Greg Last‚ a local doctor‚ shared the following story about obesity‚ “I’ve been a physician for nearly forty years but it wasn’t until just recent years I’ve seen staggering amounts of patients with chronic illnesses related to an inactive and overfed lifestyle‚” (Last). Here‚ in America obesity rates are on what seems to be an unstoppable incline. Recent statistics show that from 1980 to 2000 obesity rates more than doubled. It was then described as reaching epidemic proportions not much later
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Obesity is characterized by a ratio greater than 29.9 of body mass in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. The mass is adipose tissue as an inert depot for excess energy has shifted. Adipose tissue is recognized as a dynamic organ and play important roles. Obesity exhibit increased marker of inflammation such as macrophage infiltration‚ C-reactive protein and tissue factor. Obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes‚ cardiovascular disease‚ hypertension‚ stroke‚ sepsis‚ impaired wound healing
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Rights Reserved M I L L I M A N Research Report Obesity: A Big Problem Getting Bigger Kate Fitch‚ RN‚ MEd‚ CCM Bruce Pyenson‚ FSA‚ MAAA Steven Abbs Margaret Liang Peer Review by Tom Ruehle‚ FSA‚ MAAA; Kathy Zaharias‚ RN‚ MBA MILLIMAN RESEARCH REPORT March 2004 Obesity: A Big Problem Getting Bigger PAGE I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. DEFINITION OF OBESITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Professor’s Name Course Date Childhood Obesity The scientists and doctors around the world are increasingly concerned about the problem of childhood obesity in recent years. They are trying to find a way out of this situation and conduct numerous studies regarding this problem. This specialists’ attitude is understandable - from year to year‚ childhood obesity is a growing health burden of the younger generation of the entire planet. As well as adults obesity‚ childhood obesity is caused by a whole set of reasons
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computer time‚ to childhood obesity that can cause future complications‚ such as diabetes‚ and other chronic diseases. However‚
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October 22‚ 2007 Video Games and Obesity In just two decades‚ the prevalence of obesity doubled for U.S. children ages 6 to 11‚ and tripled for American teenagers (Childhood Obesity). Obesity is an excessive accumulation of fat causing a person to become overweight. It is a serious and growing health problem‚ especially for kids. One major factor to the problem of children becoming obese is‚ video games. Video games have advanced dramatically over the years. From hitting a ball back
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Obesity and mental health. The assignment extract addressed obesity‚ various associated health risks and some of the challenges relating to diet and weight management. This literature search will investigate if there is any link between an individual’s mental health and obesity‚ while outlining related challenges to effective weight management. Are people with mental health issues‚ such as depression‚ anxiety or schizophrenia more likely to be obese than the general population? If so is there
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Obesity is a huge issue all around the world and it is something we see every day. Obesity and national health is something which is of big concern for our society. Our health affect our future and the unhealthier we are the more expensive for the society. But who is really to blame for the cause of obesity‚ ourselves or the society? The article “How Britain got so fat” by Sarah Boseley discuss the issue of obesity in Britain and whether or not society is to blame. The article is an edited extract
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discussion or magazine articles that are online. I decided to look at dieting and obesity for my research task. I first thought about whether or not I thought dieting was good for a person and decided that it wasn’t good for people. Then I started to research more and found that what I believed was right. Dieting isn’t good for a person because once you lose weight; you put it back on when you stop. I then looked at obesity more closely. I researched it to discover what it was and how it could be treated
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Should obesity be categorized as a disease? Obesity is not actually a lifestyle‚ it is a disease because there are medical reasons that make obesity actually a disease. The American Medical Association declared obesity as being a disease. There are many different definitions of disease that make is very hard and confusing to define just how obesity is a disease. According to merriam-webster a disease is “a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning
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