In America today many people are suffering from obesity. Obesity is defined as enormous amount of weight caused by excessive accumulations of fat. Researchers of American Medical Association found that 56 percent of American adults are overweight and that 20 percent are obese. Obesity h...

Obesity Obesity is America's fastest growing health concern. According to the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) statistics show that over 60% of Americans are obese. Compared to the statistics done in 1991 it's increas...

1. From developing the family tree of the three generations I learned a lot about them. My parents were the source of this information about the three generations. I didn't really know much about them. Based on my gathered information from my parents I think that my information is accu...

I found an article titled "Smoking, physical activity, and diet in North American Youth" from the Canadian Journal of Public Health. This article basically states the problems and risk factors associated with today's youth health. There are many causes and reasons for today's ...

Introduction Obesity is a common disorder amongst our society today. It is caused by many factors, including excessive caloric intake, lack of physical activity, as well as genetic influences. Excess body fat is caused by an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure which are brough...

More and more people worldwide have to deal with obesity these days. This is increase in obesity is probably caused by a change in behaviour of food and beverage consumption. Nowadays, we eat and drink faster and more, because of the fact that we can eat and drink everywhere, anytime. Vending machin...

Obesity In The USA One may confuse or understand that obesity is, variously, defined in terms of absolute weight, distribution of subcutaneous fat, or societal and esthetic norms. Basically, obesity can be characterized as ¡§Excessive body fat¡ (Webster). And used as a term applied to indivi...

Impact of Heart DiseasStages of the conditionThere are many types of heart disease. About 25% of all Americans have one or more types of cardiovascular disease. The major types of heart disease are atherosclerosis, coronary, rheumatic, congenital, myocarditis, angina and arrhythmia. Heart disease...