Overweight

1. In the nursing study above, what lifestyle factors developed by Tom after his wife’s death have become dangerous to his health? There are several factors that Tom developed after his wife’s death that could be dangerous to his health. One of these include that he now likes to “sit in front of the television for most of the day without actually remembering what is was that he had seen” (Jett & Touhy, 2016). Also, the case showed that before Tom started going to the senior center that he got no…

throughout the report to explain the effects of the theory on the recovery phase or how it could help to prevent it from happening. (Blackburn & Kanders, 1994) state that obesity is medically defined as excessive adipose tissue. The most commonly held theory of obesity is that it is caused by chronic positive energy balance, namely , the individual consumes more energy than is expended. Changes in weight can be understood in terms of the energy balance, it means that a person gains weight…

The United States is known too be the world's most obese country. Americans are unaware of the total fats and calories they consume in their everyday meals or foods.In this article the editor discusses that people have power of their own body and decisions in regards to food and exercises. Moreover, people have the ability to have a healthy diet or put their lives in danger just by not taking care of their own bodies. Everyone should recognize that its extremely important to know what…

Viviana's Response "In fact, 19 year olds spent as much time being inactive and sedentary as 60 year olds" according to Alice Park. Over the years, it has been clearly seen that the active rate of most people has drastically decreased, especially in teens. As the rate rises, teens no longer find a need for being physically active or exercising, and miss out on all of the benefits like strong muscle gain, improvements to their outer features such as skin, and even mental health. Exercising…

Through the years, Morbid Obesity has significantly risen throughout the world and rates have continued to rise rapidly. Last 2008 the World Health Organization reports that approximately 1.5 billion adults (greater than 20 years of age) were overweight and 500 million were obese on the basis of global estimates. In 2010 it was estimated that 6.6% of the American population or about 15.5 million adult Americans had an actual BMI over 40. It is concluded in numerous orthopaedic studies that the…

always on the heavier side of the scale in comparison to other kids. To be more precise, my doctor once told me that I was in the 90th percentile on the body mass index for other males my age. This placed me at a threshold that meant I was extremely overweight and on the verge of obesity. My weight was something that others used as a target to bully and demean me. So when I began high school at 14 years old, I decided to make a change for my health and wellness. Getting in shape, eating…

move fast and to have no flexibility. Losing mobility can affect every aspects of life especially if every little effort becomes hard. Moreover, because of that they began gaining more weight, which will make it worse. I remember a story about an overweight person who started to become an obese because of the difficulties of moving and as a result she tried to kill herself because of the extreme depression, in view of the fact that she hatted it when people offers help, as she had difficulties…

and type two diabetes are respectively as follow: Gender-( OR= 1.1, 95% CI = 1.081, 1.12), Hypertension- (OR= 5.555, 95% CI = 5.445, 5.668), Tobacco use- (OR= 0.9036, 95% CI = 0.8803, 0.9275), BMI- (OR (obese) = 2.179, 95% CI = 2.118, 2.241), (OR (overweight) = 5.01, 95% CI = 4.88, 5.15), Physical activity- (OR (1-149 min) = 0.5618, 95% CI = 0.5466, 0.5774), (OR (150 + min) = 0.4965, 95% CI = 0.4863, 0.5068), (Age group- (OR (25-44) =3.955, 95% CI = 3.455, 4.527), (OR (45-64) = 157.3, 95% CI =…

the chance of getting a cardiovascular disease greatly. Another effect is, diabetes, which is a huge problem in adults, but an obese kid will form prediabetes, which will eventually lead to diabetes as they get older. As the CDC article states “Overweight and obesity are associated with increased…

This equates to approximately 29 million youth engaged in sport in the United States (Myer et al., 2016). Despite high participation in sport, approximately 32% of children and youth (2-19 years of age) are either overweight or obese with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to the 85th percentile (obese is greater than 95th percentile) (Siegel, Robinson, Johnston, Lindley, & Pfeiffer, 2015). Siegal et al. (2015) believes physical inactivity is a major contributor…