...include but no limited to type two diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and even some types of cancer. Taking control of your health and weight can be a difficult task, but it needs to be done to live a health life and to eliminate certain aliments. When starting to make a life changes such as losing weight, it is wise to consult a health professional to lead you to the right path for one’s self. Every diet or exercise plan is not right for everyone. Everyday people have to face the dilemma of losing weight the old fashion way, or taking the steps to using bariatric surgery to help them concur their weight lose goals. Nevertheless, whichever one a person choses, it still takes dedication and hard work to overcome their weight lose challenges. In essence, it is important to incorporate the six dimensions of health into your daily life and find a way to balance them so that you can achieve overall health. The six dimensions of health are physical, social, intellectual, emotional, environmental, and spiritual health. When the six dimensions of health are included in one’s daily life, they will find that one’s life will change for the better. Having the correct amount of fruits, vegetables, and water in a person’s daily diet is extremely important. There are several dietary tools that one can find helpful to guide them on the weight lose journey, which includes pedometers, calorie counters, the food pyramid, and multiple websites and cell phone apps. The food pyramid gives...
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...Eating Disorders 2 Eating Disorders: It’s Affect on adolescents For many years now, eating disorders have affected many people in our society. Young people being the main target because of the publics’ idea of a person’s size and weight. In our world, society has made people think that people have to look a certain way to fit in. Most women are judge by their appearance and some still dream of the perfect measurement 90-60-90. This disorder affects both females and males, but the female population being the most talked about. Besides the eating disorders knowing that they lose weight or stop weight gain, they don’t knowledge about what the effects are. Researchers have come together to let the truth about eating disorders and what are their health complications. Some of the questions that everyone should have the answers to are: 1.What are the main points of having an eating disorder? 2.What are the medical complications? 3.Who can be at risk? 4.What are the outcomes of an eating disorder treatment right after discharge and about three months later? Journal of adolescent health, nutrition research and eating behaviors have dedicated their time to explain all the factors so they can be accessible to the public. The information is out there to prevent people from suffering of these disorders in the future. As a young woman I find that this topic is to be known about, so that way people know what they are about to deal with to look like some magazine...
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...Weight Loss and Modern Technology For over forty years, the Weight Watchers organization has devoted itself to the helping people lose weight in a manner that was safe, practical, and manageable. Beginning in September of 1961 by a single woman in Queens, New York, the company has grown from a small, individual program to becoming the “global leader in weight management services, providing 50,000 Weight Watchers meetings each week in countries all over the world” (Weight Watchers International, Inc., 2013). Back in the sixties, the Weight Watchers program was provided face to face; individuals attended weekly meetings with peers. Today, the program has expanded to offer a wider variety of tools and options for members; members can attend meeting, access and use the Weight Watchers program online, and, most recently, the official Weight Watchers Smart Phone App. Accommodating Busy Lifestyles with Modern Technology For many years, those who wanted to participate in the Weight Watchers program only had the option of attending the weekly, in-person meetings. While those able to attend usually were able to find success with the program, it left a gap for those with busier lifestyles on the go. Those with full-time jobs could not stop their work day to go to physical meetings. With the development of electronic commerce, or E-commerce, companies had the option to offer their information, products and services through computer networks, including the internet (Rainer Jr. & Cegielski...
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...relevant image to the customers in order to maintain the growth of SlimFast and gain in market share. Why: An action trigger (i.e. realization of the short-term effect of the promotional campaigns, consumers’ perception of SlimFast’s product as irrelevant and dated, intense competition from the competitions particularly diet pills) has caused a need for Frank to develop a 2008 marketing plan/brand strategy for SlimFast. However, it is risky to pursue other consumer segments as all of its competitors are targeting the same segment and the weight management market is experiencing steady growth at the same time. While maintaining shelf space from retailers poses a challenge to SlimFast, switching to alternate retailers will not benefit to SlimFast as it is already in connection with the most well known retailers. With the long history of over 25 years in the market, SlimFast certainly has awareness of its products from consumers. While the weight management industry sales increases in year 2004 to 2007 from $146 to $150 (in million), SlimFast’s sales on the other hand drop $5 million in the three-year period. Also, market share is decreasing from 25% in 2004 to 21% in 2007. According to the AIDA model, what SlimFast lacks at the moment is interest, desire and the actual purchasing action from consumers. Although SlimFast tried to differentiate themselves from its competitors by using different published studies and reports, SlimFast’s products do not seem appealing to consumers and...
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...these magazines are telling the truth about what products work. One magazine called, "Cosmopolitan", as we all know even if it's about the product working or not, most women don't realize what can harm themselves. From extreme energy weight loss pills that contain much caffeine and other harmful ingredients that can really harm you body, and face treatments that you can apply for minutes that can help you looking good, which you're not 100% sure that it may work, also another magazine by "Ladies Home Journal", had advertisements on a lot of diet treats, but it's not a diet treatments when it still contains a lot of sugar or a lot of caffeine! All these ad's have their own harmful ingredients. "Seventeen", another magazine where I seen most about what's more in style. In, "Help or hindrance? Women's magazines offer readers little but fear, failure" by Mary Kay Blakely, who has done a study on depression with women and women's magazines. However, the media contributes to eating disorders through its unrealistic representation of women. I wonder why advertisements in these magazines has a lot of diet weight loss supplies, I seen an article in , "Ladies Home Journal" about a weight management supply called Hydroxycut, they say "Live Lose Weight Your Way", " Thanks to Hydroxycut, I Love my new body . I'm back in action and ready for anything !", Said Monica from the...
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...People often think that money, power and status are the symbol of our lives. Fact, health is the most important asset in our lifetime. Health can let us have the strength and vitality to do the things we want to do. Without health, we can do nothing. The essay will focus on how age group, geographical location and levels of wealth effects people’s chance of surviving and recovering from serious illness. We will go though Obesity, Heart disease and Lung disease which the most common diseases in the city. Obesity is a warning that the body becomes unhealthy. ‘Differ Diets, online experts in the diet and weight loss industry; predict that an extra million or so adult will become obese in the year 2013. The bad news does not stop there with a sharp rise in the number of overweight children, currently estimated to be 20% of the population.’ (PRWeb, 2012) Lifestyle might be the main factor cause Obesity. With different age group, geographical location and levels of wealth, people can have various lifestyles. Youngsters, who aged under 18 is the easier group to become Obesity because they are being in puberty. It’s not easy for youngsters to change their eating habit because they need to absorb adequate nutrition to help their bodybuilding. The chance of people aged over 18 suffer from Obesity is equally large too. But people who are wealthy will easier to suffer from Obesity because they are rich and have money to try different foods. Lifestyle is a kind of habit of our life and...
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...Iron and Vitamin D deficiency, weight loss, anemia, and osteoporosis. Celiac disease may be indulged to some as vogue; however, it is a major disorder, which alters the lives of...
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...7 Day Cabbage Soup Slow Fat Loss Fix 1 7 Day Cabbage Soup Slow Fat Loss Fix Table of Contents Secret #1: Separate fact from fiction! .................................................................... 3 Secret #2: Stick to the plan! .................................................................................. 6 The Original Cabbage Soup Recipe ....................................................................... 11 The Original Cabbage Soup Eating Plan ................................................................ 12 Secret #3: Pair yourself with a buddy!................................................................. 14 Secret #4: Do what works! .................................................................................. 18 Secret #5: Set attainable goals! ........................................................................... 25 Secret #6: Write, write, write!............................................................................. 31 Secret #7: Wear what flatters! ............................................................................ 35 Secret #8: Ramp it up with activity! .................................................................... 41 Secret #9: Keep going! ........................................................................................ 44 Appendix A: Shopping List for the Cabbage Soup Diet ......................................... 48 Appendix B: Your Support List...........................................................
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...* ------------------------------------------------- Six Vices Destroy the Human Life * Some people may think that people are the strongest in the nature. In fact, the human body is rather tender to be threatened by various vices, such as the inadequate intake of water and excessive intake of coffee. These vices can gradually destroy our life. The first vice is to drink water inadequately, which can cause the aging of brain, induce the cardiovascular diseases and affect the metabolism of kidney. When people are working in office, they usually forget to drink water. In order to prevent the danger, people should absorb enough water for their bodies. However, people with weak intestinal functions should not drink water until they feel thirsty, or the metabolism of water inside the body can be seriously disturbed. The second vice is to regard fruits as main food. Although fruits contain abundant vitamins and sugar, they can not provide protein and trace elements for the human body. The inadequate supplementation of protein will cause nutritional imbalance and induce various diseases. It is necessary for people to know well about their own physical constitutions so as to choose suitable food. The third vice is to drink wine excessively. It is known to all that excessive drinking can cause the liver diseases and affect the reproductive system. If people want to drink wine, they should first understand the variety of wine. It is beneficial for people to drink red grape wine moderately...
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...Good Cardio......................................................................................................6 2.2 Body Part Isolation vs. Complex Movements in Strength Training ...................................9 2.3 Tired of the Same Old 3 Sets of 10? So is Your Body! Discover How to Manipulate Training Variables ............................................................................................................................. 11 2.4 Your Workouts Need Both Consistency and Variability for Max Results...................... 13 2.5 The Ultimate Hard-Body Exercise ......................................................................................... 15 2.6 Barbell, Kettlebell, and Dumbbell Complexes - a Different Style of Weight Training for a Ripped Body ................................................................................................................................... 18 2.7 Top 15 Non-Traditional, Muscle-Building, Fat Blasting Workouts!................................. 22 3.0 NUTRITION STRATEGIES ............................................................................................................ 31 3.1 Post-Workout Nutrition: Secrets to a Hard, Lean Body .................................................... 32 3.2 Don’t be Afraid of Dietary Fat! Even Some Saturated Fats are Healthy for You......... 34 3.3 Healthy Trans Fats vs. Unhealthy Trans Fats...
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...Diet Pills A lot of people start using Diet Pills with the idea to lose weight easy and fast. Due to the large amount of people overweight diet pills have become increasingly popular. People start using diet pills without thinking about the side effects of these pills and sometimes people just assumed they are good for our body. Diet pills can work as appetite suppressants because they trick our body into thinking we are full by decreasing brain chemicals that affect mood and appetite. They can also work as fat absorption by preventing the body from absorbing and break down fat. The fat is eliminated in bowel movement. The main issue with diet pills is how dangerous the ingredients they put in diet pills can damage our body. Diet pills are not as tightly regulated by the government as medications. Manufactures don’t need to prove to FDA that the pills are safe before they can sell it to consumers. Ingredients we need to avoid in our body are Ephedra which can cause irregular heartbeat, seizures, stroke or sudden death. Yohimbe is another ingredient known to cause irregular heartbeat, changes in blood pressure and heart attack. Comfrey is associated with liver toxicity which can cause liver failure. These are only a few of the ingredients we can find in diet pills and can cause major health problems. In general consumers had received reports of liver problems even including the death of a teenager due to the use of diet pills. Some of the side effects of the diet...
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...University of Phoenix Material Website Review Find national, state, and local governmental health agency websites that address the issue you selected in your Week One assignment. Follow the example to document your findings in the table. Health issue: ____Obesity_______________________ |Website |Website Information Type |Type of Surveillance: |Data changes over time: Has|Identify two | | | |survey, self-report, |the incidence increased or |interventions that | | | |statistics, case |decreased? |affect the issue. | | | |report, and so forth | | | |Example: http://www.cdc.gov/media/h1n1flu/index.htm#FAS |Table of contents, |Statistics and |Swine flu incidences have |Vaccine, hand washing, | | |search, print, videos, |self-reporting |decreased. There are now |and isolation masks | |...
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...Two Methods of Weight Loss For many people, weight loss is a challenge. This writer continues to struggle to lose weight, but recently lost 35 pounds from healthy eating and exercising. To achieve and maintain a healthy weight requires a lifestyle change of healthy eating and exercise, and for those with medical problems they may need to turn to other another method for assistance, like my friend Sarah who chose gastric bypass surgery. Healthy eating and exercise and gastric bypass surgery have similarities and differences but both will help in the success of weight loss. Lifestyle changes, healthy eating with portion control, exercise, and medical guidelines are some of the similarities and difference that aide in these two methods of weight loss. With healthy eating and exercise, and gastric bypass surgery a person needs motivation and the need to make lifestyle changes in order for them to succeed in weight loss. There are obstacles a person taking gastric bypass surgery as a method of weight loss needs to go through to accomplish their weight loss goal, and remain healthy. Gastric bypass surgery requires physician’s instruction and nutritional guidance in order to accomplish a lifestyle change. Consulting a doctor for a guide to what to do before and after surgery is beneficial to the person considering gastric bypass surgery because there are many behaviors one must do post-surgery. Eating behaviors need to be changed post gastric bypass surgery; chewing their food excessively...
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...Self-Management Behavioral Contract Sarah Spearmen BSHS 312 September 5th, 2011 Joyce Hicks Self-Management Behavioral Contract Although there are many things that I would ideally like to change about myself, I have chosen weight loss as the topic of my contract. I do realize that this is not a change that is quick and simple. Instead, it will take an extensive matter of time to accomplish in a healthy and successful manner. This paper will include the behaviors that I would like to increase, as well as those I will decrease. I will also include a chart that will show hoe I will be monitoring my success. I will also be including any internal and external consequences for actions associated with working toward and attaining specific goals. The first step to take is to document some basic details and my starting weight, so that a precise plan can be established. I am 33 years old, height is 5’2 and current weight is 215 lbs. My long term goal is 150lb, which would be an overall loss of 65lbs. My short term goals include losing 5 lbs. a week for 13 weeks, for a total of three months and one week. This weight loss plan will begin on September 12th and end December 12th. I would like to increase a few healthy choices, beginning with better nutrition. Although I do not eat a lot of junk food, I do drink way too much pop. I will begin to decrease the soda intake, and increase my water intake. I also will be eating foods that are either grilled...
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...Exercise and its Benefits Cade Stidham "Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity." mayoclinic. Mayo Health Clinic, 23 July 2011. Web. 16 Jan. 2013. . In the article “Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity.” the authors talk about the benefits of exercise, from boosting your mood to improving your sex life. The first topic of seven is how exercise controls weight. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories. The more intense the activity, the more calories you burn. Therefore causing weight loss and making you a healthier individual. The second topic exercise combats health conditions and diseases. Regular physical activity can help you prevent or manage a wide range of health problems and concerns, including stroke, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, depression, certain types of cancer, arthritis and falls. The third is exercise improves mood. Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed. The fourth topic is exercise boosts energy. Exercise and physical activity deliver oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and help your cardiovascular system work more efficiently. The fifth topic is exercise promotes better sleep. Regular physical activity can help you fall asleep faster and deepen your sleep. By exercising you use energy therefore making you drowsier and making it easier for you to fall asleep. The sixth topic is exercise puts the spark back into your sex life. Regular physical...
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