Nutrition Article Reviews Samples For Students

Fueling for Fitness and Optimal Performance

This article stresses on the importance of having a sound eating plan or a ‘fueling’ plan for athletes, while hitting the gym or competing in an upcoming marathon or even Olympics. This ‘fueling’ plan not only helps them exercise with more energy, meet training goals faster and perform better but recover more completely from workouts, decreasing the risk of injuries and stay in overall better shape. The link between nutrition and fitness is realised by common people too, as almost 67% of American say they are currently making changes to improve their diets and overall health.
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The article is Situation Report Number 11, which focuses on the condition of various social sectors in Somalia as at 30th august 2011, and is written by OCHA Somalia and other humanitarian partners. The report was done and delivered in a conference in New York. It is titled: Somalia: Famine and Drought. Somalia is particularly problematic judging from all socio-economic sectors as explained by the report. The source of the article is the OCHA website: www.unocha.org

Summary of the Article

Summarily, the article addresses the condition of Somalia with regard to the migrations of people due to internal displacements and refugee departures. The main ...

Good nutrition is critical for growing children, both for physical and cognitive development. Elementary age children are challenged every day in school and a nutritious and balanced breakfast is critical for them to learn. Many studies have been completed that consistently demonstrate the importance of a good breakfast on learning.
According to a study completed by Anjos et al (2013), good nutrition begins with expectant mothers and continues throughout a child’s life from infancy to childhood. The acquisition of nutrients is important for proper brain development. The authors have implemented a large scale research project named NUTRIMENTHE which is examining the effects ...

ARTICLE 1

In “Parental predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption in treatment-seeking overweight children” M L Vanhala, J Laitinen, K Kaikkonen, S Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, and R Korpelainen explored the role of family dietary behaviors in the design intervention of the effective treatment of childhood obesity. The study involved fifty-four treatment seeking overweight and 65 normal-weight 8-year old kids and their parents. The study accessed the children’s and parents consumption of FBV using a food frequency questionnaire. The study used voluntary recruitment mechanism where willing participants were recruited by school nurses to participate in family-based treatment for overweight kids. The cities target includes ...

The food that people consume provides bodies with the materials and information required to function appropriately. If individuals do not receive the right data or energy, their health declines and the metabolic procedures suffer. On the other hand, if they get too much food, the nutrients give the body inaccurate instructions that make people undernourished, overweight, and susceptible to conditions and illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. This article furthers the discussion concerning food, its health impacts, and why proper nutrition is a suitable treatment plan.
Harold Seifried discusses one of the most controversial topics on nutrition ...

Introduction

Advances in research have brought a substantial progress in the field of nutritional therapy provisions. The current advancement has seen researchers combine Arginine and Proline dietary that have been fed to diabetic rats to accelerate wound healing in these mammals. A combination of the two nutrients has several important functions, which include; enhancement in wound healing and angiogenesis as well as improved repair of damaged tissues, help keep both cartilage and collagen production at optimal levels. It is also important in protein synthesis by working as a primary substrate, triggers cell proliferation when it breaks down to Polyamines and ...

Choose one of the goals for Health People 2020 and describe how it may be linked to food insecurity.

The Healthy People 2020 goal to achieve health equity is related to food insecurity because it shows that there are people in the United States that do not have equal access to nutritious food hence they are deficit in food choices as compared to others, and the health goal is to provide them access to healthy food, thus maintain health equity. (N.a 1369).

What percent of the population in the US, experienced food insecurity during the 2008 year? What is it now?

More than about 49 million individuals suffered from food insecurity in the year 2008 making up to 85.4% of the population. Today the percentage is 14%. (N.a 1369).

Who are most at risk for experiencing food insecurity?

Food insecurity is most acutely experienced by the ...

Current article’s main objective is clearly to describe the result of Older Americans Act Nutrition Program (Wellman et al., 2007, n.p.). This program appears to be a part of You Can! Program, whose aim is to popularize the physical activity and modify Americans’ food choices to more healthy way (Administration on Aging’s, 2015, n.p.). This campaign includes specific list of organizations to cater elderlies and enroll them into public health activities. Basically, this program was separated into week goals for each of the participants to see the progress of their physical state and food balance (Administration on Aging’ ...

INTRODUCTION

Poor quality of daily diet intake makes one out of every two adult Americans victims of chronic disease of one kind or another. The Federal Government, in addition to issuing dietary guidelines to the public, sets various benchmarks that would help Americans to streamline their eating habits towards living healthily. This research studied the current consumption patterns of the American public and the dietary value of the food intake, and compared the data with the benchmarks set for achieving the Healthy People 2020 target. In light of the Health and Human Services and the Agriculture Departments of the US ...

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a problem that has faced the United States for over two decades. With so many health issues associated with obesity and so many children becoming obese the problem is in need of a solution. It has been found that children from low socioeconomic status areas are more likely to become obese. Between their families and schools lack of ability to provide healthy meals and not enough resources to fix the issue many children are not learning ways to beat obesity for their future. This study aims to find out if there is a strong correlation between low socioeconomic status in ...

Analytical methods to evaluate seed dormancy in legumes

Abstract
Legumes are known to have multiple health benefits. The seed coat in particular contains a number of bioactive compounds which possess antioxidant activity. Of great interest is the relationship between the chemical composition of the seed coat and its role in seed dormancy. Modern technological approaches are currently used to further identify these compounds and determine their role in seed development; these include NRIS FTIR, mass spectroscopy, electron microscopy and chromatography. The following review describes the constituents of the legume seed coat and their respective roles in dormancy and other stages of seed development. The review also highlights ...

Reports indicate that over 22 million pre-school children in the world have weight that is more than their age requirement. This increase in overweight and obesity across developed and developing nations can be attributed to changes in dietary habits like increased eating of food prepared from food stalls, and food insecurity for example, lack of money to purchase healthy food. , assert that a higher weight at birth increases the risk of pediatric obesity. Families with a low or unstable income have both poor choice of food and limited ability to obtain healthy foods (Schwarz and Peterson). Low financial capability makes the ...

Dementia is a package of signs and symptoms which include personality change, impaired intellectual functions, and memory loss which come as a result of trauma to the brain or disease (Godbolt et al. S247). Unfortunately, these changes severely affect independence, relationships, and daily living. However, they do not count as part and parcel of normal aging. There are numerous forms of dementia which include vascular and mixed dementia but Alzheimer’s disease happens to be the most common type (Mitchell 443). A person affected by dementia portrays a noticeable decline in remembering, learning, communication and problem-solving. Often, these changes ...

Article Review

Scholl, Theresa and William Johnson. Folic Acid: Influence On The Outcome Of Pregnancy. The

Folic acid has considerable impact on pregnant women and the improvement of fetuses. According to Scholl and Johnson, folic acid is an extremely crucial supplement that all pregnant women require for the purposes of maintaining the well-being of the fetus during its growth and development. The article captures the importance of folic acid by noting that it prevents the fetus from developing what the authors refer to as neural tube defects, promotes healthy growth of the fetus, as well as aiding in the prevention of ...

In the article “Modify Your Diet so You Feel Terrific”, Dr. Mercola informs us that the heart diseases take second place after cancer on the top deadly illnesses list. Although this is the good news due to the fact that recently it was in the first place, the number of deaths from this disease is still extremely high.
Recently, the scientists have come to the conclusion that the cholesterol is not the heart’s enemy. It is a significant breakthrough in the terms of nutrition because people do not have to keep to the low-fat diet anymore. Of course, ...

Lab Report One

Write an abstract for the article “Effect of fat replacement on sensory attributes of chocolate chip cookies”. The abstract should be 250 words or less. The abstract should state the objective of the experiment, briefly describe the “methodology” used, state the main results and the conclusions of the experiment. (40 points)
The objective of the experiment was to determine the palatability and overall acceptability of chocolate chips cookies made using fat replacement products and to compare their sensory attributes with those of cookies made with traditional fat. Gerber prune paste, Wonderslim brand fat and egg replacement were used as ...

The American College of Sports Medicine’s “The Female Athlete Triad” (2007) examines a well documented medical condition observed in physically active girls. The Female Athlete Triad (Triad) involves three interrelated components: eating disorders which result in low energy availability; amenorrhoea (loss of menstrual fuction); and decreased bone mineral density, which can lead to osteoporosis. The paper outlines the current state of knowledge of the disorder, examines the three components, identifies risk factors and health consequences, and offers clinical recommendations for the prevention, recognition and treatment for those who work with athletically active females.

Risk factors for Triad include ...

1. Cutler 2003 study: The findings of Cutler and others (2003) conclude that obesity is mainly caused by an increase in caloric intake and not mainly by reduced caloric expenditure. The conclusions were drawn from studies performed in the USA on data from obesity levels during the early 1900s to the end of the century. On average in 1965, the average married American woman who did not work outside the house spent 2 hours cooking and cleaning per day. In 1995, the same tasks took half the time to complete due to mass preparations and technological innovations. Urbanization is ...

Obesity is a serious chronic condition that affects people across all ages. It inflicts harm to a person’s health and if it is not addressed early, it may cause lasting psychological problems. Among adolescents, it has been said to be doing a lot of harm to those suffering from it. In the article Obesity Impairs Academic Attainment in Adolescence: Findings from ALSPAC, A UK Cohort, it is clear that obesity does affect the performance of adolescents in school. When their physical appearance makes them feel uncomfortable, they become insecure and lack concentration. This leads to poor performance in school.
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Summary

Introduction
The two articles focus on researches that were conducted so as to get some viable findings that involved analyzing the effects of amino acids and carbohydrates of muscular adaptations under different circumstances.
Summary
In the research by Ferreiraa et al. (2014), the most beneficial strategy of improving the performance of muscles is through the intake of nutrients, especially carbohydrates and protein during peri-exercise. Several methods and materials were used before coming to this conclusion. The methods used were supplementation protocol, experimentation approach and pretesting analysis. Resistance exercise protocol, muscle biopsies and blood sampling were highly ...

1. Author Frank F. Furstenberg believes that although America is a society that eschews a separation between classes, there are clear opportunity differences based upon the socioeconomic bracket that a person was born into. Furstenberg feels that this is contrary to the American ideology. But these ideologies do not match the actual reality of the United States. The author writes that “the United States, long regarded as the land of opportunity, has never entirely lived up to its billing” (Furstenberg, 2006).
The differences in classism have been for all of its history a social construction based not always on the reality. The ...

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Introduction

Obesity in children forms a major health problem as it could lead to complications in future. Rising numbers of obese children below the age of three, especially among the Hispanic population requires greater attention from the US healthcare authorities and appropriate healthcare policies need to be sufficed for dealing with the problem. Research article by Taveras et al (2010) that deals with the risk factors associated with obesity in Hispanic children, which was found to be relevant in this context, is reviewed and discussed in detail.

Health policy issue that addresses Hispanic population

The policy issue in the article that concerns the Hispanic population is ...

Garriguet, D. (2008) Obesity and the eating habits of the aboriginal population. Component of Statistics Canada. Retrieved from http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003 x/2008001/article/10487-eng.pdf
The purpose of the study was evaluating the rates of obesity and overweight and the eating habits of aboriginal and non-aboriginal individuals. According to the researcher, obesity prevalence in Canada has increased significantly in the past 25 years, a global occurrence that the World Health Organization has depicted as an epidemic. The main idea of the study is establishing how eating habits are related to health disorders, especially obesity/overweight. The researcher hypothesizes that good eating habits are likely to ...

The article is title is lifestyle and mental health by Roger Walsh. This article was published in 2011. The article is mainly about therapeutic life changes and their effectiveness in the field of psychology and their benefits in the medical field. The article also provides some challenges that exist when utilizing therapeutic life changes (TLCs). The discussion the article also offers how therapeutic life changes can assist in addressing some of the global health concerns among individuals.

Summary

Healthy lifestyle factors are beneficial in treating and enhancing psychological well being of individuals. Some conditions and diseases that emanate from lifestyle ...

Article Review: Your cells are my cells

Article Review: Your cells are my cells ---- Cell transfer during pregnancy
Introduction
The author‘s intention seems to be a desire of revealing information from research studies regarding how cells in the human body are transferred between mother and fetus. Scientists are now becoming aware that cells do mutate and continue reproducing themselves long after they were expected to die. Traditional scientific discoveries revealed that cells are transferred from mother to fetus indicative of a one way flow of traffic. However, it was discerned to be a two way stream whereby cells from male infants are transferred to their ...

Article review

A review of “Depressive Symptoms and health promotion behaviors of African American woman who are family caregivers of Hemodialysis Recipients” By Dina J, Byers, Mona N. Wicks, and Tamara Harris Beard (2011)

The role of African American women to give care to Hemodialysis recipients in America is significant. They give care to recipients of Hemodialysis therapy after suffering from end term renal disease (ESRD).The national alliance for care giving (NAC) estimated that sixty five million adults provide care to an aged relative and the national budget was estimated to be $375 billion as of 2009. Due to the ...