Han et al. (2010) identified that the global prevalence of childhood obesity has significantly increased over the last ten years. Story et al. (2009) note that adolescent obesity as a significant global challenge for health in the 21st century, noting that the prevalence in the United States had ‘quadrupled from 1966 to 2003-2006’. In the…
Physiological Effects Of Obesity – Essay
Measuring body shape can be a rich data about health and the risk of disease. Measuring anthropometry manually could be time-consuming, only a few indexes of shape (e.g. body girths and their ratios) are used regularly in clinical practice or epidemiology, both of which still rely primarily on body mass index (BMI). Three-dimensional (3-D) body…
Lifestyle modification among patients with diabetes mellitus
The study is conducted to evaluate the knowledge regarding lifestyle modification among patients with diabetes mellitus. The discussion in this chapter is based on the findings obtained from the statistical analysis and interpretations in the previous chapter. Paired ‘t’ test is used to test the significant difference between the pre test and post test, chi-square…
Assistant Practitioner Providing Support For A Diabetes Patient
The following paper will reflect on an experience as a trainee assistant practitioner which involved the care and support of a patient with type 1 diabetes. For this reflection I will use Bill as a pseudonym name for my patient as The Nursing and Midwifery Council (2010) states that. “The common law of confidentiality reflects…
Diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot ulcer
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic multisystem disease related to abnormal insulin production, impaired insulin utilization, or both. Diabetes mellitus is a serious health problem throughout the world and its prevalence is increasing rapidly. The long term complications of diabetes are what make it such a devastating disease (Lewis, S.2009).The findings of this study may have…
Epidemiology Of Childhood Obesity Health And Social Care Essay
This brings me to the Epidemiology of Childhood Obesity. One of the Major health problems that plague the United States is Childhood obesity. Since the 1980 the amounts of children who have been considered obesity have been at an alarming rise and the prevalence among children under the age of 12 has more than doubled….
Substance Abuse Among Adolescent Students
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood into adulthood, a period of physical, psychological and social maturation. This is a crucial period of life when an individual is no longer a child but not yet an adult. The term adolescent refers to individuals between 10-19 years of age (early…
Definition Of Hiv And Aids Health And Social Care Essay
I have chosen the topic of HIV/AIDS. In this written assignment, Firstly, I will start by introducing what are HIV and AIDS and the influence of them. Secondly, I will generate some figure of the world and also in Hong Kong. Then, I will use the biopsychosocial model to describe the causes of HIV. Last…
Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma in Saudi Arabia
More than 300 million people currently suffer from asthma worldwide. It is the most common chronic disease among children (WHO, 2008). In Saudi Arabia, there is a lack of statistics about the asthma, however, an estimated number can be assumed through Abou Zaid et al study. According to Abou Zaid et al (2009), there are…
Diagnosis of Atopic Eczema from Western Medical Perspective
Pathophysiology for Medical Herbalists ABSTRACT Diagnosis of atopic eczema can be difficult as there many forms of eczema and some characteristics are often shared. In addition, there are comorbidities, overlaps, where two conditions can co-exist, and complications from bacterial and viral secondary infections. However, it is widely accepted that the U.K developed diagnostic criteria is…