Family program fights anorexia

Reference:

Fiore, K. (2010, Oct. 4). Family program fights anorexia. Retrieved 05 October 2010 from Medical News Today: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/EatingDisorders/22548

summery:

According to the article, the family-based treatment for anorexia is better than individual therapy for keeping young patients away from anorexia.  As reported by Lock, the difference between the family therapy and individual therapy is significant because more patients of age 12 to 18 years who had been involved in a family program were free of anorexia a year later. Family therapy was better at the end of the treatment program but not during the follow-up. According to researchers, the family therapy is better if the parents are not willing to be involved otherwise individual ; therapy, is better. After all, the study made by researchers was during one year and the sample of patients was small. So they are wondering if the program goes for a longterm, or if the sample was bigger, then statistics may change and their decision also may change

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I believe that group work is always better than individual. What I mean is, when you are in a group you will always find someone involved with you and you will encourage each other at the most difficult times. So, I am certain that family programs would be better than individual therapy. with respect to family and their effect on the each other, I think if the parents have control on them selves they may control their kids regarding their eating habits. After all, it is rare to find healthy parents with unhealthy kids and vice versa  

"Obesogenic" America: Nine States Now Over 30 Per Cent Obese, CDC

Reference:

Paddock, C. (2010, Aug.4). "Obesogenic" America: Nine States Now Over 30 Per Cent Obese, CDC. Retrieved 28 September 2010 from Medical News Today: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/196849.php

 Summary:

According to this article, 30 percent of the American Youth have become fat. This percentage has been reported in nine states: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia. As said by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American society has become “obesogenic” because of the environment that support over-eating, unhealthy food and physical inactivity. On the word of CDC Director Dr Thomas, obesity is a challenge to the public health and must be addressed continually because it leads the society to sickness and dying from obesity related causes. On the other hand, obesity cost 147 billion US dollars as medical cost with an increment of 1429 dollars of normal people (CDC report). 

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            I am disappointed by the news that comes in this article because I always thought that American society was healther than other societies. Obesity is one of the major health problems in my country where government pays billions for medical treatment because of sickness and diseases related to it. I feel sorry for those who cannot help themselves and get out of their obesity and I do not want to be like them in the future. In that way, I care too much for the health of my family and me. I always say that food is to help you live but not to live for food.

Schools add healthy eating as key to student success

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Rudder, T (2010, Sebt. 20). School add healthy eating as key to student success.From Herald-mail, Retrieved September 22 2010, http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=253195&format=html




Summary:


In this article, "Schools add healthy eating as key to student success " by Trish Rudder, he explains the effort done in the Morgan Country School to make students change their nutrition behavior to eat healthy food along with their academic progress. According to Rudder,the school's superintendent David Banks and Gary McDaniel were the brains behind designing a strategic plan to address these challenges.After three years of herd work of Morgan Country School's staff,the plan has success ed.The students accepted the new menu of the healthy food in the school's cafeteria and the affected their learning performance.




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This article is inspiring and gives hope that change to a better life is always possible if we work for it. However, this change will take a lot of effort to make it happen especially if this is a change to something different from our daily habits. Changing food habits to food that has better taste is easy but healthy food usually  not easy and this is the challenge of change. I believe that people behavior and activity are directly affected by their food habits. I can see this in my children after each meal we take. If the food is healthy, they would be active but without damaging things in the house. Also, if they eat unhealthy food with for example more sugar they would break everything. The third case if they eat unhealthy food like McDonalds, and they would be inactive all the day.   

Animal-based protein diets increase mortality rate

Reference:
Hagan, C.(2010, Sep, 06). Animal-based protein diets increase mortality rate.Retrieved September 07 2010, from CNN Health Web Site:
http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/06/animal-based-protein-diets-increase-mortality-rate/


Summery:
According to this article, Animal-based proteins and fats increase mortality rates while plant-based proteins do not, as indicated by some health studies.Studies have found a direct link between eating animal-based food and red meat and cancer death. In addition a malor clinical study research found that iow-carb, high protein diets have lots of benefits for health such as weight loss. as well as will as improvements in lipid brofiles, reduced inflammation and better blood sugar control,


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I like this article because it gave me new information about risks of animal-based
food and how I can keep my health better and away from harms and still getting the sameamount of proteins without eating animal-based food. I thought that disadvantaes of animal-based food are onely concerned with fat, butthrout this article i was shocked to know that is directly connected to cancer.

What Is A Calorie?

Reference:
Asp, K. (2009, Dec 3). What is a calorie? Retrieved August 31, 2010, from
http://www.thatsfit.com/2009/12/03/calorie-information


Summary:
This article discusses what is a calorie,what the calorie mean and what is thhe benefit of controlling how many calories go insaid your body and how to live a healthy life in an easy way by just watcing the amount of calories you use.Also,it is shows how many calories that normal body needs.


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My major is nutrition,so i love this topic,and iam really interested to read more about calories. In nutrition, calories play a major part in deciding the right nutrition program for any living being especially humans.So,if i could learn more about calories and could spread this knowledge it would help a lot of people to live healthy lives.