...Calorie Management Over the course of this class and the few weeks that encompassed this learning process, we have learned several different conceptual applications for the integration of algorithms within the infrastructure of a company. The idea of using an algorithm or a program to influence or benefit our daily lives is an obvious choice for an application. We cannot use a program to cure cancer, diabetes or other wide ranging diseases, but we can use it to help with weight management, the mastery of which can lead to several different areas of improvement. By creating a program that will aid in the eradication of obesity, we can go a long way towards improving the mass health of the worldwide human population. The obesity rate in America has become an epidemic. According to Forecasting Obesity in America, obesity rates in America could be up as high as 86.3 percent by 2030 and in 40 years every single American could be overweight (Bialik, 2008). Those numbers may be a bit outlandish, but they are not far off given the current state of our nation. With that said, weight management boils down to a simple question of "Are we taking in fewer calories than we are burning?" and “Are we truly taking action to manage our weight?” We need to figure out a way to let individuals see the true results of their daily calorie intake and help he or she see exactly what affect it is having on their overall health. By helping individuals see those results we can hopefully help...
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...Prescription weight loss pills Amy Kelley COM/155 June 16, 2013 Jessica Ptomey Eating healthy vs. Prescription weight loss pills The World Health Organization estimates that nearly two-thirds of all American adults are overweight. The National Center of Health Statistics recently found that 34% of Americans are clinically obese (10 Weight Loss Statistics, 2013). Those are very shocking statistics to hear about our nation. What we do with that information is up to us. We can accept the weight that we have as a nation or chose to lose it. Eating healthy and exercise are important for losing weight but there are some advantages and disadvantages to prescription weight loss pills. Here are some facts that can help you make the choice. Proteins are nutrients that your body needs to stay healthy. Protein is recommended at the absolute minimum of ½-gram per pound of bodyweight per day for people who do not get exercise and 1 full gram of protein per pound of bodyweight for people who are active in any way (How much protein do you really need to eat every day?). But do not forget about the b\vegetables. Vegetables, also, play an important role in losing weight. Put out a vegetable platter. A body of research out of Pennsylvania State University finds that eating water-rich foods such as zucchini, tomatoes, and cucumbers during meals reduces your overall calorie consumption (Easy ways to lose weight: 50+ ideas, 2013). If you eat fewer calories than you burn you lose weight. Instead...
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...In this part, we will start with baby steps towards your goals. You will gain momentum here, slowly and comfortably. This will make your path much easier to follow while allowing you to gain momentum of success. What Will We Achieve in This Part? - We will use easy steps that you can implement right now. Some of them will be customized specifically to the place where you start your journey to optimal weight and wellness. - We will remove obstacles and stop common mistakes that prevent you from losing fat. - I will help you gain valuable, long-term knowledge about what brings results, including the basic principles of natural medicine weight loss and optimal lifestyle. These form the basis for natural habit creation. All of the above will help...
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...Metabical: Positioning and Communications Strategy for a new Weight-Loss Drug Q & A 1. Who is involved in the decision making process? What is the decision making process for Metabical? Since Metabical is a prescription drug for weight loss which can only be bought via a prescription, the overweight patients are not the only decision makers involved. The health care providers are also decision makers in this process for they are the ones who prescribe the drug. The consumer decision making process (J.Paul Peter & Donnelly, Ch3, p.49) for Metabical goes through five stages: a) Perceiving or recognizing a need. According to the case, 65 % of Americans are overweight. Many perceive themselves as social outcasts. Here Metabical ties in with a variety of needs in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: the need for belongingness and love for companionship. After all no one likes being excluded. Exclusion can also negatively impact one’s self esteem. So it also ties in with the need for self esteem and self actualization since excess weight negatively impacts hiring, wages, and job promotion. b) Alternative Search: Once the need for love and belonging, and self esteem is recognized the overweight individual collects information from marketing sources like ads, or public sources like newspapers and magazines. The consumer might even ask his health care provider about it. He/she might even ask their overweight friends i.e. group sources who tried many diet drugs...
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...WEIGHT LOSS ISSUES Excessive weight has become one of the major issues in today's world. This leads to all sorts of health riskssuch as coronary heart diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea and many more. Furthermore, a research has shown that death rates from cancer were 52% higher in men and 62 % higher in women with excessive weight than in people with normal weight (Eugenia E. Calle 2003). A large proportion of overweight people have been trying to lose their weight in every possible way. However, not every attempt was successful. Due to that, the pharmaceutical industry has been developing and testing a large variety of medicines that are specifically made to help people with weight issues. One of the newest drugs on the market is Metabical, a prescription drug developed by Cambridge Sciences Pharmaceuticals (CSP). Based on the results from clinical trials, Metabical has been proven effective for weight loss of overweight people. The question is how willMetabicalbe introduced to the market? PULL MARKETING The main idea was to advertise Metabical directly to consumers in order to increase the awareness of the product. This strategy was based on pull marketing where the purpose was to attract the customers and make them approach the supplier or seller first. It is not an assertive way of marketing in comparison to push marketing where a seller calls potential customers on the telephone asking whether they would like to purchase a product they might not actually...
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...TRADITIONAL EXERCISE VERSUS MEDICAL WEIGHT LOSS Diet and exercise versus gastric bypass surgery is a controversial topic, however there are benefits and drawbacks to each. Obesity effects more the 60 million Americans and of the 60 million Americans are suffering from medical problems. Here is a fact that people may not know about obesity, “approximately 72.5million American adults are obese.” www.businessinsider.com Everyone knows the hit television show the “Biggest Loser” however, the National Institutes of Health did a study on the contestants from the television show, showing that with the right diet and exercise a person can sustain weight loss. At the beginning of the study “researchers measured body fat, total energy expenditure and the resting metabolic rate- the energy burned during inactive- three times: at the start of the program, again at week six, and again at week thirty, which was at least seventeen weeks after the contestants returned home.” www.nih.gov From the eleven participants they lost an “average weight loss of 128 pounds, also eighty-two percent” www.nih.gov of that was body fat and lean muscle tissue. The article, also states that the participants would be able to sustain their weight loss, and bypass regaining weight by adding different and moderate life changes. For example “twenty minutes of daily vigorous exercise and a twenty percent calorie restriction.” www.nih.gov So if you are on a 2,000 calorie a day diet, you will want decrease...
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...Sprinting For Weight Loss How To Achieve An Accelerated Metabolism And Lose weight fast in just 10 minutes a day Author Name COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2015 All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal. Disclaimer All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1 Metabolism and how it Works Chapter 2 Nutrition Tips for Pre and Post Workout Chapter 3 Sprinting and Its Effectiveness Chapter 4 Exercise to Accompany Sprints Chapter 5 The Calories Burning Process and the Amount Chapter 6 The Low Intensity Workout Misconception Conclusion Introduction Summer is just around the corner and you are feeling like you have gained some extra pounds through the winter. If you are looking for that bikini body and you want it fast in time to enjoy your summer with friends and family, this eBook is will take you through some problems that most people face when trying to lose weight and then give...
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... Eating Disorders in Athletes Looking in your mirror at home, do you always like what you see? Most people come to accept themselves and their body image just the way it is. Other’s struggle to achieve the perfect body. They strive to be what they see all the time in fashion magazines and movies. It’s a never ending obsession to be thin and perfect. This inevitably can lead to eating disorders. Eating disorders can cause someone to have a negative image of themselves and food becomes their enemy. It’s not news that eating disorders are a huge problem in the United States but what about eating disorders in sports specifically. Athletes are not immune to disorders just because they are considered the elite in their perspective sport. It is said that at least thirteen percent of athletes have some type of eating disorders. This paper will discuss the types of eating disorders that are prevalent in athletes, what causes athletes to not eat healthy and what we can do as parents, coaches, physicians and a community to help our athletes with healthy eating habits and regular exercise. Before eating disorders in athletes can be discussed it’s important to know what is defined as an eating disorder and what the different types of...
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...Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead. Hanna, Spencer, Aria, and Emily are learning this lesson after the disappearance of their augustly best friend, Alison. The four girls receive threatening texts and emails from an anonymous source while trying to handle a life full of school, extracurricular activities, and friendship. These messages bring up old secrets of the girls’ that only Ali knows, which leads them to think that she is still alive and sending these. As the book comes to a conclusion, the girls come to an atrocious conclusion in the case of their missing friend, when they find Alison’s body buried in the ground beneath their family’s gazebo. While reading this Young Adult novel, I am able to connect with the characters, visualize...
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...Table of Contents Hello Recruit. The Overeager Beaver The Vague Nebulator The “Shoulda Woulda Coulda” Justifier The Accountability Slacker The Emotional Rationalizer The Army of One The Good Intentioner The Fork Outrunner The Shiny Object Chaser The Spot Reducer The Scale Watcher The “I’m Too Busy” Liar The No-Fun-Haver The Underpants Gnome The Anti-Bulk Toner The Insanity Definer Get started. Good luck. 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 Hello Recruit. Welcome to the Nerd Fitness Rebellion. If you’re reading this, then you’ve already taken the first step - you’re interested in making changes to become a healthier and more awesome version of yourself. Now, I don’t just help ANYBODY get healthy - I’m only looking for people to join our Rebellion that are willing to put in the time, energy, and effort to actually follow through with this stuff. I’m Steve Kamb, creator of Nerd Fitness, and I know that getting healthy can be difficult. If it was easy, everybody would be walking around looking like King Leonidas from 300 or Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. However, just because it ain’t easy doesn’t mean it ain’t possible! 1 00 One of the most important Rules of the Rebellion is that, “we don’t care where you came from, only where you’re going.” I don’t care if you’re 600 pounds or 100 pounds, guy or gal, young or old, tall or short, alive or undead...I only care that you want to be better today than you were yesterday. So, I created a resource that helps...
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...FARTLEK TRAINING PE 1 Physical Fitness Training Program Submitted by _ Submitted to Prof. Arroyo In partial fulfillment of the requirements for PE 1 Table of Contents |Cover Page |p. 0 | |Table of Contents |p. 1 | |Introduction |p. 2 | |Objectives |p. 3 | |Scopes and Limitations |p. 3 | |Constraints |p. 3 | |Definition of Terms |p. 4 | |Methodology |p. 5 | |Frequency |p. 5 | |Intensity...
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...Gender in Language: A Global Evolution Rachel Walker Kaplan University SS 260-01 Gender and Society April 10, 2014 What is the difference between masculinity and femininity? There is a psychological way of saying that masculinity is a trait of the male species that emphasizes strength, logic, and dominance. Femininity is considered to be a trait of the female species that emphasizes weakness, emotions, and being submissive. This may be how a good number of individuals believe it truly is. However, in today’s world and through my discoveries, it is a lot different and I will explain why. I went to a few different places to gather information on proving that both males and females carry a lot of the same traits now days. I went to a gym, a beauty salon, and a coffee shop and the results was no surprise to me. What made me decide on these specific places? A gym is characterized as a place to “get buff,” which represents a good portion of the male trait of strength. A beauty salon is characterized as a place to get “primped,” which represents part of the female traits. The coffee shop really does not represent either trait. Both males and females come here and it was the one place out of the three where the species were blended rather than separated. I will describe my finding for each place. When walking into a gym, some may believe they will find more males than females inside. I had a hard time deciding just which one to choose. I went into a place called Planet Fitness...
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...2 Personalized Nutrition and Exercise Plan The health/nutrition problem I am addressing is the need for me to lose thirty pounds that I have been hanging on to since the birth of my son four years ago. I feel that I need to get down to a healthier weight. I hope this nutrition/exercise plan will help me to accomplish this goal. I think that getting to a healthier weight will give me more energy as well as lower my risk for several age-related diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancers. My plan may take up to six months to complete. After I have accomplished my goal, I will continue my healthier diet and exercise regimen to help maintain my healthier weight and have more energy. The first step at the beginning of any nutrition/fitness program should be a visit to a family physician for a complete physical. After my physical, I will discuss my health/nutrition goal to lose excess weight and get back in shape with my physician. We will discuss exercise options such as cardio and strength training. I have the benefit of a home gym. That will make my exercise regimen easier especially that the winter months are almost here. I will start a journal to log...
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...smoker for around thirty years now. She hasn’t had any major medical issues because of it. She is a farmer so she is always keeping busy and staying active with driving the tractors and keeping up with the animals. She has always cooked healthy meals, but likes to snack. My uncle on my mother’s side is very healthy and active. He goes to a cross fit gym everyday and runs marathons often. He doesn’t like to say he diets, because it is a way of living. My mother has also been a smoker for as long as I can remember. For most of my life I lived with my mom, and we did a lot of eating out. She never encouraged me to eat healthy or keep active in school sports. My grandmother on my father’s side was an alcoholic for many years, which caused her to end up having a triple bypass heart surgery. Since then she has had control over what she eats, and she no longer drinks. She is a very active person and always has been. My dad was a smoker for a long time, and didn’t always eat healthy means. He just recently stopped smoking and has lost a lot of weight from eating healthier. He always...
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...1. Assignment: Morality and Law • Examine the relationship between morality and law using several different examples. • Answer each of the seven Critical Thinking Questions on pp. 480–481 of the Criminology text. • Respond to each question, and number your response according to the question. Each response must be between 150 to 250 words. Please make sure to incorporate supporting information from text in at least a few of your answers. • Post your paper as an attachment through the Assignment link Under what circumstances, if any, might the legalization or decriminalization of drugs be beneficial to society? Do you consider alcohol a drug? Should greater control be placed on the sale of alcohol? I consider alcohol a drug when it is abused as one. I have seen people use alcohol in social settings, and they have known their limits of when to stop. I do not think alcohol was put here as a drug; I think that the effect of it on people is what made alcohol considered as a drug. There are different effects of alcohol, some are losing/ gaining weight, losing appetite, and even losing people lives. People are put into situation where they can abuse alcohol because of the fact that it is a legal drug. Even though people have to wait until they are 21 years old to buy alcohol there are all different types of ways to get around that. This is where the abuse comes in because teens are sometimes uneducated on the effects of alcohol, so they tend to drink it because they see...
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