...Therefore, something must have happened in this past era. Do not get too excited though. Almost a third of the U.S. population is still considered obese and about 10 % of the U.S. medical budget are due to obesity. That is over 100 million people being considered obese! Think about that for a moment. 100 million. If the U.S. continues to grow in population, and nothing further actions are taken, imagine how big the U.S. medical bill will be in just 10 or 20 years. Why is it that healthier food tends to cost more than fat or processed food? Why is it easier to find a fast-food restaurant than a grocery store that offers fresh fruit and vegetables, in many neighborhoods? Some would argue that it is simply cheaper and easier to produce the unhealthy food. Maybe that is just the way thing are, and it would make too much of a mess trying to overcome this problem. I think that the U.S. can overcome this epidemic. As the first lady, Michelle Obama, I agree that someone will have to pave the way towards a healthier United States of America. As she says in her speech, politicians, major business...
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...over the healthier option, causing the amount of obese children to increase drasticly, enabling unhealthy habits for these students in the future, and to their children. Paragraph 1: Moreover, kids are constantly choosing junk food over healthy food, and who's to blame them? In other words, if...
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...The government stated that education is the main focus and the vital part which help the future generation to develop the nation as well as the government. This shows that education is very important for our generation especially student. To help the students to perform well in their studies, financial incentives has been given to students who perform well. From a different perspective, some people said that giving financial incentives to students is a bribes, as stated by (Quinonez.N, n.d) giving money to the students they might think of it as the bribes and they can go morally wrong. However, there are more benefits by giving financial incentives to students such as financial rewards to boost performance, encourage students to work harder and a self-reward. Normality human like to receive rewards because as stated by (Harms.W, 2012) it can help them to boost their performance and also increase their effort to score in education. The prospect by giving rewards to students who perform well can created a stronger desire to be constant in their education plus their possibility to receive a reward nor trophies. A students score in his first semester in college and then he was rewarded with a financial incentives, because of the reward the student will keep up with his good performance in his studies. Thus, financial incentives can work as a booster to the students to keep their good progress in education. In addition, giving financial incentives also can help students who perform...
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...by offering healthier breakfast and lunch choices. With the help of school officials, nutrition experts, and parents/guardians, our children can start to have their nutritional needs met beginning each day at their school. Healthier eating habits are becoming more important as the economy falters, health crises arise, and school performance levels fall. We are making those changes today with changes to the breakfast and lunch programs offered in today’s schools. In a report written by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) it states that “according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the United States economy had been in a recession since December 2007” (SNA, 2008). With fewer jobs available and unemployment on the rise, more families are taking advantage of the nutrition programs offered by schools. With more children being approved for the free or reduced meal plans offered at schools, children get most of their daily meals at their school (SNA, 2008). We hear on the news all the time about children going hungry, families having difficult times making enough money for food and bills. It seems like it is cheaper today to eat fast food than a healthy meal at home. The costs of food in grocery stores are slowly rising while people are still trying to make a living making minimum wage. With more and more children not getting the food they need at home, school meals are growing in importance. Making those meals as healthy as we can is the best way to help our children in...
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...ENG-302-BA Paper 1 Obesity It is important to understand that our country is facing obesity in an alarming rate. What is obesity? According to Mayo Clinic definition of obesity is defined as having an excessive amount of body fat (Staff). In the last two decades, adult obesity has increased by 80 percent. According to the surgeon general and the National Institutes of Health, overweight individuals are at increased risk for hypertension, stroke, cancer, psychological disorders, and other infirmities (J. Eric Oliver). Furthermore, Americans obesity will keep increasing by 42 percent by 2030 according to the Boston Globe (Neergaard). Given these disturbing statistics I believe the government can provide positive solutions to this shocking epidemic without infringing on our personal freedom. There are various ways our government can help to reverse the obesity downward spiral. One way is to make the consumer aware of their calorie intake choices by providing food facts in restaurants and fast food chains menu. In public schools we can reduce fatty, greasy, and sweet foods and incorporate tasty healthier choices. Also, the government should invest in complimentary weight rooms in public parks and recreations. If the government does not address this matter and it is left for Americans of this country to tackle this massive outbreak of obesity on their own, it might take longer to receive the message of a healthier lifestyle to the citizens and the issue will be slower to stabilize...
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...involves children and adolescence. Schools should provide healthier and nutritious meals for the students. Both breakfast and lunch programs should be improved and directed to healthier choices for all students. Recently, there has been a big improvement to the breakfast and lunch programs in many schools across US. Although they still needs some work, these programs are already changing many children’s lives dramatically. Nowadays, most schools provide fast food such as donuts for breakfast and pizza, French fries and burgers for lunch. This problem is seen in most schools around the nation but specifically in areas with economical disadvantages. The economic situation defiantly affects the school food choices but this problem should be overturned. If we look at research done regarding this case, minorities such as African American and Hispanic children are at higher health risk due to the food decision they make. This case is tightly connected with their economical issues because most minority schools are seen to be serving unhealthy breakfast and lunch programs. This problem should be taken seriously and solution should be proposed. This is why the new programs target schools around areas that are economically challenged and schools with more minority students. Being healthy is very important to kids. Not only to live longer but also to pass it down to the next generation. Kids are the future generation and therefore, they should be directed to the right path...
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...Assignment 2.1: The Public Needs to Know – Abdellah chouqi Professor Hunter ENG115 – Strayer University – Arlington May 6, 2014 Obesity constitute for Americans a big problem. To resolve this problem a lot of associations tried to act in sense to change the meal menu and the eating habits for our children in public schools. In this informative paper I would like to describe new changes especially for parents. Number of Americans with an overweight increases due to the absence of carbohydrate and extra sodium and cholesterol in their food. Physicians and associations blame food industry. On the other hand, food industry tried to reduce the price for fast food at the expense of the quality, fast food is accessible for everybody but it’s not a healthy choice. Americans die every day due to heart issues. Around 600000 people die of heart disease in USA every year (cdc.gov). Moreover, Heart issue continue to augment number of death every year for booth gender men and women. This disease continue to affect our society’’ as every year 715000 American have a heart attack ‘’ In the same time, number of children with obesity increased from 4 to 18.8 % between 1971 and 2010. In light of the numbers, the state school board tried to change breakfast and lunch meals, in hop to improve nutrition and health. Every fiscal year, the school national breakfast program and lunch food program reimburse for meals distributed in participating school. In 2012-2013...
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...Mass destruction, fires, pollution, shortages of oil and gas. In Chip Ward’s letter, “We Screwed Up” (2012) he tells of all the mistakes we have made from past generations until now. Even though he is right about some of these mistakes he forgets to give solutions on how to fix them. If we don’t change now and find solutions, the next generations could be facing these problems alone. In the next 50 to 100 years people might see the world change to a whole new beginning. Chip Ward, (2012) indicated by the abundance of oil at hand our generation and the ones before us gobbled it all up. We used it wherever we could. Products were made from oil, fuel, and fertilizer. When our children and grandchildren grow up, we can only imagine what will be left. Using all these chemicals to produce products we may have unnecessarily exposed the future generations to new diseases. The lands, oceans, lakes, and rivers have also been effected for all future generations. They are being dredged, which is ruining bottoms that contain life and important nutrients that feed fish and other...
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...of America and The Preventive Measures we take Christopher J. Murray Professor Adler HCM 625 Selected Learning Activity for December 2012 { Salem International University, Healthcare Management Program } Abstract Between now and 2030, the number of Americans age 55 and older will almost double. To put the demographic numbers into perspective, we will see 60 million to 107.6 million; a 10 percent increase as the Baby Boomers will reach their retirement age. Within that same time period, the number of Americans over 65 will more than double, with an increase in population of 34 million to 70 million; an almost eight percent increase (Administration of Aging). The average life expectancy has increased almost 20 years for females and 16 years for males, in part due to the advancements of our educational system and healthcare. We, as Healthcare Managers, must plan accurately because of this current trend of extended longevity. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. What do these words mean for our country? It is imperative that we, as Americans, prepare for the future in all aspects due to such a large population. We will see drastic increases in aging, income, and the need for a practical plan by every American because of the statistics that have been listed. The proof is in the pudding by showing the statistics given by the Administration of Aging; we see increases in all age brackets, with...
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...ENG 170 Lisa Tellor-Kelley November 9, 2015 Mandatory Recycling In The United States. The average American can produce around 1600 pounds of trash each year. If you break that down, that’s about 29 pounds of trash in a week and about 4.4 pounds in a single day. What person wants to live somewhere they are surrounded by trash? If everyone in the United States did their part in recycling then this would not be as serious. Once society makes a stand and work together to solve this, it can be solved sooner rather than later. Sea creatures, wildlife and humans have all been affected by people that do no recycle. There should be a law in the United States that makes recycling mandatory in every state. By people not recycling has made a drastic change in the climate. Trees have been cut down and new resources are in a huge demand because of people not recycling. After the trees are cut down, fuel is needed to transport the trees and to make new paper. When the fuel is being used it gets burned and being released as a greenhouse in the environment. Sometimes, papers do not reach landfills and the papers that do not reach the landfills should be processed. Even if it does reach the landfills, it should remain there until the earth absorbs and processes it. Even though paper disintegrates faster than Styrofoam and plastic, instead of consuming new paper, just recycle the old one paper. Human waste is the reason landfills are so overcrowded. The paper that does not get recycled gets...
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...Task 4: Intervention Strategy The major problem we are addressing is poverty in Southeast Dallas for the elderly. When looking over all the information that we gathered and observed by doing the windshield survey we came up with many solutions that could better the community as a whole and decrease poverty for the elderly in the future. Some of the solutions we came up with were elderly friendly jobs, more grocery stores, more accessible inexpensive nursing homes, cleaner community, sidewalks with wheelchair access, recreation centers for the elderly, more transportation, counselling services for the elderly, and government allocated grants. Each of these solutions will help the community in their own individual ways and definitely decrease...
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...Epigenetic marks are paving the way for cell research and the health of future generations. These new developments allow us to make changes in our diets and behaviors to positively impact our offspring and our grandchildren. We might also hold the key to preventing cancer, saving lots of lives every year. Epigenetic marks (EM) are in all DNA and play a huge roll in how we act, our health, and our mentality. These EMs lay on the chromatin and affect how the cell reads the DNA. The EMs tell the cell what to do. They also chose what genes to turn on and turn off. This turning on and off of genes are the key to the health component of EM. Research has been done over the past few years and the studies show that silencers turn on and off...
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...marketing strategies at children making their products more appealing to a child. This is not the only factor in the rise of obesity in our children. Schools, hospitals, supermarkets, restaurants and especially parents need to take on more responsibility when it comes to making decisions on what to feed our children. Overweight and obese children will grow into overweight and obese adults, and they will be more likely to develop health issues such as cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. Childhood obesity will cause higher medical bills and a higher rate of premature mortality. Society needs to take more responsibility for the growth and health of our children. What can be done to help combat the growing issue of childhood obesity, and who is responsible for making these changes? The need for more federal health care laws and programs is growing, but creating them is not easy. As part of one of these laws health insurers and employers must now pay for the cost of screening children for obesity and providing them with appropriate counseling (Reed, 2012). Many community programs aimed at getting children to eat healthy and exercise have already been created. For these programs to work they need to be aimed at treating families as a whole. Parents need to be educated on how to get their children to be healthier. This is not an easy task as all children will respond differently to different tactics. In families with more than one child, parents...
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...Food throughout our entire country seems to come up as a conversation point every single day. Whether that, of where someone should eat, to how we should go to the grocery store, to even how we should better our lifestyle with better choices of food. It is said that some people eat food to live here, while others with live here to eat food. Michelle Obama, wants to make the food that we consume, whether we need to eat or want to eat, a healthier lifestyle point. For many of us, have an uncontrollable intolerance to the food we consume. Which leads to so many illnesses such as obesity, diabetes. She wants to rid Americans of this lack of understanding that plagues the entire country. Thus by starting at the beginning stages, such as our schooling system, and using campaigns on television and billboard to promote healthier lifestyle choices. For the thought is that if we simply promote a healthier lifestyle, then the desire to consume these such livid and awful food would simply walk away. Yet Judith Warner sees another problem in this vision, that the promotion and ideals of eating healthy are too far back in our minds, that the idea of war on food would be a main concentration is absurd, and that the point of getting people to enlist would be almost intolerable. We as a society cannot just look at something and automatically do it, we need a stigma or propaganda to understand the necessity behind it, we don’t shame ourselves currently for our role, yet maybe we need guidance in...
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...Setting Our Children Up for an Unhealthy Lifestyle Raymond S. Jackson Professor: Gabriel Smith ENG 215 31 August, 2012 The United States is facing a growing obesity epidemic. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Obesity now affects 17% of all children and adolescents in the United States - triple the rate from just on generation ago” (CDC.gov 2012). Is it the children’s fault? No! The fault lies with our society, its leaders, mentors, adults, and parents. It is up to the older generation, to properly teach our children the rights and wrongs of life, and today, we are teaching them the wrong way to eat. Public School Lunch Programs are teaching them that processed foods, high sugar drinks and snacks, are part of a balanced diet, and this is setting up our children for a lifetime of health issues, and adding to an already elevated obesity problem in the United States. Our society, public school system, and parents themselves are setting up our children for an unhealthy lifestyle and a future of health problems by teaching them unhealthy eating habits and feeding them unhealthy food. The days are long gone of the “Farm to Table” cooking methods in our schools that our older generations depended on. Today, we rely on processed foods that are full of additives, fats and sugars. The National School Lunch Program was created by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), when President Harry S. Truman signed the National School...
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