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    Obesity in the Workplace

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    Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals Carol Cook HRA-330 June 18‚ 2012 Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals You can lose 12 inches in less than thirty days! A person can’t help but notice all the Nutri-System and Weight Watcher commercials on television‚ or the late night infomercials for that DVD that help a person look like a bodybuilder by exercising in the comfort of their own home. Obesity has become a hot topic in today’s society

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    Overcoming Obesity

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    Overcoming Obesity Losing weight has many advantages from improving overall health and reducing blood pressure to better self-esteem and satisfaction with body image. However‚ losing and maintaining weight requires a great deal of motivation and determination. Part of this motivation comes from realizing these advantages and how important they are to the person’s life. But it can be challenging to stay on track‚ so it is important to keep internal motivation strong in face of all the inconveniences

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    Childhood Obesity

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    Childhood Obesity Nasstashia Lindsey Darin Youngs March 16‚ 2015 Title: Childhood Obesity Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about childhood obesity Audience: General audience Organizational Pattern: Sequential design I. Introduction: A. Attention-getting introduction: Obesity affects one in every three American children ranging from 2-19 and does not discriminate on the basis of race‚ social status‚ or any collective standard B. Thesis statement: Obesity is‚ easily‚ America’s

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    Childhood Obesity

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    Effects of Parents on Childhood Obesity ENG 122 Instructor: Jessica Guire In the past 30 years‚ body fat percentages have increased dramatically in the United States among children and young adults. In fact‚ according to National Center for Health Statistics (2010) “The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008. Similarly‚ the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18%

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    Obesity in USA

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    Obesity in the USA Good morning my fellow students. I want to give a speech about obesity in the U.S. because it’s a major problem today‚ much more than in the pass. I want to talk about what there has been causing the major obesity in today’s U.S. and what we can do to make the situation better. Obesity is a major cause of death and overweight people has a big chance to get heart disease‚ cancer or diabetes. 10 % of the national medical budget is spent on obesity which is 150 billion dollars

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    Causes of Obesity

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    Americans’ obesity has rapidly increased because of advanced technology and Americans’ lack of self control. Obesity has been designated as a global epidemic by the World Health Organization since 1998 and is one of the most common chronic illnesses for both adults and children (WHO). The American Obesity Association states that currently 64.5% of adult Americans and 45.6% of American children are categorized as overweight or obese‚ which means they have too much body fat (AOA). What causes this

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    Child Obesity

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    Child Obesity Child obesity has become a serious problem in America‚ and it is still on the rise. The amount of children with child obesity has more than tripled in the last 30 years at an alarming rate. It is now estimated that 1 in 5 children in America are overweight. And with this comes both long and short term impacts on these children. Those impacts are not only physical‚ but mental as well. Some studies suggest that the rise of obesity is the result of a society that does not support

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    Childhood Obesity

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    Comp 11 November 13‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious health and societal issue. Rising at extreme rates‚ one may call it an epidemic. Childhood obesity increases incidences of mortality later in life‚ causes asthma and type II diabetes‚ which was only found in adults. With these ill effects‚ childhood obesity is an issue that should not be taken lightly. Over the last fifteen years‚ obesity in children has increased fifty percent. While the cause of this

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    Obesity in Mississippi

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    Obesity In Mississippi Veronica Bynum Everest University ENC 1101 September 26‚ 2012 Obesity is the leading health concern in the state of Mississippi today for children and adults. It is on the rise and contributes to major chronic disease killers such as heart disease‚ diabetes and certain cancers. According to USA Today‚ Mississippi has the highest obesity rate with 34.9% of state residents who are roughly 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight‚ and Colorado has the lowest rate at

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    Obesity and Weightloss

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    Obesity and weight loss are like the faces of the same coin. Obesity is a serious epidemic; at the same time losing weight in a healthy way is a serious confusion that people are going through in the USA. It is a huge problem and struggle I myself am going through; one of the reasons I picked this research topic. Other reason for picking this topic is the Physiology and Anatomy class I took. This class gave me a lot of information on the problems of obesity and weight loss; it acted as a catalyst

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