Obesity and Pregnancy Have you ever leisurely walked down an isle at Target and noticed a pregnant women waddling from side to side and thought to yourself man she is fat? Well she really is. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health‚ leading to reduced life expectancy and increased health problems. Maternal obesity is a major risk factor in short term for both maternal and fetal complications‚ including maternal
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Saving Poverty From Obesity Brent Royeton DeVry University Saving Poverty From Obesity Obesity is a problem that most people would assume is caused by laziness and poor lifestyle choices. Rarely would anyone think that poverty could be a contributing factor to obesity. A large question often asked is “How can our impoverished communities be so fat if they cannot afford to eat”? Other misconceptions come from the misunderstanding that people who are malnourished should appear skinny and lethargic
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Obesity in America December 6‚ 2011 Composition II America is one of the most obese countries in the world‚ and the reasons are quite obvious. Just take a look around you. Fast food chains are on every block (unhealthy foods are much less expensive than the healthy foods we should be eating)‚ more and more technology to make our lives easier (and lazier)‚ and high amounts of stress are all factors to weight gain in our country. A recent study in January 2010 shows that obesity rates have reached
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The sad fact is that if you are obese‚ your life probably be shorter than that of people who are slim. Obesity not only affects people’s everyday lives‚ it also has damaging mental health effects‚ including low self-esteem‚ negative body image‚ anxiety‚ and depression‚ and causes serious physical conditions such as sleep apnea‚ heart disease‚ type 2 diabetes‚ and heart failure. First‚ obesity affects a person’s everyday life. Obese people tire more easily than slim people because these people have
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__________________ MCDONALD’S AND OBESITY A case study ________________ Submitted by: Ma Alexandria Bulaon Submitted to: Professor George Fong SPGLOBMA_S71 September 25‚ 2012 I. CASE STUDY ANALYSIS A. Problems Obesity among children is increasing rapidly not only in the United States but throughout the nations around the globe.According to the reports made by the World Health Federation‚ an estimated 155 million children are
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Cited: Green‚ Gregory‚ Brenda Hargrove‚ and Clarence Riley. “Phsycical activity and childhood obesity: strategies and solutions for schools and parents.” Education 132.4 (2012): 915+. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. We. 18 Feb 2013. Retrieved from Worsnop‚ R. L. (1997‚ September 26). Youth fitness. CQ Researcher‚ 7‚ 841-864. Retrieved Bittman
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OBESITY IN CHILDREN Obesity in Children Reba Graham DeVry University June 16‚ 2013 OBESITY IN CHILDREN What parents allow their children to eat can affect their bodies and their life. Most children don’t realize the effects of long term illnesses such as obesity‚ type 2 diabetes‚ heart condition and high blood pressure. Taxing unhealthful foods and beverages could prove an important strategy to overconsumption and potentially aid
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to 11 in the year of 1974 rated 4%‚ with a dramatically increased the same age group of obese children population in the year 2004 rated 19%. II. Motivation for listening: The CDC Center For disease Control and Prevention‚ concluded that child obesity is an important factor that is attributed to many diseases including diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ asthma‚ and insomnia just to mention a few. There are also many side effects to these diseases‚ for example if an obese child is
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describe them! Do it! Now count how many of them you described as ’FAT’. You can always name one‚ can’t you? At least I can. Obesity can cause a lot of disease like diabetes and high blood pressure‚ which may cause the overloading of Hong Kong’s healthcare system. That’s what makes obesity not just a problem of patients but also a problem of the public. So‚ what causes obesity? Sure you’ve heard ‘being fat is cute and healthy and brings good luck’ from different TV programmers or even your parents
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Obesity and Biology Obesity isn’t classified as an eating problem anymore. It is more than that a person’s biology plays a big roll. Cells and hormones play a big roll on how big you are and how your body regulates energy. Food equals energy and the body stores that energy in fat cells and uses the energy as needed. The metabolism breaks down that food and uses the energy generated from that food for everyday activities such as walking‚ talking‚ thinking. The faster ones metabolism is the more efficient
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