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Papers On Nutrition & Exercise
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Pop Culture's Influence On The Use Of Diet Drugs
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This 12 page paper looks at the effects of pop culture on body image. The negative influence of the media enhances a booming diet drug industry. Many subjects are addressed including the recent Fen-phen controversy and differences in body image by race and sex. Bibliography lists more than a dozen sources.
Filename: Dietdrug.wps
Paper Title: Pop Culture's Influence On The Use Of Diet Drugs
Post Polio Syndrome
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A 20 page overview of polio and a new manifestation of its symptoms in the form of post polio syndrome. The author identifies numerous potential causes of PPS. These include immune-mediated responses, hormone deficiencies, and environmental toxins as well as numerous other potential correlates By far the most likely cause of PPS, however, is believed to be the loss of motor neurons in recovered muscle tissue as an individual grows older. By far the most reassuring aspect of the research into the causes of PPS is the fact that researchers do not suspect a reactivation of the original polio virus in the patients who experience PPS. Bibliography lists 9
sources.
Filename: PPpolio.rtf
Paper Title: Post Polio Syndrome
Preschool: Nutrition and Learning
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A 5 page paper which discusses how important
nutrition is, in preschool children, in relationship to learning and learning capabilities. Poor
health in preschool children has often been associated with the ability to learn, with
problems related to cognitive, emotional, and social development resulting from poor
health. These considerations, as well as programs designed to eliminate such conditions,
are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAprenutr.wps
Paper Title: Preschool: Nutrition and Learning
Project "Jump Start"
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A 4 page paper presenting the design, timeline and evaluation of project Jump Start, a nutritional and activity program for children 8 – 12 years who attend school-based after-school programs in the San Diego School District. The program will be based on the federal government's Food and Nutrition Service's MyPyramid for Kids program. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KShlthJmpStart.rtf
Paper Title: Project "Jump Start"
Project "Jump Start" Goals and Budget
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A 5 page paper presenting program goals and a budget for a public school nutrition and exercise program for children 8 – 12 years old. Jump Start is to be an educational program that is fun for children and seeks to instill long-term habits leading to better food choices and increased physical activity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KShlthJmpStGoBu.rtf
Paper Title: Project "Jump Start" Goals and Budget
Promoting Better Nutrition Among Poor Children
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A 25 page expansion of a 20-page paper with the same name. This one expands on the literature review and adds a specific program lesson plan. The focus targets families in West Harlem, New York, with children under five years old for the purpose of educating parents in better nutrition thus improving children's nutrition. Other objectives include providing parents with workable techniques; build a sense of empowerment among participants; positively affect long-term health by avoiding/reducing obesity and avoiding its complications; and have fun in the process. The health promotion education and intervention program is designed to increase poor mothers' awareness of the nutritional content of common foods; lead them to make better choices for food for their families; and provide them with workable, useable techniques to alter their families' eating habits. The long-range goal of the program is to reduce obesity rates, improve nutrition and to establish healthy eating patterns that will persist into adulthood and throughout children's full adult lives. Bibliography lists 35 sources.
Filename: KShlthPromNut2.rtf
Paper Title: Promoting Better Nutrition Among Poor Children
Promoting Better Nutrition Among Poor Children
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A 20 page paper outlining a health promotion effort targeting families in West Harlem, New York, with children under five years old for the purpose of educating parents in better nutrition thus improving children's nutrition. Other objectives include providing parents with workable techniques; build a sense of empowerment among participants; positively affect long-term health by avoiding/reducing obesity and avoiding its complications; and have fun in the process. The health promotion education and intervention program is designed to increase poor mothers' awareness of the nutritional content of common foods; lead them to make better choices for food for their families; and provide them with workable, useable techniques to alter their families' eating habits. The long-range goal of the program is to reduce obesity rates, improve nutrition and to establish healthy eating patterns that will persist into adulthood and throughout children's full adult lives. Bibliography lists 30 sources.
Filename: KShlthPromNut.rtf
Paper Title: Promoting Better Nutrition Among Poor Children
Psychological Consequences Of Athletic Injury Most Prevalent Among Male Intercollegiate Athletes
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14 pages in length. Forced withdrawal from a given sport due to injury represents one of the most important elements of the anger, depression and anxiety male intercollegiate athletes experience. The addiction of sports places a considerable amount of pressure for athletes who are injured, inasmuch as they are unable to partake in the sport
they love or compete with others who are just as obsessed with it as they are. This myopic vision is impacted even more when an individual is forced to endure weeks or even months off the field for an injury that is looked upon as both nuisance and unfair. The writer discusses the psychological consequences of athletic injury most prevalent
among male intercollegiate athletes. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: TLCathin.wps
Paper Title: Psychological Consequences Of Athletic Injury Most Prevalent Among Male Intercollegiate Athletes
Q&A: "Transition to Vegetarianism"
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This 5 page paper uses Rudolph Ballentine's book "Transition to Vegetarianism" as a basis for a question & answer session about the benefits of a vegetarian diet. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVVeggie.rtf
Paper Title: Q&A: "Transition to Vegetarianism"
Questions Regarding Omega-3 Fatty Acids
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A 3 page paper discussing promotion of this dietary substance. Omega-3 fatty acids have been found to carry direct and specific benefits in disease prevention. The purpose here is to answer two questions about designating omega-3 as providing public health benefit: why governments should care, and how to increase public awareness and consumption. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSomega-3.rtf
Paper Title: Questions Regarding Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Recent Success Of The Atkins Diet: Communication And Science/Research-Related Causes
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11 pages in length. The issue of weight loss is one that has all but consumed the minds – and bodies – of contemporary society to the point where people spend millions of dollars every year trying to shed unwanted pounds. That Americans are some of the heaviest people in the world speaks to this intense response toward weight loss, a quest for many that has found its mainstay in the ever-popular Atkins program. The success of this high protein, low carbohydrate diet is, indeed, founded in the validity of scientific research, however, it is also based in great part upon the tremendous word-of-mouth influence passed on by those who have realized tremendous personal success on the program. From celebrity endorsements to common man testimonials, eating the low-carb way has truly become one of the most powerful phenomenons of the twenty-first century and is anticipated to generate a total of thirty billion dollars in 2004 alone. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: TLCAtkinsD.rtf
Paper Title: Recent Success Of The Atkins Diet: Communication And Science/Research-Related Causes