Eating Article Reviews Samples For Students

Where do Phobias come from?

Study conducted on mice showed that phobias are genetically transmitted from one generation to the next through chemical changes that occur in DNA or through experiences from ancestors. The study was conducted on mice, which were trained to fear cherry blossoms odour by use of electric shocks prior to breeding. The offsprings developed a fear of the cherry blossom odour in spite of never experiencing them proving that the experience can be transferred genetically to the offsprings.

Christmas: a Social Anxiety Minefield

Christmas can cause anxiety in people through worry about finances, potential drunkenness, and involvement in social events. The symptoms of this anxiety include ...

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, is a type of group therapy that has the potential to assist those suffering from the adverse effects of disordered thinking, including eating disorders. This paper discusses a study conducted to examine whether DBT can possibly be used to treat Binge Eating Disorder in women. The study found that by the end of the treatment, 89% of the experimental group were abstinent in binge-eating behavior at the end of the treatment, while 57% were still abstinent at the 6-month follow-up. This indicates that, although the sample size was small, more research should be done on the ...

Garriguet, D. (2008) Obesity and the eating habits of the aboriginal population. Component of Statistics Canada. Retrieved from http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003 x/2008001/article/10487-eng.pdf
The purpose of the study was evaluating the rates of obesity and overweight and the eating habits of aboriginal and non-aboriginal individuals. According to the researcher, obesity prevalence in Canada has increased significantly in the past 25 years, a global occurrence that the World Health Organization has depicted as an epidemic. The main idea of the study is establishing how eating habits are related to health disorders, especially obesity/overweight. The researcher hypothesizes that good eating habits are likely to ...

Introduction

The Doritos goat commercial from the 2013 super bowl was among the craziest commercials in the 2013 super bowl competition. It attracted many viewers and many were left cracking down with laughs and shouts since the commercial was a very funny one. The number of people who viewed it seemed to increase in a large number as days passed by. In the Doritos goat commercial, there is a man who decides to purchase a goat from the market. After he buys the goat, he brings it to his home.
The man decides to show love to the goat by giving it his ...

Introduction

The topic selected from the textbook is in chapter 8 eating disorders in abnormal psychology. Eating disorders are abnormal psychological disorders that are characterized by abnormal food attitudes that make an individual change their diet. Often people who suffer from eating disorders focus on their body shape and weight excessively making them adopt unhealthy food behaviors that pose as a risk to their health. In regards to the above information, the paper analyzes Attia and Walsh article on anorexia nervosa abnormal psychology eating disorder.

Main points from the article

The condition is quite common especially among young women in most industrialized nations where the ...

PSYCHOLOGY

Eating disorders, (ED) have long been associated with a particular perception. One which is today turning out not to be the only influencing factor when it comes to these psychological disturbance that affect many women worldwide, and are in fact on a steady increase. It has for a long time been generalized and assumed that the emergence of certain eating disorders such as binge eating and anorexia in several countries –not just America- was ascribed to the media image of “thin” being beautiful. Though this is trues and many cases support this hypothesis, there are however new incites in ...

PepsiCo remains a leading global brand, specializing in the making of packaged drinks and foods. Commonly recognizable PepsiCo products include Fritos, Cheetos, Lay’s, and Pepsi, all similar due to either their high fat content, high salt content or sugar, all unhealthy options in flavoring food. However, consumers are on an increasingly health conscious diet, where high fat, sodium, and sugary foods are shunned for healthier alternatives. It is the consideration that PepsiCo Chief Executive Indra Nooyi seeks the transformation of the company into a healthy foods juggernaut. Commitment to the healthy foods cause has witnessed the company’s ...

This essay analyzes the published article: “Overuse of Antibiotics Spurs Vicious Cycle” (Jun 2010). The article is published by Dr Joseph Mercola on his website: “Mercola. Com: Take control of Your Health” and seeks to educate and persuade readers that current overuse of antibiotics in treating people is likely to cause patients to develop resistance to the drugs, which can have a residual effect for as much as a year after the medication is ended.
Summarizing Mercola’s article, he uses logos in suggesting that the more these antibiotics are prescribed routinely to treat mild illness such as coughs and ...

INTRODUCTION

Poor quality of daily diet intake makes one out of every two adult Americans victims of chronic disease of one kind or another. The Federal Government, in addition to issuing dietary guidelines to the public, sets various benchmarks that would help Americans to streamline their eating habits towards living healthily. This research studied the current consumption patterns of the American public and the dietary value of the food intake, and compared the data with the benchmarks set for achieving the Healthy People 2020 target. In light of the Health and Human Services and the Agriculture Departments of the US ...

The American College of Sports Medicine’s “The Female Athlete Triad” (2007) examines a well documented medical condition observed in physically active girls. The Female Athlete Triad (Triad) involves three interrelated components: eating disorders which result in low energy availability; amenorrhoea (loss of menstrual fuction); and decreased bone mineral density, which can lead to osteoporosis. The paper outlines the current state of knowledge of the disorder, examines the three components, identifies risk factors and health consequences, and offers clinical recommendations for the prevention, recognition and treatment for those who work with athletically active females.

Risk factors for Triad include ...

Introduction

Do you need to get fitter quickly for your vacation? Do you need help to move two or three unshakable pounds? Do you always think that it is hard to begin on an eating regimen? If these relate to you then you would probably go to your neighborhood health store or surf the web where you'll find an endless number of thinning pills that guarantee a definitive quick fix. From fat-blockers and digestion system promoters to pills that prevent appetite and beat food cravings, there's something for everybody. As a general rule, the guarantee is that you can get the greatest ...

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a problem that has faced the United States for over two decades. With so many health issues associated with obesity and so many children becoming obese the problem is in need of a solution. It has been found that children from low socioeconomic status areas are more likely to become obese. Between their families and schools lack of ability to provide healthy meals and not enough resources to fix the issue many children are not learning ways to beat obesity for their future. This study aims to find out if there is a strong correlation between low socioeconomic status in ...

Article Summary

The article explores the efficacy of the Active Generations program designed to combat the rising rates of obesity in USA. The Active Generations program is an intergenerational program that brings together the older generation as active participants in the prevention and control of obesity as a health issue that affects the community. The article begins by describing the current status of health. As per current statistics, the article describes that, since the 1980s, the prevalence of obesity and overweight among the populations has dramatically increased. The article indicates that the total populations of Americans, 65% are overweight, and a further 30% ...

ARTICLE 1

In “Parental predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption in treatment-seeking overweight children” M L Vanhala, J Laitinen, K Kaikkonen, S Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, and R Korpelainen explored the role of family dietary behaviors in the design intervention of the effective treatment of childhood obesity. The study involved fifty-four treatment seeking overweight and 65 normal-weight 8-year old kids and their parents. The study accessed the children’s and parents consumption of FBV using a food frequency questionnaire. The study used voluntary recruitment mechanism where willing participants were recruited by school nurses to participate in family-based treatment for overweight kids. The cities target includes ...

The promoters of the diet claim that the program or supplement is new, improved or based on some new discovery; however, no scientific data are available to support these claims. no
The program or supplement is touted for its ability to promote rapid weight loss or body fat loss usually more than 2 pounds per week, and may include the claim that weight loss can be achieved with little or no physical exercise. yes
The diet includes special foods and supplements, many of which are expensive and/or difficult to find or can be purchased only from the diet promoter. ...

Choose one of the goals for Health People 2020 and describe how it may be linked to food insecurity.

The Healthy People 2020 goal to achieve health equity is related to food insecurity because it shows that there are people in the United States that do not have equal access to nutritious food hence they are deficit in food choices as compared to others, and the health goal is to provide them access to healthy food, thus maintain health equity. (N.a 1369).

What percent of the population in the US, experienced food insecurity during the 2008 year? What is it now?

More than about 49 million individuals suffered from food insecurity in the year 2008 making up to 85.4% of the population. Today the percentage is 14%. (N.a 1369).

Who are most at risk for experiencing food insecurity?

Food insecurity is most acutely experienced by the ...

Economic transformation has led to tremendous change in the role, scale and meaning of major urban airports worldwide. The major gateway airports are attracting spatial concentrations of commercial activities, leading to transport induced growth (aerotropolis). In Australia, airports are becoming major business centers and are being leased off to private companies by the government. The airports are no longer public goods but profit oriented ventures. As a result of development of these airports by these private companies, complications arise which relate to land use, environmental impacts and implications, infrastructural transport and stakeholder relationship. The impacts of airports are a challenge to ...

Question 1 (Answer)

According to Piven's specialist, the mercury got into his sushi through the mercury contaminated fish (Pirrone and Mahaffey, 2005). The etiology is indistinct, yet his level of mercury was uniquely high, one of the most. Piven’s alleged fanatic of sushi consumed oysters, scallops as well as the mackerel which made his intake of mercury far much above the safety zone.

Question 2 (Answer)

Mercury is a concoction component with image Hg and nuclear number 80 (Pirrone and Mahaffey, 2005). Mercury is the main metallic component that is fluid at standard conditions for temperature and weight, the main other component that is fluid ...

Article #1. Martins, S.R.M., & De Oliveira, D.S.F. (2014).
This article discusses the results of a two-stage speech therapy tests performed on the elderly, 45 in all and between the ages of 60 and 85 years old. The speech therapies resulted in improvements in 73% of subjects with dysphagia, and voice improvements on 62% after 11.6 sessions (Martins & Oliveira, 2014, p. 1120). Although the article makes no mention on the morbidity and mortality rates of dysphagia and dysphonia, it nevertheless affirms that “neurological diseases are common in the elderly” (Martins & Oliveira, 2014, p. 1120). In this respect, it can be ...

Fueling for Fitness and Optimal Performance

This article stresses on the importance of having a sound eating plan or a ‘fueling’ plan for athletes, while hitting the gym or competing in an upcoming marathon or even Olympics. This ‘fueling’ plan not only helps them exercise with more energy, meet training goals faster and perform better but recover more completely from workouts, decreasing the risk of injuries and stay in overall better shape. The link between nutrition and fitness is realised by common people too, as almost 67% of American say they are currently making changes to improve their diets and overall health.
It is very important ...

Q1. Bell hooks dilemma in Eating the other is expression of desire. She argues that imperial nostalgia and difference of the white male is shown through cultural appropriation and accommodation. This entails that the white male has desires for the exotic female (black minority) to get pleasure. She digs deep into consequences of different representations of ethnicity and race in a culture of white supremacy. Those that dominate the strata of culture are excited by the exotic nature of the other. By the other hook means any other race or ethnic group apart from the white supremacy who believes that ...

Health Education 101, Professor, 2013

Definition of Terms 2
Review of Literature 3
Methods 4
Results 5
Discussion 6
Conclusion 7

Works Cited 8

Definition of Terms
exercise – mental exertion for the purpose of improving one’s health .
mind-set – an attitude or mood .
placebo – a substance with no pharmacological effect but is administered as a control in an
experiment .
work – exertion to accomplish something .
obesity – the condition of being severely overweight .
Review of Literature
It is well documented that there are health benefits to exercising for at least thirty minutes three times each week. A consistent ...

I. Introduction
Jean Kilbourne is a media analyst who was recently featured in the New York Times Magazine as one of the three most popular lecturers on college campus. She became famous for her 1979 film “Killing Us Softly”, as she raised public consciousness about social issues that affect young women. One of her remarkable work includes conducting research on advertising of women’s image, alcoholism, nicotine addiction and eating disorders. In order to send her message across, she creates videos and slide shows which are designed to aid her audience become critical consumers of advertising. She was born ...

Abstract

Weight loss is a major concern for most people, especially women who are so keen on their physical outlook and attractiveness. With the kind of diet and lifestyle that people adopt, it is no wonder that many people have issues with their weight. Product developers tend to produce some items claimed to help in weight loss. An analysis of one such claims is given below.

No Weighting Critique

It is common for human beings to go for cheap, easy and instant things. Developments in all aspects of life have made it easy to get instant results in almost everything. This has dealt a serious ...

Pink Pork

Most top chefs and some scientists breathed a sigh of relief when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that pink pork is safe for human consumption. For years, they have been urging the USDA body to declare that pink pork is safe in vain (Cevallos, 2011).
Previously people have viewed the pink color of pork with skepticism for they associated it with undercooking. With the recent announcement, the lovers of this rare meat do not have to worry about the pink color anymore. The color issues came about when USDA lowered the safe temperatures of cooking pork. Initially ...