Bariatrics

Analyze How the Selected Disease Process Affects Patients, Families, and Populations in Your Community By this point, everyone knows obesity increases medical costs for everyone through higher risk of comorbidities. This in itself is unable to provide motivation for change. Even with increased accessibility to healthy options, many people still choose to continue their current lifestyle despite innovative education. Figuring out personal triggers can make the difference towards change. Loved…

Fast food, the addictive food that many people can not go a day without eating. In our society, fast food has become the “norm” when we are looking for something to eat, causing our society to accept it as something to eat all the time. Fast food can affect our bodies more than most people can comprehend. According to the United States Healthful Food Council, 8 out of 10 people eat fast food monthly and half eat it weekly. By ingesting these large amounts of fatty, salty, and sweet foods,…

Synthesis of Literature Multiple steps were utilized in critically appraising research articles for this project in order to decipher if enough valid and reliable evidence was collected from the evidence search to make recommendations for an innovative project at LakeWood Health Center. These steps included searching for and analyzing articles for validity, reliability, and applicability utilizing a rapid critical appraisal checklist presented in Evidence Based Practice in Nursing &…

“The prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008; and from children in the age group of 12 to 19 it increased from 5.0% to 18.1%” (www.cdc.com). It is said that obese youth are more likely to have terrible health issues as adults. SOC is not a weight loss program; it is a lifestyle teaching program. The SOC organization is different from the so-called fat camps cropping up around the world. The program stage for a child at SOC is…

If you're overweight, you're likely to lose more weight through diet and exercise or through bariatric procedures — such as gastric bypass surgery — than you would with liposuction.” This shows that exercising and eating aren’t the only solutions to obesity but getting fat surgically removed is another option. Although there are side effects to this…