Nursing and Obese Children

Research Paper # 29735

Medical and Health
Medical and Health > Eating Disorders
Medical and Health > Nursing
Medical and Health > Nutrition and Exercise

A review of Orem's self care theory, Roy's adaptation model and Pender's health promotion model to the clinically obese child.

4,160 words () | 19 sources | MLA | 2003 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper examines childhood obesity. The paper includes statistical data retrieved from various reputable health organizations and discusses the importance of various theoretical approaches to this clinical issue. Dorothea Orem's self care theory, Sister Calista Roy's adaptation model and Nola Pender's health promotion model are used as a theoretical approach to childhood obesity.

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"Approximately 30.3 percent of children (ages 6 to 11) are overweight and 15.3 percent are obese. For adolescents (ages 12 to 19), 30.4 percent are overweight and 15.5 percent are obese. Excess weight in childhood and adolescence has been found to predict overweight in adults. Overweight children, aged 10 to 14, with at least one overweight or obese parent were reported to have a 79 percent likelihood of overweight persisting into adulthood. There are many causes of obesity and although genetics plays a role it does not account for the increase in the number of obese children over the past few decades."

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Nursing and Obese Children (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Nursing-and-Obese-Children/29735