American Children Obesity

Question: Write articles on Obesity In American Children? Answer: Article 1 Au, L., Kwong, K., Chou, J., Tso, A., Wong, M. (2009). Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Chinese American Children in New York City. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health, 11(5), 337-341 According to Au et al. (2009) the obesity is the major and epidemic problem that the people over the globe are facing and are trying hard to overcome the issue. The rate of obesity is highest in the industrialized country in the western part. The children of 12- 19 years faces the issues the rate of percentage is 18% whereas 10% of the children belong to the age group 2-5 years faces the issues in United States of America. The child of the countries required more care and treatment to overcome the issues and thus nursing plays an important role within the child. The nurses need to provide the child with the proper care and the basic treatment that is required to overcome the issue. The research has found that the children of 5th, 6th and 7th standard are increasing the rate of obesity and required help from the nursing centre by providing various information and proper education to overcome obesity. Article 2 Bhandari, R., Xiao, J., Shankar, A. (2013). Urinary Bisphenol A and Obesity in US Children. American Journal Of Epidemiology, 177(11), 1263-1270 According to Bhandari, Xiao Shankar (2013) the obesity in the children may lead to the disease related to the cardiovascular during the adulthood. The study has stated that the use of bisphenol A chemical may cause obesity in adult. Exposure to the urinary bisphenol A lead to the obesity in the children independent to the age and sex. The children with the highest quartile have more changes of obesity than compare to the children having lower quartile of Bisphenol A. The children associated with the urinary BPA are more non-Hispanic in the white children than compare to the other but are independent from the high risk factor (Kelley Kelley, 2013). The study proper explains the role of the nursing centre and the need of the nurses to fight the obesity and the children leaving a normal life. Article 3 Hearst, M., Biskeborn, K., Christensen, M., Cushing, C. (2013). Trends of overweight and obesity among white and american indian school children in south dakota, 1998-2010. Obesity, 21(1), E26-E32 According to Hearst, Biskeborn, Christensen Cushing (2013) the Indian children those are residing in the America are prone to the obesity more than the white children. The study found that the rate of children suffering from obesity is 16.3% for the white children and 19.3% for the American Indian children. Thus, the risk for the American Indian is more that to the white children. Therefore the children must be taken proper care and the nursing care should be provided to such children. The children must be provided with proper training and education related to the obesity and the process to overcome the issue. Article 4 Wendling, P. (2009). Obesity Overlooked in Hospitalized Children. Hospitalist News, 2(7), 9 According to Wendling (2009) the obesity that is mostly found in the hospital is related to the children obesity. The parents are worried about the children health and get the children to the nursing centre to overcome the issues. The duty of the nursing care home is to provide proper information related to the obesity and the proper treatment to be provided to the children. The study stated the child below age 14 years was found in the emergency ward of the hospital suffering from the disease that was caused due to obesity. The patient was for more than 1 year of time period in the hospital and radiography was conducted on the patient. Article 5 Rajakumar, K., Fernstrom, J., Holick, M., Janosky, J., Greenspan, S. (2008). Vitamin D Status and Response to Vitamin D3 in Obese vs. Non-obese African American Children. Obesity, 16(1), 90-95 According to Rajkumar et al. (2008) the African American children mainly has the deficiency in the vitamin D. the research that was conducted found out that most of the children has the same issues but the percentage is more for the obsessed children. Thus, the children need to provide with the basic treatment to maintain the amount of vitamin D in the body. The study stated he appropriate discussion related to the issue of obesity and the process to overcome from the problem. The study reveals the doses that the nursing centre need to supplement to the patient and to administer the appropriate diet to fight the problem of obesity. References Au, L., Kwong, K., Chou, J., Tso, A., Wong, M. (2009). Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Chinese American Children in New York City. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health, 11(5), 337-341 Bhandari, R., Xiao, J., Shankar, A. (2013). Urinary Bisphenol A and Obesity in US Children. American Journal Of Epidemiology, 177(11), 1263-1270 Hearst, M., Biskeborn, K., Christensen, M., Cushing, C. (2013). Trends of overweight and obesity among white and american indian school children in south dakota, 1998-2010. Obesity, 21(1), E26-E32 Kelley, G., Kelley, K. (2013). Effects of Exercise in the Treatment of Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses. Journal Of Obesity, 2013, 1-10 Rajakumar, K., Fernstrom, J., Holick, M., Janosky, J., Greenspan, S. (2008). Vitamin D Status and Response to Vitamin D3 in Obese vs. Non-obese African American Children. Obesity, 16(1), 90-95 Wendling, P. (2009). Obesity Overlooked in Hospitalized Children. Hospitalist News, 2(7), 9