and needs food in order to survive. Thesis Statement: Eating non balance diet can result to weight problem underweight‚ overweight or obese. Underweight: Body Mass Index (BMI) of anything under 18. (Wu 75-6)‚ from underlying illnesses or diseases‚ from eating disorders like bulimia or anorexia nervosa or caused by genetics or by poverty or lack of food. (Wu 81-2). Overweight: Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 to 30. With the normal BMI of between 18.5 to 25 (Wu 83)‚ main cause is the consumption of
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in developing countries such as Chile and China (Finer‚ 2003). Worldwide‚ 22 million children under the age of five are overweight (Finer‚ 2003). Obesity is associated with significant morbidity and mortality‚ including cardiovascular‚ respiratory‚ orthopedic‚ gastrointestinal‚ endocrine‚ and psychosocial morbidities (Segal & Sanchez‚ 2001). As increasing numbers of overweight children and adolescents progress to adulthood‚ these complications are expected to
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Genetics‚ Physical Activity and illness. As you grow older‚ your body starts slowing down‚ and takes longer to break down foods you consume‚ so as you get older you have to start watching what you eat and how much you eat. Women tend to be more overweight than men [www.webmd.com]. Guys have a faster metabolic rate‚ which means they burn more energy than girls; guys require more calories to maintain their body weight. Obesity tends to run in families. In a study of adults who were adopted as children
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anytime in life. Because of the current epidemic of obesity among U.S. children‚ type 2 diabetes is increasingly found in teenagers. Obesity or being overweight. Diabetes has long been linked to obesity and being overweight. Research at the Harvard School of Public Health showed that the single best predictor of type 2 diabetes is being obese or overweight. Obesity and diabetes are both epidemic in the U.S. The most-used measure for obesity is BMI‚ which stands for body
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Tracy‚ 2006; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services). Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in America because the rates of child obesity are high‚ in every three children one is overweight or obese ages 2-19. These rates have been rising over the last three decades because in the 1970s children who were overweight or obese were at a 15 percent and today it has doubled to 30 percent (Paxson‚ Donahue‚ Grisso‚ & Orleans‚ 2006). At the rate child obesity is rising in America children are having more
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Childhood obesity is quickly becoming an epidemic. Many children are failing the standards for healthy eating habits and getting good exercise‚ which is the reason for their obesity. Parents and technology are also a huge impact on children becoming obese. After reading my essay I hope this will give you an idea of how these few problems can really affect your children’s health. Technology is a cause of children becoming obese. Children spend most of their time watching television or playing video
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neglected health issues in America causing an escalating global epidemic of overweight. Also known as “globesity” that is taking over the United States (Controlling the Global Obesity Epidemic). Although‚ obesity may not be the Black Death‚ it is still a severe health crisis that needs to be treated immediately (Griffin). Statistics show that two-thirds of adults and nearly one-third of children struggle with either being overweight or obese in the United States today (Abraham). “Obesity is a complex
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insurance companies and healthcare institutions should focus campaigns for healthy living to reduce future healthcare cost. The data that will be utilized to answer this business question will be the percent of children ages ten to seventeen that are overweight or obese in each of the fifty states. The states will then be categorized into their respective regions of East‚ South‚ Midwest‚ and West. It is important to look into the regions to see if there is a trend of obesity within a region‚ as this region
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target‚ overweight or obese. Today we will use the formula by plugging in my own personal information and determining if I am over weight‚ on target or obese. To start I plug in the formula BMI=703w/h2. W = weight‚ H = height. I am 5foot 5 so in the formula my height will be 5.5. After plugging in my info‚ I multiply 5.5 squared times 5.5 giving me the answer 30.25. I then divide 703W by 30.25 H. This then gives me the answer 23.24. Making W 23.24. Which is Equivalent to not being overweight. 703w/5
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against overweight job applicants: Further explorations of when and why. Human Resource Management‚ 46(2). Retrieved May 10‚ 2009‚ from Business Source Complete database. Fox‚ R Klein‚ K. (2007‚ May 3). Hiring obese employees. _ Business Week Online_‚ Retrieved May 3‚ 2009‚ from Business Source Complete database. Lombardo‚ N Nicholas‚ A. (2006‚ September). Super-sized liabilities. Inside Counsel‚16(178)‚ 18-20. Retrieved May 27‚ 2009‚ from Business Source Complete database. Overweight workers
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