ABSTRACT Childhood obesity has been growing at an alarming rate and is the most common nutritional problem among children in developed as well as in developing countries. It is associated

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    ESSAY 3 ARGUMENT NARRATIVE

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    happy meal. Looking back‚ I would have never known it was going to shape such a large part of who I am today. Inside the blue walls of Thornydale Elementary was where I realized I was becoming an America’s poster child for the war against childhood obesity. First lady Michelle Obama would have been paralyzed with fear for the rest of her days had she spent one day with me back when. My grandma Moomoo would pick me up from school in her old beat up white 92 Ford Explorer‚ complete with the cow spotted

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    Barbados are acutely unaware of the widespread incidences and impact of obesity among and on its population. Statement of Problem According to the World Health Organization/Forbes List‚ more than 1.6 billion people in the world are either overweight or obese. A recent study showed that Barbados is ranked 12th among the fattest countries in the world where 69.7% of the population is considered obese or overweight. Obesity is associated with a high BMI (body mass index). These days sedentary

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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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    die each year because of different causes‚ but do the majority know obesity ranks second among causes of death? Even though obesity is a serious concern in society‚ the majority of people don’t care or are too busy to care about the health effect it caused. “Obesity is a genuine problem in America‚ but our nation debate on the subject has become nothing short of hysterical‚” (David Martosko‚ Center from consumer freedom) Obesity might be taken as a joke for most people but as it develops‚ the risk

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    Angelica Pisano Dr. Boyle Sociology 105 April 8‚ 2013 Obesity in America Obesity is a common disease in the United States that has many causes and consequences. Genetics‚ the environment and the media are all common causes of obesity leading to health problems as well as economic issues. Another variable that contributes to obesity‚ less obvious than diet and heredity‚ is social networking (Schaefer 106). Today‚ over two-thirds of Americans fall into the categories of being overweight or

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