... of indiscrete data, as well as, evaluating the data values. Additionally, data from the PSOC-Efficacy subscale, SToFHLA, CFQ, and indiscrete data from the physiological measures such as the child BMI and parental age, and the demographic data were not distributed normally. Consequently, some nonparametric methods such as the Mann-Whitney U test were used to make a comparison between the two facilities ... ...

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... .6 million in 2005 while those were less than a half of this number in 2001, 125.9 million. Secondly, obesity negatively affected worker productivity and led to more absenteeism. Excess weight means BMI increase which is directly proportional to the number of sick days, medical claims and healthcare costs. For instance, obese women used 5.19 more sick days and obese men used an ... ...

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... % of employees that had joined the wellness center. Overall, the results proved that the use of a 12 month period was significantly associated with improvements in physical quality of life and BMI. The members that were low users of the center, experiences a decline in both physical and mental quality of life; which shows that strategies need to be identify to promote wellness ... ...

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... weight imbalance of an obese individual. Research has shown that over 60% of Americans are obese. One is said to be obese or overweight if one has a body mass index (BMI) of 30kg/m2. This problem is caused by an interaction between a lot of single and multiple variable factors such as intake of long chain fatty acids as a child, genes from ... ...

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