Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-4-2015
Abstract
Despite extensive public attention given to diet and exercise as effective countermeasures to obesity and obesity-related problems, there has been no significant reduction in obesity rates in the United States and throughout the world. The author provides a brief update on obesity, dietary and physical activity guidelines, potential contributing factors to behavioral change and the role that nurses have in advancing health promoting activities that can reduce the health risks associated with obesity.
Recommended Citation
Eanes L (2015) Obesity: A Persistent Global Health Problem. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 1:014. http://doi.org/10.23937/2469-5823/1510014
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Publication Title
International Archives of Nursing and Health Care
DOI
http://doi.org/10.23937/2469-5823/1510014
Comments
© 2015 Eanes L. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.