to many health and nutrition problems. By law, manufacturers must abide by the standard code terms of what is put on their food label. By this, a food label must have no false claims or information, be in English and legible and easy to see. Also must contain a barcode, name of food, list of ingredients in descending order of weight, net weight, any additives in the food, country of origin, use of imported ingredients, name and address of manufacturer, date marking and nutrition panel if any claims
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change. In this case, the increase of childhood obesity is a blaring reflection of poor nutrition, lack of parenting, and changes in social skills. Being healthy begins with great nutrition. However, many children are running to fast food and junk rather than the healthier alternative, a home cooked meal or a healthy snack like fruits or vegetables. Most of the food that kids are eating are full of carbs, fats, and sugar. Nutrition plays a vital role to ensure that we get the proper
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Community Health Nursing Reflection NUR/405 Cynthia Januale Community Health Nursing Reflection This assignment was very interesting and unique compared to other assignments that I have had in the past. Visiting and studying the community that I chose gave me quite the insight on various issues that, had it not been for this assignment, I may not have picked up on before. “In any setting, the role of public health nurses focuses on the prevention of illness, injury or disability, the
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Jake Thurston Jordan Dolson EDPS Reflection I thought it was very interesting when Katie came and talked to us last week. It was sort of a change of pace for us as everything we had talked about had been geared towards careers and majors. But her talking about nutrition and the need to stay healthy was, in my opinion, just as important as all of the other stuff we have talked about. When you are healthy and feeling good, it makes everything in your life better including your job. When she
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Community Health Nursing Reflection Veronica Hubbard NUR/405 June 25, 2012 Cindy Januale Community Health Nursing Reflection Community health nursing is a specialty field of nursing which care is provided to people in the community setting. A community health nurse can provide care to children and the adult population. As a result of the economic depression, more people in the community are becoming jobless, homeless, low-income, and uninsured. So the need for community health nurses
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clinical experience, the author has found a flaw in quality of care when nursing staff are using the overview assessment document which has been adapted from the single assessment process produced by the Department of Health (DOH, 2002). When assessing nutrition there is a series of six questions and an asterisk to consider the “Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool” (MUST, 2003) however experience in practice would suggest the tool (MUST, 2003) isn't used and a local unknown screening tool is used on some
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Malcolm Warner Human Nutrition 3534 Reflection on Sugar 2-17-2014 After watching the assigned videos about sugar I was surprised at the effects that sugar has on the human body and the amount of sugar in many of our processed foods. Many Americans do not pay attention to the serving sizes on the nutrition labels which leads to consuming a massive amount of sugar per day. The facts provided in the documentaries can help people have a better understanding of their sugar consumption and maintain
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Community and Public Health Reflection Marcia La Bruyere NUR/405 March 11, 2013 Michelle Hogsed Community and Public Health Reflection Public health nurses integrate community involvement and knowledge about the entire population with personal, clinical understanding of the health and illness experience of individuals and families within the population. They translate and articulate the health and illness experiences of diverse often vulnerable individuals and families in the population to
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Reflection BCOM/275 Reflection Based on the career plan building activities that I have done throughout this course, I am heading in the right path. My ultimate goal is to become a manager or supervisor in the near future either in nutrition or information technology department. To be able to apply to any of those positions, I must acquire a bachelor’s degree or currently attending an accredited school. The results from the reasoning exercise, I can set an example for others at what I do
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Community Health Nursing Reflection NUR/405 2012 Diane Schlicke RN MSN Community Health Nursing Reflection The role of the community health nurse in the participating family’s community is to focus on the health needs of the aggregate or group. Community health nursing refers to a systematic, comprehensive focus on wellness, health protection, and disease, and injury prevention for the population residing in a specific area. The nurse functions as advocate, case manager, consultant, health
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