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A 6 page research paper that summarizes nursing literature and intervention on this topic, with a particular focus on Hispanic families. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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not spent sitting as well-watching TV or a computer screen. Furthermore, while engaged in these activities, many children and teens compulsively eat snacks that are high in calories and fat
and low in nutrition. The consequence of this is turning into an epidemic of overweight or obese young people with health habits that will condemn them to developing numerous chronic
conditions at a young age. Additionally, while overweight, many are nutritionally deprived. This is a situation that concerns nursing greatly as the incidence of overweight/obesity in pediatric populations is
escalating rapidly. However, as the multi-billion dollar diet industry suggests, addressing problems associated with weight reduction is not a simple task. Therefore, some pertinent questions are: 1. What does
research show as the most effective interventions for addressing pediatric weight control? 2. What role does physical activity play in accessing pediatric patients for this problem? 3. How can
nurses ensure that pediatric patients receive all the nutrition they need for growing bodies while addressing an overweight problem? 4. How does the reverse of this problem, anorexia, fit
into considerations of pediatric weight? Are they related? 5. Are ethnic origin or socioeconomic status factors in nursing considerations of this problem? PICO is an abbreviation that stands
for "population, intervention, comparison intervention and outcome" and therefore offers nurses a structure that prompts nurses to consider issues of "therapy, etiology, diagnostic rolls, prevention, prognosis and harm" (Levin
and Feldman, 2006, p. 29). The following examination of five recent nursing articles will focus on the ways in which the PICO template can be applied to Question #1 listed
above. In other words, the articles selected for analysis were chosen with a focus on determining the latest information about successful nursing intervention and prevention. The databases chosen were selected
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