I. Introduction/Statement of the Problem The medical definition for obesity is having too much body fat. Many people tend to get obesity and being overweight mixed up. Being obese is different from being overweight in that being overweight is the status of weighing too much. This weight can come from many places‚ such as muscle‚ bone‚ fat‚ and/or body water. While technically they don’t mean the same thing‚ they both‚ however‚ mean that a person’s weight is greater than what is considered healthy
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Rights Reserved M I L L I M A N Research Report Obesity: A Big Problem Getting Bigger Kate Fitch‚ RN‚ MEd‚ CCM Bruce Pyenson‚ FSA‚ MAAA Steven Abbs Margaret Liang Peer Review by Tom Ruehle‚ FSA‚ MAAA; Kathy Zaharias‚ RN‚ MBA MILLIMAN RESEARCH REPORT March 2004 Obesity: A Big Problem Getting Bigger PAGE I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. DEFINITION OF OBESITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Obesity: The Struggles and How to Overcome Them Obesity is one of the biggest struggles with children and their parents today even more than drug and alcohol abuse. There are many causes why a child may become obese. Parents should take the proper steps to ensure that their children have healthy lifestyles. If not‚ the children may have many problems now and later on in life. These problems will not be easy to fix when the children are adults‚ so the children should start to change as soon
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of Obesity WHO has defined “obesity” as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that present a risk to health which may even result in reduced life expectancy. A simple index of weight-for-health‚ namely‚ body mass index (BMI) has been used to classify overweight and obesity in adults. A BMI equals or more than 30 kg/m2 will be classified as “obesity” which is now ranked the fifth leading risk of deaths worldwide. It has been estimated that more than 2.8 million of adults die due to obesity in a
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Battle Obesity has been an upcoming battle in the United States. According to Healthgoods.com one in three Americans ageing from 20yrs to 70yrs is facing obesity problems. Also at Healthgoods.com it states that not just the adults who are facing these problems‚ but children ageing from 6yrs up to 17 yrs range about one in five who are over weight. Having the will to loose those extra pounds in order to look and feel better is a powerful tool in the fight against obesity. Obesity is caused
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America ’s Obesity Epidemic Kristy Wines Communications 156 September 30‚ 2012 Shawn Fullmer America ’s Obesity Epidemic Obesity in America is now the second leading cause of preventable death (Courtemanche‚ 2009). The numbers are quite real and frankly very concerning. Some 50 million are obese and 300‚000 die from health related issues‚ linked to obesity‚ every year (Rubinstein‚ 2003). “The past twenty years‚ the United States has experienced an unprecedented rise in its residents body
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Obesity in Hong Kong Introduction The problem of obesity in Hong Kong is a significant issue that the community as a whole is trying to arouse public awareness to it. According to the statistics provided by a research done by the Hong Kong Department of Health‚ the estimated percentage of overweight and obese of the whole population in Hong Kong are 17.8% and 21.2% respectively(Hong Kong Department of Health 2009). This report will elaborate more on the reasons for obesity and the suggest preventive
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The Obesity Blame Game Are We Taking It Too Far By Blaming Fast Food Restaurants For Obesity? When Is It Individual Responsibility And When Is It Appropriate To Place Blame? Obesity has increased in tides across the country. The statistics on obesity are staggering. Scientists report that by 2030‚ more than half of the population will be obese. It is fact that more than sixty million Americans who are twenty years and older are obese. Nine million children and teens between the ages of nine
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The American Obesity Epidemic Obesity in America is on the rise now‚ with 72-million people contributing to this new “epidemic.” People need to start taking care of their bodies or they could possibly lose their lives to the leading cause of death in America—heart disease. Believe it or not‚ this epidemic isn’t just effecting the human population. Twenty-five percent of cats and dogs are now heavier than they should be. With excess weight usually comes many kinds of physiological‚ behavioral
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Final: Fighting Childhood Obesity Mary E. Mendes ENG/122 December 3‚ 2012 Ebony Gibson Final: Fighting Childhood Obesity Final Project Draft: Childhood Obesity Growing up as a child and adolescent in the United States is met with many obstacles including exposure to domestic violence‚ proper education‚ lack of proper nutrition and other socioeconomic issues within the family unit. One particular issue that has begun to grow is childhood obesity which can lead to many health and social
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