The incidence of obesity is increasing worldwide‚ “more than 1 billion adults overweight at least 300 million of them clinically obese.” (PUSKA‚ NISHIDA and PORTER‚ 2003). Obesity reduce the overall quality of life. It poses a major risk for serious diet related chronic diseases‚ including heart disease‚ type 2 diabetes‚ stroke‚ and some types of cancer and it is associated with poorer mental health outcomes and premature death. Enjoying a better diet to reduce obesity and increase the overall
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What Are the Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity? Being overweight or obese isn’t a cosmetic problem. These conditions greatly raise your risk for other health problems. Overweight and Obesity-Related Health Problems in Adults Coronary Heart Disease As your body mass index rises‚ so does your risk for coronary heart disease(CHD). CHD is a condition in which a waxy substance called plaque (plak) builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart.
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Public health is defined as the Science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life‚ and promoting health through organized community efforts. These include sanitation‚ control of contagious infections‚ hygiene education‚ early diagnosis and preventive treatment‚ and adequate living standards. It requires understanding not only of epidemiology‚ nutrition‚ and antiseptic practices but also of social science. Historical public health measures included quarantine of leprosy victims in the Middle
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What is Public Health? Heather L Tuttle Intro to Public Health Kent State University 19 Dec 2010 Pg 1 When asked what public health is‚ a majority of people will say healthcare for the poor; however‚ public health goes much deeper than that. Although the definition of public health has changed over the years the modern meaning is “the totality of all evidence-based public and private efforts that preserve and promote health and prevent disease‚ disability and death.” Public health is very
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Occupational Therapy and School Mental Health What Is School Mental Health‚ and How Does It Impact Student Success? Mental health can be defined as “…a state of successful performance of mental function‚ resulting in productive activities‚ fulfilling relationships with other people‚ and the ability to adapt to change and to cope with adversity” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ 1999). School mental health can be defined as any mental health service or support provided in a school
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that‚ National Health Service is currently experiencing one of the most important changes in its history. In the process‚ in order to outline the main features of the current reforms to NHS‚ this essay reveals some major problems these include; what is NHS 2010 White Paper? What are the main proposals for change? Why did they make changes? Accordingly‚ the essay will evaluate the reasons and implications and conclude with some important points with NHS. In fact‚ the National Health Service (NHS)
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Family Centered Health Promotion Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V 05/12/2013 Definition of Health Promotion is increasing awareness‚ indentifying alternatives and influencing attitudes of the people‚ so that they can make an informed decision and change their behaviors to achieve an optimal level of mental‚ physical and social health. Health promotion is also defined as the process of empowering people to improve and take control of their health to optimize the quality of their lives. Ennis
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Health Promotion in Nursing Care Many years ago‚ people focused on disease and illness and not staying healthy or preventing illness from occurring. People did not go to the doctor for wellness checks but rather only if they had an ailment. Immunizations have removed some of the diseases that were causing death among the individuals that had contracted the illness. Health promotion has come to the forefront in medical practice since the movement of Healthy People that focuses on health and not
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Australian health care system consists of many providers that deliver a plethora of care services‚ but the two models predominate for obesity is the promotion of health and disease prevention. Health promotion and disease prevention both place a specific emphasis on obesity by aiming to improve an individual’s health and well-being. In further‚ health promotion intends to embrace actions that “enable people to increase control over and to improve their health” (The Department of Health‚ 2017). On
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Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Review of Literature Healthcare promotion is defined as being the process of enabling people to increase control over; and to improve‚ their health.(www.who.int/topics/health_promtion/en/) Healthcare promotion has changed over the years due to communities and the general public becoming more educated and aware of how diet‚ exercise and how one lives their lifestyle impact their future. People now are becoming more aware of how obesity and smoking are
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