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Americans who eat a healthful diet consume a variety of nutrient-dense foods within and across the food groups, especially whole grains, fruits, vegetables, low-fat or fat-free milk or milk products, and lean meats and other protein sources and limit the intake of saturated and trans-fats, cholesterol, added sugars, sodium, and alcohol. They balance caloric intake and caloric needs ("Nutrition and Weight Status," 2012).
Obesity has detrimental effects on the healthcare system and the quality of life for many obese individuals. It is important to develop policies and promote a social awareness that no longer sanctions discrimination of the obese while responsibly promoting behavior modification to improve health. Stokes (2004) notes that, "not everyone can or should look like supermodels, and no one should obsess over his or her body size; however, being overweight or obese is directly linked to development of chronic disease, and it is second only to smoking as a preventable cause of death." Public health workers must help disseminate a message to improve health by attaining a healthier weight. Furthermore, there must be more research and evaluation aimed at understanding issues surrounding the overweight and obese and its treatment and prevention.
Conclusion
As new and innovative policy and environmental interventions to support diet and physical activity are implemented, it will be important to identify which are most effective. A better understanding of how to prevent unhealthy weight gain is also needed.
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Nurses' perceptions, understanding and experiences of health promotion. Journal of clinical nursing, Vol. 16, Issue 6, 1039-1049. Retrieved January 30, 2012, http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=032d861b-476c-40e7-976f-e57fd3dc06b8%40sessionmgr12&vid=4&hid=19
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References
Casey, D. (2007, June). Nurses' perceptions, understanding and experiences of health promotion. Journal of clinical nursing, Vol. 16, Issue 6, 1039-1049. Retrieved January 30, 2012, http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=032d861b-476c-40e7-976f-e57fd3dc06b8%40sessionmgr12&vid=4&hid=19
"Nutrition and weight status ." (2012, January 10). Healthy people 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2012, from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=29
Ogden, C.L., Carroll, M.D., McDowell, M.A. & Flegal, K.M. (2007, November). Obesity among adults in the United States -- no statistically significant change since 2003-2004. Center for Disease Control. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved January 30, 2012 from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db01.pdf
Spurlock, M. (2005) Don't eat this book: fast food and the supersizing of America. New York: Penguin Group.
Stokes, D.M. (2004, January 26). The Impact of obesity on healthcare delivery. For the RecorD Vol. 16 No. 2, 34. Retrieved January 30, 2012 from http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/ftr_012604p34.shtml
U.S. Census Bureau. (2011, May 26). 2010 census shows nation's population is aging. U.S. census bureau, CB11-CN. 147. Retrieved January 30, 2012, from http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn147.html
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (NDI). Childhood obesity. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. In ASPE.hhs.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2012 from http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/child_obesity/
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