women and obesity
This is what I have so far if you could please go off of my introduction. My topic is on women and obesity. What causes women to become obese? My four psychological domains that I am using for this integrative literature review are Domain- 1: Biological (includes neuroscience, consciousness, and sensation), Domain 3: Development (includes learning and conditioning, lifespan development, and language), Domain 4: Social and Personality (includes the study of personality, emotion, motivation, gender, and culture) and Domain 5: Mental and Physical Health (includes abnormal psychology, therapy, and health psychology) If you could please do the Discussion which includes the analysis, critique, synthesis and conclusion.
These are the instructions:
Integrative Literature Review
The primary goal of this literature review is to integrate concepts from four different content domains within the larger field of psychology. The four content domains should be chosen from previous coursework in this program. In this paper, students will review the findings in the individual empirical articles, organize the research in a meaningful way, evaluate the reliability, validity, and generalizability of the research findings, and present an integrated synthesis of the research that sheds new light on the topics within and across the four domains.
The result of a successful integrative literature review may be a significant contribution to a particular body of knowledge and, consequently, to research and practice. Therefore, before writing this literature review, substantive new research must be conducted via the Internet and within the Ashford University Library for each of the four chosen domains. A minimum of six sources must be included for each of the four domains. Although content from literature reviews completed in prior courses within this program may be included, it may not constitute the total research for the individual domains addressed within this assignment. No more than four sources from previous literature reviews completed in this program may be utilized for this integrative review.
The headings listed below must be used within the paper to delineate the sections of content. These sections include the following: a clear introduction that provides a general review and organizes the research in a meaningful way; a discussion in which the evidence is presented through analysis, critique, and synthesis; and a conclusion in which the discussion is drawn together in a meaningful way, the claims of the introduction are brought to a logical closure, and new research is proposed.
Introduction
· Provide a conceptual (theoretical, abstract, summary) framework (background) for the review.
· Describe how the review will be organized. The questions below may be used to guide this section.
· What are the guiding (leading) theories (idea) within the domains (area, field)?
· How are the domains (area, field) connected?
· Are there competing points of view across the domains (area, field)?
· Why is the integration (mixing, combination) of these domains (area, field) important?
· What is the history of these domains (area, field)?
· What are the related theories (idea) or findings (result)?
· Describe how the literature (writing) was identified (known, recognized) analyzed (investigate, study, examine) and synthesized (create, combine)?
· How and why was the literature (writing) chosen?
· What is your claim (allegation)
· or thesis statement (declaration)?
Discussion
· Provide the analysis, critique, and synthesis for the review.
Analysis
· Examine the main ideas and relationships presented in the literature across the four domains.
· Integrate concepts from the four different content domains within the larger field of psychology.
· What claim(s) can be made in the introduction?
· What evidence supports the claim(s) made in the introduction?
Critique
· Evaluate the reliability, validity, and generalizability of the chosen research findings.
· How well does the literature represent the issues across the four domains?
· Identify the strengths and the key contributions of the literature.
· What, if any, deficiencies exist within the literature?
· Have the authors omitted any key points and/or arguments?
· What, if any, inaccuracies have been identified in the literature?
· What evidence runs contrary to the claims proposed in the introduction, and how might these be reconciled with the claims presented?
· Explain how the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct might influence the reliability and/or generalizability of the chosen findings.
· Did the ethical issues influence the outcomes of the research?
· Were ethical considerations different across the domains?
Synthesis
· Integrate existing ideas with new ideas to create new knowledge and new perspectives.
· Describe the research that has previously been done across these domains, as well as any controversies or alternate opinions that currently exist.
· Relate the evidence presented to the major conclusions being made.
· Construct clear and concise arguments using evidence-based psychological concepts and theories to posit new relationships and perspectives on the topics within the domains.
Conclusion
· Provide a conclusion and present potential future considerations.
· State your final conclusion(s).
· Synthesize the findings described in the discussion into a succinct summary.
· What questions remain?
· What are the possible implications of your argument for existing theories and for everyday life?
· Are there novel theories and/or testable hypothesizes for future research?
· What do the overarching implications of the studies show?
· Where should the research go from this point to further the understanding of these domains and the greater study of psychology?
Introduction
Obesity is a growing problem in the United States. A person is considered obese when their weight surpasses the normal weight of a person’s height (CDC, 2019). An individual with a body mass index of 30 or more falls in the level of obese (CDC, 2019). More than 60% of grown people that reside in the America and Europe are considered obese with a body mass index of greater than 30 (Lakhan & Kirchgessner, 2013). There are so many reasons why people gain so much weight. Women are becoming more and more obese. Females between the ages of 40 and 59 years old (44.7%) showed a more elevated occurrence than females between ages of 20 and 39 years old (36.5%) of obesity (CDC, 2019). There are several causes why women are becoming obese, like genetic reasons, neuron activity reasons, cultural reasons, socioeconomic, gender, psychological reasons, developmentally, lack of exercise and personality traits. Obesity is associated with diabetes, heart problems, and hypertension. In actuality, the increase in diabetes seems to be growing simultaneously as with the growth to that of obesity (Lakhan & Kirchgessner, 2013). The crisis in the united states isn’t any less critical because 65% of grown people approximately 130 million individuals either weigh more than the average weight or obese with an estimation of $117 billion leading the price of obesity the health issue in the country (Cottam, 2004).The specific problem is that more and more women are becoming obese because they are affected by everyday life issues, the foods they consume, genetic reasons, social and physical reasons. Women wear many hats on a daily basis and some women hardly find the time to stop and care for themselves. The purpose of this study is to find the reasons why women become obese, find treatments to help reduce obesity and find assistance for women to prevent obesity. The articles found in the Ashford online library will help explain the reasons why women turn out to be obese and the treatments that are out there that will help decrease obesity or stop it. Between Hispanic, Asians that were non- Hispanic, non-Hispanic black grown-ups, females had a more elevated occurrence of obesity compared to men (CDC, 2019). I would search for any reasons that cause obesity in women and to see if we could get to the root of the problem. Also, I would investigate the treatments that are out there to help lower, manage and prevent obesity. Through previous studies that relate obesity and women will help my investigation by learning the factors that may be the cause women becoming obese and what therapies are more effective for obesity. I’m hoping to find that for each factor of obesity in women that the right treatment will be available to help with the situation and lower health risks, as well. The pieces of writing examined in this investigation were obtained from the library of the University of Ashford and Pubmed. Several articles were found in these sites that included a relationship between women and obesity. A Google search on the association of women and obesity was also carried out and so much information popped out, but most of it was not evidence based or they were not reliable sources. The one website that did help out with the investigation that contained useful facts and statistics was the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Only about 30 (n=30) articles were useful for the purpose of this study on the causes of obesity in women and treatments for obesity. Many of the studies utilized quantitative and qualitative methods, questionnaires, inventories, scales, medical history, BMI, demographics, and cognitive assessments.The frequency of grown-ups who are obese in America was 39.8% (CDC, 2019). Obesity is becoming an epidemic, especially in women which needs to be stopped. Maybe after finding the reasons that cause obesity in women and with the right therapies to help reduce obesity, it can be stopped.
There are several areas of psychology, but the four that will be used in this piece of writing will be the area of developmental, biological, social and personality, and…
