Health is the most important aspect of life; health determines the daily moods of an individual. Health is responsible for happiness, or sadness of a person. Health determines the socio-behavioral characteristics of a person; it determines how an individual interacts with other people and with his or her surroundings (Bezenac, 2011). Health determines the various patterns in an individual’s life, both male and female (ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, 2010).
The health of a person depends on various factors, but, most importantly, health is affected directly by what a person eats. The feeding habits of a person determine the kind of health that the individual will have. Food is only one of the factors, however. In this day and age, there are …show more content…
According to research, people who had attained a higher education level lived a healthier life, in contrast to those who had a lower standard of education (Spivack, 2011). In the United States, white people attain a higher education level than the Hispanic community, meaning that the Hispanic population averaged a less healthy lifestyle compared to the white community (Kotecki, 2012). The research shows that 6 out of 10 persons with a higher level of education, ended up with more successful careers and, therefore, a better income. Another aspect that was debated was how people with higher education, made conscious choices to live a healthier lifestyle, through following a healthy …show more content…
This has been driven by the growing health consciousness to eat more healthier, in order to reduce the risk of certain health conditions. With health and medical conditions on the rise, people have turned to organic food to try and live healthier lifestyles, turning away from the customary fast foods, which led to certain medical conditions aggressively increasing over the last decade (Baxter, 2008). However, with improved health education from an early age, the trend is changing and moving in the direction of organic foods. It is a remarkable step forward in the area of health. Organic foods will reduce conditions such as obesity, heart attacks and heart failure, among many others that have been attributed to poor eating habits (Dunn, 2008). However, even as the news of more demand for organic food is welcome, it is not all-good news, since not everyone has hopped onto the organic food bandwagon. There is still a large population in the United States that has still not embraced organic foods. We will look at some of the reasons and factors, which have precluded this still significant percentage of the population. Research also shows that the consumption patterns of organic food have been split along ethnic lines (Baourakis,
The health of a person depends on various factors, but, most importantly, health is affected directly by what a person eats. The feeding habits of a person determine the kind of health that the individual will have. Food is only one of the factors, however. In this day and age, there are …show more content…
According to research, people who had attained a higher education level lived a healthier life, in contrast to those who had a lower standard of education (Spivack, 2011). In the United States, white people attain a higher education level than the Hispanic community, meaning that the Hispanic population averaged a less healthy lifestyle compared to the white community (Kotecki, 2012). The research shows that 6 out of 10 persons with a higher level of education, ended up with more successful careers and, therefore, a better income. Another aspect that was debated was how people with higher education, made conscious choices to live a healthier lifestyle, through following a healthy …show more content…
This has been driven by the growing health consciousness to eat more healthier, in order to reduce the risk of certain health conditions. With health and medical conditions on the rise, people have turned to organic food to try and live healthier lifestyles, turning away from the customary fast foods, which led to certain medical conditions aggressively increasing over the last decade (Baxter, 2008). However, with improved health education from an early age, the trend is changing and moving in the direction of organic foods. It is a remarkable step forward in the area of health. Organic foods will reduce conditions such as obesity, heart attacks and heart failure, among many others that have been attributed to poor eating habits (Dunn, 2008). However, even as the news of more demand for organic food is welcome, it is not all-good news, since not everyone has hopped onto the organic food bandwagon. There is still a large population in the United States that has still not embraced organic foods. We will look at some of the reasons and factors, which have precluded this still significant percentage of the population. Research also shows that the consumption patterns of organic food have been split along ethnic lines (Baourakis,