Addressing women’s weight issues to prevent childhood obesity is an important subject in the health sector. Weight-related diseases such as obesity have increasingly become a thorn in the flesh among the American populace. It is saddening to know that, almost a third of mothers in the United States are obese....

Abstract This paper looks at obesity as a significant health problem. It seeks to ascertain whether poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyles are the major cause of obesity. Data for the research was collected from ten individuals categorized into two groups of five each. The first group entailed the experimental...

The work of police officers is associated with both physical and mental challenges. The shift work in the police profession is associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome (Stafford et al., 2007). Metabolic syndrome incorporates numerous conditions including increase blood pressure, high cholesterol and excess body fat (Ramey et al.,...