Feeding College Essays Samples For Students

What are the interventions to promote oral intake in preterm infants?"

Overview
An estimated fifteen million infants are prematurely born every year. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in every ten children born in America is affected by preterm birth. The term preterm is used to refer to babies who are born before the normal thirty-seven weeks gestation period. Preterm births are classified based on the gestation age. Babies born less that twenty-seven weeks or the gestation period are categorized as extremely preterm. Very Preterm babies are those born between twenty seven weeks and thirty-two weeks while moderate to late preterms are born between thirty-two ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Primary Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the World Health Organization recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first six months after delivery (Stuebe). In fact, the World Health Organization states that even after solid foods are started at six months, the mother should continue breastfeeding her child for at least two years or as long as she is able to produce milk (Breastfeeding Action Group 1). These organizations are quite correct in issuing these recommendations for as opposed to formula milk, breast milk and ...

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Organizations around the world come together to create products with enhanced nutritional value, to minimize losses, and help millions of people in need of food. The world has enough food to feed everyone, however, the United Nations estimated that today about 800 million people worldwide (approximately one person out of nine) suffer from malnutrition. Most of them live in developing countries, where more than 14% of the population do not get food in the quantities needed to meet the energy needs of the organism (Butler, 2016).
For 25 years develops a cooperation of Food Bank Task Force with the ...

Lab Report: Food Behaviourism in Japanese Red Belly Newts

Abstract
The current experiment sought to determine the food of choice by Japanese Red Belly Newts. Fifteen Japanese Red Belly Newts were introduced into three sets of tanks. Food was introduced into the tanks in the first tank (control group) was given blood warms while in the other two tanks, beef hearts, blood worms, and crickets were introduced. We found out that salamanders become very active, aggressive, and territorial when it came to securing food for themselves in the tank. At the initial stages before realizing any food was added into the tank, the salamanders were quite calm and ...

According to Malina, Bar-Or, and Bouchard (2004), development refers to the process of differentiation and specialisation of the embryonic stem cells into different types of cells, organs, and tissues. The formation of the orofacial structures mainly takes place in the prenatal development stage primarily in the embryonic period and the early foetal period. Further development continues after birth until the baby acquires full maturity.
Neural factors greatly influence the postnatal growth of the orofacial structures. It is also mainly characterised by the growth at the secondary growth sites of the temporomandibular joint. Other structures forming part of the orofacial ...

1. Task one critically reflect on the meaning of the flowing sentence " the key to seeing these infant initial seeking and feeding behaviors is to permit both mothers and baby to be calm, relaxed and interacting with each other, with no other agenda"

There are many factors which influence an infants feeding behavior and most of these factors are determined by the mother. Failure to maintaining a conducive environment for a child’s feeding behavior may result to poor feeding and hence child malnutrition. Once this occurs, the infant is prone to illnesses that are nutrition related. It is therefore the ...

In preterm infants, what is the effect of human breast milk, donated or otherwise, on overall growth compared to formula of any type within the first five years
In preterm infants, what is the effect of human breast milk, donated or otherwise, on overall growth compared to formula of any type within the first five years
1. Introduction
1.2 Research problem
The debate of whether infant formula or breast milk is the best for the growth of children is still an ongoing. The issue is compounded by deteriorating economic times where mothers spend minimal times with their children due ...

Constructive eating practices are essential for the betterment of one’s health. In fact, a lack thereof leads to poor fitness and exposes one to the vulnerabilities of disease attack. As a result, there is a need to be cautious of feeding practices to secure proper well-being. Over the past week, I have been monitoring my feeding patterns to get feedback on my consumption practices. After keen analysis of what I had been consuming in the last few days, I have noted the need to reevaluate my food consumption patterns. This is largely attributed to the fact that multiple ...

Animal's Common Name: Chimpanzee

Genus & species: Pan Troglodytes
The specific behavior (describe):
Chimpanzees exhibit differences in feeding behavior in a single day. The chimpanzees show more consumption of the leaves from Pterygota mildbraedii and Celtis Africana in the afternoon compared to the morning (Carlson, Rothman and Mitani 344). This is categorized as diurnal variation in feeding behavior.
Is this behavior shown only in certain behavioral contexts, such as in communication, getting food, competition, social behavior, attracting mates, mating behavior, parental behavior, or some other area of activity?
This behavior occurs only in a specific context namely the foraging (getting food) ...

Challenges and Most Effective Measures in Feeding Such a Rapidly Expanding Population

The total number of humans on Earth is extremely increasing. The medicine and healthcare development provided an opportunity to lessen the rates of death in 19th and 20th centuries which led to significant grown of population. The population of Earth has already beaten the record of 7 billion and, according to UN projections, 11 billion is expected in 2100 due to high rate of birth in Africa. Other researches state that 9 billion is possible in 2100 and then the rate of birth will be stabilized. The demographic boom in some of the less developed countries contrasted with aging ...

Whilst the cumulative effects of global warming are as yet uncertain, what is known is that global warming will affect most of the species living on planet Earth, including cetaceans. Cetaceans are whales, dolphins and porpoises, and they inhabit most of the world’s oceans and some freshwater rivers and lakes in the equatorial zone. Evidence gathered over the last twenty to thirty years has shown that changes in the cetaceans’ habitat will impact on their range, behavior and sustainability. If the species is to survive, they must adapt to climate change. The following is a discussion of how ...

Introduction

End-of-life care dilemmas have in recent years become a major cause of concern for nurses and other physicians. With the emergence of modern technology that can help sustain life even at the point where there is little hope, life-sustaining measures such as resuscitation and feeding tubes have been applied to help prolong the lives of the patient at this stage (Meisel et al., 2000). However, the decisions on the use or application of these life-sustaining measures are solely dependent on the patient's preferences or those of their family. This is coupled with the guided decision-making process between the nurse and ...

Planning Before Teaching:

Epidemiological Rationale for Topic
Obesity and diabetes were found to rate high compared to the State averages in South Orange Village Township. The obesity and diabetes rates stand at 25.3% and 9.4% respectively against the state’s, 23.3% for obesity and 8.3% for diabetes. There is secure food availability, provided by many grocery stores; 3.95/ 10, 000 populations, compared to 2.90/ 10,000 populations for New Jersey State. There are also full-service restaurants, which serve the needs of the population (City-data.com, 2012). In respect of this, the group shall teach the community about the causes, effects, and levels ...

Cabbage white butterfly is also known as Pieris rapae. These species are flower visitors. They use tubular proboscis to acquire liquids. It consists of “two medially concave, elongated maxillary galeae joined dorsally and ventrally by cuticular projections, termed “legulae,” forming a food canal” (Lehnert et al. 167). Each legula has upper and lower branches. The organ is twisted into a spiral in a quiescent state. Butterfly’s head has a special pump that creates a pressure to move liquid through the food canal to the gut.
P. rapae’s average forewing length is about 49.6 mm, while its proboscis’ ...

Introduction

A number of cases of extreme medical complications been reported or contested, and on the basis of the value of one's life, what good does it do to prolong the misery of people who fight pain and illness? Is it justifiable that people who are terminally ill should be kept on life-support when the best thing would be to let them decide for themselves? If one were to answer the question on the ethical dilemma on keeping terminally ill patients or patients with no quality of life alive, one doesn't have to look any further than the case of ...

Endotracheal suctioning is one of the common procedures performed on patients with an artificial airway. It helps to remove secretions to prevent obstruction. Suctioning is also important in intubated patients in order to prevent the accumulation of secretions, which would then lead to colonization of the respiratory tract by pathogenic bacteria leading to the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Endotracheal suctioning can immediately reduce the dynamic compliance and expired tidal volume in patients (G Briassoulis, 2009).

A study by Choi et al in 2005 indicated that manual hyperinflation followed by suctioning induces beneficial changes in respiratory mechanics in mechanically ventilated ...

Objective discourse

The World Health Organization recommends that an infant ought to be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life as from the first hour of life. It is estimated that out of 136 million babies who are born annually, only 32.6% are able are exclusively breastfed for six months. The breach of the WHO recommendations has had dire consequences on infants with estimates revealing that at least 1.5 million infants who die worldwide from preventable diseases could have been saved if they were fed as per the recommendations. The practice of breastfeeding has evolved over the years. In ...

Interview on Ethical Dilemma

Interview on Ethical Dilemma

Interview summary with Hospital Administrator –Shirley

1- Please describe your philosophy and views on the national right-to-die battle of Terry Schiavo?
Shirley, the hospital administrator, indicated that the national right to die categorically displays the conditions that one can ask to die. One requires no control over their lives especially in situations like that of Terri. Terri was in pain and to make it worse she was not able to communicate (Khan, 2006).

Shirley agreed that United States Congress intervention was appropriate. Shirley indicated that the attention the case got would be good for the public to understand their rights.
3- ...

Introduction

In recent decades, trends in diets tailored to promote weight loss have resulted in a significant increase in the intake of protein, particular in people with overweight and obesity issues. Accordingly, researchers have questioned the benefits or risks linked to the habitual consumption of “dietary protein in excess of recommended intakes” (Martin et al., 2005). In general, the primary concern has involved the possibility that diets rich in protein may increase hyperfiltration and, hence, exacerbate renal damage. Nevertheless, the potential link between protein-rich diets and renal damage has also been questioned due to an absence of adequate clinical evidence. ...

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This Lot in Life is true for me

12, Main Street, Maryland
Dear Amanda,
Hope you and your 1-year-old baby are doing well. I just wanted share some great news with you- I am expecting my first child and am in the fourth month of pregnancy. As over the moon as me and my husband are, what is keeping me grounded is the morning sickness. Ouch! Now I understand how exciting and at the same time tough pregnancy can be and I wonder how you went through it all so smoothly just last year. I am also confused about one very important thing about ...

Introduction

Foraging Behavior is an important mechanism used by Drosophila for feeding. This behavior is associated to the for gene, particularly to the alleles related to the rover and sitter, named forR and forS, respectively. The presence of these alleles in Drosophila is related to food behavior (Kent et al., 2009).
D. melanogaster is an insect known as the fruit fly and it has been used in different studies, including those related to sensory systems, such as hunger and diet selection (Schwarz et al., 2013). Their preferred food is rotting fruits, particularly those having sugars and amino acids, being carbohydrates the major source of food in adult individuals (Thorne et al., 2014).
Yeasts and sucrose provide many nutrients to flies. When flies are deprived of amino acids, they prefer to ingest yeast instead of sugar. In contrast, when they are deprived of sugar, they prefer sucrose instead of sugar (Piper et al., 2014).
This investigation will focus on the determination of Drosophila melanogaster feeding selection behavior between yeast and sucrose. The related question is “Do hungry fruit flies prefer yeast solution or sucrose solution?” Furthermore, this investigation will use the null hypothesis that no significant difference is found between the observed and expected results for yeast and sucrose feeding preference in fruit flies, particularly in Drosophila melanogaster.

Results

Data is shown on Table 1. At 30 min, the highest quantity of flies was reported for the yeast solution (50), similar to fly quantities reported for sucrose (42). On the other hand, at 60 minutes, the experiment quantities for sucrose solution and yeast solution were very different, being 76 and 20 flies, respectively. Significant difference (p<0.001), was found when the chi-squared test was applied for 30 min and 60 min observations. Calculated chi-squared and p is presented in Table 1. A high quantity of not fed flies (96) was observed at 30 min, yet they reduced considerably (24) at 60 min.

Discussion

Foraging Drosophila localize the food using the chemoreceptors. They feed on bacteria and fungi present or rotting fruit (Aracena, 2011). The main components of the media prepared in laboratory to cultivate Drosophila contain a source of sugar, yeast and agar. Variation in quantities of flies was found during the time of the experiment, reflecting the preference of flies for each substrate. At the beginning, most of the flies did not feed, and had little preference for the yeast solution. This small difference between yeast and sucrose could be related to the adaptation of flies to the different substrates. At 60 minutes, the end of the experiment, most of the flies fed with sucrose solution. This means that flies prefer sucrose solution instead of yeast or both. Sucrose is a carbohydrate and when Drosophila detects sweetness, they associate it with the presence of sugar and caloric source from a substrate (Burke and Wadell, 2012). Sucrose is also a good source of nutrients for Drosophila, and a relation between memory and nutrient presence (Burke and Waddell, 2012) can influence in the preference of sucrose over yeast. This experiment shows the preference of sucrose over yeast by hungry Drosophila, rejecting the null hypothesis, since a significant difference was found (p<0.001). More experiments related to the feeding behavior in Drosophila are important because they can be related to human feeding behavior, especially because they are related through gene homology.

References

Aracena J. (2011) Using Foraging Behavior of Fruit Flies to Introduce Undergraduates to Research. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching Proceedings of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education. 32. 304-309.
Burke C. J. and Wadell S. (2012)Remembering nutrient quality of sugar in Drosophila.Current Biology. 21. 746-750.
Kent C. F., Daskalchuk T., Cook L., Sokolowski M. B. and Greenspan R. J. (2009) The Drosophila foraging Gene Mediates Adult Plasticity and Gene–Environment Interactions in Behaviour, Metabolites, and Gene Expression in Response to Food Deprivation. Public Library of Science. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000609.
Piper M. D. W., Blanc E., Leitão-Gonçalves R., Yang M., He X., Linford N. J., Hoddinott M. P., Hopfen C., Soultoukis G. A., Niemeyer C., Kerr F., Pletcher S. D., Ribeiro C. and Partridge L. (2014) A holidic medium for Drosophila melanogaster.Nature Methods. 11. 100-105.
Schwarz S., Zachary D. and Dukas R. (2014) Food selection in larval fruit flies: dynamics and effects on larval development. Naturwissenschaften. 101. 61-68.
Thorne N., Chromey C., Bray S. and Amrein H. (2014) Taste Perception and Coding in Drosophila. Current Biology. 14. 1065-1079.

A Cultural Perspective

Human Development is defined as the scientific study of the way people change and grow from conception to old age, to death (Ciccarelli & White, 2015). Child development pertains to the stages of birth till the last year as a teenager(Kyle & Carman, 2013). Personality, cognition, biological process and social interactions are all part of child development, and often are influenced by the socio-economic / cultural context in which one grows up in (Kyle & Carman, 2013).The study of human development ultimately leads to the very long debated question of whether it is nature (heredity inherited characteristics of personality, physical ...

Studies show that stroke survivors with poor oral hygiene have a poor quality of life (Armstrong and Mosher 2011). (Lam et al. 2014) have explored the effect of clinical oral health and socio-demographic factors on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in patients following stroke. Oral health-related quality of life results were received before and after provision or oral health promotion interventions. Eighty-one patients faced a stroke rehabilitation ward. OHRQoL have also determined the outcomes after in-hospital oral health intervention programme. They observed a significant association between the absence of regular daily brushing and majority of measurement scale items (6 out of ...

In anthropology, the omnivore has several types of food to consider as part of their eating habits. According to Michael Pollan in the Omnivore's dilemma, there are four main types of meals for these creatures back from history, industrial foods that include Mc Donald's, Big Organics like Whole foods, locally produced goods, and self-hunts by the omnivores. The meal types, however, attract different perspectives and opinions from people and food nutrition professionals basing on economic, environmental, cultural, and political principles. Industrial foods for instance currently attracts much criticism by health experts by body makeup; the assumption on Mc Donald's ...

The City (State where it is located)

Has Commodification of Migrant Labor and Knowledge Gone too Far?
Actually, commodification is a relatively new word that means a process of transformation of different resources, goods or even knowledge into such objects that can be sold. Such a commodification makes a great contribution to the national economy. This fact cannot be denied –commodification is developing rapidly. But developing of commodification has negative or positive or even mixed results. During recent years the problem of commodification of migrant labour and knowledge has risen and become very controversial as it difficult to define the positive and negative sides in comparison ...

One of the commonly used concept in health care when it comes to summarizing all of the risk factors of individuals and communities is termed as vulnerability. Vulnerability is an important concept for the reason that it impacts the health status and health outcomes of patients. A group of individuals who are at risk of particular factors or are susceptible to multiple risk factors is commonly known as vulnerable populations or high risk populations. Individuals belonging to the high risk population are in need of maximum amount of care and attention since these groups are considered as individuals who ...

Initial Reaction to the Intervention

Upon the first consideration of the intervention used by Vaz, Volkert & Piazza (2011), the initial reaction was the effect of the intervention on the nutritional status of the child and behavior modeling. Concerning the child’s nutritional status, the concern is that the negative reinforcement through the avoidance of non-preferred foods resulted in the inadvertent positive reinforcement through the presentation of preferred foods. If the preferred foods cannot provide a balanced diet, then the use of the intervention can have counterproductive results. With regards to behavior modeling, the concern is that the child might enjoy the attention of the ...

Although there is a tendency to associate advertisements with consumerism, many ads also belong to public service groups or non-profits and rely on making people care to fund their causes. Feed SA is one of these, a charitable non-profit which operates in South Africa with a goal of funding food programs for feeding impoverished South African children (About Feed SA). In one popular campaign, Feed SA placed decals at the bottom of grocery carts in local stores which created the optical illusion that a starving child was sitting at the bottom of the cart with hands outstretched for food. ...

Nutritional Need of Pregnant Women

Nutritional needs during pregnancy are different since some of the nutrients are passed on to the fetus. In order to stay healthy during pregnancy and to reduce the risk of complications, proper nutritional care should be provided to the women. During pregnancy, women require more of micro and macronutrients that includes proteins, fluids, calcium, iron, and folate. Compared to normal days, women would require an additional of 300 calories. It is recommended that wmen consume foods from all groups in order to receive most of the nutrients. Some examples include cereals and grains that form as a source of ...

Question1

An animal is a multi-cellular organism with cells that are not enclosed in a rigid cell wall. Animals differ from other organisms in two major aspects: 1) through the structure of their cell wall and (2) through their feeding habits. For example, unlike other organisms, such as plants, animals do not have a rigid cell wall. Plants on the other hand have a rigid cell wall.
In terms of nutrition, animals are heterotrophs because of the way they synthesize organic compounds. Plants, on the other hand, are autotrophs. Plants are classified as autotrophs because they synthesize organic molecules directly using energy from ...

Education refers to imparting of general and specific knowledge and skills regarding various subjects from one generation to another through training. Education is usually characterized by schools (public and private), teachers, and students. Education in the United States is divided into three stages: primary/elementary education, post primary/secondary education, and higher/postsecondary education. The responsibility regarding education is a preserve of the local and state governments. As such, the standardization of education and curriculum in particular is not achievable in terms of what the students should be taught vis-à-vis national standards. This is because individual states usually have greater control over ...

The current article “Exposed: Younger Mothers and Breastfeeding” by Bell 2012, offers a substantive review on various issues aligned with breastfeeding. Precisely, the article is based on a primary research that was carried out on young breastfeeding mothers. Speaking of young breastfeeding mothers, this connotes to lactating mothers aged below twenty six years of age. The article notes that the public as well as health practitioners are often judgmental on breastfeeding practices of young mothers. Worth noting is the fact that breastfeeding is a cultural concern, which may at time prompt mothers to opt for artificial baby feeds. However, these mothers lack ...

Terri schiavio was a woman who collapsed in her home in Florida as a result of full cardiac arrest. The cardiac arrest caused her extensive brain damage which resulted from proper supply of oxygen to her body and especially her vital organs. She was in a comma for two and a half months after which the medical team in charge of her health declared her state as a vegetative state. Attempts by medical practitioners in terms of physical therapy and speech therapy in order to revive her to full consciousness all proved futile.
Her husband was of the opinion that she had lost ...

The human race has seen significant technological advancement in the last two centuries. It is only in this century that scientist have managed to go to space and even land on the moon. There have been for instance significant advances in electricity. Due to advances in electricity, nights have been converted to artificial days significantly affecting the natural course of the ecosystem. This article highlights the various negative effects to the ecosystem that have accompanied this otherwise positive development.
Human beings are naturally diurnal creatures (Klinkenborg 234). This means that humans are designed to only be active during ...

Summary of Ethical Dilemma: Low Nurse-Patient Ratio

There is an existing nursing shortage in America today primarily because of the increasing number of patients in the aging population, frequency of chronic diseases, an aging workforce, and the limited number of Americans taking up Nursing education to cover the growing needs for the profession. The nursing field belongs to the group of fastest-growing careers not only in America, but in other countries as well. However, the demand surpasses the supply of nurses, which results in high nurse to patient ratio. As a consequence, quality care that patients supposedly should receive from the medical industry suffers.
Studies reveal ...

Antibiotics and Animals

In an article, Maggie Fox tells that when cattle are fed with tetracycline, a commonly used broad-spectrum antibiotic, their manure starts producing more methane than normal, thereby resulting in global warming. A study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that antibiotics kill those bacteria that can compete with methane-producing microbes. Farmers have been warned to stop feeding their cattle with antibiotics, which can also help the animals to grow faster, but can also increase the production of antibiotic resistant “superbugs”. Fox tells that the guts of all animals including human beings are filled with microbes ...

Dehydration is the excessive loss of water by an individual which in turn reciprocates in the disruption of the normal bodily functions. This improper functioning of the body is mainly caused by the fact that the human body is in a constant state of losing fluids and it is always required that the lost water be replaced, however if not replaced, then complications may arise. The elderly in the nursing homes tend to be victims of dehydration mainly due various reasons such as being unable to speak out when they need to be given fluids and further inadequate supervision ...

What are the physicians trying to accomplish through buying the same EHR product at their hospital? What are the pros and cons?

Why are the physicians not able to send a medication order to the hospital from their e-prescribing device?

Physicians are unable to send medication orders to the hospital from their electronic prescribing devices because the devices don’t work with the clinical pharmacy. They are able to send prescriptions to major pharmacies excluding smaller ones. This is an example of the reason for not rushing to buy systems before making sure they are compatible. It leads to double spending and wastage of resources and time. The can still use the electronic prescribing devices in future, ...

Kangaroo mother Care.

Kangaroo Care and Survival Rates
Kangaroo mother care is a method of care for preterm and low birth weight infants involving skin to skin contact between mother and newborn, early discharge from hospital and frequent breastfeeding (WHO, 2003). Despite the limited research into this method of mother care, if continued at home, can it be blended with breastfeeding to boost survival rates among infants?
In resource deprived areas, the Kangaroo is utilized often to reduce on mortality and morbidity among newborns (WHO, 2016). Other benefits are stabilized body heat, regulates child temperatures and improves on breathing of the new ...

1. Introduction
Global warming consequences have been mainly focused on the impacts they have and will in the future have on the global human population. The less focus is on the impact on the animal and plant species that are even more vulnerable, since they cannot adapt to quick changes as humans can. They are not the main culprit for the climate changes and yet they will suffer the most. One of the animal species that is being threatened by the global climate change are also polar bears that inhabit the polar region. They are playing an important role ...

For many people, dogs are just animals that are considered loyal and friendly, but to others, they are more than just typified animals. They are pets, they are friends, and they are considered as family moreover they make an important part of the home. The best way to take care of one’s dog is to ensure its health and keep it in such a manner that its life is extended through good health. Hence, in order to keep your dog healthy, feed it a balanced diet with the right nutrients, exercise it daily and have the veterinarian take ...

Abstract

In the following case-study, Joshua is a newborn infant presented by his parents Samuel and Rachel to the pediatric outpatient unit of Robertsbridge, Sussex for screening and medical advice for sporadic vomiting at the time of breast feeding and seizure-like episodes. Samuel and Racheal also report sweet odor in the urine and loss of weight. Blood tests demonstrated increased concentrations of leucine and isoleucine. Genetic testing on the skin biopsies reveal mutation at Exon 6, c.659C>T of the of BCKDHA gene with a protein level p. A220V and Joshua exhibits about 1.5 % lesser than normal deficiency in the ...

There was a time in my career when I was in a dilemma whether to quit or to assert my values in the implementation of our project. There is this project on poverty alleviation and we were task to make the project socially acceptable through a campaign drive including press releases. Personally, I didn’t like the project simply because it does not really alleviate the people from poverty because it is dole out. In my opinion which is drawn from many dole out projects, it will only create dependency among the poor people instead of empowering them towards ...

Homebound elderly patients are considered as one of the high-risk populations because of their medical inaccuracies and adverse health outcomes (Stanley, 2010). The health conditions commonly associated with homebound elderly patients include mental disorders, oral disease, food insecurity, and falls. To address these health concerns, interventions and outcome measures were implemented (Feeding America, 2015; Qiu, et al., 2010; Griffin, et al., 2012).
The monitoring and evaluation of these health interventions is important especially when it comes to the determination of the effectivity and efficiency of the intervention along with the program delivery. These evaluations do not only provide feedback ...

One of the widely used services in the health care sector is the implementation and assessment of interventions which aim to solve problems of social policy. Some of the areas focused on by institutions that have already been proven to lead to adverse health consequences include education, transportation, and even housing (Craig, et al., 2012). Interventions focused on public health aim to prevent illnesses, prolong life, and promote health among a group of individuals or a whole population. It is different from clinical and medical interventions because it focuses on the health status of a population while clinical and ...

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, neurodegenerative disease, first described in 1907 by German psychiatrist Alzheimer. As a rule, it is a disease of people over 65 years, but there are also early Alzheimer's disease - a rare form of this disorder.
Typically, the disease starts with inconspicuous symptoms, but over time it progresses. Most often at early stages of development of the disorder loss of short-term memory, for example, the inability to recall recently learned information, can be noticed. The next stages of Alzheimer’s disease are guided by problems such as the loss of ...

Parenting style is the fundamental factor in the development of the personality. However, the ways of providing care to the child have changed within the time. Parenting style of the past presumed surrounding the infant by multiple caregivers, timely satisfaction of all basic needs (such as regular breast-feeding and quick reaction to crying) and providing absolute attention, comfort and consistency. Indeed, modern approaches to parenting call in question such an absolute care, explaining that “responding too quickly to a fussing baby will spoil it” (“Modern parenting”, 2013).
However, the results of the research have shown that modern parenting style ...

Sharks are fish; the term refers to a group of around 465 species (Elasmo-research.org).. Scientifically, they are classified in the order Seachimorpha, subclass Elasmobrancii and class Chondrichthyes. Sharks have an exoskeleton composed of cartilage; which makes it flexible and light enough for ease in swimming (Elasmo-research.org).

Size and body structure

They grow to averagely 4.6- 6m long. Due to the large number of shark species, their size vary, ranging from 1 centimeters to as long as 12 meters (Elasmo-research.org).They have 7 gills through which they breathe; the gills are located on both sides of the body. Their teeth are 300 in ...

1. Introduction
The food waste issue has been growing and has reached the levels where the food waste is the biggest category of waste that reaches landfills and incinerators than any other kind of municipal waste. Generation of the food waste is increasing and with it the economic loss of the country. On one side, we have poverty with insufficient food and on the other we are throwing vast amounts of fresh or produced food away. The paper will examine the issue of food waste in the United States and possible solutions to the problem, which is causing the ...

The population of the world is expected to increase by almost two billion by 2050. This means that the world will have to prepare to feed two billion more mouths in the coming decades. The demand for food will not only increase by increasing population but also by increasing demand for the food in developing economies like India and China. As these economies are growing and the populations of these countries are becoming more and more affluent, it has led to a tremendous increase in the demand for meat and dairy products. All in all, it is believed that ...

Since the 1970’s, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have existed as a more efficient means to grow livestock. These operations have the ability to raise livestock faster than other farming methods. Farms that operate using conventional methods use antibiotics and other methods to increase the number of animals that can fit on a lot. Proponents of this style of farming are saying that increasing the efficacy of their business that will eventually lower the price of animal protein. Conventional farmers also claim that they help in the feeding of underserved populations. However, parties that are against conventional farming ...

Nursing

Nutrition Portfolio and Analysis
Overview
Given a $35 budget for groceries intended to last two days, the menu I was required to craft needed to include breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. While accomplishing such a goal may be feasible in terms of providing meals and meeting the necessary levels of calories consumed, it is also important to consider the nutrients consumed resulting from such a budget. I believe that poverty and health concerns are linked, and that this was an important exercise in understanding the link between money, nutrition and health. In order to consider the nutrition levels of ...

Introduction

In my practice, I will often get questions from new mothers about proper infant nutrition – what should they feed them, bottle vs. breast milk, etc. Many are simply not sure how to go about feeding their children, believing that they can merely rely on formula and baby food for an indeterminate amount of time. For these new, undereducated mothers, I feel it is necessary to provide them with quality information on the importance of infant nutrition, and some sources to back up this data. I also want to provide them with resources they can use to expand their ...

The lessons I learned

Corporate social responsibility is America’s phenomena. Many employees are involved in voluntarism. Nevertheless, there is even more people, who simply believe that volunteering is one of the means to find out how to be a true citizen, become a better person, show appreciation, improve professional and individual skills. Engagement in volunteering activities is more complex than it seems to be. Feeding Children Everywhere is only four years in this sphere. Their structure includes a couple of departments, which make the process effective. Each department places interns, paid employees and volunteers. This is a great work force upon the same goal and vision. ...

Introduction

Food and drink habits in a given society are important aspects of cultural identity. Different foods and drinks are consumed in a different civilization and different historic times. The differences in the feeding habits amongst various civilizations are affected by a variety of factors such as geographical placing that determines which foods can be produced in certain places. Travel and trade also influence the food and drink varieties available to the community. Trading expeditions may introduce new foods and drinks, but also with their interaction with the cultures they trade with, different feeding and drinking routines. Despite the cultural uniformity of these ...

Abstract

European Gypsy moths cause severe damage to trees and shrubbery by reducing the ability of the plants to carry out photosynthesis. The moths damage the plants causing the plants to die and/or to become vulnerable to infections. Plants are defoliated forcing the plants to grow new leaves disrupting the natural growing process of the plants. The environmental damage the moths cause results in loss of wooded areas, drought and high economic costs. The carbon cycle is disrupted due to the loss of trees. Gypsy moths are regarded as the worst insect pests in the United States. The infestation started ...

Question 1: Echinoderms

Phylum Echinodemata gets the name from the Greek which means spiny skin. Therefore, members of this phylum have spiny skin although others do not have the spiny skin. Echinoderms have radial symmetry meaning they have appendages mostly occurring in a group of five with few in exception. One rare characteristic that occurs in the echinoderms is the water vascular system. This refers to a hydraulic system, usually with sea urchins and the sea stars and used for locomotion, waste transportation, food and respiration. This system comprises of canals that connect tube feet. The movement can be caused by the contraction of ...

Section A: Food Analysis

6-12 months
I would consider diet to be too much for 6-12 months infants. As opposed to the high protein, carbohydrate ,vitamins, fats and omega -3 fats in my diet , an infant at this stage would require much lower levels, that is, 95 grams of carbohydrates, 30 grams of total fat and 11 grams of protein every day. My Omega-3 daily intake was far below the daily requirements of an infant within this age bracket. My Omega-3 intake was 137 mg per day and the average protein, carbohydrate and fats intake was 164mg, 346mg and 500mg respectively.

4-6 year old

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In the 1996 article from The Atlantic magazine, “Throwing Like a Girl,” James Fallows discusses how there are no genetic and/or physical predispositions because of which women throw a ball “wrong.” According to Fallows, both men and women can learn to throw a ball, it all depends on how they learn to throw, and since women spend less time in throwing activities, they might not know how to throw a ball properly. From this it can be concluded that Fallow’s article is generally directed toward both men and women who are old enough to throw a ball, but more specifically, his audience is ...

How to breastfeed.

Introduction

Breastfeeding is the action feeding of an infant through suckling of milk from the female human breasts.

Breastfeeding for both the mother and the baby is motor-sensory procedural task mediated by processes of the right part of the brain. Breast milk contains a unique balance of nutrients and considered the ideal food for infants. It contains the mother’s antibodies which help protect, the infant from infection and allergy (John M. Lannon, 2010).

There are certain procedures mothers should follow in order to breastfeed comfortably and to make sure the infant is properly fed;
The mother ...