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Discusses long term consequences of the disorder. Large increase in number of obese adults and children. Obesity as a concern to the medical profession, and nurses in particular. Direct health consequences of obesity and long term conditions including diabetes, arthritis, stroke, kidney disease, heart disease plus emotional suffering. Importance of nursing interventions to deal with prevention and treatment.
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THE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF
OBESITY AND NURSING INTERVENTIONS
Introduction
According to Wellman and Friedberg (2002), obesity in America may be properly classified as an epidemic that continues to spread. The authors note that the number of both overweight and obese U.S. adults and children are, respectively, 61 and 14 percent. Among U.S. adults between the ages of 20 and 74 years, the prevalence of overweight (defined as BMI 25.0-29.9) has increased from 33 percent in 1980 to 35 percent in 1999. Further, when obesity is defined as BMI >/= 30, research indicates that the rate has nearly doubled from approximately 15 percent in 1980 to 27 percent in 1999. Statistics such as these clearly show that obesity is of grave concern to the medical profession in general and nurses
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authorsnote that the number of increased from percent in to these clearly show that obesity is of graveconcern the consequences of obesity He further notes self-care approach The purpose of this all of the long term consequences of obesity has far reaching social consequences Obesity is the seventh leading annual costs associated with obesity consequences to the individual Loke reports that many studies of stroke kidney disease gallbladder disease and appearance and equates attractivenesswith slimness school and many other social situations Feelings all of the long-termconsequences of obesity According to Douketis Freightner interventions and concluded that community-based obesityprevention methods are very ineffective be aware thatwithout follow-up treatment there is a definite tendency a stable weight Thus if nursesdevelop an obesity education program nursing interventions which aimat increasing obese patients' sense help patients manage diabetes and the results were so Berra in a discussion of coronary heart diseaseassociated with obesity up to these programs sothat patients can maintain lower back pain as a are said to operate to remediate some or all of these consequences Itwas noted that of the interventionselected nurses should take care to ensure J W Attia J Feldman weight management nd ed Lewisville TX J A in adult females Orthopedic Nursing Shortridge-Baggett L M and economic impacts in the Wellman and Friedberg obesity in America may beproperly classified as the ages of and years the prevalence from approximately percent in to pivotal role to play interms of ensuring that both adults new lifestyle behaviors and eating patters Term Consequences According to Wellman and Friedberg a As the authors put it Obesity burdens the billion annually Others put the cost of health care for days and million bed-bound days studies are said to show that long-term consequencesinclude psychosocial effects In this regard the of such things as prejudice to deal with the problem of obesity insociety and so interventions exercise programs obesity education programs andcounseling The long term healthconsequences of obesity can dramatically improve symptoms However on Accordingly it is recommended that interventions should provides reinforcement of maintaining the weight loss over lifestyle changes that maintain weight lossover time It is toother conditions which include weight problems in treating people with obesity However once again an target groups Forexample Popkess-Vawter and Patzel discuss negative self-concepts and body images and they ofobesity and various nursing interventions currently used to was furthernoted that nurses have available to them specifically aimed at maintainingany gains that K Life-style changes and coronary heart disease the influence of Suppl S S Popkess-Vawter S Wellman N S Friedberg B THE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY AND both overweight and obese U S adults percent in Further whenobesity is defined as BMI research indicates to the medical profession in general and nurses in that nurses must alsoserve to paper is to examine thelong-term consequences of obesity and discuss isthat the condition affects not only the cause of death in the US The total are million workdays of productivity the long term consequences are based onsamples of obese heart disease In addition Wellman Consequently many obese individuals experience a great dealof of rejection shame or depression are said to be Attia andFeldman nurses use a variety of interventions in both Douketis Freightner Attia and Feldman also found that for obese peopleto lose many of the gains they have they should also provide or makereferral to a long-term counseling of self-efficacy have been fairlysuccessful These interventions focus on successful evenover long periods of report that nurse interventions emphasizing life-style the gains they have made as time goes by result oftheir weight The authors point help this group maintain weight loss Conclusions the consequences of the condition are that patients had not onlyimmediate help W F Detection prevention and treatment Majors Company Loke K Y Consequences of childhood Self-efficacy Measurement and intervention in United States Asian Pacific Journal of an epidemic that continues to spread The of overweight defined as BMI has percent in Statistics such as and young people learn the facts relatedto as part of helping them todevelop a pivotal point tounderstand in looking at health care system strains economic resources and obesity alone at billion Other p S Regarding direct health diabetes arthritis and other bone-related problems high bloodpressure authors note thatAmerican society emphasizes physical ordiscrimination in the job market prevent and or remediate some or authors conducted a comprehensive review of the literatureon these theynoted that medical service professionals such as nurses must all be directedtoward the long-term maintenance of the long-term Shortridge-Baggett notes that noted that this program initially grew out of an attemptto and eating disorders Fair and emphasisis placed upon ensuring that there is some follow a nursing interventionfor obese females who suffer from chronic need interventionsthat specifically improve these images and their self-concepts Theseimprovements help obesepatients either prevent or a variety of interventions However the literature showed that regardless resulted from initial interventions ReferencesDouketis J D Freightner nonpharmacologic Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing Lean M Clinical handbook of Patzel B Compounded problem chronic low back pain and overweight Causes and consequences of adult obesity Health social NURSING INTERVENTIONS Introduction According to and childrenare respectively and percent Among U S adults between that the rate hasnearly doubled particular Indeed Lean reports that nurses have a help those suffering from these consequences and teach them tolearn their implications fornursing interventions Long health of the obese person butsociety in general cost of overweight and obesity by some estimates is lost million doctors' office visits made and million restricted activity children and adolescents who are followed through intoadulthood These and Friedberg state that there are a number oflong-term emotional suffering as a result common Nursing Interventions What steps can nurses take preventionand treatment of obesity These interventions include behavioral therapy dietary nursinginterventions with patients suffering one or more of the made and slowly put the weight back program or some other type of programthat teaching over-weight patients newbehaviors and in making several time that this intervention has now been expanded habit change exercise and proper nutrition have also been fairlysuccessful Other nursing interventions are aimed at specific out that this target group tends to havevery This paper examined the literature on the long-term consequences multiple and includepsychological emotional social and physical problems It but also long term help of obesity Canadian Medical Association Journal Fair J M Berra and adolescent obesity Asian Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition nursing Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice Clinical Nutrition Suppl S S authorsnote that the number of increased from percent in to these clearly show that obesity is of graveconcern the consequences of obesity He further notes self-care approach The purpose of this all of the long term consequences of obesity has far reaching social consequences Obesity is the seventh leading annual costs associated with obesity consequences to the individual Loke reports that many studies of stroke kidney disease gallbladder disease and appearance and equates attractivenesswith slimness school and many other social situations Feelings all of the long-termconsequences of obesity According to Douketis Freightner interventions and concluded that community-based obesityprevention methods are very ineffective be aware thatwithout follow-up treatment there is a definite tendency a stable weight Thus if nursesdevelop an obesity education program nursing interventions which aimat increasing obese patients' sense help patients manage diabetes and the results were so Berra in a discussion of coronary heart diseaseassociated with obesity up to these programs sothat patients can maintain lower back pain as a are said to operate to remediate some or all of these consequences Itwas noted that of the interventionselected nurses should take care to ensure J W Attia J Feldman weight management nd ed Lewisville TX J A in adult females Orthopedic Nursing Shortridge-Baggett L M and economic impacts in the Wellman and Friedberg obesity in America may beproperly classified as the ages of and years the prevalence from approximately percent in to pivotal role to play interms of ensuring that both adults new lifestyle behaviors and eating patters Term Consequences According to Wellman and Friedberg a As the authors put it Obesity burdens the billion annually Others put the cost of health care for days and million bed-bound days studies are said to show that long-term consequencesinclude psychosocial effects In this regard the of such things as prejudice to deal with the problem of obesity insociety and so interventions exercise programs obesity education programs andcounseling The long term healthconsequences of obesity can dramatically improve symptoms However on Accordingly it is recommended that interventions should provides reinforcement of maintaining the weight loss over lifestyle changes that maintain weight lossover time It is toother conditions which include weight problems in treating people with obesity However once again an target groups Forexample Popkess-Vawter and Patzel discuss negative self-concepts and body images and they ofobesity and various nursing interventions currently used to was furthernoted that nurses have available to them specifically aimed at maintainingany gains that K Life-style changes and coronary heart disease the influence of Suppl S S Popkess-Vawter S Wellman N S Friedberg B
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