Healthy People 2010

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The paper relates the emotional and physical problems of obesity as well as its causes and prevention. The paper explores the lower rates of obesity in Japan and shows how we must investigate the underlying factors that relate to the culture and lifestyle of Americans when addressing the issue of obesity. The paper emphasizes the importance of primary level prevention and concludes that the "Healthy People 2010" goals can be attained by committing not only individuals, but also community and media entities to the promotion of a healthier lifestyle.

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"Healthy People 2010 is a document containing prevention strategies to ensure a healthier nation by the year 2010. As such, certain goals and agendas have been created for a variety of conditions, including obesity and overweight. Obesity and overweight are becoming a major problem in the United States and indeed in the majority of the Western world. In fact, the problem is becoming so extreme among Americans that some have referred to it as having taken epidemic proportions.
"Two major Healthy People 2010 goals regarding obesity focus on 1) reducing the obesity level in children and adolescents, and 2) reducing the obesity level of adults. A third objective is increasing the number of adults with a healthy weight. The document notes that, while only 42% of adults are considered to be at a healthy weight, the number of youth who are obese comes to 11%, while adults in the same condition are at 23%. The aim for 2010 is to reduce the former to 5% and the latter to 15%. The target for adults with a healthy weight is 60%. The Healthy People 2010 document notes that obesity is most common among African-American and Hispanic women, as well as those with lower income and education levels."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Healthy Weight Journal, January/February (2001). Healthy People 2010: Overweight and Obesity. Healthy Weight Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 4-5. http://www.chemistry.ucsc.edu/faculty/Fink/80A-2004/HealthyPeople%202010.pdf
• Kim, Doyeon & Kravitz, Len. (2007). Childhood Obesity: Prevalence, Treatment and Prevention. http://www.drlenkravitz.com/Articles/childhoodobesity.html
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• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2005, Oct 7). Public Health Strategies for Preventing and Controlling Overweight and Obesity in School and Worksite Settings. MMWR 54(RR10); 1-12. http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5410a1.htm
• Senauer, Benjamin & Gemma Masahiko (2006). Reducing Obesity: What Americans Can Learn from the Japanese. Choices 21 (4). http://www.choicesmagazine.org/2006-4/grabbag/2006-4-12.htm

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