...Food for Thought: Improving School Lunch Programs Clorissa Torres Lindsay Ludvigsen English 115 February 20, 2013 Schools across the nation have implemented a new breakfast & lunch program, to include healthier choices amongst children, adolescents and teens eating in their school cafeterias every day. The program was designed to allow the children attending school to receive healthy, low cost or free meals while fighting childhood obesity and hunger. The National School Lunch Program is a federally-assisted program implemented across the nation within public or non-profit private schools and day cares with children high school age & under. The program itself is costing 11.1 billion dollars to run in 2012-13 which is only 5.73 percent of the US budget. The money it is costing the US to run the program is allowing 32 million children a chance to have at least two whole meals a day, with a possible snack if they participate in a school-based after school programs. The USDA also provides the schools participating with federal cash and commodity support. The program entails that for each child who receives free lunch, the school will get $2.86 cents back, for each child who receives reduced lunch the school will get $2.46 cents back & for each child who pays for lunch the school will get $.70 cents back ; this also entails that for every snack a child receives free the school will receive $.78 cents, for every snack a child receives reduced the school...
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...Doctors TV shows. The team noticed that “[d]ietary recommendations were almost four times more common (39% v 10%) on The Dr. Oz Show than on The Doctors. Dietary recommendations on The Dr. Oz Show were close to eight times more common (39% v 5%) than exercise recommendations” (Korownyk et al 4). The over fixation of The Dr. Oz Show on weight loss is hard to miss; the ratio between both shows is one-to-four. Furthermore, the exercise option is suspiciously underestimated for a physician who believes that working out is the best path to achieving weight loss. The policy research performed by Ranjani Starr at all in “Too Little, Too Late: Ineffective Regulation of Dietary Supplements in the United States” confirms the susceptibility of the potential customers to a weight loss products. The team cites a survey of the public anticipation of the effects of weight loss dietary supplements. The dark secret of the market is that “[d]espite these requirements, a study commissioned by the FTC found that...
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...Fatty acids are composed of a hydrophilic carboxylic acid group attached to a fatty hydrophobic chain of carbon atoms, referred to as the fatty tail. The fatty acids are classified as either saturated or unsaturated depending on the structure. Saturated fatty acids contain only single bonds with hydrogen atoms throughout the length of the carbon chain fatty tail and are therefore considered saturated with hydrogen. The regular structure of saturated fatty acid molecules makes it possible for them to stack close together causing them to easily form solids. Saturated fatty acids are solid at room temperature. Unsaturated fatty acids contain one or more double bonds to hydrogen in the carbon chain. The double bonds create a bend in the carbon chain tail that makes it more difficult to stack together and form solids. Unsaturated fatty acids are liquid at room temperature. Most saturated fatty acids are derived from animal sources while most unsaturated fatty acids originate from plant sources. The models of the fatty acids offer a visual appreciation of the differences between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Fats are a critical component of a healthy human diet. Fat is stored for the production of energy. It can be stored in the form of triglycerides within adipose tissue. Triglycerides are composed of three fatty acids attached to a glycerol molecule. In order to convert triglycerides into energy (ATP molecules), each fatty acid is first broken down via...
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...Health promotion involves empowering people to make critical decisions in all aspects of their health, especially self-perception, health perception, and the ability to influence positive changes in lifestyle. Empowerment often includes finding a balance between core passionate beliefs and obtaining optimal health. Health promotion is achieved by using government and community resources in areas of policy formulation that will have positive impact on the people in different areas such as: provision of safe working conditions, adequate housing, health education, food, and support with lifestyle changes. Other arrears includes re-orienting health care workers about health promotional teachings, and balancing individual emotions, physical ability, spiritual response, and social impact of lifestyle changes to create motivation towards achieving personal responsibility and desired healthcare goal. This author believes that health promotion can be achieved by individuals willing to participate fully in healthcare decisions in order to sustain progress and promote well-being by improving quality of life, even when living with a chronic condition. The purpose of health promotion is very important in nursing practice because nurses approach patients’ health problems through a holistic view. They work together with members of the healthcare team, to not only educate patients about illness management, but to focus their attention on teachings about staying healthy. According to the Center...
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...maximizing the rights of users of social health and social care service. 1.2 Analysis the factors affect achievement the promoting and maximizing the rights of users of social health and social care service. 1.3 Analysis how commutation between individual and health care worker contribute to promoting and maximizing the rights of users of social health and social care service. 2.1 Explain the factor they may contribute the loss the independence non participation and social exclusion for vulnerable people. 2.2 Analysis how organizational systems and processes are managed to promote participation and independence of the users of health and social care service. 2.3 Analysis the tension that arise when balancing the right of individual to independence and choice against the care provider’s duty to protect. 3.1 use a case study from a health or social care setting to identify the extent to which individual are at risk of harm. 3.2 Explain the role peoples play in a team and how can work together to achieve the shared goal. 3.3 Analysis the effectiveness of policies, procedures and managerial approach within a health or social care setting for promoting the management risk, review current legislation, codes of practices and policies that applies in handling of medication. 3.4 Suggest alternative ways to complete task and achieve team goals. 4.1 Review current legislation, codes of practices and policies that apply in handling of medication...
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...For example, many Latinos grow up in households where sugared bread and chocolate-based atole is an everyday, acceptable form of breakfast. Additionally, in the South, high-fat and fried food diets are adopted. Consequently, children grow up with the dietary influences of their childhood and seek these same propensities as grown-ups as a type of solace. These poor diet habits create a culture in which adults develop early onset diet-related diseases. Adults who develop poor eating habits are then easily susceptible to the misconception of irresponsible nutritional...
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...are phytochemicals 2 Which is NOT an example of moderation in your diet and lifestyle? Going back for seconds on all dinner items, rather than just the item you like best 3 All of the following are macronutrients except vitamins 4 All of the following are macronutrients lipids carbohydrates protein 5 Which of the following statements about proteins is false? Proteins are made of amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. 6 following statements about proteins are true Proteins differ based on the combinations of amino acids used in each type of protein. Proteins are composed of amino acids. Dietary protein from animal sources better matches the amino acid needs of humans compared to dietary protein derived from plants sources. 7 If you know you are going to order dessert at dinner tonight, which of these choices would illustrate the concept of balancing your choices? Choosing a salad with fat-free salad dressing for lunch 8 With the exception of _______, all the classes of nutrients are involved in forming and maintaining the body’s structure. vitamins 9 Gram per gram, ______ provide the most kcalories. lipids 10 A deficient intake of _______ is known to produce osteoporosis. calcium 11 Some nutrient deficiencies occur quickly, whereas others take more time to develop. Which of the following nutrient deficiencies are listed in the order reflecting most quickly to least quickly? Dehydration, scurvy, osteoporosis 12 The top three causes of death...
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...modern countries like the U.S. can become dangerously dehydrated. Water is the single most important element in the world. It is the very basis for all life on Earth. As babies, water accounts 70 to 80% of our body mass. The older we get the more this percentage decreases, eventually balancing at approximately 60 to 65% for men and 50 to 60% for women. The most important organ in the body, our brain, consists of 80% water. The amount of adipose tissue in our bodies determines the natural percentage of this element. Women tend to have more of this fatty tissue thus decreasing the amount of water present. The chemical make up water, hydrogen and oxygen, are crucial to sustaining life because of the weak chemical bonds made with other molecules. This allows water to act as the primary solvent for many bodily functions like digestion. Water is also an incredibly efficient conductor of electricity. Our brain heavily relies on its ability to conduct electrochemical impulses to our neurons. These high level brain functions are the foundations for everything ranging from intellectual thought to more mundane actions like breathing. In addition to these characteristics, water, can be a great dietary aid. This is accomplished by its ability to suppress your appetite, reduce sodium...
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...Protein digestion Protein metabolism denotes the various biochemical processes responsible for the synthesis of proteins and amino acids, and the breakdown of proteins (and other large molecules, too) by catabolism.Dietary proteins are first broken down to individual amino acids by various enzymes and hydrochloric acid present in the gastro-intestinal tract.[1] These amino acids are further broken down to α-keto acids which can be recycled in the body for generation of energy, and production of glucose or fat or other amino acids. This break-down of amino acids to α-keto acids occurs in the liver by a process known as transamination Protein digestion occurs in the stomach and duodenum in which 3 main enzymes, pepsin secreted by the stomach and trypsin and chymotrypsin secreted by the pancreas, break down food proteins into polypeptides that are then broken down by various exopeptidases and dipeptidases into amino acids. The digestive enzymes however are mostly secreted as their inactive precursors, the zymogens. For example, trypsin is secreted by pancreas in the form of trypsinogen, which is activated in the duodenum by enterokinase to form trypsin. Trypsin then cleaves proteins to smaller polypeptides. Protein metabolism is dependent on a vast number of endogenous mediators. These mediators define the balance between anabolic and catabolic processes. Insulin is the major anabolic hormone and also has an important role in amino acid and protein homeostasis. During injury and...
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... Collaborate and Change), O2E and BRIDGES College Corps, ClimBRIDGES and any other events conducted by Team BRIDGES on the BRIDGES’ challenge course and rock climbing wall and elsewhere. The programs consist of low challenge course activities, high challenge course activities, and artificial rock wall climbing. A challenge course is a network of obstacles, cables, ropes, swings and platforms, some as high as 30 (thirty) feet off of the ground, over which participants may walk and swing, with or without the assistance of other persons. Participants may be assisted (“belayed”) by mechanica l friction devices or by other participants or staff, using cables or ropes. These activities require moderate to strenuous physical exertion, balancing, lifting, pulling, pushing and climbing, and reliance on other persons, equipment and man made structures. The artificial walls may reach heights of 30 (thirty)...
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...Western diets and lifestyles Name University Affiliation Introduction Nourishing our bodies does not mean just giving the body anything in the form of food, but it is the giving the body various foods that have the major three nutrients; the vitamins, proteins, and carbohydrates in the required quantity. There is a common statement that states that too much of something is poisonous.” This also applies to the food nutrients we normally eat in our diets (Bunyamin, Spaderna, & Weidner, 2013). When we eat too much of certain food nutrients without balancing the ratio that is required can be so dangerous to our body health. Nourishing our bodies well involve every aspect of our life; physical, emotional and even spiritual. When one of these aspects is unbalanced, our eating behaviors change, and this affects our body health. A healthy diet provides the body with the necessary nutrients that are required to function physically, and also fight diseases (Colditz, 1999). Many studies have proved that the rate of lifestyle disease occurrences has risen sharply in the last few decades mostly in developed nations than the developing nations. World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2005 that 61% of global death occurrences are as a result of lifestyle disease. It further predicted that by the year 2030, the global death rate caused by lifestyle diseases would reach 70%. This statistics is worrying because the lifestyle diseases are now proving to be the threat to the human kind(Mayo...
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...Purpose and Goal of Needs Assessment 1. What is the general perception of happiness in the nursing home? 2. What special programs are in place to create a sense of community and belonging? 3. Does the staff members appear happy with their jobs or do they view their job and the patients as burdens? 4. What is the access to transportation outside of the home? 5. Dose any of the staff have specific certifications or unique skills which make them more of an asset to the community? 6. How do one-on-one interactions occur? Are they all forced or do the residents feel comfortable with the staff and converse with them? 7. Does the staff generally take their time with their duties or do they focus on certain duties and let others fall by the wayside? 8. Is the dining experience unique for each individual resident or do they all get the same basic meal? 9. Is there alternative entertainment during dining such as television or background music? 10. Does the community promote interaction and events with the children and grandchildren of residents? Literature Review on Dining Experiences in Relation to General Feelings of Happiness “A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.” This quote from the late French actor Maurice Chevalier describes the hopes that all people have as they get older. Sadly, not everyone...
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...Fa"Fad diet" is a term of popular media, not science. Some so-called fad diets may make pseudo-scientific claims. According to one definition, fad diets claim to be scientific but do not follow the scientific method in establishing their validity. What is a fad diet? There are many different definitions of what a fad diet consists of. One definition is any weight loss plan that quickly gains popularity and may become unpopular just as quick. A more specific definition is any weight loss program or aid that promises to produce dramatic weight loss in a very short amount of time. Each type of fad diet varies in the amount of food that is restricted and what types of foods may be restricted. Are fad diets healthy? The basis of these diets is usually a very restricted diet that may even eliminate certain food groups all together. Research has shown that in order to obtain the amount of nutrients our body needs on a daily basis we must consume a balanced and varied diet. Fad diets do not allow consumers to eat a well-balanced diet in most cases which causes the lack of nutrients to the body. In particular, the diets that eliminate certain foods from a person’s diet completely put the person at risk for nutrient deficiencies. Many of the diet authors will suggest that consumers take daily supplements to make up for the lost nutrients; however supplements do not provide all the plant chemicals and nutrients that our bodies need to function properly. Another risk of these diets...
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...FAO FOOD AND NUTRITION PAPER NUMBER 65 RISK MANAGEMENT AND FOOD SAFETY Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Consultation Rome, Italy, 27 to 31 January 1997 ISSUED BY THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ROME, 1997 The designation employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. First issued in March 1997 in PDF format: reissued in April 1997 with corrections. The copyright in this document is vested in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Application for permission to reproduce this book, in whole or in part, by any method or process, should be addressed, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction desired, to the Director, Publications Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. FAO, Rome, 1997 CONTENTS CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF ACRONYMS....................................................................................................................v 1...
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...It is ranked at 136 along with Equatorial Guinea while Sri Lanka strides ahead Over the past three decades, India has made good progress on the human development index (HDI), says the Human Development Report 2013, released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). However, India’s rank out of 187 countries is no better than last year’s. With a HDI value of 0.554 and a rank of 136 among 187 countries, which it shares with Equatorial Guinea, India is placed in the “medium development” category. There has been steady improvement in its HDI value, which was 0.345 in 1980. In 1950, Brazil, China and India together represented 10 per cent of the world economy, while the six traditional economic leaders of the North accounted for more than half. According to projections in the report, by 2050, Brazil, China and India will together account for 40 per cent of global output, far surpassing the projected combined production of today’s Group of Seven bloc. | | | HDI is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices used to rank countries in four tiers of human development. Since 2011, the UNDP report has included an inequality adjusted HDI, also known as IHDI, which attempts to include the effects of inequality on human development. The IHDI for India this year is 0.392. High gender inequality The country fails miserably on the front of gender equality. On the gender equality index, with a value of 0.610, India has one of the worst indicators...
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