What are the health risks of obesity? The number of people with obesity in the UK has more than trebled in the last 25 years. Doctors now say that the condition is reaching ’epidemic’ proportions. Why are they so concerned? A person is considered obese if they are very overweight with a high degree of body fat. Some experts believe obesity is responsible for more ill health than smoking. Being significantly overweight is linked to a wide range of health problems‚ including: Diabetes Heart disease
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Childhood obesity is a condition when a child’s weight is greatly rotund for their age and height. According to WHO 43 million children worldwide are overweight or obese‚ Children who are heavy as a child turn to be fat as an adult. “ A child who is obese at age 6 has a 25% chance of being obese as an adult‚ and a child who is obese at age 12 has a 75% chance of being obese as an adult” (Barness‚ 2007). The roots of childhood obesity and their risk factors can be unhealthy eating‚ heritage and lifestyles
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Teen pregnancy has become such an issue facing America that President Clinton has addressed the issue. Statistics show that every two minutes a teenager gives birth in the United States (Guernsey 6). This means that at least three thousand teenage girls become pregnant every day and almost one millione teenagers become pregnant every year (www.teenpregnancy.org). Four in ten teenage girls become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of twenty. Because of this high number‚ the United States
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Running Head: Teen Pregnancy Teenage Pregnancies and Health Risks Betty Samuelsen Western Governors University Teen girls should refrain from the peer pressure of becoming pregnant. Becoming pregnant at a young age may have consequences with the range of seriousness. Pregnant teens are encouraging others to become pregnant in the form of peer pressure. Teens are watching too much television that encourages them to become pregnant. Pregnancy is a major reason that the dropout rate of teen
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1. Discomfort during Pregnancy Nausea ‚ Pyrosis and Vomiting Fatigue Breast Tenderness Palmar Erythema Constipation Muscle Cramps Hypotension Varicosities Hemorrhoids Heart Palpitations Frequent Urination Abdominal Discomfort Leukorrhea Backache Headache Dyspnea Ankle Edema Braxton Hicks Contractions 2. Definition: a. Amenorrhea - It is the absence of menstrual flow. b. Quickening - Is the first moment a woman feels fatal movement. - It is the first movement of the fetus
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Pregnancy is the fertilization and development of one or more offspring‚ known as an embryo or fetus‚ in a woman’s uterus. It is the common name for gestation in humans. A multiple pregnancy involves more than one embryo or fetus in a single pregnancy‚ such as with twins. Childbirth usually occurs about 38 weeks after conception; in women who have a menstrual cycle length of four weeks‚ this is approximately 40 weeks from the start of the last normal menstrual period (LNMP). Human pregnancy is the
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The Effects of Early Pregnancy towards the Living and the Health of the Mother and Her Child. Purpose and Reason of the study: It is important to study Early Pregnancy because the rate of teenage pregnancy in our country is increasing; mothers are becoming even younger and younger these days. According to the studies conducted by the World Bank‚ the Philippines are among the top 10 countries where there are an increasing number of teenage mothers. Seven out of 10 Filipina mothers are adolescents;
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Mal J Nutr 10(1): 13-22‚ 2004 Childhood Obesity: Contributing Factors‚ Consequences and Intervention Sherina Mohd Sidik1 & Rozali Ahmad2 1 2 Department of Community Health‚ Faculty of Medicine and Health Science‚ Universiti Putra Malaysia‚ 43400 UPM Serdang‚ Selangor‚ Malaysia Ministry of Defence‚ Malaysia ABSTRACT Childhood obesity has been growing at an alarming rate and is the most common nutritional problem among children in developed as well as in developing countries. It is associated
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CHAPTER 17 PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING – CASE STUDY Lisa and her husband have decided that they are ready to prepare for their first child. Lisa is 26 years old‚ weighs 125 pounds and is 5’6”. Lisa has been reading everything she can find on pregnancy because she knows that her prepregnancy health is important to the success of her pregnancy. She knows she should avoid alcohol‚ especially because alcohol is potentially toxic to the growing fetus in the first weeks of pregnancy‚ and she could
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY BACKGROUND Obesity is one of the most significant current health promotion and disease prevention priorities in this country because it is a major contributor to many preventable causes of death. Obesity in children is an equally significant public health concern. In addition‚ there is evidence that the incidence of children who are overweight is increasing despite efforts to the contrary. Healthy People (2010) objective 19-3 call for the reduction of the percentage of children
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