Necessary alternative include a change in individual behavior and increase in education for people to understand the benefits and risk of obesity and how they can change. Continuing to provide interventions in schools and workplaces that allow healthier food choices and places that encourage more physical exercise (Sinfield, Baker, Pollard, & Yee, 2013). A global change needs to be done in order to change the agriculture of obesity and the government is the most importance asset in reversing the obesity epidemic because the government is the barrier that
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Article This article has information on estimated percentage deaths associated with Overweight and obesity. Using the research in this article I am going to prove the severity of obesity and the ending results if people do not do something about the obesity epidemic. Obesity can lead to death and to me that is truly scary. Society really needs to realize what being obese can do and I think the facts in this article will help me explain how severe obesity really is. Emm, Lydia G., Gillison, Fiona B., and Juszcyk, Dorota.
The two scholarly sources analyzed are an article from Endocrine Today, "Engage the village' to reverse childhood obesity" and a journal publication from Education, "Physical activity and childhood obesity: strategies and solutions for schools and parents." Both sources provide many different and similar views on childhood obesity. Each article explains the main causes or observations in lifestyles resulting in child obesity. Each article presents many different views, but have very similarities. The magazine article from Endocrine Today presents a simple background to a few causes of
A compelling statement provided by the article is that “Children ages six and eleven are the ones who are gaining large amounts of Annotated Bibliography Tracy Pp.2 weight.” The Institute of Medicine is sending out the message for this group of children who are victims of obesity that have more than tripled in the last thirty years. In using these sources it starts to strengthen a voice on why childhood obesity should be fading. Relevant causes of childhood obesity will also help because after stating facts and causes of childhood obesity each cause one by one. Childhood obesity increases each year and I understand because after studying the trend and the causes if it is not stopped it will be a bigger epidemic than we can handle. Levine, Susan and Rob Stein, “Obesity Threatens a Generation”: Washington Post 17 May 2008 17 Nov 2008
It is estimated that the number of overweight children has doubled in the last two to three decades. This article also associates obesity to mothers while the child is in utero and there should be emphasis placed on family behaviors proper diet after weaning of a child and making information available to help reduce childhood obesity. The Arthur recommends the following to decrease obesity at the prenatal stage he recommends good prenatal health and nutrition. In infancy it is said that mothers should breast feed until 6 months of age and do not give solid foods until a child is over six months and at that time introduce a diet that is well balanced and snacks that are low in calories. At the preschool age foods should be given that are healthy and keep children away from junk foods.
Caring for populations: assessment and diagnosis Barbara Vonarx Chamberlain Community Nursing NR443 Connie Ash November 23, 2013 Caring for populations: assessment and diagnosis INTRODUCTION According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), childhood obesity in the United States is now 17%; triple the rate just one generation ago. ("Childhood," 2013) Because of this growing problem with a preventable affliction, it seems that community health must be focused on methods to turn the trend around and promote healthy lifestyles for parents and children. The scope of the problem can be evaluated if one looks at the correlation between demographic risk factors, socioeconomic status and community resources. COMMUNITY Merced California
In an attempt to provide the whole community access the Replex has attempted to provide discounted rates for families that cannot afford the full membership. LeRoy has many single parent families as well as elderly who would benefit from the use of this facility to fight the non-communicable diseases spoke about in the beginning of this letter as a result of obesity and overweight. With the prevention and public health funds offering investment to promote wellness in the community I would propose the release of funds to the Replex to pay for those in the community to have the opportunity to use the facility. In having a paid membership children and adults alike can take part in classes or the use of facilities to exercise bettering their physical fitness status providing them a health that some have lost in part to their sedentary
It contains information that is useful to help combat the childhood obesity epidemic. The information throughout the article identifies the risks of obesity, causes of obesity, and how to combat obesity. This article focused on trends and prevalence of childhood obesity from 1980 to present times, the health consequences of obesity in childhood, and nutrition benefits from infancy thru teenage years. This article is a peer-reviewed article which was accessed using the University of Phoenix library database. The reason the article is identified as a peer-reviewed article is because the information was reviewed prior to being
Relapse Rates in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Healthy People 2010 is a broad collection of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for the United States (US) to achieve over the first ten years of the twenty-first century. The two major goals of this project are to increase the overall quality and years of healthy living and reduce the incidence of health disparities (Healthy People 2010, 2000). Mental Health and Mental Disorders is a focus group included in the data. This paper will attempt to describe a specific objective located within that focus group: “Reduce the relapse rates for persons with eating disorders including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa” (Kneisl, Wilson, & Trigoboff, 2004, p. 25).