...health and wellness? Explain your response. Maintaining active life style, having a proper nutrition in your diet, and managing your stress levels are the most import elements of health and wellness. Having a consistent exercise schedule and being active on a regular basis helps shape your body physically and mentally makes you feel healthier. In my opinion, physical appearance is the first thing we think about in regards to someone being healthy. Diet and nutrition go hand in hand with exercise because you won’t reap the benefits of your exercise without it. Managing your stress is also very important in your daily life. Whether it’s at work or at home stress play a significant role in health. You need to somehow figure out what is causing the stress and then learn how to remove whatever those factors are from your life. DQ2 Please post a 150-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. Does being physically healthy equate to having overall health and wellness? In my opinion, being physically healthy does not always equate to having overall health and wellness but it certainly is a huge contributing factor towards it. I truly believe it is the impetus for health and wellness because being physical healthy is a behavior that could lead to other healthy behaviors in your life. Having a consistent exercise routine and maintaining good diet and nutrition typically makes you feel and look better. It helps establish a life style that produces results...
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...1. Primary Prevention/Health Promotion I think this Heath promotion would be a good topic for Lanham due to in our paper, we indicated Lanham's high rate of HIV/Asthma /Obesity and many uninsured residences. We can focus on 1) good nutrition programs, 2) physical activites and fitness 3) routine physical exams and/or 4) immunization. I think there is a wealth of information out there on these preventions. Plus if falls under Healthy People 2020. What do you guys think? I agree with HIV in teenager 11-12 Graders 2. Secondary Prevention/Screenings for a Vulnerable Population 3. Bioterrorism / Disaster 4. Environmental Issues From that plan we write the paper using the heading below for each section..... COPIED FROM JEN You will have your introduction (introducing the assignment). Then include only the following headings in your paper: Proposed Community Teaching * I would proposed teaching about proper nutrition and phycial activities and fitness and regular doctors visits. Planning Before Teaching * Economical factors such as can resident afford healthy meals and exerices (gym membership) and regular doctor's visits? Do they health insurance? * Transportation factors do resident have means to get to doctor visit? * knowledge factor such as do resident know the importance of the teaching? do they know what a healthy meal is? etc..... * Resident preception of health status. Perhaps they believe themself to be health? Epidemiological Rational...
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...High Fructose Corn Syrup and Your Health English 147 Advanced English Composition Chamberlain College of Nursing/DeVry University June 01, 2016 High Fructose Corn Syrup and Your Health Introduction: Your food might be killing you. No one wants to die and no one wants to be fat, yet hundreds of thousands of Americans die every year because of obesity. According to the National Institutes of Health, obesity and overweight people (defined by high body mass index or BMI) suffer from the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States (NIH, 2012). Almost 70% of the U.S. adult population is defined as overweight or obese (per BMI), with an estimated 300,000 attributed deaths per year (NIH, 2012). We learn in healthcare that any disease spreading at a rate faster than expected is considered epidemic. There has been great consternation about the rise in obesity and other health-related problems that is out of proportion with our increase in population. This paper will question whether the addition of fructose and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in beverage and food items has contributed to this problem. There are popular theories about decreased physical activity or perhaps the dissolution of the nuclear family mealtime as possible sources for increased obesity rates. Yet time and time again scientific food research has observed changing trends in eating habits, food choice, and ingredient additives as likely causation. The data that I have found...
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...Healthy Eating, Nutrition, and Exercise Plan Final Project * My Health/Nutrition Target My nutritional heath has been a very important part of my life ever since I began taking this class and understanding more of how my body works with different foods I consume. Throughout this course I have learned the food I consume affects my life in serious and immediate ways. I also learned various ways to help improve my dieting and better my overall health with different foods I eat, different ways of cooking foods, and supplements to help provide nutrients that are necessary for my body. I plan to find a way every single day to incorporate more fruits, vegetable, and exercise to provide my body with the total nutrients it needs to function properly. * Changes/No Changes From My Original Healthy Eating Plan My previous eating habits have not been as healthy as it has consisted of fast food a lot of times, meats, pasta, and bread because they do well with my digestive system. However I currently add more leafy vegetables and more diary to replace my areas of deficiency. After this week and completing the food tracker for a second time I was still very low in the amount of fruit intake. Even with the new adjustments I have made to what I consume I am still under the recommended calorie intake. When completing the food tracker I found out that in fact my total average calorie intake went down from 2806 20 2728 for a three day period. When it came to saturated fat my results were...
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...1. What are the responsibilities of companies in this or similar situations? - Nestlé should find a way to become involved with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, like sending in donations or even working with the organization to help. - Nestlé should remain a member of Infant Food Manufactures (IFM). - Nestlé should keep its internal Nestlé instructions to Nestlé employees updated and up to standards to avoid any more problems. - Nestlé should continue their efforts on social responsibility by sponsoring events at international medical and nutrition conferences, and events like celebrating the Canadian Year of the Family, and funding research on infant feeding. - Nestlé should be careful with their pricing strategy and make sure they are selling their products in third world countries for reasonable and affordable prices for the people, and they should maybe consider selling the products for even less in these places. Nestlé also needs to learn from its mistakes and not be so neglectful and they should respond to issues in a reasonable amount of time, because when they don’t they look irresponsible and careless. - Nestlé needs to do what ever it can to reposition itself as a force of good. 2. What could Nestle have done to have avoided the accusations of “killing third world babies” and still markets its product? One thing that Nestlé could have done to have avoided the accusations of "killing Third World babies" and still market their product is to...
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...Running head: THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW The Public Needs To Know Strayer University Eng 115 We should teach our children a healthy eating way of life. The public needs to know that we can have a voice in the way are children are fed at school with a healthy breakfast and lunch. The Public Needs to know Our goal is to improve the nutrition and health in breakfast and lunch programs in schools today. The children need better choices in eating healthy. We should be able to provide them with the tools they need for success in life. I believe that staying fit and healthy is the backbone for our children’s future. The economic issues we are faced with are that it cost more monies to eat healthier and it’s time consuming doing the research in finding ways to make it less cost efficient. We have to change our budgeting around in order to meet the heath needs. Our kids are worth more than anything so we should show them that by putting their health first in our budget. Everyone is looking for the easy way out. We can be healthy as well as cost effective at the same time. There are special needs for our children and they come with guidelines. As (Kennedy & Cooney , 2001) mentioned, “It just makes good sense to me to save lives and preserve the healthy babies through the use of sound nutritional supplementation, rather than pay later. We can make better investment in America than guaranteeing...
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...Chapter 7 PSY 201 Notes Heath and sickness For school-age children to develop slow and steady growth including: brain maturity, strong muscles, and other body organs good nutrition and hygiene is important. Immunizations helps prevent a lot of childhood diseases and viruses. Two of the most common health problems seen in school-age children are asthma and obesity. If the three levels of prevention is applied this can help in the health of a child. Primary Prevention- Happens before the sickness occur. Like making the environment better for a child. Secondary Prevention- Avoid on-set conditions. Staying consistent with routine check-ups. Tertiary Prevention- Treating the problem after it occurs. Teaching and learning Children begin to make sense of their situations. Children become more systematic and objective Thinking Children are able to organize their knowledge and utilize it when needed and in the correct way. Brain development As the brain continues to develop in middle childhood, several behaviors that were common in early childhood can be controlled, like emotional outburst. Ongoing maturation allows children to analyze the consequences of their behaviors before engaging in them which naturally improves with age. This video shows a good understanding of what selective and automation attention is in middle childhood Special needs children There are many different disorders that a child can develop during middle childhood. Children...
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...consequences of, the fall in the death rate since 1900 (24 marks) In the UK, the overall number of deaths has stayed fairly stable since 1900. However there has been some fluctuations, for example the number of deaths increased during the world wars. However, ignoring the two major increases, the death rate has fallen since 1900. Firstly, according to Thomas Mckeown (1972), improved nutrition is a main reason for the fall in the death rate. He argues that better nutrition increases resistance to infection and increases the survival chances of those who did get infected. However this has been challenged as females usually have a lower intake of food compared to men, and yet they live longer than men. The second reason for the decrease in the death rate is the healthcare the country now has improved massively. In 1900, many people would die due to illnesses that we wouldn’t see as a problem anymore such as the flu. There weren’t antibiotics and other ways to help cure these illnesses, and the ways they did have weren’t effective enough to stop people dying. In addition there are massive heath care services available today which weren’t available in 1900 to help ill or diseased people such as the National Health Service (NHS). Another reason is that the standard of living in 1900 may have had an impact on the death rate. Many people had large families to provide for and they usually lived in small houses that may not be fit for the amount of people living in them. Today,...
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...games contribute to youth obesity as well. According to Reed V. Tuckson, MD, “ Today’s children will suffer from preventable chronic diseases” such as obesity and the health problem associated with it (137). Obesity causes many life threatening health problems at any age, commonly linked aliments include juvenile and type-2 diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, and cancer. Obesity has also been linked to heart disease, which is the number one killer in America. Apparently, American society is taking notice of the constantly growing obesity rate of its youth, which leaves the question - who can help curb the rise of youth obesity? Physical educators are in the best position to encourage good habits regarding physical activity and good nutrition, which could significantly curb the alarming upward trend of the obesity rate in the American youth....
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...readily available; however, these food items often consist of excessive amounts of GMOs. I have learned that organic food, which is free of chemicals and genetic modification, is the healthiest option available. Before writing this report, I was hesitant to buy organic foods because of the cost. Since performing my research, I have learned that buying organic is the smartest decision to be made at the supermarket. The potential health risks associated with ingesting foods that have been genetically interfered with by bioengineers are not worth saving a few dollars at the store, when it could be much more expensive in healthcare costs later on. I have learned that heath related ailments are at an all time high in the United States. It is not far fetched to conclude that these ailments are greatly influenced by our nutrition. Since GMOs were introduced to consumers in the late 1990’s, health related diseases and allergies have dramatically increased year after year. In due course, each individual is responsible for his or her own future and I encourage all who read this...
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...statistics must before they believe that Australia has an increasingly large problem with obesity. The group of sceptics stated that, Australia being ranked the fifth most obese country within the OECD and obesity being the second highest ranked cause of disease, coming before smoking, are simply not enough laid out evidence for it to be concluded that Australia has big issue. The precise classification and magnitude of enormous events – including the consistently increasing stats of people becoming overweight (especially children) – they would have to witness before anything could be done to solve it. “For us to accept that that 63.4% of Australian’s are overweight or obese due to their reliance on convenient meals and lack to dietary nutrition, we’ll need to see some actual, visible evidence including a vast majority of the population looking overweight and unhealthy,” said spokesperson Tom Byrnes, 40, of Melbourne, New South Wales, who added that most children would have to be drinking soft drinks more frequently than water, for him and his cohort to reconsider their beliefs. “The reality is that we’re still experiencing fit and healthy people and the entire Australian population is not currently overweight or obese”, Byrnes continued. “Until that changes we cannot be expected to believe that it is a problem.” Byrnes went on to say that certain events, such as 10% more adults being overweight or obese than in 1995 - not just within Australia, but also in areas including America...
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...Plant Based Pregnancy Larry Rossi Drexel University Plant Based Pregnancy Planning your diet is a complex, time consuming task. It is shaped by culture, marketing, politics, economics, necessity, and desire. Diet is one of the biggest and most important factors in our overall health. Our diets are linked to an increase in obesity, diabetes, hypotension, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Obesity, which represents a caloric intake well over what is needed, is s major concern. Particularly in western culture, where a diet that emphasizes high fat, caloric dense food has been implicated as a connection to several negative health outcomes. It is accepted by heath care professionals, and pregnant women that nutritional status during pregnancy plays an important role in a healthy pregnancy. Women with poor nutrition can experience complications with labor, as well as compromised fetal growth, resulting in low birth weight. Pregnant women who gain more or less weight than the recommended amount can result in complications for both mother and baby. The incidence increases at the extremes of weight gain. What is an expected mother to be to do? An increased number are looking into dietary alternatives. One alternative, that is growing in popularity, is a vegan diet. What is a vegan diet? A vegan, or plant based, diet is a form of vegetarianism. It differs in that individuals following this diet consume zero animal products. This means that vegans do not eat any meat, diary...
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...There seems to be one main issue that brings nutrition and diabetes together: obesity. But obesity is not always due to eating fattening and sugary food too often. Eating to little can also cause obesity. Overall, it seems that typically the unhealthy foods are the cheaper option. For example, it’s cheaper to buy a few cheeseburgers at McDonald’s than to go to a health food store. The fact is that high calorie, sugared, and fatty foods are the cheaper options versus the real food. Developed countries set trends for the newly developing countries. When poor eating habits occur in a developed country, like America, it also affects those countries that are in the process of urbanization and development. This development can sometimes occur at a very rapid pace. With this happening, these developing...
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...Demographics Paper University of Phoenix HCS 490 - Healthcare Consumer: Trends and Marketing Demographics on Youth The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) is a state public health agency in Maryland, where the mission is to provide, protect and promote and improve the health and well being of Maryland citizens in a responsible way. This paper will highlight the agency functions and description of how the agency relates to other public agencies, the structure of the agency and the funding that is received to maintain quality and access to healthcare. The text reads that today, the state health departments have expanded their activities to include improving the health of children and pregnant women, controlling health care facilities, developing emergency medical services and other health care resources, and protecting the environment. The DHMH believes that responsibility of the agency is to ensure that citizens of Maryland are protected by living a free life and threats of communicable diseases, tainted foods, and dangerous products. The text states that each state health department must identify the goals and strategies to improve the health of its citizens. To encourage and implement improvements, the state health department must has to access the health status and needs of the population by incorporating the strategies, costs, and assistance that will support these plans. The DHMH assures residents receive appropriate access to...
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...Accessing health promotion needs By Name Date of submission Life expectancy has increased over the last 50 years. For example, in the United Kingdom, life expectancy for men was 85 years while 89 for women as at 2010 (Lucas and Lloyd 2005).In the developed countries, the main factor that contributed to increased life expectancy was increased personal hygiene and universal clean water. Moreover, improved medicines in particular antibiotics and development of vaccines have greatly influenced the rise in life expectancy. Are we living healthier lives than our parents did? The answer is no. During our parents’ era, food was grown from gardens and grew by use of natural fertilizers. They did not use pesticides to control pests, herbicides or grow genetically modified foods. In addition, they accessed water from wells and it was not chlorinated like ours. At that time, food lacked additives that characterize food in our times (Valente 2012). Moreover, people were involved in physical activities throughout their lives. This ensured that people did not gain extra weight and remained physically fit. However, with our generation things are slightly different. Our generation thrives on processed foods, fewer physical activities, exposed to hard drugs, unsafe sex and television. These activities have adversely affected our health. Several factors determine the health of an individual and the community as a whole...
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