Obesity in Children

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This paper discusses the problem of obesity in the United States. The paper focuses on obesity in children, providing horrifying statistics of the increase of this disease. The paper identifies the medical problems that are caused by extreme overweight. The paper explains that nurses have an important role in promoting the health and well-being of the community and, by nature of their profession, they have better reach-out and interaction with the public. The paper describes the importance of planning and implementing comprehensive obesity control programs at the community level and in primary health care settings.

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"Obesity is a growing problem in America with more than 64% of the U.S adult population identified to be clinically obese or overweight. It is estimated that there are more than 300,000 deaths every year which are directly attributed to obesity. [CDC]. It would not be far fetching to say that obesity has in fact assumed epidemic proportions and is one of the fastest growing healthcare problems of our nation. There is a positive association between obesity and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and other life threatening conditions. A disturbing fact is the increasing rate of obesity among children in the age group of 4 to 16. Unhealthy eating habits and the modern sedentary life style have only aggravated the risk factors leading to a health care crisis. Nurses as community healthcare providers have an important role in increasing the awareness and initiating nutritional programs and exercise activities aimed at controlling obesity at an early age."

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