Thesis statement
THESIS STATEMENT: World over there has been a shift in the health problems that face the human populations. With advancements in the medical research, most infectious diseases are now treatable (Carter, 2007). Advancement in food technology has also seen a shift from the traditional foods to more refined foods. It has resulted in an increase of dietary associated conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Consumption of foods with high refined sugar levels has been proven to be the most significant cause of obesity(Brehm-Curtis, 2014).Children are exposed to beverages and snacks that have high sugar levels. This paper, therefore, seeks to establish the effects of intake of a high sugar diet and occurrences of obesity among school going children.
HOMELESSNESS
THESIS STATEMENT: The society has undergone a lot of transformation from the time of industrial and agricultural revolutions that saw populations migrate from the countryside into the cities for employment in the industries. Currently, more than 50% of the populace lives in cities (Maluccio et al., 2002).Economic disenfranchising of some sectors of the society has led to poverty. Some poor people in the cities find themselves when they cannot afford housing and are hence are left with no worthy alternative but to live on the streets. Such families are referred to as homeless families (Gloria and White 2008).These families have children of school going age and research has shown that these children face many challenges in their pursuit of education. This paper seeks to establish the impact that being homeless has on the academic performance of the school going children in the state of Arizona.
PRIVACY IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA
THESIS STATEMENT: Communication technology has undergone tremendous advancements from the discovery of the telephone to the internet that today forms the major communication medium. Internet has formed a cheap and fast medium for sharing a lot of documents online and has added a personal touch to communication as people can also share videos and pictures. For adults that are more cautious, internet provides an exciting communication pathway, however for younger children who still have poor judgment and trust naively the lack of privacy while communicating online poses a great security threat (O'Toole,2010 ).Children world over have been harmed by people that they met through friendly chats on the social media. This paper, therefore, seeks to establish a link between lack of privacy and internet insecurity for children using online services on social media in the state of California.
Annotated Bibliography
Brehm-Curtis, B. (2014). Psychology of health and fitness: Applications for behavior change.
This book published by Barbara Curtis and published in Philadelphia by F.A Company in 2014 making it a very current book printed in English language. It provides insights on how to apply the science of health and fitness psychology to practice. It provides scientific principles and variables that influence behavior and hence design an effective lifestyle intervention to various lifestyle diseases. The author reports research findings that there is a link between a person having low levels of self-control and consumption of foods with high sugar content. This book gives a report of studies done amongst children and adolescents that consumed high sugar-sweetened beverages and also the timings between the meals. The book also gives a link between genetics and lack of self-control hence consumption of high sugar foods leading to obesity. The book also elaborates on some possible ways by which high sugar diet leads to obesity giving an example of the association between the consumption of soft drinks and the obesogenic effect of high fructose found in these drinks.
Carter, J. (2007). Planet health. Leeds: Human Kinetics.
This book written by Carter and edited by Karen Peterson in 2007 provides an overview of the different types of carbohydrates that children consume. It outlines the dietary recommendations of uptake of the various carbohydrates for children of various ages. The book goes ahead to explain that the leading cause of obesity, heart disease and juvenile diabetes in school going children is the intake of a diet that has high added sugar and refined flours. The book report findings of the research that shows a strong link between childhood and teenage obesity with consumption of sweetened beverages. A second research in a controlled group shows reduced consumption lowers the risk of childhood obesity. The book provides statistics showing how there has been an advancing increase in the intake of sugar-added foods by children. It provides a detailed analysis of the amounts of sugar that are found in the various drinks and snakes provided in various cafeterias in sampled schools. The book also provides alternatives to the sweetened beverages that school management can stock in the cafeteria so as to help curb childhood obesity.
Gloria, E. White, A. (2008) Barriers in Educating Homeless Children and Youth. Oxford Publishers.
This book was authored by Gloria E White Adams and published by the Oxford Publishers, and it shows that most families that live on the streets have children and nine out of these homeless families are non-white. It also states that most homeless children are likely to suffer delays in psychological development and academic delays. The author describes the phenomenon of episodically homelessness where at one time the family has a home and at another time in their life they live on the streets and goes ahead to point out how this cycle disrupts the social, psychological and academic development of a child. The book shows how major changes in a child’s home environment such as changing residence and suddenly being homeless is disruptive to children and greatly affects their academic development.
Maluccio, A. N., Pine, B. A., & Tracy, E. M. (2002). Social work practice with families and children. New York: Columbia University Press.
This book was authored by Muluccio, Pine and Tracy and published in New York by Columbia University Press in 2002.It covers various subjects such as family social work in the United States, social work with children and the public policy on social services and welfare. It analyzes the effects of being homeless on the street families, stating how this affects them psychologically, socially and effects on their health. It shows the various negative elements that children who are homeless are exposed to when they live on the streets and goes ahead to state that this has a great impact on their school performance in many ways. It goes ahead to highlight the various aspects of the street life that affect the children’s performance in school and these are listed as truancy in school due to instability of the child street home, acquisition of disruptive character on the streets by children that may interfere with their being able to fit well in a school set up and possible poor health due to exposure to the elements of weather on the streets. The book goes ahead to provide possible interventions that government can adopt to improve schooling among street children.
O'Toole, M. E., & National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (U.S.). (2010). The school shooter: A threat assessment perspective. Quantico, Va: FBI Academy.
The book was authored by Mary Ellen O Toole of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent crime melted on children in the United States. It published by Quantico. It bases its arguments on a study of 18 cases of violent killing of school children and also on the discussions of a conference held in 2009 in Leesburg that attempted to analyze the threats children were exposed to by the internet and other social media platforms and how the internet use could be made safer for children to avoid them falling prey to internet predators. The book documents children’s lack of analytical abilities as making them vulnerable online to child offenders. Children are also pointed out to be more open and trusting when dealing with people they have met online. The book shows how child predators play around with the psychology of children so as to ascertain their location and bring unto them harm. The book identifies measures that can be put in place to protect children to include strengthening of regulatory guidelines on use of the internet, more parental involvement on what their children are doing online and development of child protection software for internet services
References
Brehm-Curtis, B. (2014). Psychology of health and fitness: Applications for behavior change.
Carter, J. (2007). Planet health. Leeds: Human Kinetics.
Gloria, E. White, A. (2008) Barriers in Educating Homeless Children and Youth. Oxford Publishers.
Maluccio, A. N., Pine, B. A., & Tracy, E. M. (2002). Social work practice with families and children. New York: Columbia University Press.
O'Toole, M. E., & National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (U.S.). (2000).The school shooter: A threat assessment perspective. Quantico, Va: FBI Academy.
