...Assignment 2: Unhealthy Lunches By Christine Zimmerman Business Law and Corporate Ethics | BUS212 A01 Instructor: Douglas Wert July 22, 2012 One can drive down any street in America and find all types of fast food style restaurants. We are all familiar with those top named facilities. The task of finding a child and/or adult who doesn’t know the chains of Burger King, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, KFC, or McDonald’s would be a hard task to accomplish. The question at hand is how often do we all eat at these establishments? It has been proven over and over that the more often someone, regardless of hereditary, race, if you are an adult or child, or stature, if you make unhealthy eating choices on a daily basis, you will become obese. Parents should teach their children about healthy choices. Exercise and nutrition are an important part of one’s lifestyle. I stop and think how every new mother buys baby food such as carrots, peas, squash, grain cereal, and various fruits for their infant. However, by the time a child reaches the age of 3 or 4, most know what a McDonald’s chicken nugget and French fries are. A few years ago, we could have included school lunches in this unhealthy choice category. Government and U.S. Department of Agriculture are still working vigorously to bring school lunches to a healthier standard. On top of working with schools to incorporate healthy choices and nutrition, contracting with Drive-In Don’s fast food restaurant who sells the most delicious burgers...
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...Assignment 2.2: The Public Needs to Know English 115 Professor Wylder The current status of school meals is that they are full of fat and do not contain enough nutritious value. There are changes that need to be made in order to preserve the health and wellbeing of the children in society. The changes to be made are in the school breakfast and lunch programs. In order to effectively change the program you have to understand the economic issues, the population that is being served and their needs, the process and the benefits of the program. One major economic issue is the rising ate of unemployment. This has forced society into a time filled with burden and stress. Unemployment forces struggling families to figure out how to feed their children with limited to no resources. This burden has caused a rise in the number of children participating in the breakfast and lunch program. The increase in participation has gone up by about 84% for free and reduced lunches alone. The participation is also rising because it is cheaper for a family to feed their child at school than it is to send their lunch (School Nutrition Association, 2008). The rising rate of participation shows that families are in dire need of assistance. The families are turning to the schools for assistance to ensure that their children have food to eat. Another economic issue that American families face today is being underemployed. Being underemployed is when you only a have part time job(s) or you take...
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...Week 7 assignment Antoinette Brooks Adelia Cozart-Amos Eng 115 November 26, 2012 Thesis Statement Today, youth in America face an obesity crisis that is unprecedented in our history. Obesity rates have skyrocketed by 300% over the last 30 years, with dramatic implications for our children and our society. Introduction Children born in 2000 have a 1-in-3 chance of developing type 2 diabetes during their lifetime, and 70% of obese 5- to 17-year-olds in a population-based study had at least 1 risk factor for cardiovascular disease.” A statement written by KM Richardson. If the childhood obesity epidemic is not reversed, our society will bear the pain and cost of high rates of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, and other obesity-related chronic diseases. The tragedy is that these consequences are preventable. We know that prevention of disease is cost-effective and ethical; treatment is costly and painful. If we know what our children need to be healthy, why don't we, as adults, fix the problem? Is it lack of education about nutrition; an inadequate food supply; the power of food marketing; lack of access to healthy, affordable foods; or a failure of will? The Obama administration announced its long-awaited changes to government-subsidized school meals, a final round of rules that adds more fruits and green vegetables to breakfasts and lunches and reduces the amount of salt and fat. Specifically, 38.8 percent of students who routinely eat school...
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...Obesity Ruba Albaroudi 150/150 A Obesity is becoming an ever growing issue in the United States. It is very important to completely comprehend the scope and nature of this epidemic. Children spend the majority of their day in school and most of them eat breakfast or lunch at least once a day in the school cafeteria. Serving unhealthy food that have high calories, corn syrup, and is processed contribute toward the growing obesity in our country. Although fast food is convenient and inexpensive, we as a society need to stop eating fast food because it has increased health problems. We have to develop ways to eat healthy instead of tempt to choose fatty food that is served in school cafeterias, can be contributing to children becoming obese. There needs to be adjustments to the menus so schools could serve the proper nutrition that children need to stay healthy, as well as preventing this issue from happening in the future. It is important to understand what children are eating at school and if the can potentially cause them to become obese. The food industry often hides the methods of how their food is being produced using excuses like business secrets to cover it up. However, in the end consumers have the right to know what they are eating. Childhood obesity has escalated over the past decades and it is only getting worse. According to The National Academies Press(2005), “Nationwide, roughly nine million children over six years of age are obese— with...
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...were me eating healthier, eating more fruit and vegetable servings, eating more calcium, and avoiding a lot of fast food meals. I think what helped me improve in these areas was for Lent, which is where I have to give up something for 40 days. So for Lent, I decided to give up meat, fast food, sweets, and anything but water. I think the only way my diet didn’t change or improve was me still not eating 3 meals a day. I still tend to eat big meals twice a day instead of eating 5-6 small meals a day or spreading out my eating times. I think what helped contributed to that was me not preparing my own meals, not eating at the right times or me just not being hungry. One similarity that I noticed from these two records was that I still eat only 2-3 big meals a day and don’t really know how to eat smaller portions. But I did notice that in my second records, I ate a healthy breakfast (yogurt and berries) all three days while in my first record, I would only eat a special K bar. Another difference that I noticed was that I didn’t have any fast food at all and ate more homemade meals, like tilapia with vegetables. I also noticed in the second records that I started to eat more servings of fruits and vegetables in my breakfast and dinners compared to my first records where I barely ate any servings of both. Behavior Change Contract I did succeed on reaching my goal! What helped me reach it was me telling and making myself prepare my breakfast the night before. So what I would...
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...Childhood Obesity page 1 Childhood Obesity in Health Care SOC 101 Week Five Assignment April 1, 2013 Childhood Obesity page 2 Childhood Obesity is a serious health and societal issue. Rising at extreme rates, one may call it an epidemic. Childhood obesity increases incidences of mortality later in life, causes asthma and type II diabetes, which was only found in adults. With these ill effects, childhood obesity is an issue that should not be taken lightly. Over the last fifteen years, obesity in children has increased fifty percent. While the cause of this is equivocal, and heredity may play a role, there are some contributing factors. The media, parents/caregivers, and schools are major influences which are, to some extent, responsible for this astounding inclination of obesity among children. Though parents should not allow the television to become their babysitter, some often do. Children, who are the most profitable sector in the media, are dragged into the unmerciful pull of the media. There are countless television programs and stations for children of all ages. With this wide variety, children are able to spend hours watching television which requires no physical...
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...Health and Psychology HCA 250 Angela C. Final Assignment Week 9 Instructor: E. G. Psychology’s Relation To Diabetes Diabetic Overview Viewed as a metabolic disorder, the cells in the body do not respond appropriately to the insulin present in the body of a person with type 2 diabetes. This is due to the dysfunction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas that can result in insulin resistance or insulin deficiency. Risk factors that can contribute to the development of type two diabetes include obesity, aging, a less active lifestyle, and unhealthy dietary habits that include food high in saturated and trans fats and certain pre-existing medical conditions. Other medical risk factors that may exacerbate or give rise to type-two diabetes include hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic pancreatitis, glucocorticoid drugs, and Cushing’s syndrome. Monitoring blood glucose levels with a glucose meter can help in both prevention and treatment. Dietary modification which includes a high fiber intake, increased exercise levels, maintaining a normal body weight and being a non-smoker and moderate alcohol drinker can play a significant role in prevention and treatment. Treatment can also be provided through the administration of different insulin formulations either orally or through subcutaneous injection. Type 1 diabetes is similar yet very distinct in its cause. The beta cells in the pancreas are attacked in what is believed to be an...
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...BTEC BUSINESS Assignment Brief Student Name | Isabel Tomas | Email Address | Isabeltomas@hotmail.co.uk | Programme Title: | BTEC Level 3 90 Credit Point Extended Diploma | Unit Number/Title: | UNIT 3 | Title of Assignment: | BUSINESS MARKETING | Assignment Internally Verified by: | | Date: | Tutor Name: | Greg Lewis | Issue Date: | 27/02/2015 | Submission Date: | 22/03/2015 | Re-submission date | 20/05/15 | | Targeted Criteria Within This Assignment | Criteria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Task No. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Met | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Learner declarationI certify that the evidence submitted for this assignment is my own. I have clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice.Learner signature: Isabel Tomas Date: 20/05/15 | Contents Page * Introduction/ Identifying customers in consumer markets – Page 3 * Market segmentation – Pages 3 - 4 * Geo-demographic systems – Pages 4 – 5 * Reason for choice of target groups – Pages 5 - 6 * How are business groups segmented? – Pages 6 – 8 * Tesco market segmentation – Page 8 * Conclusion – Page 9 * Bibliography – Page 9 P5 This report will build up from previous assignments and it will be focusing on the different...
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...are still pending, and five have been resolved. FEMALE EMPLOYEES Although women account for more than 67 percent of all Wal-Mart employees, women make up less than 10 percent of top-store managers. Wal-Mart insists that it adequately trains and promotes women, but in 2001 a Wal-Mart executive conducted an internal study that showed the company paid female store managers less than men in the same position. In June 2004, a federal judge in San Francisco granted class-action status to a sexdiscrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart. It is the largest class-action lawsuit and involves 1.6 million current and former female employees at Wal-Mart. It claims that Wal-Mart discriminated against women in promotions, pay, training, and job assignments. Even Wal-Mart concludes in its annual report that if the company is not successful in its appeal of the class-action certification of the case, the resulting liability could be material to the company. DISABLED EMPLOYEES In January 2000, Wal-Mart agreed to pay two deaf applicants $132,500. The two applied to work at a Wal-Mart in Tucson, Arizona, but were denied employment because of their disabilities. Wal-Mart agreed to hire the two men as part of the settlement and to make corporate-wide changes in the hiring and training of new employees who are deaf or hearing impaired. However, in June 2001, for failure to comply with the original court order, Wal-Mart was fined $750,200, ordered to produce and air a TV ad stating that...
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...National American University Harold D. Buckingham Graduate School Certificate of Authorship Date: June 29, 2011 Student: Anissa Douglas-WilliamsAssignment: LP 5 – Final Paper - MotivationCourse: MT6320 – Employee Evaluation and Compensation Number Section Instructor: Dr. Janet Smith By submitting the following written assignment: I certify that: (1) I am the sole author of the following written assignment; (2) I prepared the assignment specifically for this course; (3) I properly cited all sources of information; and (4) I conducted and referenced all research in accordance with the current APA Publication Manual. I acknowledge and agree that my assignment may be submitted to an external service to determine the originality of the work and that it shall be subject to the terms and conditions of such service. I further acknowledge that I am subject to the academic integrity policies and procedures set forth in the university catalogs.Signature: Anissa Douglas-Williams | LP 5 – Final Paper - Motivation | | | Anissa Douglas-Williams | MT6320 – Employee Evaluation and CompensationJune 29, 2011 | | Table of Contents I. Abstract II. Introduction III. Motivation IV. Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy Theory V. McClelland’s Needs Theory VI. Equity Theory VII. Expectancy Theory VIII. Emotional Needs and Appreciation IX. Communication and Input X. Department Retreat ...
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...Name: Job Title: Months in this Position: Date of Evaluation: Department: Review Period: PART I – Introduction Employee Commitment: Our Company recognizes that it’s employees are a crucial ingredient to the quality and success of it’s products and services. It is our commitment to support the development of our staff both professionally and personally and in doing so create an organization with the ability to exceed the expectations of the company, the individual and our clients. Purposes of Performance Reviews: The primary purpose of a performance review is to encourage staff development and strengthen the departments overall effectiveness by: 1. identify specific indicators of achievement 2. pin‐point areas of greatest/least effectiveness 3. stimulate improved performance 4. aid in promotion, retention and salary decisions 5. clearly define the goals and objectives of the organization 6. develop mutually established employee focused goals and objectives 7. increase employer‐employee communications 8. evaluate effectiveness of management Review Expectations: Each employee is entitled to a thoughtful and careful review. Performance review success depends on both the supervisor’s willingness to complete a constructive and objective assessment, and on the employee’s willingness to respond to constructive suggestions for improvement and work with the supervisor to identify, overcome, and establish goals and objectives that will eliminate performance barriers...
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...and information that you will need for the Critical Thinking workshop held at the Student Development Unit. As well as the exercises we’ll be working on during the session, you will also find guidance that you can keep for future reference, such as advice on active learning and intelligence, models for critical thinking skills, and questions to help you think critically. When you are asked to complete an academic assignment, your tutor will be looking for evidence of these three skills: • Gathering of complex material • Making sense of that complex material • Communicating your understanding of that complex material to an informed reader.[1] The ‘making sense’ stage is the one we tend to neglect out of fear that we may not have anything of value to contribute. But, as the eminent thinker Edward De Bono puts it: ‘Thinking is a skill that can be improved by training, by practice and through learning how to do it better. Thinking is no different from any other skill and we can get better at the skill of thinking if we have the will to do so.’[2] We hope that this handbook will help you to develop strongly argued and well-structured pieces of work, and encourage you to build critical thinking into every aspect of your academic life. Be prepared to make some changes to how you work – if you always do things in the same way, you’ll keep getting the same results. We need to change our actions to change our outcomes. Start with some small adjustments and...
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...Running head: VILLIAGE MEADOWS COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT Community Assessment of Village Meadows Elementary School Grand Canyon University Community Health October 18, 2010 Community Boundaries This community is comprised of school-aged children ranging from kindergarten and lasting up until sixth grade. The phenomological community is represented in the fact that the community members are all considered to be in elementary school. The community is made up of children with and without special needs and learning disabilities. These children live in the geopolitical area of Bell Road to the 101 Freeway, and between 19th Avenue and 25th Avenue. This area is the pre-determined area set forth by the county to represent the appropriate amount of households for the school size. The community expands and shrinks as students move into or out of this plotted area. They represent people who are mostly Caucasian and Hispanic, but there is a blend of Slavic and Middle Eastern community members. Many of the community members live in apartments or other grouped housing, and has the ability to interact outside of school as well. Assumptions The main assumptions of the community include that some of the children will be poorly educated because of the community in which it resides. It is also assumed that these children are not going to be eager about school, particularly high school and college because the percent of bachelor level families is...
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...ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Contents Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Introduction………..………….…………………………………………………………………… 2 1.0 Sources of funding and income generation for businesses and service industries.... 3 2.1 review sources of funding available to business and services industries……...…… 3 2.2 evaluate the contribution made by a range of methods of generating income within a given business and services operation ……….……………………. 4 2.0 Business in terms of the elements of cost….……….……………………………………… 5 3.3 discuss elements of cost, gross profit percentages and selling prices for products and services ………………………………………………………………. 5 3.4 evaluate methods of controlling stock and cash in a business and services environment……………………………………………………………………. 6 3.0 Evaluate business accounts…………………………………………………………………… 7 4.5 assess the source and structure of the trial balance………………………………… 7 4.6 evaluate business accounts, adjustments and notes……………………………….. 10 4.7 discuss the process and purpose of budgetary control………...…………………… 14 4.8 analyse variances from budgeted and actual figures, offering suggestions for appropriate future management action………………….…………. 15 4.0 Analyse business performance by the application of ratios………………….………… 16 5.9 calculate and analyse...
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... Chapter 1: Management Pedagogy Map This chapter begins with the learning outcome summaries and terms covered in the chapter, followed by a set of lesson plans for you to use to deliver the content in Chapter 1. Lesson Plan for Lecture (for large sections) Lesson Plan for Group Work (for smaller classes) Assignments with Teaching Tips and Solutions What Would You Do? Case Assignment––Netflix Self-Assessment––Is Management for You? Management Decision––Should We Try to Make More Money Management Team Decision––Negotiating with Investors Practice Being a Manager––Finding a Management Job Develop Your Career Potential––Interview Two Managers Reel to Real Video Assignment: Management Workplace ––Camp Bow Wow Review Questions Additional Activities and Assignments |Highlighted Assignments |Key Points | |What Would You Do? Case Assignment |After a period of phenomenal growth, Netflix faces several challenges as it looks | | |to develop new ways to deliver movies. | |Self-Assessment |Students get a first glimpse to determine if their skills...
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