[HTML][HTML] Obesity on campus
PB Sparling�- Preventing chronic disease, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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The “O” word on campus is not Oprah or online; it is obesity. During the past few years,
administrators and faculty members have been discussing obesity as they see greater
numbers of overweight students. News media accounts about rising rates of obesity provide
an impersonal perspective of the problem, but observing obesity face-to-face in our
classrooms and across our campuses makes it real. Increasing numbers of “super-sized”
students are right in front of our eyes. They should not be ignored. Epidemiologists paint a�…
administrators and faculty members have been discussing obesity as they see greater
numbers of overweight students. News media accounts about rising rates of obesity provide
an impersonal perspective of the problem, but observing obesity face-to-face in our
classrooms and across our campuses makes it real. Increasing numbers of “super-sized”
students are right in front of our eyes. They should not be ignored. Epidemiologists paint a�…
The “O” word on campus is not Oprah or online; it is obesity. During the past few years, administrators and faculty members have been discussing obesity as they see greater numbers of overweight students. News media accounts about rising rates of obesity provide an impersonal perspective of the problem, but observing obesity face-to-face in our classrooms and across our campuses makes it real. Increasing numbers of “super-sized” students are right in front of our eyes. They should not be ignored.
Epidemiologists paint a gloomy picture of the health of our young people. During the past two decades, a significant increase in obesity and obesity-related disorders such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia has occurred among people in their teens and 20s (1, 2). Those of us who are middle-aged have difficulty accepting chronic disease in our own lives; seeing it prematurely affect the younger generation is even more distressing.
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