There is a huge and growing concern regarding obesity amongst children in today’s society. It is a widely discussed topic in the United States. Obesity is considered to be one of the most dangerous health issues facing our children. Today childhood obesity is in issue because of the staggering proportions that this disease has reached in the past few years. Certain genetic factors paired with changing lifestyles and culture has produced kids (and adults) who generally not as healthy as people were
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A Behavior Model for Persuasive Design BJ Fogg Persuasive Technology Lab Stanford University captology.stanford.edu www.bjfogg.com bjfogg@stanford.edu Abstract This paper presents a new model for understanding human behavior. In this model (FBM)‚ behavior is a product of three factors: motivation‚ ability‚ and triggers‚ each of which has subcomponents. The FBM asserts that for a person to perform a target behavior‚ he or she must (1) be sufficiently motivated‚ (2) have the ability to perform the
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brings about change in a health condition or other defined characteristic (Kindig‚ 2007). A primary risk factor (causative factor) associated with the level of the health problem‚ that is‚ the degree of determinant influences the degree of the health issue (Kindig‚ 2007). With that said‚ health determinants are major factors that‚ over time‚ affect the health and well-being of individuals and populations. They are factors that influence an individual and a community’s health. Such as genetic makeup
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1080/10409281003668060 Training Early Childhood Educators to Promote Peer Interactions: Effects on Children’s Aggressive and Prosocial Behaviors Lisa-Christine Girard and Luigi Girolametto Department of Speech-Language Pathology‚ University of Toronto Elaine Weitzman and Janice Greenberg The Hanen Centre‚ Toronto‚ Ontario‚ Canada Research Findings: This study examined the effects of educators’ participation in an in-service training program on the aggressive and prosocial behaviors of preschool-age children
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Background of the Study Obesity is a major global epidemic and a burden to society and health systems. It is well known risk factor for a number of chronic medical conditions with high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to provide an estimate of the direct costs associated to outpatient and inpatient care of overweight and obesity related diseases in the perspective of the Brazilian Health System (SUS). Obesity poses a major public health challenge. Each year‚ obesity contributes to an estimated
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1 Does obesity lead to poor school performance? Estimates from propensity score matching Hongyun Han Department of Sociology‚ University of Wisconsin-Madison March 26‚ 2012 ABSTRACT High body weight is negatively associated with test scores among elementary and middle school students. Are these negative outcomes due to preexisting differences‚ or are they a casual effect of childhood obesity? To better understand the causal mechanisms underlying this pattern‚ I use a propensity score matching
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction Obesity among students has become a national phenomenon. It becomes a concern among the public and school personnel - including teachers‚ school psychologists‚ and counselors‚ as to the effects of student obesity. With the numbers of student obesity on the rise‚ it is important to see how school personnel‚ teachers‚ as well as other students perceive this situation. Overweight and obese students have a higher risk of continuing to become overweight
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Four models of organizational behavior are the autocratic‚ custodial‚ supportive‚ and collegial. The supportive and collegial models are more consistent with contemporary employee needs and‚ therefore‚ will predictably obtain more effect results in many situations. Managers need to examine the model they are using‚ determine whether it is the most appropriate one‚ and remain flexible in their use of alternative and emerging models. Although there are four separate models‚ almost no organization
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An Analysis of the Correlation Between Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity Karima Kaddouri Spring 2012 Research Paper # 2 Overweight children are an increasingly serious problem from the public health perspective‚ as they are at risk for a large number of diseases and medical issues like diabetes‚ cancer‚ and hypertension. The rate of teen obesity increased to 15.5 percent and the rate of childhood obesity rose to 15.3 percent since the eighties (Linn & Novosat 2008). More recently
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy Internet Addiction: The First Treatment Model for Internet Addiction written by Kimberly S. Young. This article presents internet addiction as one of the newest clinical disorder. Unfortunately‚ internet addiction is growing in many countries. The problem is detecting and diagnosing the addiction‚ but has been categorized with impulse-control disorders. Cognitive Behavior Therapy has been the most beneficial treatment for impulse-disorders. But this Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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