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children to eat more fruits and vegetables. On the first day of implementation, teachers will use the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) index chart to record information like the children’s date of birth, gender, and date of measurement, height and weight. They will also use the CDC’s BMI calculator to calculate the body mass index (BMI) of each student. Based on the score of child they will identify those who are either overweight or are at the risk if being…

Air pollution has become a major problem in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The air quality has become so terrible here that Los Angeles is leading the United States in the worst air quality. To illustrate this, Imam from CNN has stated that “Los Angeles [is] coming in at No. 1 for ozone pollution” (Imam, April 2016). This allows a striking comparison to others cities. However, ozone pollution is only one of several things that can make up air pollution. Pollution control authorities in my…

INTRODUCTION In the formidable world of scholarly research, a small yet imperative and critical dispute remains unsettled. This conflict revolves around whether or not adolescent males suffer from body-image dissatisfaction, or more precisely, to what degree. Body image dissatisfaction as Sarah Grogan impeccably puts it “[is] a person’s negative perceptions, thoughts, and feelings about his or her [own] body” (Grogan 4). She and numerous other scholars believe that many adolescent boys are…

What is Childhood Obesity? The prevalence of obesity in America has risen over decades, specifically, childhood obesity. According to the American Heart Association, currently “about one in three American kids and teens is overweight or obese; nearly triple the rate in 1963” (“What is Childhood Obesity?”). In addition, 30 percent of children are affected by obesity, making it the most common chronic disease of children (“Obesity Action Coalition”). Childhood obesity is a serious dietary medical…

in its regions. It is considered to be the most unequal region in the world. It has been found that two in five people in Latin America live below the poverty line. The Gini index, which measure income inequality with a country, shows how all of Latin America has some sort of income inequality. The results of the Gini index show stagnation in the inequality trend between 2010 and 2012. Latin Americas income inequality has declined but slowly. In 2012 the income inequality declined only by .02%…

meet a minimum requirement of maintaining $1 stock price, and the value of outstanding stocks must total at least $1.1 million (Hom, 2012). Trading occurs using automated trading systems and offers automatic execution of trades. The NASDAQ uses the index in order to provide a market performance snapshot by measuring the change in more than 3,000 traded stocks and is heavily focused in technology stocks (See Appendix A for performance chart of the NASDAQ from 1996 to 2016). Both Coca-Cola (KO)…

Disturbances in Viso-spatial representations of body size have been noted in healthy adult populations not experiencing body dissatisfaction. Funetes, Longo, & Haggard (2013) examined healthy adults body perception using a body image task. Participants were shown a head on a computer screen and asked to indicate where their body parts were relative to the head these created images were then compared to participant’s actual body size. The adults overestimated their shoulder width to height ratio…

Air pollution is the primary reason of why many adults and children suffer from several respiratory illnesses. The outdoor air pollution is not only man-made but nature has a role in it. Millions of people die or are diagnosed with diseases that could be acute or chronic. There are ways to save lives with simple steps that could be impactful. It could be complicated because of all the political and economic value tied into it, but there is always a way to make change possible.…

Evaluation The family will acknowledge they understand my teaching of having the patient wear proper footwear by being able to describe appropriate shoes that should be worn versus shoes that provide a trip hazard and the reasons behind the difference. At the end of teaching the family the importance of removing throw rugs in the home, the family will be able to verbalize how a throw rug can become a trip hazard and cause the seniors wheelchair to flip and the caregiver will remove the throw…

Advantages of Wellness Programs In Corporations America is facing an epidemic and scientists have been monitoring it for four decades. It’s affecting 75% of all Americans who are either overweight or obese (Wang, 2007). It is making the people sick, affecting their performance, and it is increasing the healthcare expenses. Many factors contribute to this epidemic, and one of the major reasons relates to lifestyle choices. Research suggests corporations should adopt a wellness program because it…