Essays on Healthy Eating

Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index (BMI) Introduction Historically, the use of the Body Mass Index (BMI) has been the standard method of measuring obesity among the adults. The standards of BMI were created using population samples, which were calculated from the measurement of the weight and height of Caucasians. Recent research has proved that BMI alone cannot be an appropriate way of measuring obesity. The main reason for this is the differences in ethnicity and the genetic make-up of individuals. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has evaluated the trend of the BMI and the result is that the African ...

Public schools offer ideal settings for the dissemination of interventions designed to promote physical activity and life-long healthy eating. As such, schools are the only settings where the majority of children can access the opportunity of consuming healthful meals regularly, being physically active through extracurricular activities, and receiving education on healthy living. Nonetheless, many interventions have been ineffective because they often fail to incorporate environmental factors and system-wide policies that influence the ability of schools, families, and children to alter behavior (Coleman et al., 2012). Although recent investigations have made attempts to address the shortcoming, they have yielded mixed ...

The workplace is considered as the best place to promote the health and well-being. The reason is that; there is a large elderly population that can be reached by the health messages. Research shows, 45 percent of the workforce come from groups that are traditionally hard to get the health messages and proper diets (Johansson, & Partanen, 2002). The groups come from low socio-economic areas thus disadvantaged with health messages. Following many statistics showing that these populations are at risk of developing diseases like diabetes, stroke, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, the stakeholders have an interest in health status well-being of ...

Introduction

A community health assessment is a vital practice that determines the various aspects that either promotes or deter sustainable health practices. As such, it is essential to analyze the community for the people's needs, the available resources that could be used in providing a solution, the assets in the community as well as the strengths that the particular community exhibits and could be used in facilitating the problem-solving process. In this respect, the paper shows an analysis of Riverside County, California for these elements that could help identify and solve the health issues that affect the county.

Resources in Riverside County

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Abnormal Psychology Media Promotions Affecting Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity Parenting Magazine Article Lay Audience Media Promotions Affecting Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity Eating habits are greatly influenced by what people see online or on TV. Media covers a variety of things, from products helpful in losing weight to junk food and enticing eatables. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the effect of media on people in terms of their dietary habits. This paper addresses the cause-effect relationship between media and weight-related issues. Eating disorders and obesity are the most discussed topics nowadays, especially among children and adolescents. Our society has ...

Most Australians are unable to practice healthy physical and mental activities mainly because of the fact that they have got more comfortable with playing video games and watching TV. As such, they have given physical exercise a back seat. So this state of affairs leads to the question; what are the barriers to physical activities and how can they be overcome by the affected population?

Introduction

Physical activity is vital requirement if an individual wants to achieve a healthy lifestyle and also proper mental wellbeing. Exercise is a very important and vital part of growth and it is applicable to ...

In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell explains how he found that what makes exceptional people so exceptional is has less to do with some unique, personal, and individual characteristic that they are born with and much more to do with where they are from as well as the social, cultural, and economic influences that they experienced in life. Although Gladwell’s focus was on people’s psychology, his findings are also true of people’s food choices, dietary practices and eating habits. A comparison of the dietary choices and behaviors of a friend and myself is illustrative of this ...

Childhood Obesity: An Overview

The rate of childhood obesity remains to be high in the past years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015b), 17 percent of children and teenagers or 12.7 million young individuals in the United States are affected by obesity during the past decades. Childhood obesity in children is determined by the child’s body mass index (BMI). Compared to children of the same weight and gender, a child is considered obese if his or her BMI is in the 95th percentile (Anderson & Butler, 2006). This is a serious condition. Obesity increases mortality and morbidity and presents ...

QUESTION ONE: Canadian business environment

Canada offers a competitive business environment suitable for investment. It is the best ninth country among sixty world largest economies. The environment is welcoming with a highly educated workforce and strong economic growth record (Wesson, 2007). For instance, the country recorded a 0.6 expansion in economic growth in the first quarter of 2016.It has a sound and stable banking system which is also conservative and one of the strongest in the world. The research and development technology is highly developed and competitive. The country is multicultural hence suitable for foreign investment. It offers quality universal health, education and overall ...

Health promotion is crucial aspect that helps individuals to effectively control various elements in their life aimed at enhancing their health and ultimately their overall wellbeing (Raczynski & DiClemente, 2013). In reference to case scenario, health promotion is an effective intervention that would help in enhancing the health of all the family members and significantly minimized their risk for various illnesses especially the chronic diseases. In the light of this, physical activity as well as healthy nutrition are among the most crucial topics relating to health promotion that would help in enhancing the family’s health and minimize their risk ...

Consumer behavior incorporates the customers’ decision making process towards developing a positive buying behavior. The organizations that understand the consumer behavior of the customers, can enhance and modify their marketing strategies in order to influence the consumer behavior in such manner that the customers engage in the positive buying behavior (Solomon, 2014). The current paper enlightens the marketing strategies of McDonalds with respect to the consumer behavior that the organization has addressed in order to attract and retain its customers. McDonald’s mission is to become the favorite place for its customers to eat and drink and it is ...

Proposed Solution

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of obesity among children has tripled from 6.5% in 1980 to 18.6% as of 2008. This is contrary to the prevalence of adults which has doubled. An effective solution for the overall problem of obesity should therefore focus more on children. Consequently, the proposed solution focuses more on school-going children given that a huge proportion of the target population (children) attends school, which is an important point of the socialization process for children. The solution involves inculcating practices and policies in schools that promote healthy habits with ...

Interview with Healthcare Administrator

Interview with Healthcare Administrator

The health promotion initiatives are focused to incorporate the set of actions that enhance the health quality and wellbeing of the individuals in society. The objective of health promotion initiatives is to inform the individuals about the various aspects of their daily routines and how can they enhance their routine activities to remain healthy. It also ensures all the things are well-addressed that can influence the health and wellbeing of the individuals. In this manner, these initiatives play a prominent role in the prevention of chronic diseases caused by the prevalence of unhealthy activities (Nader ...

Analysis of Children’s Physical and Mental Growth During Class time.

What activities does the teacher provide to facilitate physical movement in the lesson leads to improved concentration and attention in cognitive activities? Continuous physical activity during a lesson can enhance good concentration among the students. For instance, according to a study done, walking briskly for 30 minutes or 40 minutes can three times a week can enhance one’s concentration. It reduces the brain aging clock by 1-2 years and allows for proper brain activity. Most scholars suggest that having physical activity done during class, after or before class can go along ways increasing the children’s concentration in ...

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Acknowledgements

This project paper demonstrates the integration of the knowledge I acquired from the courses in Master of Health Administration and Leadership Program and the collaborative application with this project’s community partner, MidMichigan Health to improve the community health in Gratiot County, Michigan. I am thankful for getting this valuable opportunity to work with a large healthcare organization. First and foremost, I would like to thank my parents who worked really hard to financially and emotionally support me in pursuing further education overseas. They comfort me every ...

Defining and describing the issue

The school-aged children experience many health challenges caused by poor diet. Children and young adults spend most of their time in school, and many have meals made in schools. The nutrition quality of these meals has a lot of impact on the health outcome of the child; hence, need to create a standard nutrition guideline that determines the type of food, the type of ingredients, and amount served to children during lunches. Many governments have implemented policies and legislations on school meals to prevent children from consuming unhealthy and unbalanced diets. The following paper uses the Local School Wellness ...

CDC (2012) defines social media as online communication tools that facilitate exchange of information, interaction, engagement, and sharing of ideas and other content over networks. In the recent past, the use of social has gained immense popularity, and the healthcare industry has not been left behind. Disease prevention through health promotion depends heavily on shared information, as the information empowers the public on issues affecting their health. Information access has been revolutionalized by social media, and as Heldman, Schindelar & Weaver (2013) posits, it is imperative to take the information to the people. 67% of internet users are active users ...

Introduction

With the various changes witnessed in the society’s demographic structure and delivery of the healthcare services, the nursing profession is largely recognizing the importance of the family in regard to the wellbeing as well as the health of individuals and families. Essentially, nursing practice involves caring for individuals as well as families whereby this requires nurses to have the relevant skills and knowledge to enable them work with families and foster healthy choices among individuals and families (Carlson & Carlson, 2014). As such, in order to establish healthy and collaborative relationships and foster the involvement of families in their ...

Question one

Positioning is a concept in marketing that outlines the market expectation of business concerning its products and services to the customers. Therefore, during positioning, the market department always creates an image for the goods based on the intended clients. This can be created through the application of the 4Ps of marketing (promotion, price, place, and product).

Points of parity (POP) in McDonald’s and Starbucks

In McDonald’s, the access to the internet is becoming a point of parity. That is in the world of coffee establishments, the access to the internet is universal because even Starbucks offer it. Therefore, both McDonald’s and Starbucks have to provide ...

A healthier town and campus

Introduction Community-based interventions that promote active living are promising approaches in overweight and obesity prevention among campus and town residents. Media plays a significant role in ensuring success of these community-based interventions as it enlightens individuals on the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles to reduce overweight and obesity cases. Regular physical activity is important in improving health and as well reduces the risk for overweight and obesity, but students who live further away from recreational facilities become less active and are in danger of being overweight that those that live closer to such facilities. Therefore, it is essential to ...

Eat and Exercise for Credit!

Justification, Background and Target Population The problem of obesity and overall fitness in The United States is growing more and more hopeless. Furthermore, college students are often too busy to participate in extracurricular activities. In order to change this sedentary way of college life, eating junk food and not exercising it off, each student will be required to take six classes that help teach them how to get quick workouts in. Students will also learn ways of healthy eating that are no harder to prepare than the junk food they have been eating At the beginning of each semester ...

A NIELSEN REPORT

KT Drinks, a UK based spirits manufacturer, is planning to launch a premium golden rum in the UK market in the last quarter of 2016. To promote the product and before the launch, KT drinks wants to partner with a soft drink manufacturer for its campaign. A prospective partner is Roundhouse Ginger Beer. The benefits envisioned for a partnership campaign are as follows:

Campaign will receive joint funding from the soft drink manufacturer

A joint campaign would help differentiate this golden rum from competitor products and therefore catch attention of the consumer; they will be willing to try the product Rum and ginger beer is a well known and ...

Impulsivity Tests

Abstract Impulsive tests are imperative as they enable understanding of psychological and behavioral factors affecting individuals with obesity as well as elements that make them fail to take necessary measures to lead a responsible life. Impulsivity among individuals with obesity is explained by lack of education, where individuals engage in risky behavior in spite of them having knowledge on consequences of their actions. It is important to understand behavioral trends among individuals with obesity since to a larger extent, victims of obesity are in most case affected by impulsivity. With impulsivity tests in place, factors such as learning styles, ...

Business Plan for Super Green Smoothies

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Health is an important factor in everyone’s life, and people in the United Kingdom are moving towards healthy eating and drinking options with increased awareness of health related issues. However, it is determined that after having a boost in juices and smoothies market, now both of the markets are facing a decline in sales because of the negative publicity of smoothies. Smoothies faced negative publicity that they contain ingredients that damage teeth and high calories. Other smoothies those are famous with the label of green (organic) use sugar in their smoothies. There is no product in ...

13 YEAR OLD DIABETIC FEMALE

This is a follow-up assessment of a 13 old year female Hispanic diabetic patient. The purpose of this follow-up is to determine the challenges the patient and patient’s family are facing as they try to manage patient’s condition. The data from this assessment will aid in formulating nursing interventions which will help the patient together with the family to have better control of the illness. Additionally, the data gathered will form the basis of making decisions concerning nursing practice which can be used to improve the well-being of the patient. The 13-year-old ...

The campaign dubbed “healthier you” (HY) seeks to bring together various stakeholders from the Northeastern University to fight unhealthy eating and especially obesity. The realization that the university’s dining halls do not offer the students healthy food choices informs the campaign. The dining halls are filled with junk foods which are likely to make the students obese. The root of the problem of unhealthy eating in the university can be traced back to the policies that the university applies when renting out university space. Over the years, the policies look into whether an individual or an organization renting ...

Whole Foods Market® is an American grocery chain that is widely associated with healthy eating, expensive products, and gourmet food options. Under the page titled “Our Core Values,” the Whole Foods website lists the eight organizational values that underpin the company culture. The first and (presumably) most important value is Whole Foods’ dedication to selling “the highest quality natural and organic products available” (“Our Core Values,”2016). Its other corporate values include customer and employee satisfaction, wealth creation and community outreach, environmental stewardship, win-win business partnerships, and “healthy eating education.” On the same webpage, one may also find a “ ...

Business Startup Proposal

Delicious and healthy food on time Summary Time Food is an Asian food restaurant that is totally committed to providing its customers with healthy diets. The restaurant is also committed to ensuring that all the guests get professional, courteous, and quick services. As a leading food eatery in the region, we will continuously ensure that the food we serve to our customers meets highest standards of seasonality, freshness, and quality.

Team

Time Food’s management team comprises a chief operating officer, a catering manager, and a marketing manager. The chief operating officer has a master’s degree in management and ...

In the 21st century, the issues about healthy eating habits are becoming common amongst people. Most people are not practicing a healthy diet nor are they concerned about what they eat. Manufactured food is now common with almost everyone for their “ready to eat” perception, time is an issue for many, and they result in feeding on junk. The quality of manufactured food is not up to standards since everyone is out there to make money. Therefore, there is less concern about what is available for the consumer. It is not clear whether this blame should be laid with ...

Introduction

Colleges and universities are often at the forefront of new policy and research decisions in the United States. There has been talk for many years regarding the potential for college and university campuses in the United States to implement “green” policies; these policies may be anything, from simple policies banning plastic bags to complex policies regarding energy efficiency and water use (Emanuel and Adams 80). These policies allow colleges and universities to become more environmentally responsible, but they can also be quite expensive to implement. While the start-up costs associated with these programs might be significant, the long-term benefits ...

The Difference between Healthy and Fast Food

Food refers to edible substances consumed by people and animals to keep them alive. It consists of macronutrients such as carbohydrates and starches, proteins and micronutrients like minerals and vitamins as well as fats. Food supports life by generating growth, making the body grow and maintaining the body. The combination of foods that one eats can either be classified as healthy of unhealthy food. Healthy foods are associated with rich people while unhealthy eating is more prevalent with the less able people. In essence, food is directly related to health. Good food habit leads to a healthy life while ...

Obesity is one of the leading problems in the society today and many persons believe that this stems from the unhealthy eating practices that are present in the schools’ cafeterias. More often than not, students will gravitate towards eating junk foods as this practice is less time consuming and is more fascinating for children who want foods that are appealing to their sight and tastes. But, recent studies have shown that junk food can cause serious risks to the health and lifestyle of children. The problem intensifies as students are able to access junk foods in the school canteens. ...

Food deserts are those areas within cities where the local population has no or little access to fresh fruits and healthy vegetables. There is evidence that the food desert areas are more prevalent in the lower income neighborhoods. Lack of healthy foods leads to obesity and health ailments such as heart disease and diabetes. It is also seen that the neighborhoods with low-income are mostly African American. The essay discusses the Food deserts, what they mean and who is affected and how. Research works on food deserts in Baltimore city are looked into and how a lack of nutritious ...

Adolescent Food Consumption

I. Adolescence and food consumption during adolescence Adolescence is a critical period of an individual’s growth because this is a stage where most of the growth and development occurs. Most pubescents are sensitive about the food they consume, and they tend to either overeat or undereat. Adolescent eating habits may be either healthy or unhealthy depending on various reasons they may have or encounter. Despite the fact that most teenagers take unhealthy meals there are some adolescents who have good and healthy eating habits. A. Healthy Eating Habits. In a study, researchers conducted a survey of more than ...

Transtheoretical model of nursing in Obesity Management

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Introduction

Health promotion and nursing theories are strategically proposed to make people and health practitioners aware of managing and controlling different health related conditions. These approach mostly focus on primary and advanced care of a disease. Nursing theories and models are proposed in an expanded form of care that interferes with the whole environment surrounding an individual and involves a range of social and behavioral interventions. There are various nursing theories and models proposed from time to time to manage the health related issues. In this essay, the Trans Theoretical Model (TTM) based nursing intervention ...

Cardiovascular are caused by atheroma. It is a disease of the heart associated with the thickening or narrowing of arteries hence high blood pressure. It is paramount to examine often-physical activity and cardiovascular factors that are risky.

Evidence of regular exercise- often I consider this a great boost to healthy living. Notably, the essence of regular excise is to ensure physical fitness and guarantee a healthy living Healthy eating- noted that healthy eating involves ensuring that I have taken a balanced diet and often take meals at the time it is required. Ideally, the need to avoid meals or ...

Introduction

The number of calories in a single can of soda or a single donut would surprise a number of persons, but many persons are unconcerned with the calorie count in their favorite fast food or snack. With each intake of these favorite snacks, children increase the likelihood of gaining excessive weight and of developing serious health related problems. The recent controversial debates on junk foods in schools has caused many persons to question the presence of junk in schools and the impact that this has on the lives of the younger population. Additionally, people worry about the nutritional value ...

Flame Broiler is trying to implement a change in its operations that focuses on offering healthier foods to its client. The implementation process of this change can be done on three fronts; using the Heath & Heath's model of switch, ADKAR model and the congruence model.

Heath & Heath’s Switch Model

The model of the elephant and the rider can be applied to the operations of Flame Broiler (Heath and Heath, 23). Directing the rider involves setting up corporate strategies to change the company’s image towards a healthier outlook. Motivating the elephant In the case of the company, the elephant represents the customers. In ...

Weight Watchers is an international company that assists its members with losing weight by creating a healthy eating plan that can be coupled with motivational and accessibility tools. These factors encourage positive lifestyle changes in order to help members lose the weight and keep it off. Additional success tools for members are available online or in-person to create a healthy eating plan, imagine resourceful ways to become more active in everyday life, provide assistance with making healthy eating choices at the grocery store or when eating out, and provide in-person or online support, encouragement, and motivation from a registered ...

Having a healthy eating plan is one of the most vital and significant elements that should be embraced by everyone in order to live longer. Healthy eating plans determine and define the type of food, the quantity and the quality of food one should consume at every given moment. Moreover, a healthy eating plan provides a balance of all nutrients which is very essential in providing the body with the necessary factors needed for growth and also provide the body with energy which is categorized as either maintenance or operational ratios. The maintenance ratio or basic metabolic rate is the energy required ...