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    Obesity In America

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    Over the past several years obesity hasn’t just increased drastically, it has doubled. Due to the drastic increase and the rate of obesity health factors have also went up significantly. Obesity contributes to many major health complications such as congestive heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, and cancer. In this paper we are going to explore the causes and effects of obesity, and what we as nurses can do to help. Obesity is an increase in the body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and

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    Childhood Obesity According to the World Health Organization, childhood obesity percentages have increased from 1% to 6% in last 40 years or so. A rise like this has not happened in any recorded history. If nothing is changed soon those rates will climb. Obesity, as of late, has been a trademark of the United States of America to other countries. There are constantly bigger and bigger unhealthy meals advertised on the media creating a culture of unhealthy food. These meals are cheap and convenient

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    eliminating incessant health challenges. Today, in the US, the obesity rate has soared from 27.6% to

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    Child Obesity Paper

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    Obesity is a huge epidemic in America, as more alarming statistics begin to emerge - including estimates that 30% of all adults and as many as one-third of all children in the US are obese. About one in five children in the United States is now overweight! (Child Obesity Facts, 1999, para.2) Childhood obesity has lasting psychological effects, due to parental knowledge, lack of physical activities, and food advertisement; which has made obesity become a major health issue in many young children's

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    Obesity Close to over one-third of adults living in the United States are obese (Diet and Obesity). Unfortunately, one third of children in the United States are also obese or overweight. Obesity has grown throughout the United States and has led to major health problem and can even be fatal. About 365,000 or more people die every year due to obesity. With numbers increasing obesity should be furthered examined to help prevent these conditions in Americans. The government should take more vigorous

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    Obesity is a health crisis in the United States (US) as well as all over the world (American Heart Association, 2015). It is estimated that 20% of the adult population in the world will be obese by 2030 (Jones & Bloom, 2015). According to Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC, 2015), more than one-third of the US adult population is obese and in the last 20 years the prevalence of obesity in the adult population have escalated dramatically from 15% to 35%. These trends have significantly

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    Obesity is defined by a person’s body mass index (BMI), which compares that person’s height to their weight without considering factors like their build or the amount of muscle they have. It also happens to be a growing problem in the United States with over one-third of the adult population being obese according to the CDC. Not only are these people suffering from carrying around excess body weight but being obese also puts them at a higher risk for potential health problems. Obesity is not only

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    Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, because of the high general risk of an individual eventually becoming obese. For children of the 21st century, obesity is one of the most diseases. There are many causes/factors that lead to obesity but researchers identify genetics, overeating and a lack of exercise as three of the major causes. As a result of obesity, children suffer from both immediate and long-term effects on health and well-being. The Center of Disease and Control Prevention identifies states

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    the price of enjoying the luxury privilege of overindulgence of food. The youth of the new modern American society has fallen victim to obesity. Over the past few decades, childhood obesity rates have skyrocketed and it has since become an epidemic. There is no doubt that the human body encounters many changes throughout

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    Direct Causes Of Obesity

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    Obesity seems to be something that has been on the rise and continues to be as seen with recent studies. This essay will be using a chain effect to better help your understanding. The direct causes of obesity will be the first piece of information pointed out, and as the story continues, you will see what cause comes before the direct cause to make it happen. This way, the reader will know where obesity might have originally came from instead of listing just the direct cause. Then the essay will

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