Health Approximately 65 million Americans are overweight or consider themselves to be overweight. Of these, 30 million are obese. About 50% of all women and 25% of all men are on a diet at any given moment. An estimated 1.5 million people die in the U. S. each year of diseases associated with being overweight. In the U.S. we have more fast food restaurants, ma and pa shop

Bahamas or Commonwealth of The Bahamas Bahamas or Commonwealth of The Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean. They Cover 4,404 square miles and stretch about 800 miles from southeast of Florida to northeast of Cuba. The Bahamas are composed of about 700 islands and 2,000 keys and reefs of rock and coral sand. About 310,000 people live in The Bahamas. Only about 30 of the 700 islands

Eating Disorder Picture yourself looking in a mirror everyday of your life and thinking every part of your body is fat. Thinking that no matter what you do to yourself you will never be happy with your weight. These are situations that many people with eating disorders go through everyday. Individuals who are affected by eating disorders can be as thin as a rail but still think of thems

Diabete Type 1 and 2 Diabetes is a very serious disease that attacks millions of people around the world. Diabetes is recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. (Medical Surgical Nursing) It can strike at any age and can happen to anyone. Although we are not exactly sure about the causes of diabetes, it is known to be a metabolism disorder. It

Body Image & Botox Standards of Beauty Western society has an intense obsession with body image. Western society demands that individuals preserve a thin figure, disguise the aging process, and advertise their economic success in their wardrobe. Such pressures draw attention away from one’s physical reality, and places emphasis on their social reality. Mike Weiss, a writer for

Itiotibial Band Syndrome Iliotibial Band Syndrome Running and cycling are great ways to get in shape or just to stay active. It seems more and more people have jumped onto the bandwagon and trying to get fit but when you do start exercise and running you have to watch out for your knees. When you are an avid runner one very prominent injury that causes knee pain is called iliotib

Trichomoniasis Trichomoniasis is predominately a sexually transmitted disease, but can also occur in animals such as birds (Medline plus). Its most common name is “trich” or nasty woman’s disease because was once known to be a prostitute’s disease. Today, it is known as anyone who’s sexually active disease (Robinson). It is caused by a whip-tailed protozoan called trichnomads and they ar

Diet Nutrition Diet Nutrition Heath like love or happiness, is a quality of life that is difficult to define and virtually impossible to measure. Our bodies drive fuel (energy) from the food we eat. There are six major nutrients come to use in food: Proteins; Carbohydrates; fats; Vitamins; minerals and water. Each nutrient is essential for a major roll for a good healthy life style t

Diets Dietary Analysis At first when I found out that we had to do this project, I didn’t think it would be as accurate as it was. I was expecting the web site to tell me just minimal things such as “you need 2 more servings of milk a day.” Yet, this analysis really showed me what foods I need to eat more and what foods I should stay away from more. Starting out with the HEI scor

Obesity Approximately 65 million Americans are overweight or consider themselves to be overweight. Of these, 30 million are obese. About 50% of all women and 25% of all men are on a diet at any given moment. An estimated 1.5 million people die in the U. S. each year of diseases associated with being overweight. In the U.S. we have more fast food restaurants, ma and pa sho

Dream Why do we dream' Are they instructions from the spiritual world or just deep, hidden wishes that can be used to unlock the secrets of the unconscious mind' Nobody knows for sure. One theory that is prevalent today is that dreams result from the physiological "exercise" of the synapses of the brain. There is no proven fact on why we dream, which is why there are so many theories on

Exercise Cardiovascular exercise is any type of exercise that increases the work of the heart and lungs. It helps the body become more efficient and better able to cope with physical challenges.It also lowers risks for many chronic diseases, improves cellular metabolism and immune system. Regular endurance exercise also improves psychological and emotional well-being of the individual.

Say NO! To Cosmetic Animal Testing Millions of animals suffer and die in tests determining the safety of cosmetics. Substances such as eye shadow and soap are tested on guinea pigs, dogs, rats, rabbits and other animals, despite the fact that the test results do not help prevent or treat human illness or injury. Cosmetics are not required to be tested on animals, and since non-animal al

Massage Introduction: How many hours of sleep did you get last night' Not very many' Have you ever thought about why that might be' Your muscles might have been sore or just not been relaxed enough, or maybe there’s a lot of tension in your life right now. Whatever the reason, think twice next time before allowing yourself to get less rest than you really need. A short massage can help y

Smoking Many people today like to smoke cigarettes because it relaxes them, reduce their anxiety, anger and it gives them pleasure. However, many people are suffering from cancer because of cigarette smoking and second hand smoke. According to the website www.thetruth.com about 1 out of every 5 deaths in the United States is because of cigarette. How could the government have allowed thi

Diabetes Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its o

Athletic Enhancing Supplements ATHLETIC ENHANCING SUPPLEMENTS: THE BIG 3! 1. GLUTAMINE -- Glutamine is the most abundant single amino acid in the blood. It's responsible for 35 percent of the nitrogen that gets into the muscle cell and helps push muscle-building nitrogen into the muscle cell -- where it is synthesized for growth. It comprises just over 60 percent of the amino acid pool

Bulimia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa Colleges and universities around the country are reporting an increased prevalence of eating problems among young female students. Difficulties include obsession with food, starvation dieting, severe weight loss, obesity, and compulsive binge eating, often followed by self-induced vomiting (Hesse-Biber, 1989, p.71). Since the beginning of the women's lib

Bulimia And Anorexia Bulimia & Anorexia Nervosa Both bulimia & anorexia are eating disorders. The term bulimia, derived from the Greek word for ox hunger, depicts the extreme nature of binge eating. It is characterized by compulsive overeating (binging) followed by self-induced purging. Anorexia Nervosa is defined by “a refusal to maintain minimal body weight within 15 percent of an in

Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic syndrome that is characterized by inflammation of the peripheral joints, but it may also involve the lungs, heart, blood vessels, and eyes. The prevalence of this autoimmune disease is between 0.3% to 1.5% of the population in the United States (Feinberg, pp 815). It affects women two to three times more oft

Risks Of Eating Fast Food The Risk for Eating Fast Food Most everyone who eats out is familiar with Jared, the man who claims to have lost three quarters of his body weight by eating what Subway wants us to believe is a balanced diet of fast food. In fact, this healthy image that Jared advertises is every fast food restaurant’s dream in terms of pulling in customers who are afraid of g

The Atkins Diet: Too Good To Be True' Popular Culture is an interesting machine. Influencing everything from clothing to speech, but also touching subjects you would never think it would approach. This includes cell phone plans, shampoos, and even diets. There have been many cases recently of popular diets that people jump into because commercials, or popular culture, tell them that the

Suicide Journal Assignment Adler, R.S. & Jellinek, M.S. (1990). After teen suicide: issues for pediatricians who are asked to consult to schools. Pediatrics, 86(6), 982-987. Studies show that suicide is the third leading cause of death for teenagers. Nearly every community will experience a completed teen suicide at sometime because the rate among 15-19 year olds is 10 per 10000

Bulimia And Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia are always being confused by many people. The reason why is that they are very much alike, almost the same thing! They both have many similarities as but also differ in many ways. Anorexia Nervosa is when a person is completely afraid of gaining weight. They begin to starve themselves and usually eat only lettuce and drink water because it has no

Workers Compensation “When I first started working construction many years ago if you cut your finger, or incurred another type of minor injury you typically dealt with it yourself. If there was no first aid kit available, you simply took off your shirt, cut a piece of it and made a bandage out of it. Oh yes…you washed it with your drinking water. Typically there were no first aid kits o

Dissociative Disorders Dissociative Disorders A Dissociative disorders is a disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception. These disturbances may be sudden or gradual, transient or chronic. Dissociative symptoms are also included in the same criteria as acute stress disorder. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Somatization disorder

Smoking Hazards Smoking Hazards As science is finding out the deleterious effects of cigarette smoke, it is becoming known that the smoker puts his and other’s life into danger by smoking. Smoking has been traditionally criticized for a variety of reasons. The most important one among them was that it would create craving in the smoker. As science is finding out the delet

Teen Smoking teen smoke There is a major problem with under age smoking in our society today, just about every high school or middle school you drive by you see kids hiding out on the corners just so they can get a few drags between classes. You have to ask your self why do these kids smoke and where or how on earth do these youngsters get their tobacco products, in a news article I h

Bulimia Bulimia Bulimia nervosa, or bulimia is defined as uncontrolled episodes of overeating (binging), and is usually followed by purging (self-induced vomiting), the misuse of laxatives or enemas, or medications that cause increased production of urine, fasting, or excessive exercise to control weight (Department). For some, bulimia serves as a way to reduce stress and relieve anxi

How To Find The Right Pediatrician How to Find the Right Pediatrician a. Name, source, and date of articles: Since I am a new mom who have faced this problem not that long ago, for my Current Event Report Guidelines assignment, I decided to touch upon an issue of how to find the pediatrician. I am presenting two articles, which I found to be very helpful in the difficult process of ch