Essays on Obesity Rates

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Abstract Overweight and obesity are considered as the problems in which excessive or abnormal fat accumulates in the body that may impair health. Nearly, 13% of the adult population in the world was obese in the year 2014. Moreover, the global prevalence of obesity has increased by more than two times between the years 1980 and 2014. Obesity was once considered as the problem of developed and high-income countries but now the problem has also been found increasing in the middle- and low-income countries, especially in urban settings. It is important to note that some of ...

Obesity

Introduction Even if obesity has tapered off in the United States and contrary to our very worst fears, it is clear that dropping the overall rate of 38% of obese adults is a challenge that one can take on from a public health standpoint (“Obesity Rates”, 2017). Without a doubt, the Root Cause Analysis tool can come in handy here given that its five clear steps can help us get to the crux of the problem (“Root Cause”, 2017). So, without any further ado, let’s find long lasting solutions for the obesity problems in the United States. In ...

Proposed Solution

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of obesity among children has tripled from 6.5% in 1980 to 18.6% as of 2008. This is contrary to the prevalence of adults which has doubled. An effective solution for the overall problem of obesity should therefore focus more on children. Consequently, the proposed solution focuses more on school-going children given that a huge proportion of the target population (children) attends school, which is an important point of the socialization process for children. The solution involves inculcating practices and policies in schools that promote healthy habits with ...

Quantitative research article

Empirical research in bioethical journals. A quantitative analysis by Borry, P., Schotsmans, P., & Dierickx, K.

Background/Introduction

The background of the research was to analyze the nature and evolution of the published empirical research in the fields of bioethics and medical ethics (Borry et al., 2006). This was prompted by an intense debate about the relationship between the normative and empirical perceptions of bioethics. By that time, there were only two studies which had described the nature and evolution of published empirical research in the field of bioethics and ethics and this study paper had to carry more research on this ...

The US is one of the many wealthiest countries in the world and according to research it has the highest obesity rates. The research shows that one-third of US population is obese, and a third is overweight. Other researchers show that high-income countries have greater rates of obesity compared to middle and low-income countries (Averett and Korenman 15). Over the years, obesity has increased even among children. Research on obesity between adults and children show that approximately 36% of adults and 17% of children in the US are obese. Statistics of the children reveal that a quarter of 2-5 ...

Introduction

Childhood obesity is one of the major contemporary health and social, physical and psychological issue. Beside the most examined health issues also the psychological and social are very important that are derived from the obesity. Children are confronted with discrimination, which result in negative body image, low self-esteem, depressions and other which shows that the issue must be examined from different aspects. Obesity has severe impacts on the children with numerous social and health related concerns. Psychology as a discipline can help to decrease the alarming rates of obese children in the country. There have been various factors identified ...

Psychology:

Psychology: When we are children, the smallest things can have such immense impacts on one’s life. A child’s world generally revolves around complete possibility, positivity, and spontaneity. However this natural process can all be easily violated when a child is subject to sexual abuse. This violation comes with an abundance of psychological, social, and psychological effects. Mainly looking at the physical effects such immoral retribution subjugates children too, it can ultimately said that childhood sexual abuse can establish severe physical effects in which may completely violate the trust and core of a child’s relationship with the ...