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Showing 1 to 20 of 2657 for “"Obesity"”.
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An exploration of obesity: childhood onset obesity and adult onset obesity
<p>The prevalence of obesity in the United States can be considered alarming, given its dramatic increase over the past twenty years. A large percentage of the obese population suffers from both medical and psychological side effects. This study focused on how non-obese and obese individuals …
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Childhood obesity
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Culture of Obesity
… of corporations articulate with the growing obesity epidemic. For this study, existing data from one southeastern university was collected to describe the articulation between the university and obesity. The analysis examined the collected information and used the cultural studies concept of …
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Oppression of Obesity
… cultural influences and oppressive effects of obesity among 10 highly visible adults in contemporary USA media. The following research questions guided the study: (a) What are the influential cultural factors affecting the increase of obesity in the USA? (b) What are the oppressive effects of …
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Rehabilitation of obesity
… throughout the life span that interact to cause obesity. Heredity factors, overfeeding in infancy and childhood, repeated dieting, inactivity, lifestyle and psychosocial conditions all contribute to the incidence of obesity.
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Planning Out Obesity
The increase in obesity levels is not only an international health crisis but also a social and financial burden. Traditional health promotion approaches to address the problem have received limited success. The collaboration of a number of diverse sectors, for example social, economic, and …
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Mobile obesity study
The prevalence of overweight and obesity has steadily increased over the years among all genders, ages, racial and ethnic groups, educational levels, and smoking levels [15]. From 1960 to 2004, the prevalence of overweight increased from 44.8 to 66 percent in U.S. adults age 20 to 74 [14]. The …
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Obesity Education For Hmong Adolescents With Obesity In Pediatric Primary Care
<p>Pediatric obesity has doubled over the past four decades, affecting 19.7% of children in the United States. This chronic, complex condition is shaped by the social determinants of health, particularly among marginalized minorities such as the Hmong community. Obesity not only increases morbidity …
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Obesity accelerates mammary carcinogenesis in a rat model of polygenic obesity susceptibility
Given the ongoing obesity epidemic, in which more women in the US are overweight or obese than are lean, the impact of obesity on the development of breast cancer is an important public health concern. Obese women with breast cancer generally have larger tumors and poorer prognosis than lean women …
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Childhood obesity treatment: integrating mobile health technology into a paediatric obesity service
Background: The management of childhood obesity is challenging. Aims: Thesis, i) reviews the evidence for lifestyle treatment of obesity, ii) explores cardiometabolic burden in childhood obesity, iii) explores whether changes in body composition predicts change in insulin sensitivity (IS), iv) …
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Origin of disease-obesity
… the different views and the high prevalence of obesity from the cultural, social and physical aspect of the view of obesity. this study show that obesity as a disease is a wide and complex phenomenon and how each different view of obesity lead to the high prevalence of obesity.
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Obesity Induced Colorectal Cancer
… It is important to study the negative impact of obesity on the body and population and the etiology of colorectal cancer. My goal was to create a mathematical model that relates obesity and insulin and captures the impact of increasing levels of insulin on the insulin growth factor -1 (IGF-1) …
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Bisphenol A and Obesity
Obesity and excess body fat is generally blamed on low physical activity and pour eating habits. However, there is increasing evidence that environmental chemicals, such as Bisphenol A (BPA), recently linked to altered adipose and glucose metabolism, may be aggravating the problem. Due to chronic …
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Equine obesity-related hyperleptinemia
… approaches were used to further study equine obesity-related hyperleptinemia. The first experiment determined the prevalence of hyperleptinemia among postpartum, lactating mares, evaluated its consequence on their re-breeding success, and investigated correlations between leptin levels in …
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Pediatric Obesity: Intervention Outcomes
<p>Childhood obesity is a national epidemic with serious medical and psychological implications. Almost one-fourth of children in the United States are overweight. Children do not typically grow out of obesity and without intervention the majority of overweight children become overweight adults. …
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Clinical Essentials for Obesity
… health psychologists to be prepared to address obesity, foundational information on obesity is required. Psychologists have the potential to assist with lifestyle and behavioral modifications, especially when weight problems are tied to mental health conditions. Furthermore, clinicians can focus …
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Essays on childhood obesity
… consists of three essays on childhood obesity. The first essay, “What Money Can Buy: Family Income and Childhood Obesity” investigates the relationship between family income and childhood obesity using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K). In …
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Obesity Relapse in Women
Obesity and relapse after dieting pose a significant threat to an increasing number of adults in this country. Resistance to treatment and high relapse rates make this problem frustrating for patients and practitioners. There is limited research on relapse causation; research on social and life …
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