How To Lead A Healthy Lifestyle

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    Obesity in Us

    conditions when it comes to obesity. Unfortunately, the average American family does not have the financial capabilities to prepare healthy meals, find suitable housing, or access to appropriate medical care, and other everyday necessities. Low income family tend to buy less expense food which is not the healthiest choice vs. spending money on more healthy food because they just can't afford it. In doing so, families choose the foods with high calorie intake and little to no nutritional value

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    Childhood Obesity

    Biology of Health and Disease | Childhood Obesity | Healthy Choices | | The book entitled Your Child by David Pruitt, MD. focuses on the increase of childhood obesity in the United States. The book explains that between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese. Obesity is among the easiest medical conditions to recognize but most difficult to treat. Unhealthy weight gain due to poor diet and lack of exercise is responsible for over 300,000 deaths

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    Childhood Obesity

    [Professor’s name] [Course title] [Date] CHILDHOOD OBESITY Parent’s lifestyle, upbringing and home environment is a major cause for child obesity. Through the past few decades, childhood obesity is on the rise and it now a very hot topic of debate. Like any other disease or condition, child obesity also has its factors. The most common and influencing factor is home environment. Other factors include diet, genetics, the lifestyle, culture and even physiological issues. Children have no sense of health

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    Unethical Financial Penalties

    cancer. Lifestyle choices carry health risks. Who is ultimately responsible for the costs of unhealthy lifestyle choices? Healthcare in America is threatened by rising health care costs and the increasing incidence and financial burden of chronic diseases. As employers, insurance companies, and the government seek to decrease these escalating costs, there is a concentration on individual health behavioral choices and the personal obligation of the individual to adopt healthy lifestyle choices

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    Deal You Meal Wisely

     But as the demand for food dramatically increase, people revolutionized the production  of food by transitioning from a strict traditional agricultural production to modern  industrialization of food. For instance, in order to meet the rising demands of consumers, food  producers learned how to use industrial procedures and chemicals such as fertilizers or growth  hormones to enhance the food cultivating process for a larger volume, quantity, and profit.  Today, we live in a world where food production is slowly drifting away from its natural ways

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    Childhood Obesity

    adolescent and their family on healthy life style during their hospital stay. Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or wellbeing. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects it is being recognized as a serious public health concern. The term overweight rather than obese is often used in children as it is less stigmatizing. The mixture of diet along with sedentary lifestyles is creating a generation of

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    Health Promotion

    measures to prevent the onset or waning of an illness or disease and to adopt healthier lifestyles. Health promotion and disease prevention in nursing is now becoming the forefront of the nursing practice. Historically, nurse educators have taught patients how to manage their illnesses, but today, the focus is growing towards teaching people how to remain healthy. As more people develop awareness of activities that lead to good health and as more individuals become aware of their own health status and

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    Smoking

    Smoking I don’t agree on smoking. Because it's harmful to health, also causes addiction and dependence on nicotine. Smoking leads to lung cancer, heart disease, strokes, asthma and wide variety of other diseases. Smokers experience more coughs and colds as compared to non-smokers. One of the main reasons for quitting smoking is its detrimental effect on our teeth. Smoking causes the destruction of tooth enamel, bad breath and disturbed of oral microflora. Also you have an increased risk of lung

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    The Risks of Dieting

    times a year. Nearly 50% of all American adults try to lose or maintain their weight. Many diets are strict on calories with what can and can not be eaten. Restricted calorie diets cause the body's metabolism to stop at an instant. Continuous dieting leads in an imbalance of calories your body will not be able to burn. Diet plans favoring low-fat, low-carbohydrate, low-calorie, food combinations or even grapefruits are not the answer to losing weight. These diets get recycled with new names, claiming

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    Unhealthy Lifestyle

    events, and overall excitement going on, maintaining a healthy lifestyle gets drowned out. Making friends, keeping up in classwork, and learning to live independently all require significant investments of time and energy, leaving little room for health. Health, however, is not just about restrictive eating to lose weight. Taking a holistic approach through small, yet sustainable changes will yield the best long-term results. Developing healthy habits can only be done by shifting mindset. Willpower

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