The DSM-IV-TR criteria for Bulimia nervosa, according to Berg et al, "...include binge eating, defined as the consumption of an unusually large amount of food coupled with a subjective sense of loss of control, and [...]
This paper can be of some interest to educators and healthcare workers who need to join their efforts in order to address this issue.
It was clear from the experiment that the microbes causing the disease are contagious since the healthy mice kept with the infected were found to be possessing microbes.
Due to the different raw materials, and especially components from the skin of grapes, white and red wines differ in tannins that cause the color and flavor of red wines.
Some critics believe that federal policy to increase the cost of healthy food has led to the increase in consumption of the cheaper alternative i.e.fast food.
The focused aspects of this topic to be covered include the causes of obesity, the risk factors associated with child obesity, the treatment that should be offered, family behavior and child obesity as well as [...]
The Unites States of America is believed to be having the highest number of obese children; health officials have observed that there are 23million obese or overweight children in the country, the obese children falls [...]
Although the government and those who advocate for the curbing of childhood obesity agree that the government should be responsible in eradicating it, they disagree with the government's argument that parents should teach their children [...]
In the light of pursuit of modern women to correspond to contemporary ideals of beauty and, at the same time to be independent of the social standards, obesity becomes a feminist issue, as it is [...]
Because of the increase in the obesity rates among the USA population, the health care system has been recently preoccupied with the means to provide a healthier lifestyle for the citizen of the USA.
This paper is going to examine how organic foods aid the endocrine system in ensuring the wellbeing of the body in general.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the main types of eating disorders. The trend of anorexia nervosa reached its peak in the 1980s and that is why [...]
The established link between the presence of antibodies and child's obesity gives rise to various questions, including the direction of causality and presence of the link in adults.
This condition prompted Lincoln University to introduce a 'Fitness for life Program', which endeavors to, peg physical fitness of students to academic merit in the attainment of diplomas.
Childhood obesity is considered as one of the top ten global health issues, due to the fact that childhood obesity prevalence is on a dramatic increase.
In as much as obesity is a well understood problem, it is vital to look into the causes, implications and solutions of child obesity with the aim of initiating sustainable corrective measures.
It is evident that mothers should be encouraged to breast feed their newborns, and the best way to achieve this is to ban the promotion of infant formulas in hospitals.
On the other hand, there is need for schools to include in their menus healthy diets, because it will be of no significance for schools to eliminate eateries that sale junk foods while maintaining their [...]
Obesity is a serious disease that is being heavily discussed in the United States and is contributing to the development of other chronic conditions and dangerous disorders.
In addition, poor appetite and insufficient energy to walk and even cook reduces the intake of nutrients at a time the body may be becoming less efficient in the way it uses them."The challenge for [...]
As can be seen, childhood obesity is a major problem and solutions must be come up with to restore the health of the children and avoid the negative future implications that obesity brings.
Exercises It is of great importance that any person intending to lose weight embarks on exercising, as this is the other way that one gets to lose some of the weight in the body.
Since the onset of this century, one of the most prevalent problems that has afflicted the society, especially in the developed countries, is that of obesity.
4 percent of schools provided physical activity clubs to students, and 22. 3 percent of schools, and for community-sponsored lessons including gymnastics or tennis, in 33.
That is, because of the developments and refinement of abilities associated with childhood, occurrences in a child's early stages of life are primary determinants of later life bodily developments hence, the need for a good [...]