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In nursing, dealing with obesity as a problem needs a broad view. Nurses can push for policy changes that make places healthier, like supporting areas that are easy to walk around or school fitness policies. They can also be accommodating in teaching and guiding patients, giving them the tools to make healthy decisions and follow their treatment plans (Oussaada et al., 2019). Also, nurses can work with people from different fields to make care plans for fat patients that cover both the physical and mental effects of being overweight.
[...] Nurses can make a big difference in lowering obesity and improving people's health by using evidence-based treatments and offering ongoing support. Conclusion Many factors affect obesity in the U.S., including biological, environmental, and psychological. To stop this disease, people, communities, and policies all need to change the way things work. As primary healthcare workers, nurses are essential in promoting and implementing programs that help people live better lives and lower the prevalence of obesity. Fighting this widespread public health problem with a broad and multidisciplinary strategy is possible. - References CDC. (2019). [...]
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[...] The Obesity Epidemic in the United States I. Understanding the Obesity Epidemic in the United States Obesity has spread across the United States and is now a complicated problem that affects people's minds, bodies, and cultures in many ways. Over the past forty years, the number of fat people has tripled. Now, more than two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese (CDC, 2019). This makes people very worried about the health of future generations and puts a significant financial strain on society through medical care prices. [...]
[...] Societal Changes Fueling the Epidemic Several changes in society have made the U.S. fat problem worse. One important reason is the trend toward less active lives caused by technology and more people living in cities. Technology has made daily life less active by making people more dependent on cars, creating gadgets that save time and effort, and creating more idle entertainment choices like T.V. and computers. On the other hand, jobs today require less hard work than in the past. [...]
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