Nutrition Month Celebration Essay

The Summer Food Service Program was developed in the United States in to create healthy nutritionally balanced meals mainly for students 18 years old and younger coming from low-income households during the summer months when the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program are not in session. If a student is over the age of 18, they can only participate if they have some sort of physical and/or mental disability that is keeping them within the school district. The Summer Food…

United States government formed the National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs (NSB and NSL, respectively) along with other federally regulated programs such as WIC and Head Start. These are the key programs the government uses to influence the nutrition habits and…

Overcoming Hi there! So a week has passed since I launched my blog and I 've been thinking of the real reasons why most women are unable to be successful in weight loss. What we seem to skip is mentally preparing ourselves to make the healthy lifestyle changes. Weight loss does not happen overnight and you have to be prepared not to give up. I came across a post by Mary Anderson on MMA Gospel and she shared 10 reasons why Most Women Fail At Weight Loss and I can attest to most of them being…

With the disturbing fact that 1 out of 3 children in the United States are overweight or obese, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation (2015) foundation is tackling the issue by intervening with the epidemic in the school system and attempting to influence the community. If this was not disturbing enough, it is upsetting to learn that out of the 10 states that hold the highest ranking, 9 are considered states with extremely high rankings for poverty(Alliance for a Healthier Generation,2015).…

was not mentioned as a financial contributor on the Global Energy Balance Network’s website despite the fact that Coca-Cola registered the website for the company. Coca-Cola’s backing of this organization has caused numerous controversy between nutrition and obesity researchers. In fact, Dr. Marion Nestle of New York University and author of the book “Soda Politics”, went as far to call the Global Energy Balance Network “‘…a front group for Coca-Cola…to confuse the science and deflect…

next month. My occupational goal is attainable within the next year to year and a half. This goal will also take a lot more involvement in lots of areas besides just the one occupational. In order to get into Pharmacy School, I need to accomplish intellectual, environmental, and social goals, which I discussed previously. Along with these aforementioned goals, I need to set a SMART goal for preparing myself for the application process. I will practice my writing and interview skills for a month…

A growing problem in America is childhood obesity which literally gets over looked every day. Children who are obese are more likely to have cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and other serious health risk when they get older. Childhood obesity has increased highly over the generations. In my opinion there are three causes for this problem which include, not enough physical activity at home or in schools, food habits, and genetic. Before we can talk about the causes of childhood obesity…

DRAFT; FAD weight loss diets are a suitable method for an adolescent to lose weight. Paleo Diet and weight watchers “For Children and adolescents, the 2007 – 08 National Health Survey results indicates that 24.9% of children aged between 5 and 17 years are overweight or obese. 25.8% of boys and 24% of girls are either overweight or obese (Department of Health and Ageing, 2015). A FAD weight loss diet is any diet that promises fast weight loss without a scientific basis. These diets often…

In the documentary Super Size Me, narrated and directed by Morgan Spurlock, Mr. Spurlock sets out to see just what effect eating fast food can have on a person’s health. Numerous questions are posed during the film, so it is difficult to determine the exact thesis of the argument. After filtering through all of the information, I determined the main point of the argument to be that McDonald’s knowingly provides unhealthy food to Americans and wants us to eat as much of its food as we can,…

Most people feel like a new plan is rather hard and vigorous. Then you have those that feel like they can eat however they want to as long as they workout that they will be just fine. Both of these have proven to be false. There are many reasons that a person should start, keep, and maintain a diet. Ok so most people know that diabetes is a growing epidemic and will be around until mankind no longer exists. There are two types of this epidemic. Type one and type two diabetes. Type one diabetes…