Physical body

It is very clear that American children are becoming overweight, however, people have opposing views on the cause of this. Children are the targets of food and beverage advertisements which is resulting in childhood obesity rates increasing. It needs to be stopped. Childhood obesity rates are tripling with 20% of America's youth being obese. So when will action be taken? Will it be when 20% becomes 50%? Children under the age of 8 do not understand that companies are deliberately trying to…

included in these meta-analyses, appearance social comparison is inferred. Whereas some studies directly measure appearance social comparison (e.g., van den Berg et al., 2007), other infer it based on the assumption that exposure to the thin-ideal body will inherently lead to appearance social comparison (e.g., Yamamiya et al., 2005). While one advantage of self-report measures is that they directly assess the process of appearance social comparison, a disadvantage is that they may lead to…

Literature defines life space as people’s movement throughout their living environment.1 One article done by Lo and Colleagues (2014) investigated the relationship between life-space mobility (Life-Space Assessment, LSA) and incidence of fall and fracture within 4 years follow-up period among community-dwelling older adults in Alabama, U.S.2 Life-space change was defined as the difference in LSA score before and after a fall occurs. The research findings indicate that decrease in life-space…

I’ve always been interested in how and why things work the way they do. The body works like a machine but it’s so much more intricate. The deeper you look the more there is to learn. However beautiful these complexities, they also mean there are a vast number of ways malfunctions can occur. I want to be there for patients and rectify these issues. Many professionals along the way have influenced me to pursue a career in health. Most notably, my pediatrician, Dr. Wilson, who has been more of a…

Then, when you get back to earth, your body uses homeostasis to adjust back to environment in earth and that takes a long time. And while that is happening, there are some effects that can affect you in some positive and negative ways. When astronauts reach out of the force of gravity, they feel weightless and will be able to lift things without utilizing any strength. Since your body is adapted to Earth’s environment, when you arrive into space, your body tries to adapt in this new environment…

The media represent that males are supposed to be a powerful and in control over females. The males in the media are portray as the smart, strong, intelligent and mostly entirely in certain ways better than the females portrayed in the media. The males in the media are seemed as that they are the heroes to the females because they entirely always need a male to rescue them from dangers that female has caused. The males represented by the media are portrayed as prince charming towards women and…

Ever since I was a little girl, I found myself fascinated with the intricacies of the human body. I would spend hours playing doctor or nurse with my sister, and even when she did not want to play with me I would improvise with my dolls. I would watch medical TV shows such as “Greys Anatomy” and I would continue to fall in love with the thought of medicine and helping people with their treatment and potentially saving their lives. Working as a medical scribe in an OBGYN office this past…

The body is a complex system of cells, tissues, and organs working together to form systems. There are twelve systems total in the human body and they are: Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, Immune, Lymphatic, Cardiovascular, Urinary, Digestive, Respiratory, Nervous, Endocrine, and Reproductive Systems. All the systems are important to the body to function as a whole. If one system is not working correctly, then results are fatal to that person. I believe that the most important systems are the…

During teenage years, teenagers start to think about piercing and tattoos and what they want to do with their body. I remember when I was in high school, many friends of mine got piercings. When I was I believe 15 or 16 years old, I wanted to get my belly pierced. The day I went, the person at the piercing parlor tells me that he needed to see my ID. Of course I'm confused because I didn't know why all of sudden he needed to see identification. I learned that day that all piercing parlors in New…

Split Ends Split ends are when the ends of a person’s hair split due to dryness or ill treatment. The diagnosis or scientific word for split ends is trichoptilosis. Split ends are caused by a number of reasons from brushing it too much, the hair being exposed to heat, coloring your hair, the hair accessories you put on your hair, or it could be caused by genetics which would make it somewhat unstoppable. When searching for signs you should be looking for the hair being tangled, frequent…