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This is a 3 page paper discussing factors which should be included in a design for the study of teen obesity and sedentary lifestyle. A study design to examine the relationship between teen obesity and sedentary lifestyles should include a number of factors. A literature review would examine past studies of teen obesity and sedentary lifestyle or activity levels; studies on teen obesity and its causes; and studies on teen lifestyles. The theoretical framework should include a hypothesis and study outline which would take into account other factors which may also be causing teen obesity. Because of the various factors which may be involved, a large study group would be recommended and the survey distribution would be most effective through the school system which has recorded large response rates with other health related surveys in the past. In addition, investigators will have to determine the definitions to be used in the study based on commonly used references, such as BMI, and what indicators they wish to properly measure and compare for a high confidence level in their findings.
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of teen obesity and sedentary lifestyle or activity levels; studies on teen obesity and its causes; and studies on teen lifestyles. The theoretical framework should include a hypothesis and study
outline which would take into account other factors which may also be causing teen obesity. Because of the various factors which may be involved, a large study group would be
recommended and the survey distribution would be most effective through the school system which has recorded large response rates with other health related surveys in the past. In addition, investigators
will have to determine the definitions to be used in the study based on commonly used references, such as BMI, and what indicators they wish to properly measure and compare
for a high confidence level in their findings. A literature review conducted on the Expanded Academic ASAP Database (via Gale) focused on the two primary features of the study: teen
obesity and teen sedentary lifestyle. Articles found relating to both research areas have focused in the past on adolescence perception of weight gain and weight loss activities (Felts et al,
1992); and possible recommendations to fight teen obesity and sedentary lifestyles (Lofshult, 2003). When the terms are searched independently, other research concerns also should are mentioned. In regards to teen
obesity, research includes differences in reports between teens and their parents (Goodman, Hinden and Khandelwal, 2000); and studies targeting recommendations for the overweight teen (Bell-Wilson, 2001). In regards to sedentary
lifestyles in the teen population, research has been reported in the areas of socioeconomic status and its relationship to teen lifestyles (Lowry et al, 1996); and other determinants of physical
activity in adolescents and young adults (Nahas, Goldfine and Collins, 2003). Theoretically, the study could try and establish a relationship between exercise and/or sedentary levels in the teen population and
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