Nutrition Month Essay Writing

The majority of my lifetime (which is not the long) I have been in the high normal weight to the low overweight category for most of my life for according to the BMI or Body Mass Index. It was not until recently, when I started to gain more weight because of my not playing sports and working at a pizza parlor. All the way up to about the age of 14, I was very active, played sports year round, and was one of the top students in stats for P.E. Then I suffered an eye injury which left me to quit…

According to the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity, one out of every three children is overweight. (“Stronger Food Will Improve Health.”) With this rate on the rise healthy school lunches and nutrition are becoming critically important. School lunch has had drastic improvements in recent years with the creation of The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan released a statement saying “The Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act is the most significant…

that this was the first time the Federal Government intervened in to the area of attempting to change the American diet (28). The Dietary Goals that Pollan cites as a major event in the evolution of the concept of nutrition, can be traced back to the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs (chaired by Senator George McGovern). (22) This however, was not the very first time the government got into issuing food advice. According to Carole Davis, in her article about the future of…

On July 24th, I kept a food diary for the day. After I looked at my results, it was not the best. Since it was on the weekend, it usually means no breakfast. During the weekends, my family never really eats breakfast, anyone who is hungry will eat ramen, cup noodles, or fried eggs with rice. During lunch, which was around 12 o’clock, I consumed about 1 cup white rice, 1 cup bamboo fried with sliced pork, ¼ boiled fish with cilantro and other ingredients, and 8 FL oz. of water. Dinner was ready…

Diabetes is a disease that affects millions within the world. It is a disease that affects the blood glucose levels within the body. Diabetes is can either be Type I or Type II. Both affect the blood glucose levels in different ways and can are the results of different causes. Diabetes can cause numerous health problems over time and is an incredibly difficult disease to live with on a daily basis. It is important to truly understand the disease and how to manage it. There are multiple causes…

people in order to get the attention of the readers and raise alarm to the discrimination of overweight people in the workplace. The examples he uses are excellent because of the cases given where employers give overweight employees a two to sixth month period to lose weight or they are fired, and to read that kind of ultimatum from an employer is out of the ordinary and against many labor law regulations. This would be where the satirical element comes in because in order to gain the target…

Mary Ray Worley writes in her article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance” about traveling to a “different planet” where all fat people can be happy (Worley 163). This “different planet” is a convention of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) that is held annually in San Diego, California (Worley 163). Worley implies that people who are any size of fat look good when they enjoy having the body that they have and are not self-conscious about it (Worley 163). Worley…

Vegetarianism has been a topic of great debate and has received considerate support, indifference, or disdain throughout time. Many religions and communities have been practicing a vegetarian lifestyle for hundreds of years for economic or ethical purposes. Apart from religious obligations, or not having the finances in order to purchase animal proteins, some scholars argue that vegetarianism can lead to an overall healthier life, and can also contribute to the sustainability of Earth’s…

Obesity in America is a tremendous health issue in fact it is the epidemic of the 21st century. The rate of overweight children is highly increasing and is being considered a major health concern of the developed world. They are at risk of developing heart disease or diabetes later in their lives. It’s lowering the children’s self-esteem as well. In the United States today, about one third of children are overweight or obese. There are many factors that fall into the cause of obesity in those…

Introduction: Today’s world is one of innovation. People have more information and the capability to do things quicker and more efficient than they ever have before. Because this is true, many people are aware that technology is bringing ease and convenience into the lives of everyday American’s and those around the world. However, technology is not the only area that convenience and ease are presenting itself. In the culinary world, America has been subject to great growth and success. This…