Psychology and Health Issues Amber Findley HCA/250 05/19/2013 Vinod Sharma Psychology and Health Issues According to Mayo Clinic‚ obesity is defined as having an excessive amount of body fat. (Mayo Clinic‚ 2013) Obesity is a disease that has become an epidemic in the United States. In the last two decades‚ there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people who are obese. “More than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) and approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and
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basic and not new‚ but this issue seems to be increasing‚ and obesity is a big part of it. According to the 2008 data‚ 18 percent of teens from 12 to 19 years old are obese‚ and 30% of children and teens‚ from 6-19 years old‚ are overweight. This is the triple of overweight youth in 1980(1). Obesity is mostly caused by the increased of intake of "junk" food‚ drinking sugary drinks (especially soda)‚ lack of physical activity (including the cutting of PE courses)‚ and the temptation of indoor sedentary
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information about nutrition actually had better diets than people do today. They also had fewer cases of cancer. Many people today are overweight‚ and being overweight has been connected to somekinds of cancer. This is the generation that started the couch potato boom‚ and today’s couch potatoes are bigger than ever. Health experts warn that being overweight is a risk not only for heart disease but also for certain kinds of cancer. The best way to attain a healthy weight again is to cut back on
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this vacation. You struggled to get time off and you are now ready to relax and enjoy yourself on the trip. The time has come to take your seat on the plane and low and behold‚ you can’t even have a seat to yourself because the person next you is overweight and therefore over the armrest. Not only is this affecting your ability to enjoy a comfortable flight but economically this may affect your ability to afford to fly in the future. The objective of this research paper is to debate whether or not
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(Kumanyika & Brownson‚ 2007). BMI (Body Mass Index) is the most common method for measuring obesity‚ as it is a sufficiently accurate tool and easy to administer (National Obesity Observatory‚ 2009). Adults with BMI between 25 and 29.9 are classified as overweight and those with 30+ as obese. BMI measurement for children would be assessed in accordance with growth‚ and gender characteristics (National Obesity Observatory‚ 2009). Obesity is a public health challenge in
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obesity can include any of the following: Behavior‚ Media‚ and Socioeconomic factors. The developmental and socioeconomic literature speculate that for centuries‚ body image was used as a judgment of socioeconomic status and cultural opinions. Being overweight was often
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117 billion dollars (NIDDK‚ 2003). The words obesity and overweight can have a broad meaning. Scientists and physicians‚ however‚ have designated a small number of accepted systems associated with body mass index‚ or BMI. BMI is a measurement of height versus weight‚ and appears in the units kg/m^2 (Ariza‚ Greenberg‚ & Unger‚ 2004; NIDDK‚ 2003). Most research is done with the guidelines being a BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight‚ and a BMI greater than 30 is considered obese.
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in exercise then leads to rise in diseases. B. The increase in fat would require a lot of energy to burn calories. This requirement would discourage obese individuals. C. Because people doesn’t exercise regularly‚ people tend to become overweight over time.
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Zeringue May 15‚ 2011 Childhood Obesity The writer has chosen to research the topic of childhood obesity. An article in the Washington Post tells us a disturbing fact: “With one in three children in this country overweight or worse‚ the future health and productivity of an entire generation -- and a nation -- could be in jeopardy.” (Levine‚ Stein 2008. para. 4) That number is alarming! In my research I would like to find out why this problem is becoming more and
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2012 Casual Analysis Obesity Prevention “Only recently‚ however‚ has obesity been recognised as a population wide problem that requires preventive action… In England‚ the United States‚ and Australia more than a half of all adults are overweight or obese‚ and trend data show a dramatic increase in prevalence over the past two decades” (Population 728-729). Since obesity has taken a toll on this nations population‚ government has made new rules and regulations in hope of decreasing the numbers
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