Overeating

are currently obese. The current rates of obesity in children is 18 percent. b. Are the rates currently continuing on the upward climb? 2. Factors leading to obesity: a. Before viewing this film, what did think were factors that contribute to overeating and obesity? Before viewing this film, I knew that some factors were genetics. Genetics can play a significant role in how your body converts food to energy and how fast your body can burn calories. Unhealthy diet is a major and common factor…

obese, there is a 50 percent chance that their child will be also. If both parents are obese, then that child or children have an 80 percent chance at being obese too. Obesity in childhood or adolencents can be caused by numerous things, some are: overeating or binging, lack of exercise, medications, low self-esteem, depression or other emotinal problems. There are going to be physical problems that are going to be involved like, high blood pressure, diabetes, breathing problems, trouble…

Becoming educated on the problem of obesity and its initial cause is essential in order to assess the onset of the disease. If it has psychological characteristics related to overeating, it would be appropriate to select an approach based on the regulation of unhealthy eating habits. If it has clinical characteristics and the cause is by another disease, it would be appropriate to select a set of supportive techniques that would…

All animals have a certain set lifespan that occurs within a particular range. For instance, the end of a lifespan at the farthest age is typically around 116 years, give or take a few years. This is why no matter how healthy we are, we will not live to say 3000 years, which is considered the maximum lifespan of the sequoia tree. There are great differences across species with respect to lifespan therefore this must be a strong biological aspect to a species maximum life span. One speculation is…

Purpose: To inform the audience the causes and effects of Bulimia. Introduction: How many of you know someone who eats a large portion of food in a short amount of time? How many of you know someone who use food as a way to solve problems? Many people witness this and believe its fine but in reality it is a life threaten disorder. This disorder is called Bulimia also known as Bulimia Nervosa. It is important to detect the disorder before it becomes severe, that is why it is important to be…

The Ted Talk video about longevity was very interesting. According to the Ted Talk video, Dan Buettner states that there is no short term fix for longevity. He states that 10% of how long we live is determined by genes, while the other 90% is affected by our lifestyle. He also states that 1 out of 5,000 live to be 100 years old. People’s chances are low because we are not programmed for longevity. So many things can age us and so many things can happen or go wrong. There are 35 trillion cells…

REASON FOR REFERRAL: Mr. Douglas Hamilton was referred by his physician at Baptist Bariatric Clinic, for a psychological evaluation as a prerequisite for surgery. TEST ADMINISTERED: Personal History Check List, Overeating Questionnaire, Symptom Checklist 90- Revised (SCL-90-R), Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI), Verbal I.Q, Forer Sentence Completion, Beck Depression Inventory and Clinical Interview. BEHAVIOR OBSERVATION: Mr. Douglas…

and nuts. And they have strategies to keep from overeating, little things that nudge them away from the table at the right time. (Buettner par. 34) Eating a plant based diet is something that would be very possible here. Because farming and farmers markets are very prevalent, people are able to access fresh fruits and vegetables with relative ease once they decide that they want to adopt this way of eating. Learning tricks to keep from overeating would probably be a little more difficult,…

Night eating disorder, also known as night eating syndrome, is a condition where a person will tend to eat at least 25% of their daily calories after they have had their evening meal (hyperphagia ). The condition also results in disturbances in the person’s sleep pattern. A similar condition is sleep related eating disorder (SRED). The difference in the two is that a person with night eating disorder is aware that he or she is waking up and eating throughout the night but a person with SRED…

Have you ever taken time to read the ingredients in one of the foods you buy at the supermarket? Even if you have, do you understand what all those ingredients are? Ingredient labels are required to list everything included in the food, seasonings, and sauces. If you are trying to clean up your diet and eat better, you need to take the time to look for sneaky ingredients that are not good for you. Preservatives Let's start with some of the obvious ones. Preservatives are ingredients used to…