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A 5 page article critique. Dypsnea (shortness of breath) is a problem that discourages millions of Americans who overweight/obese from engaging in the physical exercise that would help them to overcome this significant health problem. Babb, et al (2008) conducted a study that was designed to investigate the various causal factors that have been attributed to this obstacle to obtaining a normal weight by addressing overweight/obesity through exercise. This analysis summarizes and critiques their study article.
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study that was designed to investigate the various causal factors that have been attributed to this obstacle to obtaining a normal weight by addressing overweight/obesity through exercise. The following analysis
summarizes and critiques their study article. The introduction to the article offers the rationale of the researchers in choosing their topic. This describes the dangers associated with overweight/obesity the
prevalence of obesity and its increasing incidence and relates the cost of the problem to society, both in fiscal terms and in regards to increased mortality. They also relate dypsnea
in obese individuals is typically attributed to being "deconditioned," but, the researchers then relate that, in their previous research, they did not find the assumption to be true, which "challenges
the conventional wisdom" (Babb, et al, 2008, p. 116). Therefore, the research teams designed their study in order to explore "if exertional dyspnea in otherwise healthy obese adults is due
to obesity-related changes in respiratory function or to cardiovascular deconditioning" (Babb, et al, 2008, p. 116). This leads directly into a more detailed description of the purposes of the study.
While the introduction includes a lucid and clearly described rationale for the study that persuasively argues for the need for this investigation, the authors do not include a literature
review or even a description of their own research, which led them to the conclusions that they indicate. The inclusion of even a limited literature review would have aided
them in presenting the need for this study, as this, presumably, would have provided substantiating information for their rationale. In order to investigate their hypotheses, the research
team formulated two separate experiments. In experiment 1, they examined "simple measures of body composition, pulmonary function, dyspnea on exertion during cycling, and the oxygen cost of breathing" (Babb et
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