...their developing fetus looks like, what the developing fetus is doing at a particular point, and aspire to deliver a healthy baby. Most important, many prenatal and postpartum women are eager to know what she can do to help deliver a healthy baby and how to care for the newborn. Here are some advices and activities offered to a prenatal, postpartum, and future development of a child includes healthy foods, consumption of adequate water, exercise, medication awareness, and emotions. One of the important factors that will positively affect the developing fetus is nutritional habit of the mother. Nutritional status with consumption of healthy food is the driving force behind attaining a healthy baby. A prenatal and postpartum woman would be advised to cultivate the habit of consuming healthy food because malnutrition in early state of pregnancy can affect the embryo’s ability to survive and poor nutrition in latter half of the pregnancy can affect the growth of the fetus. As noted in the text also that “prenatal care reduces the incidence of low birthweight, which is associated with poor nutrition, multiple births, and drug use” (Berger, 2010 p. 71). Examples of food incudes low fat milk, pasta, fruits, cereals, rice, and vegetables. Energy is needed for the ability of pregnant woman to carry the fetus, care for the newborn, and the source of the energy is from calories consumed. According to American Pregnancy Association, good hydration is extremely important for a healthy pregnancy...
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...Research Paper Child protection is an area of interest for me due to the vulnerability of children. I come from an abusive relationship where my ex-husband is addicted to heroin. During our separation the police had to be called a few times, because of that I learnt so much when it came to protecting my own children. I currently work as a day care provider, providing a safe place for children to come while their parents are at work. Doing this type of work (and because of my children having a father that will be absent most of their lives) I have done a lot of research about the developing brain and attachment. Understanding about brain development and attachment are essential in raising a healthy child. I strongly believe that attachment theory is necessary in Educational Assistant curriculum due to the impact that attachment has on the developing brain. The journal article that I researched was “The Enduring Effects of Abuse and Related Adverse Experiences in Childhood: A Convergence of Evidence from Neurobiology and Epidemiology”. The article discussed the impact of abnormal stress on the developing brain. Evidence suggests that adverse childhood experiences such as, “childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, as well as, household dysfunction including, parental drug or alcohol use, loss of family members, incarceration of family member or witnessing domestic violence” affect the “health and quality of life throughout the lifespan” (Anda et al., 2005, p...
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...Promoting a healthy environment for children Introduction In a society people of different age limit dwells. Children are the most junior part of the society. Today’s children are tomorrow’s young and aged generation. Children are just like seed of nature tree. For building solid, sound and healthy nation, sound and healthy children are must. So children’s health is very much concerning issue not only for a country but also for whole. Throughout the world children are suffering from malnutrition and carious diseases. They are not only struggling with physical fitness but also from psychological health. Wars, domestic violence, family quarrels, increase in broken families are impacting very several on children mind. This is time to become conscious about children’s physical and psychological health ensuring rights of the children in order to developing children’s health. Task 1 1.1 The ways that support the different types of relevant legislation support the right of children to a healthy lifestyle: Legislation regarding child care: Child Care is very common term used in relation to healthy environment of children. Child care encompasses physical, psychological or mental, social, environmental care for children. There should be a structured format regarding that physical, psychological or mental, social, environmental condition. When there is legislation regarding each of those perspective conditions, then a structured format is automatically established. All of that...
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...children’s health is the duty of the parents to keep their children healthy. During pregnancy, although the mother’s protective womb provides considerable protection to the developing human organism, there are many potential hazards to the growth and health of the children present in the womb. If there is lack of nutritious food in the prenatal period child will suffer from many diseases after birth. The mother should take adequate nourishments like Vitamins, Proteins, Carbohydrates, etc., in proper quantity in order overcome this problem. Mother’s physical health condition during the prenatal period affects the health of the child. So, the mother should be healthy during pregnancy. For healthy child the mother should be free from tobacco, cigarette, alcohol, etc; hence it is very essential for the mother to be healthy and have good habits for healthy child at time of birth. When a child is born proper care should be taken of the child. The child should be given mother’s milk and nothing else for about 4-5 month when born as it increases the immunity of the body to resist diseases. After that the child can be give juices and soups of fruits and vegetables. Slowly, slowly the child can be given other food, also but not the edible items that aren’t homemade and are junk for the health of the child. The child should be kept clean in order to keep him away from diseases. The child should be given nutritious food as the child...
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...In order to avoid letting childhood obesity numbers continue to grow, there needs to be changes in certain aspects of children’s lifestyles. This increase over the years can be attributed to many factors including unhealthy, calorie-filled school lunches and children not receiving enough exercise. Childhood obesity poses a very real threat to the health of younger generations and can lead to dangerous, life-threatening health issues later in life. In the rise of child obesity, children are at more risk of diabetes and other heart diseases that could not only affect them in the short and long term. In response to this issue, child obesity should be combated by offering healthier choices for school lunches, and allowing a full hour for recess. All of these could be accomplished by allowing more funding from the Department of Education, and this would allow more funding to state educational funds. Decreasing child obesity would be important for children in the long run because it would decrease their chance of developing type-two diabetes and early heart diseases. Obesity is the root cause of countless diseases, conditions, and illnesses, some of which are even life-threatening. Adulthood obesity has been linked to many deadly diseases. Some examples include heart disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer. While the health risks that go along with childhood obesity are not as severe, the chances of adulthood obesity increase to nearly double that of non-obese children when the...
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...………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Heredity …………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Social Environment ……………………………………………………………………… 5 Social Status …………………………………………………………………………….. 5 Birth Weight …………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Effects of Obesity ………………………………………………………………………………… 7 Health Effects ……………………………………………………………………………. 7 Mental Effects …………………………………………………………………………… 7 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………………. 7 Solutions to Childhood Obesity in The United States of America ………………………………. 8 References ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 Abstract Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in developing countries especially in the United States of America. Twenty five percent of children in the US are overweight and 11% are obese. Overweight and obesity in childhood are known to have significant impact on both physical and psychological health. This paper describes the causes, effects, and solutions to childhood obesity in the United States of America Childhood Obesity in the United States of America: A Problem-solving Analysis Definition of Obesity Riccairdelli, McCabe, Banfield, S (2002), defined obesity as an excessively high amount of body fat in relation to lean body mass. Obesity also refers to increased body weight in relation to height, when compared to some standard...
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...Del Este ENG126 Sec.201 Submitted as a course requirement Date: Dec. 10, 2014 Problem: What are some effects of child obesity? Child obesity has become an epidemic problem that is affecting the whole world. In the U.S, obesity has caused children many health problems and conditions. Some of the health problems that obesity causes are diabetes, asthma and heart diseases. These complications can be caused by a series of factors that can be contributed by TV, computer games, lack of safe playgrounds and other factors that encourage children to be sedentary (Collins, 2002). From the factors mentioned before, the things that are attacking the kids of this generation are mainly the video and computer games. In addition to affecting the health of the kids it is also affecting the economy. Because the costs of health insurance premiums are going up, companies refuse to pay for such services. In addition child obesity is an issue that in most cases begins in the household. Justification: Studies show the impact that child obesity has caused in society. (CBS News, 2002) declared “A dramatic increase in diabetes and other diseases related to childhood obesity in the United States has added millions of dollars to health care cost”. From that article it is clear that child obesity is causing a tremendous problem to the economy, thus making it insufficient. The cost of medicine, treatments and operation is the reason why...
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...Child Obesity Marlene Tadros BSHS 361/Child Development April 12, 2012 Amber Hamilton Child Obesity The effect of obesity in children is becoming an immense issue in our communities today. The number of obese children continues to rise and in fact has more than tripled within the last 20 years. Today, there are up to 33% of children who are obese, if not more. Unfortunately, this affects our children physically, mentally, and long-term. Obesity is not specifically just being a few pounds overweight. A child is considered obese when his or her weight compared to height is abnormal by ten pounds. Obesity commonly begins in children between the ages of five and six. Unfortunately genetics can often be a factor in childhood obesity although other environmental factors come into play as well. If a child has poor eating habits, this may result in little or no energy for exercise, and emotional complications such as depression and anger, as well as medical conditions such as diabetes, and many others. It is inevitable that childhood obesity will have some health effects that can become very serious with time. A common condition found in morbidly obese children is metabolic syndrome which is many conditions that may lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and access abdominal fat. Although it may not seem common, heart disease seen children who are obese is not shockingly rare. When a child has poor eating habits and no exercise, it is common...
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...Childhood obesity Childhood obesity is an epidemic in the United States and across the world. “Globally, in 2010 the number of overweight children under the age of five is estimated to be over 42 million. Close to 35 million of these are living in developing countries.” (2010 National world health organization) Approximately 20 percent of adolescence in the United States is obese are overweight. The numbers are expected to climb to 1 out of 5 children by 2020. Why should this concern us as a society and what should we do about it? In this paper I will speak of obesity and the physical, emotional and developmental effects it has on our children. I will also include changes that are currently being emplaced and steps we can take as individuals in this need for change. Consequences The consequences from an unhealthy childhood can have lasting effects into adulthood. Most children that are affected with obesity at a young age are more likely to experience adulthood obesity. Childhood obesity is associated with a higher chance of premature death and disability in adulthood. Diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are showing up at younger and younger ages. Many of these risks come from how long a child has suffered from obesity and when it occurred. These factors begin to manifest themselves as physical and mental issues. Physical issues include the following diseases; cardiovascular diseases (mainly heart disease and stroke); diabetes; musculoskeletal...
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...to deal with and for schizophrenic people to have children it is even harder. Family life can be dramatically affected when one or more family members are diagnosed with schizophrenia. It can change the entire way of life within a household through the emotional and financial issues that may occur and as such, persons who suffer from Schizophrenia should not be allowed to have children as this may assist in the control of the disease. Some reasons schizophrenia people should not be allowed to reproduce are genes and hereditary factors, inability to maintain a child, the psychological effects that may occur, Hereditary One of the main reasons why individuals with schizophrenia should not be allowed to have children are the genetics and hereditary factor that ensue to the children being inborn with the mental disorder. Schizophrenia definitely has a genetic component which would most likely develop in a child if the child has members of his/her family that has been diagnosed with the illness. First degree relatives such as both biological parents and siblings have the higher magnitude of spreading the mental disease...
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...Antoinette Brooks Adelia Cozart-Amos Eng 115 November 26, 2012 Thesis Statement Today, youth in America face an obesity crisis that is unprecedented in our history. Obesity rates have skyrocketed by 300% over the last 30 years, with dramatic implications for our children and our society. Introduction Children born in 2000 have a 1-in-3 chance of developing type 2 diabetes during their lifetime, and 70% of obese 5- to 17-year-olds in a population-based study had at least 1 risk factor for cardiovascular disease.” A statement written by KM Richardson. If the childhood obesity epidemic is not reversed, our society will bear the pain and cost of high rates of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, and other obesity-related chronic diseases. The tragedy is that these consequences are preventable. We know that prevention of disease is cost-effective and ethical; treatment is costly and painful. If we know what our children need to be healthy, why don't we, as adults, fix the problem? Is it lack of education about nutrition; an inadequate food supply; the power of food marketing; lack of access to healthy, affordable foods; or a failure of will? The Obama administration announced its long-awaited changes to government-subsidized school meals, a final round of rules that adds more fruits and green vegetables to breakfasts and lunches and reduces the amount of salt and fat. Specifically, 38.8 percent of students who routinely eat school lunch were found to...
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...The more researchers study on the future of our children and pregnancies, the more technology and studies will expand. There are many factors that can cause problems in pregnancy, but many a health risks are preventable. When you find out your pregnant if you have not done so, contact your doctor. This is to make sure your child during pregnancy is meeting certain standards and maintaining a healthy status. Continue taking your child to the doctor to make sure your infant or child is maintaining a certain range of age, height and weight group. This also makes sure to check to see if your child is healthy. In the end the perfect result in a full- term pregnancy is without interventions, having delivered a healthy baby, and a healthy after period of...
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...CHFD 308 July 18th 2011 Most child development causation research has focused on genetic inheritance, and environmental contexts such as social cultural and community influences as dominant factors in physical and cognitive development. I believe that prenatal environmental influences have been overlooked in much research to date. By reviewing the journal “Perinatal exposure in later psychological development and behavioral disabilities” I will emphasis the importance of healthy living to later cognitive development in infancy and early childhood. During the late 1950’s and early 1960’s the devastating thalidomide tragedy brought awareness to the public the causation between birth defects and use of chemical’s during pregnancy. An estimated 10,000 birth defects and thousands of fetal deaths worldwide as a result from failed animal testing. Women were prescribed the sedative thalidomide to reduce morning sickness. As these children grew older, many scored below average in intelligence by possible direct damage to the central nervous system (Berk, L. 2008). Damage to the central nervous system could have correlated with a negative bi-directional influence between child and parent. Subsequently, this event influenced researchers to develop a new branch of study into the causation of birth defects called Teratology. At the time researchers speculated that during the prenatal period the child is at risk of environmental events that can cause adverse...
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...The Bad Exercise What are the effects on children whose parents push them in sports? “As the stakes grow, the children are the ones losing,” according to Sacks. Seventy percent of children drop out of sports by age 13, and a big reason is that their parents are putting too much pressure on them, “he explained." It’s interesting because a lot of people don’t know that parents pushing their children in sports isn't very good for children. Parents pushing their children can have bad effects on their children. Children can burn out and developing interests as an effect. Pushing a child to participate in a sport increases the likelihood that the child will develop sports-related burnout. Rather than advancing in overall development, forced participation...
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...Global Health Implementing effective global health programs is a difficult task as there are complex issues involved. These issues arise from the distinctive barriers that exist in poor communities as well as from the fundamental complexity of the health care field. Despite efforts made to improve the global health, there are some barriers faced majorly in developing countries which can be grouped into two broad categories: infrastructural barriers and patients behavior. According to Dr. Manchanda’s book titled “the upstream doctors”, effective care for most illness requires understanding the social conditions of one’s patients, and this is true because patients are faced with various limitations that deter them from accessing good medical services. Fear, finance, cultural belief, distance to Health Centre or Hospitals, lack of awareness about treatment availability and benefits, and poor health outcome after treatment, are some of the major contributory factors that deter patients from accessing good medical services, thus, causing a decline in health status globally. Poverty is also a contributory factor especially in developing countries. This can be explained in patient’s inability to purchase drugs or hesitancy to seek proper medical attention due to lack of funds. These barriers can be tackled using the holistic response that includes both social and cultural approach. The means to achieve success is to involve local health care professionals, experienced health workers and...
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