Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years.1‚ 2 The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2010. Similarly‚ the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period.1‚ 2 In 2010‚ more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.1 Overweight is defined as having excess body weight for a
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A. The general purpose of conducting a root cause analysis. “The key to solving a problem is to first truly understand it.” (Ask "Why" Five Times to Get to the Root Cause‚ 2017) Root cause analysis is a phrase that describes a wide range of methods‚ tools‚ and techniques used to investigate deeper and uncover the cause of a problem. A1. The six steps used to conduct an RCA‚ as defined by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Step 1: “Identify what happened”. (Patient Safety 104‚ 2017)
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Salem AlGuthmi Grammar/ Writing 104 October 23‚ 2013 Obesity America is spending $ 150‚000‚000‚000 on obesity related diseases per year. Obesity is an increasing problem in the United States for many causes such as people not knowing how to eat‚ not knowing what’s in food and misleading marketing. One of the biggest problem of obesity is that people don’t know how to eat food. Most people are uneducated about the food they eat. For example‚ people don’t know about calories
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Obesity Among Young Americans Michelle LeDrappier Professor Tovey VanAulen College English October 29‚ 2010 LeDrappier‚ 1 Michelle LeDrappier Professor Tovey VanAulen College English October 29‚ 2010 Obesity Among Young Americans Children are filled with energy and youth‚ but something is increasingly slowing them down. Child obesity has become one of the major epidemics in America today. The twenty-first generation is the only one whose members may be expected to have shorter life
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that Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. we need to re-evaluate the importance of healthy eating. By increasing awareness of the obesity epidemic in America we can begin to reverse the trend in weight gain. Obesity is defined as a measure of Body Mass Index (BMI) - a ratio of weight to height that is calculated by the following formula: BMI = weight (kg) ÷ height (m). With an unexplained and escalating prevalence over the past three decades‚ obesity has
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The ginger root is from the plant zingiber officonate. It is from the same plant family as tumeric‚ a commonly used cooking spice. It has many uses in cooking and homeopathic medicine. Ginger root is grown in warmer climates‚ and used in landscaping as well as harvested in bulk. Ginger root is an herb. Ginger root is also known as several other names including amomum zingiber‚ ardraka‚ cochin ginger‚ gingembre‚ gan-jiang‚ sheng-jiang‚ and black ginger. First cultivated in South Asia and
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now huge. The term “Obesity epidemic” is a common phrase usedin society‚ particularly by health professionals and doctors‚ whoemphasise their concern for our society and future generations’health. Undoubtedly‚ there are New Zealanders‚ both adults andchildren who are obese‚ but can we consider this an epidemic?The word epidemic is rather emotive as it has medical connotationsgiving the implication that mass amounts of people are suffering fromsome kind of “condition” or disease. “Epidemic” means to
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or fast food (Allison). Obesity is the “abnormal accumulation of body fat‚ usually twenty percent or more over an individual ’s ideal body weight” (Greenblatt). Obesity is becoming an overwhelming epidemic in America. It is more prevalent in African Americans‚ American-Indians‚ and children (Richards). In fact‚ nearly two out of three Americans are overweight or obese and the number of overweight children has tripled over the last twenty years (Greenblatt). Due to obesity‚ there are many deaths or
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Cases of obesity and diabetes are exploding‚ especially amongst our younger generation. Cancer‚ heart disease and stroke are the county’s three leading causes of death‚ yet billions of money are spent to cure these diseases. One in three of us suffer from chronic diseases. Could there be a solution to this epidemic? Forks over Knives takes us through a health-related research about chronic diseases by two researchers‚ Dr. T. Colin Campbell‚ a nutritional scientist from Cornell university‚ and Dr
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The Cause/Effect of health issue such as heart disease The easiest way to define cause and effect is “one thing leads to another”. The one thing is the cause that leads to (or results in) “another”‚ the effect. Although you can focus on one cause and effect‚ frequently you’ll find that a single cause generates many effects or that one effect is the result of multiple unrelated causes. Example: Smoking can cause heart disease‚ lung cancer‚ and emphysema or heart disease may be
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