Essays on Weight Gain

Body image is associated with weight loss or weight gain. When an individual gains or loses weight, the body shape changes. While health benefits weight gain or weight loss are closely linked with the extent of weight change, it is important to study the initial weight loss and monitor the trend in changes. Digital health technology involves the application of electronic tools that can be successfully utilized for self-monitoring of physical activity, weight, and diet. The apps provide feedback for loss maintenance efforts. The use of apps and other online trackers such as wearable technology for self-monitoring of weight ...

Introduction

Eating is still considered as a responsibility of every individual, especially for the younger ones. Living in the healthiest way possible is a one great achievement that every young adult must obtain and maintain. This is the best way to prepare for the future, the time when the body is more vulnerable to diseases and complications. Prevent eating disorders, as these will lead to conditions, particularly in the weakening of the overall physical condition of an individual. However, in the recent study, it is determined that the adolescence years are the time when eating disorders trigger most of the ...

Q1 For the purpose of the paper five additive found in food were chosen. The chosen food additives belong to different types of additives. First picked was corn syrup, which was chosen since it is usually the additive added in soft drinks, which are being consumed in large quantities especially in the United States. The additive belongs to the group of sweeteners. It can be found in processed food, sweets, non-diet drinks, cereals, breads, pastries, candies, cookies, cakes, syrups, crackers, fruits, vegetables, ice creams, meat, salad dressings, sauces, snacks, and soups. The high-fructose corn syrup has been correlated with ...

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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 ...

Question 1

Maria is an at-risk individual of developing lifestyle illnesses associated with weight gains, such as diabetes and even cardiovascular illnesses. For this reason, a comprehensive analysis of her lifestyle is essential. In this case, it is imperative to gather additional information aside from that provided. For instance, one should enquire whether she has developed any meal plans and what they consist of. In addition, according to Healthy People 2020 (2017), one should also enquire about her medical status and her hospital visits. This will assist in determining whether Maria has received any medical advice regarding her lifestyle and the ...

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 ...

Introduction / Thesis

The topic chosen for this discussion relates to the prevalence of childhood obesity in America today. Pediatric obesity is a major health challenge today, and the obese children face risks of having metabolic disorders and lower health-related quality of life. There are greater chances of cardiovascular disease risk factors plus psychological and social problems among the obese children. The health-care costs related to pediatric obesity are expected to rise in the United States as asserted by Katzmarzyk et al. (2014). Based on the published information by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), advertisements and marketing of junk food ...

I. Introduction The cultivation and use of Marijuana dates back to ancient times when man cultivated this cannabis plant for its medicinal benefits. Archaeological research revealed Cannabis-based textiles which has been around 7,000 BC have been found in the northern part of China. Scientific testing leads to the conclusion that the most probably, the “ancient culture cultivated cannabis for pharmaceutical, psychoactive, and divinatory purposes” (Armentano, 2). In the present-day, the medicinal value of marijuana has been recognized by many medical practitioners; for instance, this plant has been proven as an effective way to alleviate some symptoms associated with ...

Risk and protective factors are aspects that make it less likely or more likely for people to undergo a certain problem, or make distinguished outcomes in their lives.

Risk factors

The most vivid risk factors in Aaliyah’s case are; she smokes and drinks alcohol from time to time, she works and studies at the same time, and she also drinks three or more cups of coffee at night. Her act of smoking is a risk factor as it can result to coughing, asthma, wheezing, lung cancer, pneumonia as well as emphysema. Drinking alcohol could also lead to lung infections, cancer ( ...

One of the most significant health issues that effects men, women and children throughout the United States is obesity. Obesity is the label given to anyone who is more than simply overweight, but is carrying a vast amount of excess weight that it effects their abilities, energy and psychological well being. When that weight has increased to a size that prevents one from fitting in a single seat or unable to walk without assistance, they are often called “morbidly obese.” According to studies, more than 17% of children and 30% of adults living in the United States are considered ...

The investigated topic is the weight gain among the college students, which, in turn, is caused by the set of the objective reasons - such as life style changes, new eating habits, excess alcohol consumption, changing the place of inhabitance etc. Among the set of related topics, it is possible to outline the following - weight gain because of hormonal changes; obesity because of maturing etc. This particular topic was chosen because of the personal experience of being the college student and availability of corresponding scientific literature on the related subject. This topic would be investigated while referring to ...

It is possible to make a statement that currently obesity is the large-scale problem for the population of the United States. The major argumentation for this statement is the fact that as soon as the obesity is diagnosed, there is a set of complications in terms of achievement of the normal weight by obsessed individuals. That is why, the preventive measures, related to obesity and maintenance of the normal weight among the population, have become the essential concerns for the public health. It was stated by the scholars that one of the most effective strategic options for the weight ...

Part 1

Health Promotion Proposal: Elementary School Age Obesity The goal of this project is to establish the major factors contributing to the increasing numbers of school-aged children been diagnosed with childhood obesity and its co-morbidities and recommend meaningful ways to stave off this alarming health problem in the present and future generations.

Interventions to Address the Goal

The role of the healthcare sector is to ensure the quality of health and wellbeing of every person in the society (Rice et al., 2013). Increasing numbers of obese children in the U.S. raise a health risk that requires quick intervention from health care stakeholders such as the ...

Nutritional Intake of my Chosen Senior

My chosen senior is a widowed 63 year old woman, living alone in an urban setting, doesn’t have any diet related diseases or illness and isn’t under any prescribed medication. Her Carbohydrate intake is high, she consumes carbohydrates four out of seven days a week, her carbohydrate sources are brown rice, whole wheat pasta and potatoes. She consumes vitamin daily, she takes a glass or two of fresh fruit juice. Her calcium intake throughout the week is recommendable since she takes milk and dairy foods such as cheese, ghee and calcium fortified cereals. Generally, she has been ...

What nursing interventions are appropriate for Mrs. J. at the time of her admission? Drug therapy is started for Mrs. J. to control her symptoms. What is the rationale for the administration of each of the following medications? 1.IV furosemide (Lasix) 2.Enalapril (Vasotec) 3.Metoprolol (Lopressor) 4.IV morphine sulphate (Morphine) Lasix is used to reduce fluid retention that occurs as a side effect of heart failure. It is additionally used to treat hypertension and lessen effect such as the shortness of breath, swelling of limbs and the abdomen. It is used as an IV to treat the immediate consequences of ...

For the comfort and high standard of living, the humanity is paying the price – its health. It is difficult to argue with that, especially now, when the official WHO data is given: fifty percent of earthlings suffer from overweight. And no matter how we tried to convince ourselves and others that the whole thing is only a slow metabolism, the fact remains – there are practically no fat people in the countries with a low standard of living. This means that the main cause of obesity is still overeating. However, nutritionists believe that people do not gain weight as much ...

In the medical field, there are constant inventions that are intended to improve the quality of care for patients. These interventions are based on qualitative and quantitative research whose results indicate the effectiveness of the practice on different patients. Patients living with medical conditions like Diabetes rely on these practices to make their lives better. The adoption of the interventions is based on how well the medical professions understand it and how it changes the lives of their patients. The following is a detailed look at one of the practices and how I would ensure its adoption in a ...

Diabetes type 2 is a chronic disorder affecting metabolism. It is characterised by high level of glucose in blood, lack of insulin and resistance of the body to insulin action. This article outlines the pertinent aspects of the disease and how dietary plan affects its prevention and management. It is classified under lifestyle diseases because it is caused by changes in how people eat and level and nature of day-to-day activities occasioned by the current living standards.

Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes

Signs and symptoms of this condition develop progressively over a period. It is possible that a person would have Type 2 Diabetes ...

The study focuses on application of regression in weight management. It assess the relationship between calorie intake and exercise among children. The motivation for the study is to find out whether behavioral changes can be effective in weight management. It is argued that calorie intake from food and exercise influence weight. We get calories from food which is used by our bodies. If the calories are more than what we need it is stored in the body which causes weight gain. Exercise expends the calories thus preventing weight gain in the process. Studies have shown that height is also ...

Introduction/ Thesis

Ethanol is the main ingredient in alcohol. It is also the ingredient that makes a person drunk and can be found in grapes and grains after they have been fermented and their sugars digested by yeasts. The ethanol in alcohol can have a number of powerful effects on a person’s mind and body. The use of alcohol can lower inhibitions by reducing shyness allowing them to act more freely, this can result in them doing things that they later regret. This paper will argue that despite the negative cogitations that surround alcohol consumption that there are positive benefits ...

A pioneer of radio broadcasting, Mary Somerville was once quoted as saying how television won’t last, more specifically saying that it was a “flash in the pan” ("Top 30 Failed Technology Predictions - Listverse", 2007). However, that was back in 1948, which was a lengthy sixty-seven years ago. Contrary to Somerville’s prediction, the art of television has proven to be able to stand the test of time, achieving this by spawning channels, networks, movies, and actors. This extremely brief list does not even begin to scratch the surface of the prolific world that television has created since ...

Chinese health and the effects fast food has made over the last 20 years.

The inevitable process of globalization is undoubtedly accelerating the movement of humanity towards progress. A good example – the Asia-Pacific region, where until recently many millions of people lived in absolute poverty. And now, in terms of welfare, the region approaches North America and Western Europe. China is the most obvious example. In 1981 there were 84% of people who lived from hand to mouth (The Wall Street Journal). In 2012, according to Gallup the number of people living below the absolute poverty went down to 7% (Kravtsov). Those millions of people entered the category of the “new Chinese”. This ...

Based on the initial symptoms, the patient most likely suffers from hypothyroidism or low thyroid hormone disorder. Further clinical tests and an examination of the family’s medical history reveals that the particular disorder could be Hashimoto’s disease; also called Hashimoto thyroiditis. Hashimoto thyroiditis is classified as an autoimmune disease. In autoimmune disease, one's immune system attacks the body’s tissue specifically the thyroid gland (Skugor & Wilder, 2006, p.2). By attacking the thyroid gland, the disease reduces the gland’s ability to produce thyroid hormones of substantial quantity. This condition leads to hypothyroidism. Thyroid hormone deficiency presents with ...

The most recent report of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 78.6 million American adults are obese (2015), which comprises one-third of the adult population. It is not a secret that when adults are obese, which means they are way too heavy for their height, they are at risk of being mocked for their looks. However, when it comes to children, people find it cute and healthy when children are fat. However, being obese, no matter what age, is a medical condition that needs to be addressed because of its negative effects. These include hypertension, type 2 ...

Hypertension is a health issue which is mostly associated with men and, as such, women are considered safe from its development. However, this myth has been disrupted following various researches that reveal that HBP is not a gender issue affecting both men and women. However, men were found to be more susceptible to developing the illness than compared to women. In this regard, women were also found prone to developing the ailment on the basis of various factors that will be discussed in this paper. In addition, this paper will focus on hypertension in women and the clinical studies ...

Sodas: From Health Drink to Casual Beverage Prior to its current image as one of the most esteemed and consumed beverage across the globe, the history of soda drinks began with the manufacturing of carbonated water by Joseph Priestly, and Torbern Bergman’s invention of a mechanism turning carbonated water into chalk form with the use of sulfuric acid in the 1700s. However, Bellis and Oatman-Stanford noted that the newly manufactured good of Priestly and Bergman was met with little success in the market due to financial constraints and the presence of a weaker glass industry making it different ...

Biological Bases: Age at dieting onset, body mass index, and dieting practices. A twin study By Enriquez et al. (2013)

Background

The objective of this research was to determine whether early age dieting onset can be taken as a risk factor for the increased adult body mass index or the use of some dieting practices considered risky. The research was conducted on female twins between the age of 18 to 60 years from the University of Washington Twin Registry in the year 2006. The research was conducted on a sample study group of 950 twins would completed two sets of ...

Illness/Condition

Introduction This is a summary of an article on excess weight in pregnancy authored by Rooney Brenda and Charles Schauberger in 2002. The authors explore how nutrition and physical activity and how these parameters complement one another to influence the overall outcome of both the mother and the growing fetus. The article does not only focus on how this topic underpins broader social health determinants in among but also offers and critiques how larger influences of environmental public health achieve equity or inequalities in the domains of life science issues within this population.

According to this article, obesity connotes ...

Introduction

Childhood obesity is one of the major contemporary health and social, physical and psychological issue. Beside the most examined health issues also the psychological and social are very important that are derived from the obesity. Children are confronted with discrimination, which result in negative body image, low self-esteem, depressions and other which shows that the issue must be examined from different aspects. Obesity has severe impacts on the children with numerous social and health related concerns. Psychology as a discipline can help to decrease the alarming rates of obese children in the country. There have been various factors identified ...

Introduction

Wen highly trained, motivated and talented athletes meet for competition there is a very small margin of defeat and victory. When everything else is on a level platform, nutrition becomes the determinant between losing and winning. Many athletes ignore key dietary issues and only focus on supplementing their diet with vitamins, minerals and proteins. Any professional athlete knows the value of nutritional support when it comes to performance(Perez-Schindler, Hamilton, Moore, Baar, & Philp, 2015). There is a lot that is involved including energy requirements, body mass, the type of foods, the sport involved and much more. All these factors ...

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVES

Contraceptives can be dated from way back in the biblical era and there have been significant efforts to make improvements over the years to the various birth control methods. In the more recent days there are more than a dozen birth control methods practiced in the society. Some of this birth control methods include hormonal, oral, surgical and more commonly the physical methods of contraceptive. For one to be significantly protected from sexually transmitted illness and the unplanned pregnancies the more important thing is awareness and education on various methods available to them.

Injectable contraceptive

Contraception could be defined as the ...

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 ...

Obesity is alarming problem in all parts of the globe. Not being a disease itself, it does pave way for many illnesses and ill health for the obese individuals. There is no single factor identified for obesity and weight gain but many contribute to increase the weight. The fats contribute maximum towards the weight gain and the added sugars like sucrose, fructose present in diet have been explored for their role in obesity. Focusing on high fruit corn syrup being a contributor towards obesity, let’s consider the current opinions. Being an artificial sweetener that was introduced in 1960’ ...

Assignment 2 Research Essay

Draft 2 The Fast Food Industry SUNGD1403 2016/3/10 Abstract The rapid development of world economies has been characterized by skyrocketing trend in consumption of fast foods. The causative variable for the surge in consumption of the said food is largely the need for instant gratification by most contemporary diners coupled with convenience, speed and ease of access associated with fast food industry which complements the need for most workers to save on time. Additionally, the paper looks into cross-sectional studies with regard to the existence of a causative correlation between the increase in the trend in consumption of fast ...

The issues of increased weight, obesity and other medical related problems have surfaced over the years and have become a serious topic for many health organizations and researchers. There are many factors that contribute to this increase in weight, but the intake of high-fructose corn syrup provides one of the greatest concerns for persons. The paper will address whether high-fructose corn syrup contributes to rapid weight increase even if persons take similar caloric intake as table sugar. Extensive or long term consumption of high fructose sugar and its by-products can lead to excessive increases in the fat in the ...

Abstract

Obesity and breast cancer are key health issues for American women. Obesity has approximately reached epidemic percentages in the United States and is more widespread among American women. The breast cancer mortality rate persists to mount in Americans. A review of the recent literature was conducted to bring into focus the relationship of these two health problems as they relate to American women. The review is separated into three subjects, obesity prevalence and incidence, breast cancer incidence and mortality and the relationship between obesity and breast cancer. The two studies reviewed are facts of a connection between obesity and breast ...