"Overweight and underweight" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 38 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Development Goals‚ including the eradication of hunger‚ reduction of child mortality and improvement of maternal health. Underweight‚ underheight One of the issues the 2008 NNS looked into is children?s nutrition. The research found that the number of Filipino children who were underweight and underheight or stunted increased from 2005 to 2008. The prevalence of underweight children aged 0-5 years increased from 24.6 percent to 26.2 percent‚ about 3.35 million children. The underheight rate

    Premium Provinces of the Philippines Regions of the Philippines

    • 1255 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    triggered by an internal source rather than and external source. However‚ that is not necessarily the case. People generally relate thinness and how skinny a person is‚ to how attractive they are. When we think of someone attractive‚ an image of an overweight person rarely comes to mind. This then creates a social stigma of how people should look and it creates standards that people need to

    Premium Anorexia nervosa Nutrition Eating disorders

    • 2268 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    not suitable for children. That’s why it takes someone who is old enough to understand the dangers and risks included. The first danger on the internet is cyber bullying; it is usually done by classmates of kids in middle school‚ against overweight or underweight children‚ and children who stand out of the norm. Also‚ inappropriate pop ups and searches occur often even when not meant to. Which can be confusing and tempting to young kids whose curious minds enables them to determine right from wrong

    Free Internet Social network service Facebook

    • 1477 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Taxing Junk Food

    • 1532 Words
    • 7 Pages

    With the ever fast pace of our daily American lives‚ we as Americans look for one concept--convenience. The economic state of the U.S has evolved into overwhelmingly fast paced schedules. This leads to Americans looking for a means that are affordable and easily accessible. With the demand of quicker and cheaper products‚ fast foods and convenience store establishments have seen an upsurge of popularity as the aforementioned demands are increasing. Purchasing a soft drink is as instantaneous as pulling

    Premium Nutrition Tax Junk food

    • 1532 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    therefore not maintaining a balanced diet. This results in both malnutrition and over-nutrition. Malnutrition would be from a vitamin and mineral deficiency‚ whereas over-nutrition would be from an excessive intake of unhealthy foods leading to becoming overweight or

    Premium Nutrition Health Medicine

    • 1507 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Biology OCR

    • 4199 Words
    • 17 Pages

    muscles so that blood reaches all parts of the body i.e. the heart acts as a pump. 7. HT only: Be able to explain the possible consequences of having high blood pressure. 8. Be able to describe the factors that increase blood pressure: being overweight stress high alcohol intake smoking 9. HT only: Be able to explain the possible consequences of having low blood pressure. 10. Be able to describe the factors that decrease blood pressure: regular exercise Balanced diet. 11. Be able to explain

    Premium Nervous system Blood pressure Blood

    • 4199 Words
    • 17 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Nutrition Analysis Project II Grade Page FSHN 120 Spring 2015 Due Date: Monday 4/13/15 by 11:00 am Ten points per day will be deducted for late submission. There are no partial late points. Section Points Possible Your Score Extra Credit 5 Late Deduction -- Folder/Name & NET ID (On all pages) 5 Include this grade sheet 3 Materials from NAP I 3-Day Average Bar Graph Recommendations Report MyPlate Report (Staple these 3 items together) 12 Questions 1-9

    Free Nutrition

    • 1917 Words
    • 13 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    XXXX Pennsylvania State University Case Study: April - Anorexia Nervosa Presenting Concerns April was a 17-year-old high school freshman who presented with severe emaciation due to self-starvation and excessive exercise. Despite being severely underweight‚ April indicated an intense fear of gaining weight. She bragged about how much weight she had recently lost‚ though she indicated that her "butt was still too fat." She also reported that she was constantly fatigued‚ had become socially withdrawn

    Premium Anorexia nervosa Body dysmorphic disorder Body shape

    • 3452 Words
    • 14 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    After watching just one or two summer Olympics‚ a person most likely has a sound idea of what a gymnast is supposed to look like. The world of gymnastics has lofty standards on athletes’ appearance‚ and it is extremely uncommon to see someone outside the norm to be successful. Although gymnastics has begun to value a healthier body type for its athletes than it has in the past‚ competitors are still expected to conform to ideal expectations in both their body and the way they dress. Particularly

    Premium Human physical appearance Sociology Woman

    • 1575 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Health Assessment

    • 4367 Words
    • 18 Pages

    Ch.1: Taking Charge of Your Health * Health: the overall condition of a person’s body or mind and to the presence or absence of illness/injury * Wellness: optimal health and vitality-to living life to its fullest * Health-or some aspects of it can be determined or influenced by factors beyond your control‚ such as your genes‚ age‚ health care system‚ and care you received as a young child * Determinants of health: Income & social status‚ Education & literacy‚ Social environments

    Free Obesity Nutrition Health

    • 4367 Words
    • 18 Pages
    Powerful Essays
Page 1 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 50