Obesity has become a major health issue in the United States and Europe [1]. It is estimated that more than one-third of population in the US is obese [2]. Obesity and morbid obesity are defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥30- <40 kg.m-2 and ≥40 kg.m-2‚ respectively. A broad range of health issues such as cardiac disease‚ hypertension‚ stroke‚ type 2 diabetes mellitus‚ obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome are associated with obesity. All of the latter consequently increases
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The insight provided by Barbara Ehrenreich is probably the sort of thing nobody would ever expect to hear--to the American audience‚ television is superior‚ all-knowing‚ and as time-consuming as sleep. In the twenty-first century at present‚ television has evolved internally‚ externally‚ and culturally. There is high-definition programming that supposedly increases the experience of watching‚ digital video recorders that allow people to set aside time to watch their favorite shows when they please
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Analysis & Interpretation 1. Age of the respondents who use water purifiers. Interpretation: From the above chart we could find that majority of the respondents are at the age of 31-35‚ in both brands of purifiers the majority respondents are ageing from 31-35. 2. Gender of the people who are using water purifiers. Interpretation: From the above chart drawn we could judge that both brand purifiers are mostly used by men when compared to women as men accounted for 52% and women for 48%
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Beginning in the latter half of the 20th century‚ the principal of equity became a new cornerstone in the profession of public administration. Later‚ in 2005‚ the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) classified equity as the fourth pillar of public administration‚ alongside the well-established pillars of economy‚ efficiency‚ and effectiveness (Norman-Major‚ 2011). Already accustomed to the established pillars of public administration‚ the incorporation of equity has presented challenges
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According to statistics‚ obesity is the leading cause of military ineligibility among people 17 to 24 years of age‚ affecting 30 percent of both men and women. There are many ways of addressing this problem‚ but there are many challenges that would inhibit the solutions . To address the obesity issue‚ I would launch the movement‚ “The Waist Watcher‚” a healthy eating and exercise program. The Waist Watcher program helps participants be consistent with sticking to their healthy-weight plan during
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Mr. J is a 65 years old Caucasian male. A pretentious name is used in this study in compliance with (NMC) Code of Practice (2015) and competency 8‚ domain 2 of the NMC standard (2010). The Code of Practice was specific about the legal and professional responsibility of nurses in regards to maintaining patients’ privacy and their confidentiality. The NMC competency states that nurses must respect patients’ right to confidentiality regardless of race or creed. The issue of privacy and confidentiality
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Abstract This study sought to test the use of operant conditioning principles to increase the levels of exercise of the author‚ more specifically to increase the quantity of push-ups and sit-up sets. A baseline measuring of the sum of both sets of exercise was recorded over a 10 day period. An intervention plan was then used in an attempt to increase the levels of exercise sessions done in the subsequent 10 day intervention testing period. The Bloom’s method was used in the analysis to compare the
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Exercise and Obesity in African American Women African American women are more affected by obesity than any other ethnic group. Obesity leads to various illness and diseases and therefore should be seriously examined. One of the most common causes for obesity is the absence of or very little exercise. Given the high rate of physical inactivity and obesity among African American women there is an urgent need to better understand what barriers need to be removed in order to obtain increases in physical
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Name: Nathaniel Ong Section: EH Date: August 30‚ 2012 Topic: Sedentary Lifestyle “Humans are designed to move‚ not to stay still” (Weiler and Stamatakis‚ 2010‚ p#2). It says that people are made to be physically active and not to be a sluggard‚ which is known to have a sedentary lifestyle. A sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle with insufficient or irregular physical activities. It is commonly found in both the developed and
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WHY EVERY PARENT‚ TEACHER AND COACH SHOULD ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS 1. Sports are fun. 2. Participation in sports gives a child a higher level of self-esteem and a more positive outlook on life. 3. Children who participate in sports experience lower levels of depression. 4. Children who participate in sports have more positive body image and experience higher states of psychological well-being than those who do not play sports. 5. It teaches child
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