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    Crisis Intervention Approach

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    Crisis: * occurs when there is a perceived challenge or threat that overwhelms the capacity of the individual to cope effectively with the event * unexpected emotional (depression) and biologic (NVD‚ HA) responses occur. Functioning is severely impaired * if positive‚ there is opportunity for growth and change as new ways of coping are learned. If negative‚ suicide‚ homelessness‚ or depression can result * generally lasts NO more than 4-6 weeks. (by definition there is no such thing as

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    Obesity and Dancing

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    their job and no more free time to do some exercise even on the weekend or public holiday. Dancing can be doing at room as like indoor exercise. Via dancing can maintain our body shapes and keep away from the overweight and avoid from disease like obesity and diabetes. Dancing also can strengthen the flexibility of the body especially is leg muscle. Besides that‚ dancing can help us build principle self discipline‚ dress neatly and punctuality. As a conclusion‚ dancing can give us many benefits via

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    Obesity and Mental Health

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    Effects of Obesity on Mental Health Risks of Being Overweight Walter Taylor Community College of Vermont Abstract In America‚ over 35% of all adults are obese. Though obesity rates in Vermont are among the lowest in the country (25%)‚ the current obesity epidemic is still alarming ("Adult obesity facts‚" 2012). Heart disease‚ diabetes‚ cancer‚ stroke‚ high cholesterol‚ and high blood pressure are all directly linked to obesity. While the physical effects of obesity have been researched extensively

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    Obesity: Choice or Disease Public health experts agree that overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in this country and around the world. More than a third of U.S. adults are obese. People ages 60 and older are more likely to be obese than younger adults‚ according to the most recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. And the problem also affects children. One out of five‚ or 17 percent‚ of U.S. children ages 6 to 19 are obese. (John Hopkins University

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    Data commentary on obesity

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    reading and evaluating six articles written by experts on obesity‚ the data seems to imply that better educating people about how their behavioral lifestyle choices effect their future and current health is the best solution. The six journal articles evaluated and analyzed include: David Freedman’s article‚ “How to Fix the Obesity Epidemic‚” published in Scientific American in 2011. Green Gregory’s article‚ “Physical Activity and Childhood Obesity: Strategies and Solutions for Schools and Parents‚” published

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    Childhood Obesity

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    23rd 2012 Childhood Obesity: Parents dilemma Cardiovascular disease‚ diabetes‚ musculoskeletal discomforts are some of the many serious health effects that should be the nightmare we all avoid. So why it is that in today’s society we are faced with the alarming fact of half of our population being obese‚ which are the causative agents to these malicious health problems? It seems as if this is an ongoing problem that may never cease to exist. Why? If the quandary of obesity isn’t realized and address

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    Crisis Management

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    CRISIS MANAGEMENT The secret of crisis management is not good vs. bad‚ it’s preventing the bad from getting worse. -Andy Gilman. The key characteristics of a crisis are that you cannot control it – that’s why it is called Crisis “management.” You have to understand‚ in real time‚ when to yield and when to tilt. And even if you navigate to perfection the threat could be existential. Crisis management is the process by which an organization deals with a major event that threatens to harm the organization

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    Thesis statement: Research suggests that the obesity crisis in the US is caused primarily by lifestyle‚ the food industry and marketing practices. Annotated Bibliography Appleton‚ N. (1996). Lick the sugar habit. Garden City Park‚ NY: Avery Pub. Group. Sugar contributes to obesity as well as many other illnesses because it upsets our body chemistry allowing physical degeneration to take place in the human body. Most people aren’t aware of the addictive properties that sugar

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    Childhood Obesity

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    and Economics: Obesity in Children Obesity represents a critical health care issue in the U.S. today. Scientists and researchers of the field of reproductive medicine are well aware of the danger that excess body fat hence body weight has to patients. Obese patients have greater occurrences of infertility than their leaner counterparts do. The obese individuals have been noticed to be at a higher risk in case of pregnancy and additional prenatal complications. Obesity is defined as an

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    CHILDHOOD OBESITY

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    Childhood Obesity Tara Wright ENG122 Matthew Fox July 23‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious concern for youth today. Within the past 30 years childhood obesity has more than tripled. Four out of ten children are considered to be obese (Ogden CL 2010). Often when one sees overweight children‚ one will hear parents making excuses for why their child is overweight. For example one will hear a parent say “she is just big boned‚ or she will grow out of it‚ it’s just baby fat”

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