Essay on The Effects of Obesity on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
Address your general topic by forming and answering two levels of research questions for each inquiry.
Choose a “Level 1 Research Question/Writing Prompt” from both of the lists below to answer in the paper.
Compose a “Level 2 Research Question/Writing Prompt” for each kind of inquiry that provides detail, specificity, and focus to your inquiry, research, and writing.
State your research questions in the introduction of your paper.
Answer each research question and support your assertions with evidence (research) to form the body of your paper.
In the conclusion of the paper, briefly review the issues, research questions, answers, and insights.
Level 1 Research Questions/Writing Prompts
SCIENTIFIC Perspective of Inquiry
What are the anatomical, physiological, pathological, or epidemiological issues?
Which body systems are affected?
What happens at the cellular or genetic level?
Which chemical or biological issues are most important?
Level 1 Research Questions/Writing Prompts
MATHEMATICAL/ANALYTICAL Perspective of Inquiry
What are the economic issues involved?
Which economic theories or approaches best explain the issue?
What are the statistical facts related to the issue?
Which statistical processes used to study the issue provide for the best explanation or understanding?
Your paper must be five pages in length and reference four to six scholarly, peer-reviewed resources. Be sure to follow current APA Style (e.g., spacing, font, headers, titles, abstracts, page numbering).
The rate of obesity in the United States among adult Americans was 42.4 percent in 2018 (CDC, 2021). In the 2020 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps released by CDC, the number of states with at least 35 percent of the population obesity prevalence increased to 16 states from nine states in 2018 (CDC, 2021). Obesity causes or exacerbates medical conditions such as respiratory impairments, increased risk of diabetes, hypertension, and even skin diseases (Biener, Cawley & Meyerhoefer, 2018). Soon, these people will grow old and as the body ages, people will experience impairments in their bodily movements and cognitive capacities. As a result, people will be needing the services of nursing homes and considering the specialized needs of obese individuals, a number of issues can arise. For the scientific perspective of inquiry, the Level 1 question that will be addressed pertains to the epidemiological and physiological issues facing obese residents of nursing homes.