Category: Obesity

When reviewing income in Princeton, Indiana, the median income is 41,340 with 15% of the population living in poverty (United States Census Bureau, 2017, Income and Poverty section). Although the percent of the population living in poverty is relatively low, 1,971 children in Gibson County are receiving free or reduced lunches (United States Census, 2017,…

One of the Leading Health Indicators of Healthy People 2020 is nutrition, physical activity, and obesity. Throughout the progress of Healthy People 2020 from 2010 until now, the target for this indicator is 20.1% for Adults meeting physical activity and muscle-strengthening Federal guidelines, the rate in the most recent year is 20.6%. However, for obesity…

Its all too common to see someone and make a snap judgement about them. We are all guilty of forming preconceived notions about others, whether theyre regarding race, gender, clothing, or any other superficial feature. Disappointingly enough, ones weight falls under the umbrella of prejudice. The stigma surrounding obesity is in part due to the…

Abstract Obesity is a medical condition in wich the body fat is accumulated to an extent that it may have a negative effect on health. To calculate if a person is obese or not we use the formula of body mass index (BMI), in wich weight (in kilogram) is divided by height (in meter) squared.…

Introduction There is an obesity epidemic in the Western world. In this write up we will be discussing obesity, its causes and the role biochemistry can play to help provide solutions to this issue. Obesity is a condition in which the body weight increases above the limits of a physical requirement due to excessive accumulation…

Obesity is a chronic illness that it mainly consists when you have a high percentage of fat in your body. Obesity its produced when you consume extra calories than what your body needs accumulating body fat, making you gain a lot of weight, and it affects your health negatively, causing difficult diseases. To calculate weather,…

Did you know that …at least 2.8 million people each year [die] as a result of being overweight or obese? World Health Organization. (2017, obesity). Obesity is a big issue that is affecting people of all ages around the world. There are many causes of obesity such as overeating, genetics, hormones, the environment, and lack…

High blood pressure in children and adolescents is a growing health problem, along with the worldwide epidemics of obesity physical inactivity and nutritional factors (Wang, et al., 2019). There is evidence of a consistent link between vitamin D and blood pressure, the study highlighted the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and hypertension in adolescents, supplementation…

Sociological imagination is a quality of mind that individuals think of their own problems as matters that are private or they have caused themselves rather than the culture or historical context around them. C. Wright Mills states cultural imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. With…

Introduction This essay will include a comprehensive analysis of the issue of childhood obesity. Since a child’s early development, circumstances and experiences influence and define their long-term health and prospective health disparities. Thus, establishing a good start in life is a vital public health concern. It makes social and economic sense to establish programs focused…