Essay for Nutrition Month

Eating disorders creep around dance studios, waiting for the next victim to tightly latch on to. Society hears about eating disorders quite frequently, however the dance world encounters them almost every day. People who truly care about ballerinas and young women in the ballet world understand the struggle to avert dancers from eating disorders. When dancers are told they look “too womanly” a dancer’s mind automatically takes a hint to lose weight (Hamilton 28). Choreographers, directors, and…

Obesity has become a growing problematic health concern in America over the years. High blood pressure, diabetes, stokes, heart attacks, coronary artery and vascular disease, and cancer are just some of the side effects obesity causes. Although obesity has been at the forefront of news articles and politics, this problem is nothing new for America. The 1980’s brought on a new phase in the U.S.; working out and crazed dieting. However, while all of this was happening the number of obese Americans…

When taking my health risk assessment, I found that overall my personal wellness score was a 99. This was a good score and based on the assessment, I am on track to a healthy lifestyle. Things that I need to keep doing is maintain my weight, not use tobacco products, wear a seatbelt, keep my LDL within the healthy range, and keep eating a diet high in fiber. Some things I need to change are exercising three to five times a week and reduce the amount of fat in your diet (see Appendix A). This was…

peak production. The mortality also increases slightly when reaching the end of the laying period. The average mortality is around 1 percent per month, increases of 0.5 percent several weeks in a row can indicate a problem. White layers (laying hens) have a mortality between 0.7 and 0.8 percent during a 4 week period…

An adolescent girl feels distressed about losing weight because of being the only female in her gym class. She slowly begins to lose pounds, but the drive to drop weight rapidly becomes too demanding to control. She begins to reject even small amounts of food, and eventually only eats a handful of grapes a day. Her family and friends finally become concerned and she is transported to the hospital where she is then diagnosed with one of the most serious cases for teenagers and adults of all ages:…

(Thomas and Bishop 2007:34). Extra information: This information would be useful as social factors influence an individual health and dietary intake. It can also lead to specific dietary advice tailored to the patient’s lifestyle (Gibson2005:7). Nutrition intervention The patient has been referred for reduced appetite and is experiencing slow weight loss and smelly stools therefore not meeting nutritional requirements and possibly experiencing malabsorption and due to the CP. Dietetic plan:…

Title In “Does This Tax Make Me Look Fat” by Jeff Osborne, the author considers John Ridley, Eric Topol, and Governor Jan Brewers idea to place a tax directly on the overweight persons to reduce the national problem. After considering their solution to creating a smaller proportion of obese people in the U.S., Osborne gives his readers insight on how he feels about their perception of the problem (647-648). Although both of the gentlemen as well as the Governor pose a sound plan…

In the past several decades obesity rate in America has been rising rapidly. Therefore, obesity has been medicalized to publicized the dangers of being obese and to help individuals suffering from obesity. However, through medicalization obesity numerous consequences are rising. New eating disorders are appearing, pharmaceutical and biomedical companies ' power in the medical industry in increasing, and the way how society view obesity is changing. Obesity has caused individuals to eat…

everything in society. The last aspect of one’s health will be talking about is the spiritual one as people of religious backgrounds tend to have certain rules or principles when it comes to health (for example you have Muslims who fast during the month of Ramadan, you are expected to do this if you have no problems with your health whereas others are permitted to not participate and instead compensate, this includes: pregnant women, the elderly, the ill. Muslims are also prohibited from life…

As a non-traditional student, returning to college was a considerable adjust for me. Although I was successful in obtaining positions in various departments that typically require a degree, I decided to further my skillset by pursuing a bachelor degree in Finance. The biggest challenge that I have faced over the past 5 years is achieving a healthy work-life balance. While working full-time and attending classes, I often times find myself exhausted and burnout. My idea of an idyllic work-life…