by Rebecca Q. Eng, RN, BSN Washington State University April 2009 Chair: Ruth Bindler Childhood obesity has become epidemic in industrialized countries with increasing numbers of children considered overweight or obese. The heightened levels of obesity and obesity--related illness among children and adults have led to growing concern and governmental demand for preventative measures. Lower soci...

Male reproductive health has deteriorated considerably in the last few decades. Nutritional, socioeconomic, lifestyle and environmental factors (among others) have been attributed to compromising male reproductive health. In recent years, a large volume of evidence has accumulated that suggests that the trend of decreasing male fertility (in terms of sperm count, quality and other changes in ma...

Higher levels of women's alcohol consumption have long been attributed to increases in gender equality. However, only limited research examines the relationship between gender equality and alcohol consumption. This study examined associations between five measures of state-level gender equality and five alcohol consumption measures in the United States. Survey data regarding men's and women's a...