observational cross-sectional study, studies data from a population, of patients in a hospital in Portugal (patients who were under psychiatric treatment, excluding those who were admitted to the hospital within six months/put on drug therapy to lose weight) (Correia & Ravasco, n.d., 2014) a questionnaire (survey) was distributed: how many meals they ate daily and how far apart (in time) did they eat them, how often they exercised (Correia & Ravasco, n.d., 2014) they measured the patient's height, weight (first asked them to answer and then compared weight from six months ago to now) (Correia & Ravasco, n.d., 2014) How long the disease/obesity/depression lasted varied from two months to thirty years and only 46% (58/127) knew they had it one to five years before the data was collection (Correia & Ravasco, n.d., 2014). …show more content…
“[....] 110 patients (87%) gained weight and just 16 patients (12%) lost weight” The people who gained weight probably did so because of careless eating (such as eating lots of meals per day) and low levels of exercise (Correia & Ravasco, n.d.,
The first component of the MUST involves measuring the patient’s height and weight to establish their Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is the’ relationship b...
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In order to find out how many students make use of their current meal plan, my group went out and surveyed forty students (twenty-three freshmen, six second-years, six third-years, and five fourth-years) currently attending the University of Florida in a face-to-face question format. A majority of the students who were involved in this study were freshmen, as they are the demographic that is the most encouraged to purchase a meal plan for convenience as well as social reasons. The students were asked a set of five questions as follows:
Of these, the majority of individuals fell between twenty-one to forty years of age. Approximately half of the participants were shown four meals online that included only relatively unhealthy items, while the others were shown the same series of meals with a healthy option also pictured. With each change, the participants were asked to give a quantitative estimate of calories in the pictured meal. Once values had been placed on each of the items, participants were asked to provide how concerned with their weight they were on a 1-5 Likert-type rating scale. In addition to these participants, one group of eighty individuals was enlisted to evaluate the calorie count of only the healthy items on their own, while another group of one-hundred eighty-nine individuals were shown the same combination, but asked only to evaluate the unhealthy
...health of a patient and a follow up check at the GP’s may be required.
The following is an analysis of Joe Smith's food intake for one day by using the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) website using a food tracker program. The analysis addresses the serving sizes consumed, which food groups were represented, and adjustments in consumption that should be made since Mr. Smith would like to loose weight. Visual representations are attached for reference in the appendix.
Obesity is clinically defined as a body mass index (BMI) of above 30kg/m2 and is the accumulation of excess adipose tissue1. It is currently viewed as an epidemic due to the increasingly large proportion of adults who are now obese, with the incidence rapidly rising in the recent years. In a five year period from 1995-2000 there was a predicted increase of 100 million obese individuals world-wide 2. In UK it is estimated that over 25% of adult males and females are obese and it is thought that these figures will continually rise with estimations that 60% of adult men and 50% of adult woman with be obese by 2025.3 Being a huge burden on the NHS, it has been predicted that £5 billion a year is spent on preventing and treating the complications of excessive weight in the UK, which is almost 5% of the total NHS budget (£5billion/£108billion).4 The cost of obesity on the NHS will rise to correlate with the increasing incidence illustrated.
According to the USDA, at the start of century 21st American people have increased their daily caloric intake by consuming five hundred calories more than in 1970. As cited by Whitney & Rolfes (2011), there are many recognized causes of obesity such as genetics, environment, culture, socioeconomic, and metabolism among others; but the cause most evident is that food intake is higher than the calories burned in physical activity. Excess of energy from food is stored in the body as fat causing an increase of weight. During the course of the last 40 years, obesity has grown enormously in the United States and the rates remain on the rise (pgs. 272-273).
...This question would see if a healthy weight is being maintained. By doing this follow up I would discover how well the treatment worked for them during the time they were participating. It would also show if what they learned while participating in the treatment and if it continued to help them even after it was over.
“Obesity Information.” American Heart Association Obesity Information. American heart Association, 27 February 2014. Web. 04 Apr. 2014
The combined factors surrounding both the Japanese diet and the typical American diet are reflected in the percentage of overweight people in each country; approximately 65% of people are overweight in the United States, while only 25% of Japan’s population is overweightii. These percentages are compiled from Body Mass Index (BMI) data, which is a scientifically formulated relation between a person’s weight and height that helps to determine a healthy weight range for a person to maintain. A person is classified as overweigh...
"Prevalence, Severity, and Comorbidity of 12-month DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 19 Dec. 2013. .
Bariatric surgery or the weight-loss surgery is an operation performed on abnormally obese people with a body mass index greater than 40 and is a service provided by an inter-disciplinary team – psychiatric, endocrine, rehab, nutritionist, cardiologist, and pulmonologist. Studies have shown that in seriously obese people, having weight loss surgery means they are likely to live longer because of the less risk of stroke, heart attacks, some types of cancer, and liver diseases. By dividin...
The majority of men would also lack good advice or information to improve the nutritional choices. Since men rarely prepare meals, they are used to quick and easy unhealthy foods and they are not educated in the health foods which are available. Men would mostly rely on their partners or family members to provide the meals, knowing very little about the nutritional intake of each meal. The most popular solution to improving their health and exercise was to participate and engage in accompanied, physical, recreational activities. The assistance of weekly meal plans and daily recipe ideas would overcome all the barriers listed above and encourage a healthy eating
An observational study was conducted with five subjects including myself, in order to understand the relation between the usage of old media and new media simultaneously. Old media is known as any source that entails the usage of television, books, newspaper, and radio among several other examples. New media on the other hand, is related to the use of cellphones, computers with access to social networks, and it is an evolving word along with the technology involved with it. This observational study was conducted in passive observation because not all subjects were approachable for permission and debriefing of the experiment. Therefore, this short paper will discuss the similarities, differences, and significance of the behaviours observed.