Population and Health Disparity Over 4.3 million Hispanics live in Florida. Obesity is prevalent among Hispanics, especially those coming from Mexico (“Current status,” 2018). Obesity occurs in Hispanics more often than in Whites. Obesity is one of the enduring health problems in US healthcare Obesity leads to heart diseases, loss...
Introduction Several aspects of the proposed intervention can be addressed from the point of view of relevant academic literature. Particularly, it is important to recognize that parental supervision and guidance can have different forms, and literature should be analyzed for the advantages and disadvantages of these forms. Also, to ensure...
Food Group Intakes The analysis of food intakes indicates that some food groups meet or exceed the recommended levels, whereas most food groups meet the recommended consumptions. The consumption of grains (2 ounces) is under the recommended level (6 ounces) because whole grains level is 1 ounce, which is below...
Introduction Topic Research question: What are the effects of racial or ethnic backgrounds on trends in childhood obesity in the United States? Working thesis: There has been a global upsurge of childhood obesity which is caused by imbalances in caloric intake and utilization, both of which are dependent on behavioral...
The article was written by Salandy and Nies (2013) focuses on the research study conducted to reveal the connection between college students’ nutrition and the way they interact with others, manage stress, and drink alcoholic beverages. The professionals were interested in the health behaviors in this population because they realized...
Research Design and Sampling Strategy Introduction A research design and a sampling strategy are among the most important factors determining the accuracy of the results obtained in the course of the nursing study. The former refers to the framework selected by the researcher to organize the constituents of the study...
Assignment Questions The price that an obese nation has to pay is manifold, and this fact is explained and illustrated by the people who are interviewed in the episode “Consequences” created by Chaykin and Johnson (2012). First of all, as Thomas Frieden insists, the costs of healthcare are bound to...
Introduction The given research is focused on the problem of obesity, particularly on the efficaciousness of sports exercises in comparison with medication therapy in patients who suffer from obesity. PICOT Statement The patients who suffer from morbid obesity (MO) participated in this research. During one year some of them were...
Introduction Background and Significance of the Problem Obesity is an issue that is faced by people of all ages worldwide. It develops from a simple overweight and leads to a range of complications. This problem is associated with other diseases so that a patient becomes not able to live in...
Evidence-based nursing empowers clinicians to apply or introduce appropriate interventions that can address patients’ needs. This objective is achievable when caregivers use clinical information, evidence, or ideas to offer competent care. Nurses can apply evidence-based guidelines to support the management of illnesses across the age continuum. This paper discusses how...
Introduction Human health is directly related to nutrition patterns a person employs, and improper diet inevitably leads to pathological changes in vital functions. Healthy eating habits play a key role in the prevention and treatment of diseases of the heart, stomach, liver, kidneys, and so on. The purpose of this...
Introduction Obesity is a chronic disease that tends to progress. Clinical manifestations and etiology of this disease are well-studied. Because obesity and metabolic disorders associated with it are a serious problem reaching the level of a pandemic, researchers actively search for ways to solve this issue and suggest improved methods...
Introduction Despite the recent efforts to reduce childhood obesity, it persists as a well-recognized problem in the United Kingdom, highlighting the need to study factors that contribute to childhood obesity. Most recent data suggests that a third of all children in the UK are classified as obese or overweight (Fat...
Introduction Numerous studies have concluded that the rate of obesity among children and adults in the United States has been on an increasing trend over the past several decades. This can be attributed to many factors, including the eating habits of the population, lifestyle choices concerning exercise, and genetic factors....
Introduction The article selected for critique was interested in establishing how a yoga-based intervention provided to overweight and obese study participants over a short duration of time affected their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Yadav, Yadav, Pandey, and Kochar (2016) clearly identified the research problem as the inability of overweight...
The Impact of Genetics on Policy Issues When dealing with sickle cell disease, it is necessary to pay attention to the impact of genetics on policy issues. The genetic screening and testing of children are typical activities in the process of diagnosing sickle cell disease. However, it is necessary to...
Introduction The last several decades could be characterized by the significant alterations of the traditional peoples lifestyle. The rise of technologies and their implementation in the majority of activities performed by individuals during their lifespan resulted in the decrease of efforts needed to accomplish a certain task. Additionally, alterations could...
Introduction It was once a rarity, then, it became a delicacy – now, it is considered to be an unhealthy temptation. The attitude to chocolate has undergone critical changes, but since it ventured into the Gulf, its fan club would always remain stable. The modern mass media’s appeal for healthy...
Since 1981, the value of foods served to children in the American public schools has been a raised a political, social and philosophical debate. Since President Reagan’s decision to include ketchup in the ‘vegetable’ category as a way of saving money in school lunch programs in 1981, the debate has...
The implementation of the planned intervention is inseparable from identifying stakeholders associated with the success of the proposed projects as well as the barriers to the intervention introduction potentially imposed by the key stakeholders. In school-based interventions, there are commonly several groups of stakeholders: external influences, structural levels, internal school...