Essays on Life-Style

Insomnia

Introduction Insomnia is the condition in which sleep disorder takes place and reduces the tendency to fall sleep. It also effects the duration that an individual is required to stay asleep in order to stay healthy. This condition occurs due to the daytime sleepiness, anxiety and depressed mood. However, scholars have also argued that the frequency of inadequate lifestyle can be a cause of the increasing rate of insomnia. It is observed that the occurrence of insomnia can range from short-term, long-term and periodic basis, and can result in life threatening situations if it is left untreated (Bonnet & Arand, ...

Nutritional stress is one of the basic causes of a variety of diseases. Food processing industries across the world convert whole grains, vegetables, meat, and dairy products into convenient forms for the consumption of the end users. For instance, most of the processed foods individuals consume nowadays are loaded with sugar and other chemicals. Sugar does not contain any essential nutrients and only provides the body excess calories and energy. Studies have repeatedly proven the harmful effects of sugar to the human body as it affects the normal metabolism (Stanhope, Schwarz & Havel, 2013). Processed foods cause obesity which in ...

Article Summary about Functional Therapy

The article was written by Ahl et al (2005). It presented a successful case of functional therapy that was applied among children who suffer from cerebral palsy or CP. Primarily, the research aimed to provide an evaluation about functional training with CP, which they expected to have an improvement on the participant’s motor function and daily performance on the participant’s daily activity. The functional therapy was applied using the ecological approach, which was described as a way to promote improvement of the functioning in the daily life setting that can be used as a useful framework for ...

Introduction

Health has been defined as the best wealth for mankind. The age old proverb that, ‘Health is Wealth’ stands true all the more today, in this contemporary world where suddenly the number of illnesses are on the rise and each day mankind is confronted with a new type of disease caused by some virus or the arise of some new mutant bacteria. The result is an outbreak of an epidemic, causing a huge loss to humanity and a situation of panic for the entire world. Such consequences require immense support in terms of disaster mitigation and sound health care ...

(Tutor’s Name) (Assignment)

1. Explain how tourism can contribute towards socio-cultural conservation Tourists are generally interested, apart from sight-seeing, in exploring the social and cultural peculiarities of the locations they visit. They are interested in the local food habits, dance and cultural forms. In many parts of the world cultural forms have been resurrected and revived mainly for entertaining tourists. Tourists are willing to pay good money to watch dance, rituals and other performing arts which are unique to the town or village that they are visiting and this creates a demand for the local artists who can ...

Introduction

This report focuses on analyzing sociological approach and how it has been able to view societal issues. This is based on the fact that are common in the recent times, there has been an increasing demand for such issues to be well addressed to make the society a perfect place where development in every ramification will be the watchword. Sociological approach tries to explain man’s relationship among others around him in his everyday life or activities. Such could be either in the field of religion, business, politics or the society at large. In this write – up, the influence ...

Passionate Journey is a wordless graphic novel written by Belgian graphic artist Frans Masereel. Unlike other general comic books, Passionate Journey is composed by images with no colors, hence, offering readers a greater chance to expand their interpretation and give them several variations of the plot. Published after the World War I, the book represents the experiences of an early 20th-century ordinary citizen in a modern city. The book intends to present the ups and downs of common people living int those days, specifically showing their life style in post-war period. In order to highlight the trends of that ...

The concepts of the consumer behavior are grouped into four categories. The four categories of the consumer behavior are cultural, social, personal and psychological.

Cultural Concepts:

The cultural concepts of the consumers are originate from the different views of the consumers. It includes the background, environmental and the geographical location. The cultural concepts includes the following: Culture: The culture is one of the basic need of a society. It includes the day by day activities of the individuals. The culture defines the way human being interact with each other. The views of a person is also defined by the culture. Every ...

Business Plan

Contacts: [Toronto, Canada] Business Description Foodies Company is a for profit company that is going to offer dairy products, free of artificial flavors and chemicals. The fresh products will be offered to the consumers. The purpose of the business is to increase the health awareness among the people, offering them healthy, quality and free of the artificial flavored products that directly impacts on their health. Initially, the company will offer milk, butter, yogurt, cream and cheese. No artificial sugar, carbohydrates and sodium and any other flavors as well as chemicals for its preservation and sanitizing will be used in ...

Absrtact

The paper presents the definition, risk factors, and complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycaemia. The people with hyperlipidemia, family history of diabetes, and higher body mass index are in the high risk group. The common complications of type 2 diabetes are neurologic, ophthalmologic, foot ulcer or amputation, renal hypertension, coronary artery and chronic kidneay diseases. The results of the numerous trials, cases, and researches are presented. The modern understanding of anti-diabetes therapy includes pharmacological treatment, correction of the diet (calories restriction and adequate sodium intake), minimization of sedentary ...

Personal thinking styles

As portrayed by my personal Life Style Inventory, my primary thinking style and back-up thinking styles were constructive styles (11, 12, 1 & 2 o’clock) and passive styles (3,4,5 & 6 o’clock ) respectively. My primary thinking styles are represented by the constructive styles in my LSI Styles profile. These thinking styles have a percentile above 75%, showing that the styles in this range highly describe my thinking style. One my primary thinking styles is humanistic-encouraging. I’m very accepting of people for who they are. Apart from this, I have accepted myself for the person I ...

Description:

This is as a response to the monarchy and despotic form of government that was in place in France. Till the revolution France has had a history of Monarchic rulers ruling over the masses and in recent centuries their form of ruling had gone from disappointing to dismal. With the monarchs busy in the merry making and paying little attention to the problems of masses, thereby it rose a feeling of resentment in the masses who wanted an abolishment to the monarchy and instead desired and raised slogan for a form of government that would be representative of them and would allow true ...

While treating patients with chronic illnesses, the major challenge faced is developing a plan of care that addresses the specific needs of a patient and caregiver. One needs to be in close touch with the patients and make sure that they take medications as prescribed. The patients support group family and peers should come-up with an ideal plan to help the patient manage the illness and also to prevent further health complications. The chronic illness that I am going to discuss is hypertension. Hypertension also known as high blood pressure is a chronic medical illness whereby the blood pressure in the arteries ...

IPAD Marketing Analysis

Introduction The competitive nature of the business environment in view of a globalized economy and a tremendous surge in technological developments on a daily basis has made the playground cut throat to not only sustain but also grow the business. The success of an organization lies in its undertaking to a thorough investigation of potential opportunities in meeting the needs of the customer wants in accordance with the current trends which make them own the product in view of the image created. Apple’s iPad has been one product which shows what the company is all about in terms of ...

Abstract

Hypertension is a silent killer that afflicts over 77 million people in USA. The prevalence of this disease is higher among African-Americans than other ethnic groups. Especially, more than half of the population of African-American women suffers from hypertension and the associated disorders. Apart from genetic factors, a slew of environmental factors including obesity and lack of activity, diabetes, poor diet, alcohol consumption and stress are contributive to this growing phenomenon among black women. This paper has discussed this issue in more detail along with the recommended interventions necessary to keep this condition under check.

Introduction

Hypertension is a debilitating disease that afflicts ...

Introduction

- Background - Purpose - Objective

Proposal Specifics

- Interactive, fun, educational activities and other features - Expertise required - Annual budget

Conclusion

Abstract A new recreation and family center has been opened in my community. Stakeholders have selected me to head a committee for developing a series of ventures, which can be undertaken to utilize the center effectively. This proposal outlines interactive, fun and educational activities besides other features that will engage the interest of children and adolescents to facilitate their growth and development process. Problem-solving techniques have been adopted in exploring developmental issues, grounded in child development ...

Health Care Plan on Child Obesity

[Institution’s Name] Health Care Plan on Child Obesity

Program Planning and evaluation for community health

The presented health care plan is determined over the assessment and management of childhood obesity. The evaluation over the agenda has been conducted for addressing childhood over the spectrum of the area of New York State and NYC. The obesity rate of children age (2-14) of the state is 15 / 41 amongst the other states of the country. In the spectrum of the children age (10-17) the state rank 25 / 41 displaying the rate of 14.5%. The reading of the ratio is 10.6% at the level of ...

Media portrayals of the elderly

Old age is one of the realities of life that most people dread to accept. Generally family, friends and society give upon elder citizens counting them as frail and unproductive population. This adversely affects the physical and mental wellbeing of even the positive and upbeat older lot. A lot of older people face indifference of all sorts and suffer in silence. Attitudes towards old age are as important as getting old. According to Hatch (2005) “people absorb impressions, ideas, images, dominant values and sounds that reflect society’s attitudes toward aging from media. In addition, media reflect dominant values ...

Civil rights movement and contemporary politics are aspects that are surrounding the United States and it is all related to immigration. Rights have been made into bills, but still not much has been put into consideration. The reason behind such a perception is based on the fact that race determines the contents of the American community. Immigration to the U.S has changed over the years in a number of ways. First and foremost, compared to their initial stage of immigration, the black American’s have gained a tremendous positive difference (Romano & Raiford, 2010, 26). It is true because they have gained ...

with numbness in both feet.

With numbness in both feet.

Normal aging process symptoms Numbness of both feet in an obese 75 year old male could be attributed to several causes inclusive of the normal aging process. Some are peripheral neuropathy; monnueropathy; diabetic neuropathy; spinal stenosis; slipped disk and peripheral vascular disease. With regards to aging and unassociated with any other disease process numbness in both legs at age 75 accompanied by obesity could signal nerve damage linked to poor circulation in the extremities (Digiovanna, 2000). Blood vessels and heart muscles tend to age with age. This means that valves, nerves responsible ...

1. What Segmentation Bases Could Be Used By An International Milk Brand To Segment And Target The Chinese Market? The Chinese population provides a mass market to any international organization especially the milk producing companies (Rodgers, 2001). The term mass market is used to refer to the Chinese market due to its nature. The market is undifferentiated with the consumers found to have wide but varied backgrounds. This provides an opportunity to any multinational organization with the intention of penetrating the Chinese. For the milk producing companies, there are a number of strategies they can employ in segmenting the Chinese ...

Food as a matter of choice is ruling the planet. We eat what we like and that which appeals to the eyes, tongue or brain. We survive because we have good food, water, and air. The line between what is good food and bad food seem to be contentious. Most consider good food as that which sits well with our pallet. Ages ago food was hunted, gathered, and stored for survival. Now food is stored for our cravings, whims and fancies. That’s because there is surplus of food around us, available year long and cheap too. We need to ...

Red Bull was established by Dietrich Mateschitz in year 1985. Company introduces energy drink exclusively in Austria in year 1987. After five years of exclusive operation in Austria Market, Company expanded its business in European market. Company decided to slowly enter into foreign markets in order to create buzz and anticipation. This paper intends to analyze brand equity and other related aspects of Red Bull.

Answer 1

Brand Equity Brand Equity reflects value premium earned by the company from its product that has well recognized and establish brand name in the market as compare to competitors. Company creates brand equity ...

Comparison with the first world countries

The UNDP’s Human Development Index (HDI) scores and ranks each country’s level of development based on three categories of development indicators: income, health and education (Global Sherpa, 2012). 187 countries of the world are classified into four categories: Very High HDI, High HDI, Medium HDI and low HDI. In general countries with very High HDI and High HDI are called Developed nations and Medium and Very Low HDI countries may be termed as developing nations. The indicator which tips the balance between developed and a developing country is health. While developed nations have surplus of food developing nations ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Reg No Designation Abstract The essay begins with a brief introduction about the outline of the contents. This essay critically discusses the abortion issue from a Philosophical point of view. There are several arguments both favoring and against abortion. The essay can be considered a good reference point for an argument or a debate on the abortion issue. Finally the essay concludes summarizing the vital points supporting in favor and against abortion. Recommendations are also offered to minimize the growing number of abortion cases as a result of the changing social life style among the current generation.

Introduction

The essay is about ...

Reg No

Designation

Introduction 4

A. Product Support of Mission Statement 4 Three-way consumer product classification system 4 Convenience Goods 4 Shopping Goods 4 Specialty Goods 4 B. Target Market 5 C. Analysis of Competitive Environment 5

Porter’s five force analysis of US small appliances market 5

New Entrants 5 Rivalry 5 Substitutes 6 Buyers 6 Suppliers 7 D. SWOT Analysis 7

STRENGTHS 7

WEAKNESS 7 OPPORTUNITIES 8 THREATS 8 SWOT Analysis - Summary 9 E. Marketing Objectives 9 Product Objective 9 Place / Distribution Objective 9 Price Objective 9 Promotion Objective 9 F. Marketing ...

Introduction

Identifying and describing a researchable Problem Essential hypertension is a term used to describe high blood pressure of unknown etiology. According to Messerli, Williamsand Ritz (2007) this condition increases the risks of cerebral damage, renal dysfunction and cardiac disease. In industrialized nations there is a 90% risk of developing hypertension during an individual’s life time. It means blood pressure readings above 120/80 moving towards 140/90(Messerli et.al, 2007). Approximately, 43 million Americans are hypertensive and using antihypertensive medication. This is 24% of the adult population. There are racial variations with blacks showing an incidence of 32.4%; whites 23.3% and ...

Introduction

- Identifying and describing a researchable Problem

Identifying 5 questions

Preliminary PICO question and description of each variable Conclusion 10 key words that can be used in literature review search Introduction

Identifying and describing a researchable Problem

Essential hypertension is a term used to describe high blood pressure of unknown etiology. According to Messerli, Williams and Ritz (2007) this condition increases the risks of cerebral damage, renal dysfunction and cardiac disease. In industrialized nations there is a 90% risk of developing hypertension during an individual’s life time. It means blood pressure readings above 120/80 moving towards 140/90 (Messerli et.al, 2007). Approximately, 43 million Americans are hypertensive ...

SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues

Introduction Hypertension contributes to a number of diseases. As per studies about 26% people of the world totaling about 1 billion in number are afflicted with hypertension (Kearney et. al). Since a large segment of the world population is expected to grow older by 2025, hypertension is likely to increase in the world within next 15 years. In the US, currently a recorded number of 73 million people are suffering from hypertension. Hypertension is regarded as the silent killer because people suffering from it do not show any external symptoms. Hypertension hardens arteries resulting in the higher risk for cardiovascular diseases, ...

Abstract

Although a lot of academic research and clinical studies have been done in some countries like Western Europe and North America on factors leading to overweight, it is only recently that affluent countries such as UAE have started to realise the harmful effects of obesity on health and the economy. As the government takes the help of experts on this issue it has observed that there are several factors leading to children being dangerously overweight, such as genetics, environment and habits. Therefore, it is important to tackle this problem through the joint efforts of the community, the private sector and ...

Abstract

The primary aspect of an organization dealing with consumers both in product and service industries is to generate numbers in terms of sales and build brand loyalty to sustain the organization in a highly competitive globalized economy. The success and failure of a brand is highly dependent on the identification of the relevant target market and thus the marketing mix is of prime importance in estimating the potential of the target market for both the pre and post launch of a product campaign. We will evaluate the identification of a target market from a marketing perspective, the marketing processes and how it ...

This Business plan is designed to setup fashion garments manufacturing and retail business in the city of Milan, Italy. The target market would be people within the age bracket of 13-49 and fashion conscious customers. The unique selling point will be attractive designs, quality, embroidery, fabric and sizes. The company will open two retail outlets in the city and arrange agreements with three leading departmental stores for the purpose of sale (Businessoffashions, 2007). The designs, fabric and quality will clearly differentiate our product from its competitors. To adequately cater to the needs of the customers, the market is ...

Introduction

There have been several researches and literature published on the gender inequalities that influence the heath and well being of people in different cultures or societies, however across the cultures or countries in the world it can be observed that there are certain predefined gender norms associated with their behavior, attitude and lifestyles that play a major role in determining their health and well being conditions in later life. These gender norms can be defined as extensive smoking or drinking among men due to social peer pressure or submissive attitude among women limiting their access towards quality living. ...

Cardio-Respiratory Disease

Cardio-respiratory disease is an umbrella term used to describe various diseases of the cardio-respiratory system which make it impossible for the heart and lungs to supply enough blood and oxygen to the body during sustained physical exercise. Cardio-respiratory diseases are also termed as cardiovascular diseases due to the commonality of diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels. This essay describes cardio respiratory diseases in terms of etiology, predisposing and risk factors, disease diagnosis, treatment and the discharge criteria.

Etiology of Cardio-respiratory diseases

Each condition under the umbrella term “cardio-respiratory diseases” has a unique pathophysiology. Heart arrhythmia is a condition which causes abnormal heart rhythms. Health ...

40 questions answered from two different books.

Health Care Ethics Principles and Problems (Medical Ethics)

Chapter 1 Briefly describe the differences among ethics, professional ethics and health care ethics. Ethics is concerned with the way people ought to live their lives. It must not be confused with religion even though they may tend to advocate the same values. However, ethics are distinct interrelations among human which can be considered acceptable or unacceptable. Professional ethics embody regulations pertaining to how persons function within a discipline. It specifies right and wrong actions based on morality. It does encompass principles of being, but the authors of this text ...

Abstract

Adolescence is a stage that occurs between eleven and eighteen years. It is a critical time during the development of young boys and girls (Santrock, 2005). The stage marks the onset of a period when the youths start to undergo changes in their physical body. Menstrual cycles begin in females while the males develop a strong physique and coerce voice (Malina, 2004). The physical changes that occur among adolescents force them to behave maturely to reflect their progression towards adulthood. The dietary choice made by the youth during this stage of development plays a key role in determining their health.

Piaget’s Development Theory

According to Piaget’s theory ...

Smoking cigarettes is the act of inhaling the smoke from cigarettes which are slender rolls of tobacco enfolded in paper. Smoking cigarettes can either be casual or habitual. Casual smoking is the act of smoking occasionally, usually to relieve stress or in a social situation. A smoking habit, on the other hand, is a physical addiction to tobacco products. Habitual smoking is nowadays regarded as a psychological addiction which has severe health consequences. Smoking cigarettes have adverse effects on the health of smokers, passive smokers and the environment at large and should, therefore, be made illegal. Non-smoking also referred to as passive ...

Alienation

The concept of alienation is a one of the central constructs of Marxian theory. This concept was used for description of a capitalist mode of production when workers lost control over the means of production. In accordance with Knox & Pinch (2010) it is described as “a mechanism of social change” and relates another concept of deviant behavior in wider sociopolitical connotation (p.215). Later alienation was used by the early deterministic theorists because it was of a great interest when studying spatial variations of people behavior (Amin, 2002). Marx outlined several reasons of alienation. Firstly, alienated person feels like economic, social ...

Introduction

Japanese food commonly referred to as Japanese cuisine has radically changed over the last centuries. The centuries were distinctly marked by eras where each had its own characteristic food being eaten at the time. The four eras that mark changes in Japanese cuisine are: Jomon, Heina, Kamakura, and Modern periods all of which experienced great social and political changes. Before, 300 BCE which is referred to as the Jomon era, Japan’s culture was influenced by its neighbors such as China and Korea. Food was also one of the aspects that were influenced, which ultimately made Japan unique in ...

Gastro esophageal reflux disease is very common health problem these days, related to esophagus tube inside the stomach of a human body, the function of this tube is to carry the food from mouth to stomach. A hectic lifestyle and bad intake habits have made this disease vey common today.

Cause and Effect

The reason behind this disease is a muscle located at lower esophageal sphincter of the esophagus tube, when this muscle is not blocked appropriately or amount of gastric juice refluxed in it starts overflowing due to its excess quantity and irritates esophagus and results in heartburn and dysphagia. Other factors that ...

Automobile and American Life

The invention and introduction of automobile in America has been of immense significant in respect to a plethora of facets associated with economy growth, social and cultural life. The benefits of the automobile have been considerably influential vis a vis the old forms of transport; horses, railroad and bicycles.1 The automobile has shaped nearly every aspect of the American life attributed to automotive revolution and the efforts to accrue much success. Similarly, it has had a cogent influence on contemporary literature, and it has shaped the American life style in all forms and classes.2 Most of the changes enhanced by the ...

Menopause: An age related lifestyle phenomenon

Introduction

Many illnesses in societies across the world are lifestyle influenced, generally. They could emerge from occupational predispositions, hobby engagements, dietary habits as well as participation in social activities that define religious and spiritual interactive living. Research has shown where blood pressure levels were distinctly related to life style issues within a certain community and culture. (Ejike, et al. 2008). As such, the role of the nurse, as an educator, inevitably, should embrace considerations of lifestyle infringements on health status in relation to health promotion practices. Importantly, health promotion ought to be compatible with sensitive health issues related to ...

Introduction

The market is very competitive today, and it is important for all organizations to ensure that their employees are motivated and determined to work together for success as they are the backbone of any company. It is not only the management of an organization that needs to be productive and well organized for a successful and smooth running, but the employees at the grass-root level also play a very important role as they are the pillars that support the production and produce the output. Therefore it is a necessity to create such an environment within the organization where the workers are safe, ...

In both these stories human greed is placed firmly at the center of the story. Both Maupassant and Walker make use of irony, but the effects on the reader of each story is different, because the setting s are very different, but also because the narrative viewpoint in each story creates a very different effect on the reader. This essay will explore greed and irony, but it will also examine the narrative viewpoint because that alters the reader’s attitude to the representation of greed: Maupassant uses a third person omniscient narrator, but Walker chooses to tell the story through the ...