...Addressing Healthy Foods and Nutritional Education with Cleveland's Youth Brenda McLelland Capella University MSN 6012 Unit 8: Designing Health Promotion Programs September, 2015 Abstract Concerns about addressing the nutritional health of Cleveland’s impoverished children continue to plague the Cleveland community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013, Cleveland has the third largest child poverty rate among the top cities in the United States ("Hunger Facts," 2013). Insufficient resources to provide adequate food and lack of proper nutritional education for these children has a dramatic effect on the health and well-being for this vulnerable group. Not only does poverty have a direct relationship to negative child outcomes, but nutritional intake and education, as well. This article will focus on a theory-based health care promotion plan that will address the poor, school-age children living in Cleveland. Strategies will be identified in promoting nutritional education to improve healthy eating for these children in an attempt to improve the health and wellness for this vulnerable group. Guidelines for quality monitoring, evaluating, and adaptations of this health promotion plan will also be discussed so that it can be used across various health care settings. Implementing a health promotion plan that incorporates appropriate theory, research-based interventions, evaluative measures, and quality improvement metrics is pivotal if the health care professional...
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...Name: Professor: l Course: Eng-103 Date:12/03/2015 Taste Education Taste education as propagated by Slow Food Movement is the act of bringing food back to its roots. The critical aspect in the taste education debate deals with the way culture relates to food. Taste education protagonists argue that there is disconnect between the younger generation and the sources of what they term as fair food systems. Ideally, the future is at stake regarding the young people not understanding the food systems in a much easier way. People tend to be very busy on a daily basis, that little time is spent on refining and expanding knowledge of food thereby appreciating food. As mentioned early, food must involve aspects of culture, pleasantness, and pleasure. The reason as to why the taste education debate is controversial is due to the increasing rate of fast and junk foods that have been identified as serious threats to the health of both young and the elderly. Younger people tend to lack the knowledge of cooking when they grow. It affects them regarding understanding the quality of food they are expected to eat. The underlying fact is that there is a failure on the part of the parents who are to blame for the lack of this knowledge. That begs another question; does it mean that the parents too lack the expertise to cook? On an analytical perspective, taste education is an aspect that truly lacks in our education systems and among the general human fraternity. There is a growing crop of...
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...India is in the midst of the restaurant revolution. The revenues hotel and restaurant industry in yr.2006-2007 increase of nearly 22 %...The eating habits of people are changing; the style of cooking and the ingredients used increased the popularity of Indian food all throughout....... Indian food had experienced a tremendous change, people started following cooking style and adopted eating habit according to their religion. At present Indian food is recognized all over the country...service quality is an attitude or global judgment about the superiority of a service, industries must achieve a quality service the exceed customer, expectation .service quality determine an organization success or failure, the satisfaction is a function of consumer, experience and reaction to provide behavior during the service encounter. The level of satisfaction may be influence by various attitudes from internal, external factor. The demand for food away from home is dramatically increasing. According to the 2003/04 Indian Household Economic Survey, the average weekly household expenditure on meals away from home increased from $13.80 in 2000/01 to $19.20 in 2003/04 (Ministry of Health, 2006). The growth of demand for food has prompted an expansion of the Indian foodservice industry. The national foodservice industry annual sales rose from $3,176 million in 2002 to $4,800 million in 2007- a nominal Growth of 51 percent. GJMBR-C Classification: JEL Code: Q31 A Study on Customer...
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...society are considered overweight. The government and its citizens are concerned and are taking action to remedy this issue. What we do in our class rooms can promote healthy eating and prevent obesity. Some include proper portions, education of food products, and encouragement of play in centers involving food. Family style meals allow the children to serve themselves. With meals being served as family style, if not controlled, some children could eat heaping portions while others have only a bite or two. In our class, we offer the children measuring cups to collect the required portions of the meals and have them place them on their plates. Education of food products allow the children to know what they eat and why. As we educate the child, we also allow them taste test so they can make their own decisions of what healthy foods they like and what they don’t. Home center is one of the best places to teach the child about healthy eating. It allows them to experiment what they’d like to cook. It also allows us to ask questions as to why they wanted to cook it and is it healthy. Healthy eating promotions in classrooms are very important to helping a child make proper decisions of great eating habits. Portion control, food education, and practice through play are just some of our methods of guiding our children to help lessen the risk of unhealthy eating and obesity. We have to start with the children in front of us if we want to make a difference with the children...
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...The thesis statement that I have come up with for my “big idea” topic is: I believe we can better our economy by changing the way the government assists the citizens financially with programs such as food stamps, otherwise known as EBT. The government shapes society and the government needs to help society help themselves by making a few changes to the way it disburses our tax money. I think this thesis is going to be effective because it shows my main focus of the essay I will be writing, which is to change the way government assists families of low income. I want to stress the option of giving more money as school grants rather than giving it for food. Another option would also be limiting the options of foods that are okay to purchase with EBT. Right now, there are no limitation other than alcohol or pre-prepared foods. You can even purchase energy drinks at the moment. If people weren’t given everything for doing nothing, they may be more likely to further their education and get a better job to provide such luxuries as fatty foods or sweets and energy drinks. I see a major problem supporting this thesis with fallacy, mainly because I have such strong personal opinions. I am going to have to force myself to rely on straight facts and pure research to get my point across. For my research, I am going to stray away from any sort of blogs or websites put up as a riot against the government. I will do my best to find websites that are “.org” or .gov”. I think a good...
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...Introduction Food habits and culture are people’s learned behaviors refer to why and how people eat, with whom they eat, and which foods they eat. Therefore, many people will have many different ways in which they use food. Factors like geography, religion, society, and economy are basic aspects that influence our food habits and culture. Once we understand these factors, we can answer the question: why do you choose one cuisine rather than the others? Geographical Factors In old days, ancestors cultivated the crops base on local, natural resources, which affected their eating habits greatly. Climate, precipitation, soil quality, and topography are four geographical factors that influence our food habits deeply. First of all, climate affects the crop’s growing season, which is shorter in hot climate and longer in cold climate. When the growing season is shorter, people will have more crop cycles, which means the quantity of food is possibly larger. People tend to have enough food to satisfy their physical needs, and they may have extra food to satisfy higher needs, such as social needs, belongingness, status, and self-realization. Climate also affects the types of foods in different regions. For example, mango can only be planted in hot regions, and cabbage is preferred in cold regions. People usually find out that food in hot regions can be more various than food in cold regions. (Hughes, 2011). Secondly, precipitation affects the major food production. In dry and hot areas...
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...purchase food. Even people in wealthy countries like the United States can be malnourished because of income level, and are forced to eat unhealthy foods with little nutritional value. The World Hunger Education Service explains that overnutrition can be a form of malnutrition, in which people are extremely overweight, which is what we see a lot of in first world countries (World Hunger, 2016a). In reference to population pressure, I believed that we are going to have to find new innovative ways to continue to meet the demand for food. Some changes may come through biotechnology, and other changes may come from more education about how to grow your own food (gardening, hunting/fishing etc..) and from less waste....
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...2010) as an attempt to increase quality of life for those living on the continent. However, as seen in the initial quote above, it is implied that aid has both harmed and benefited African society. In this paper, the views of those who oppose foreign aid and those who support foreign aid in Africa will be discussed. Furthermore, the effect of foreign aid on food and migration challenges in Africa will be examined, as these two issues remain unresolved in the continent. The Benefits of Foreign Aid There is no doubt that foreign aid has provided some benefit to Africa. By the intrinsic nature of aid itself, aid has a tremendous impact on the humanitarian imperative (Griffiths 2010). Through the increase in available medical attention, medical technology, sanitation, and access to schooling, aid has provided an additional 30 million children with schooling since 2000, has had millions immunized from various diseases, and has reduced the lives lost to HIV/AIDS and malaria (Griffiths 2010). As a result, the quality of life of many Africans has improved: the provision and deliverance of basic needs is met with education and healthcare. Foreign aid is therefore a means to provide basic necessities and opportunities. Additionally, aid is seen as an investment in African economy. Aid assisting with infrastructure, public and government...
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...The Relationship between Obesity and Poverty Obesity in the United States and similar societies is a socioeconomic problem. Obesity is defined as an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to one’s health. The energy intake coming from food is stored as fat since the body does not use it. This ultimately impacts one’s physical health that many degenerative diseases are directly and indirectly linked to obesity. Throughout the history of obesity, its reputation varies from appreciation and the opposite among cultures over time. For instance, Ancient Egyptians are said to consider obesity as a disease, having been drawn in a wall of depicted illnesses. The Aztecs believed that obesity was supernatural, an affliction of the gods. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, was aware of sudden deaths being more common among obese men than lean ones as stated in his writings. In certain cultures and areas where food is scarce and poverty is prevalent, obesity is viewed as a symbol of wealth and social status. Throughout the history of obesity, the public’s view and status of obesity started to considerably change in the 1900’s. During this time the government started to become more involved by initiating campaigns against the problem and publishing ideal weights for various heights. In 1996, the Body Mass Index (BMI) was published, which was a statistical calculation and index to determine if a person is obese or not. In the 21st century, obesity is considered an epidemic...
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...are considered overweight. The government and its citizens are concerned and are taking action to remedy this issue. What we do in our class rooms can promote healthy eating and prevent obesity. Some include proper portions, education of food products, and encouragement of play in centers involving food. Family style meals allow the children to serve themselves. With meals being served as family style, if not controlled, some children could eat heaping portions while others have only a bite or two. In our class, we offer the children measuring cups to collect the required portions of the meals and have them place them on their plates. Education of food products allow the children to know what they eat and why. As we educate the child, we also allow them taste test so they can make their own decisions of what healthy foods they like and what they don’t. Home center is one of the best places to teach the child about healthy eating. It allows them to experiment what they’d like to cook. It also allows us to ask questions as to why they wanted to cook it and is it healthy. Healthy eating promotions in classrooms are very important to helping a child make proper decisions of great eating habits. Portion control, food education, and practice through play are just some of our methods of guiding our children to help lessen the risk of unhealthy eating and obesity. We have to start with the children in front of us if we want to make a difference with the children...
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...into details of who is doing what to overcome this devastating epidemic and how it is affecting our economy. This paper will illustrate the impact of malnutrition on businesses and economies, and how it has altered my outlook towards life. Malnutrition is not only an urgent global health issue; it is also a hitch to productivity, economic growth and poverty reduction. We again end up asking the unchanged question, who is responsible? Definition UNICEFii defines malnutrition as a broad term commonly used as an alternative to undernutrition but technically it also refers to overnutrition. People are malnourished if their diet does not provide adequate calories and protein for growth and maintenance or they are unable to fully utilize the food they eat due to illness (undernutrition). They are also malnourished if they consume too many calories (overnutrition). Words like GDP and GNP which was covered in the class, provided me with a different perspective to the situation. I took time to review the effect of malnutrition in my country, India. I found that malnutrition was causing a loss as high as 3 to 4% to my country’s growing GDPiii. Even though the overall GDP of the country has been rising, the amount of loss caused by malnutrition is also increasing. Effect of Malnutrition on Economy Malnutrition indicates poor economic policies of the country, deprived agricultural conditions and also...
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...southern California. As an adult she married a fashion designer named Todd Thompson. They had a baby girl named Jade Thompson. Recently they both divorced. Being a home grown Italian she specializes in Italian food. She says she is a self-proclaimed chocoholic. With the Italian in her blood and her...
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...Dietetics Trends and Challenges Due Thursday, 2/7/2013 (6 points) By definition, a trend is a general tendency, movement, or direction. A challenge is a stimulating test of a situation, or an objection against something. Independently, you are to research the internet, peer-reviewed and trade journals, and other publications to determine dietetics trends and challenges. Any resources used must be dated between 2003 and 2013. The areas of dietetics include: . education: nutrition education/community nutrition . food production . management: foodservice/nutrition . research: foodservice/nutrition. . medical nutrition therapy (MNT) For each area of dietetics, locate two trends and one challenge. One resource could be used to address several areas of dietetics. A minimum of five referred resources must be used. You can use referred journal articles from the internet as long as they contain the entire journal reference and not just the URL. Using the table below, list two trends and one challenge for each area of dietetics. Each trend and challenge must be listed as a complete thought. Write using complete sentences. Document references used. You can use an APA or AMA reference style. Keep the format of your references consistent. Print or photocopy the title page or key information as evidence to support the trend or challenge. Type or word-process the assignment. Staple printed/photocopied information to your typed/word-processed materials and submit for course points...
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...has to be nutrition oriented. Nutrition should be an important component of professional and school education. All government policies, missions and programmes concerned with food production and processing, food and nutrient supplementation, sanitation, drinking water and health should have nutrition improvement as an output criterion. Attention to female health and empowerment, appropriate infant and child feeding practices, and prevention of micronutrient deficiencies among others can yield results in short time. India needs a Nutrition Security Act to operationalise the currently sleeping Nutrition Security Mission and Nutrition Policy. Food Security Act will not eliminate malnutrition. There should be convergence between the programmes of different ministries and departments which can directly or indirectly influence nutrition security. Good governance and underpinning of science and technology will give maximum mileage out of the current efforts. While government may be able to tackle generic issues, solutions for individual problems, often come from within the community. NGOs private sector and community can all play a role, in creating an enabling environment. Nutrition Security implies physical, economic and social access to balanced diet, clean drinking water, safe environment, and health care (preventive and curative) for every individual. Education and awareness are needed to utilise these services. Thus malnutrition has a complex aetiology and...
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...is aware that she has diabetes, and that she needs to control her diet to prevent complications. However, she is not aware on how much sugar contain in certain foods. I asked K.N. to change her dietary habit. At first, she was hesitant to listen, but when I told her about how much sugar the bottle of soda contains (about 100 mg), she became more receptive. Based on her reaction, I focused my teaching on providing her more information about what foods to...
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