Essay for Nutrition Month

school, increase weekly sleep, decrease aggressive behavior, and increase good social behaviors (“Limiting Screen Time”). In the 2014 study, JAMA Pediatrics researchers analyzed the media habits of about 1,300 school children over the course of seven months (one full school year). Children and parents were surveyed about bedtimes, violent media exposure, screen time limits (if any), and behavior. Teachers commented on grades and in-class behavior while school nurses measured height and weight…

Today, modern cooking conveniences are a crucial part of everyday life. Most americans probably can’t imagine making dinner without a microwave or stove. However, people in early colonial times not only did their baking without all these appliances, but they also grew their own food, instead of being able to run to the grocery store. Cooking tools were rudimentary, and pots and pans were primitive. Cooking was a hot, long affair. However, despite these challenges to prepare the meals, people in…

Eating Disorders: It’s About More Than Just Body Image Today’s society is causing everyone males and females to have a negative view of his or her overall appearance or body image. In magazines you see these size zero females that are airbrushed to be perfect, causing females to feel as if that is how all females must look to be referred to as “beautiful or sexy.” Nevertheless magazines speak not only to females, but males also making them feel as if in order to be “sexy” that they need to have…

Throughout her pregnancy, she gained 20 pounds and is now 30 weeks pregnant. It is recommended that a woman should gain 25-35 pounds while pregnant, and since Pam is already is already 7 ½ months pregnant, she should have gained about 15-25 pounds. Her weight is currently at a normal range for 30 weeks in and should gain at least 5-15 more pounds within the next 10 weeks. If Pam were to gain excessive weight while pregnant, she could potentially…

consequences without blaming others instead of themselves. For example, a film I remember watching twice in high school called Super Size Me featuring Morgan Spurlock wanted to prove that McDonalds makes its costumers fat. While eating in McDonalds for one month, Spurlock gains weight, loses energy, and becomes very ill. It is true that eating in McDonald is risky and yet, its drive thru can get full. McDonalds did not force him to eat its food. Fast-food restaurants just want to sell and…

Science University Lipid Lab show higher amounts of DHA and EPA incorporated into RBC membranes when subjects were given fish oil supplementation and baseline at 6 months and 12 months was assessed for change between groups. Results reviewed by Shinto et al. (2014) favor groups who received fish oil showed a significant increase at 6 and 12 months compared baseline in percent DHA and EPA in RBCs. However these results are derived from a small sample, thus interpreting outcomes reported is…

started going to Fresno State I knew of Panda Express and enjoyed their food in moderation. Since Chinese food was one of my favorite types of food, I found it extremely convenient for them to have one on campus and in such a good area. After a few months went by during my first year at Fresno State and many trips to Panda Express I did notice that I had gained a few extra pounds. This is something college students like to call the “Freshman 15”, which is a term that is used to describe college…

often, I believe that if I picked a different day, my levels would be out of range. My fiber levels were very low, recommended was 38 g and I only had 17g. I could raise this by changing my granola bars I eat to fiber one bars, after reading their nutrition labels, this could possibly help me raise my levels. Water, a very important…

New technologies, inspired by continuous industrialization process, have greatly altered the society into a more convenient but rather a mechanical routine with few people realizing its genuine connotation. Food safety is further secured after undergoing disinfection. When we walk into supermarket and convenient stores, there are aisles of canned and frozen foods. Bags of carrots and veggie collections are ready to eat with variety of salad dressings. Moreover, industrialization results in…

Chapter I The Problem and Its Background Introduction How often do you eat? For some, they eat more than three times a day which happens to be a habit. There are good and bad examples of eating habits. These habits may reflect on what we feel, what mood we have, or what kind of personality we have. Thus, these habits can lead to obesity. According to Trichesa and Giugliani (2005), food intake has been related to obesity not only in terms of the volume of food ingested, but also in terms of the…