61 20 November 2012 Causes Of Childhood Obesity In America Obesity in children has dramatically increased in the last twenty years‚ and has become a growing issue in the United States. According to the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey‚ 16 percent of children age 6-19 years are overweight‚ and another 15 percent are at the risk of becoming overweight or obese. Although specific causes for the increase in prevalence of childhood obesity is not clear‚ researchers have found
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Running Head: Tackling Chilhood Obesity Addressing The Issue of Childhood Obesity Kimberly Richmond Eng 122 Jaclyn Mallan – King October 28th‚ 2010 Tackling Childhood Obesity Ever since the 2001 release
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A health educator benefits from using a theoretical framework when designing a health promotion program for numerous reasons. Two reasons are that theories serve as a guide for programs and interventions and they also help us reach goals and understand human behavior. First‚ a theoretical framework should be used to provide guidance for a program or intervention as it helps to develop measurable objectives and to choose the best strategies and methods for certain populations and health behaviors
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The ecological models of health behavior is based on the premise that behavior has multiple levels of influence. These levels are: - Intrapersonal factors: characteristics of factors at the individual level. It includes knowledge‚ attitudes‚ behavior‚ self-efficacy‚ developmental history‚ gender‚ age‚ religious identity‚ racial/ethnic identity‚ sexual orientation‚ economic status‚ financial resources‚ values‚ or goals. - Interpersonal factors‚ including family‚ friends‚ peers‚ co-workers‚ religious
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researchers investigated University students on their nutrients belief and their health behavior intention. In order to gather data for this study researchers used an online survey in which they received 253 questionnaires in return (Hak- Sean et al.‚ 2012). This survey only targeted students who had knowledge of how important nutrient is to their health. By students having the knowledge of how important eating healthy is to their health demonstrated the HBM theory. In which people were knowledgeable of the
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Childhood Obesity: An Analysis of Food in Children’s Television Shows There are more obese children in the current times than ever before‚ and many people blame many different sources. One of these sources is Television; whether it is the act of the children watching television‚ or the shows themselves and what the children are seeing on the programs. The main discussion in what children’s television programs are showing is ‘food’ – more specifically‚ unhealthy food. Many of the programs on
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What are the facts? Child obesity is a growing problem in Australia‚ with an estimated 2/3 of children considered overweight‚ 1/3 of which are considered obese. Coincidently‚ Australia not only has the most overweight children‚ it also has the highest proportion of junk food advertising on commercial television (Chapman et. al‚ 2006; Morton‚ 1990; Morton et. al.‚ 2005). In the period between 1985 and 1997 the number of overweight children doubled‚ and the number of obese young Australian’s
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Childhood Obesity: How to Stop it Before it Begins June 10‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity: How to Stop it Before it Begins In the past 20 years childhood obesity has dramatically increased in the United States. Approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children between the ages of 2-19 are obese. (Putnam‚ 2012). Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child’s health or wellbeing. Unfortunately due to the rise of obesity in children it is being recognized as a serious
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Help Belief Model (HBM) - - Hochbaum‚ Rosenstock‚ & Kegals (1950)   CONCEPT DEFINITION APPLICATION Perceived Susceptibility One’s opinion of chances of getting a condition Teenager’s who were deemed overweight or obese would more than likely be only too aware of the Social and Psychological aspects and not the ramifications of their morbidity rate lowing by their condition and the ensuing health problems in later life. The data and facts above speak for themselves and provision
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Challenges in Nursing: Increased Childhood Obesity & the Effects on Nursing Lance Van Middle Georgia State College Challenges in Nursing: Increased Childhood Obesity & the Effects on Nursing Modern nurses encounter many difficulties while fulfilling their role as a patient advocate‚ educator‚ and partner. One major task nurses are confronted with is the growing epidemic of childhood obesity as younger patients are being treated for serious conditions usually associated
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