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This 17 page paper provides an overview of the a plan for the education of individuals to prevent obesity. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
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productivity, and expenditure of healthcare dollars" (Charlebois and Wilmoth, 2004, p. 19). Obesity places adults at greater risk for a large number of other conditions and diseases, such as stroke,
heart attack, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, different kinds of cancer, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis and gall bladder disease, among others (Charlebois and Wilmoth, 2004; Jones, 2003). In fact, obesity is
seen by some as one of the most significant public health problems impacting long-term quality of life (Jones, 2003). Jones (2003) reported
the problem is on such a global scale that an International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) was established in 1996, and Mokdad et al (1999) maintain this same argument relative to
the significance on the United States alone. Further, Mokdad et al (1999) maintain that the rate of obesity has been rising dramatically for more than a decade. This
is also supported by a number of other researchers (See Charlebois and Wilmoth, 2004; The American Obesity Association, 2004). Charlebois and Wilmoth (2004) report: "During the past 2 decades,
the prevalence of obesity in adults has nearly doubled, from 15% to an estimated 27%" (p. 19). The American Obesity Association (2004) reported the following: in 2000, 64.5 percent
of American adults were identified as overweight and 30.5 percent were obese. This is a significant increase over the past decade; the percent of obese persons in 1994 was
23.0 percent (American Obesity Association, 2004). The proportion of severely obese rose to 4.7 percent in 2000 from 2.9 percent in 1994 (American Obesity Association, 2004). Social/Behavioral
Theory Antecedents Social, behavioral and cognitive theories have been applied to an understanding of obesity and the way in which obesity appears to run in families. The "epidemic" nature
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