Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight, health and medicine homework help

Answer each question with at least 150 words. Simple and straight forward.

1.Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight is important for overall health and can help you prevent and control many diseases and conditions. If you are overweight or obese, you are at higher risk of developing serious health problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, and certain cancers. That is why maintaining a healthy weight is so important: It helps you lower your risk for developing these problems, helps you feel good about yourself, and gives you more energy to enjoy life. Review the NIH website on the Aim for a Healthy Weight Campaign. Navigate through all of the related topics on the left side of the homepage. Calculate your BMI from the calculator on the Assessing your Weight and Health Risks page. Also navigate through the “We Can!” program page.

How is the information on this website useful to you as an individual, as a parent, (if you are one or plan on being one someday!!) and future health care professional?

http://www.nhibi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/

2.

Fruits and Veggies—More Matters is an initiative of the Produce for Better Health Foundation and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and US Dept of Agriculture and Food and Drug Association. Its purpose is to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables by Americans to improve health and reduce the risk of developing certain cancers. The idea is to eat at least 5 fruits and/or vegetables each day. Only about 23% of Americans meet the minimum recommended 5 servings each day of fruits and vegetables! It is easy to count these servings up since the idea is simple. Fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of vitamins!

Read the following article. How does fruit & vegetable consumption fare? How do these statistics compare with your (your family’s) consumption rate? What strategies can you think of to increase consumption of fruits & vegetables in your diet?

Fruit & Veggie Consumption by State 2013.pdf

http://www.almanac.com/content/ripeness-guide

Just some additional information for you on how to tell when your favorite fruits & vegetables are ready for harvest!

3.Although it seems as if each sport has its own set of nutrient recommendations, there are nutritional strategies that apply regardless of the sport or the individual pathway chosen to achieve fitness.

Go to the Runner’s World site.

Scroll down to “Nutrition” – about 1/2 way down the page. Click on the word “Nutrition”. Choose/read three different articles. Then answer the following questions: What topics and articles did you choose? Why were those topics of interest to you and how will the information in the articles help you to achieve a better level of nutrition/weight loss/personal fitness?

www.runnersworld.com/

4.Just how much influence do TV, print and other media advertisements have on our food choices? Read the following article and then offer your opinion on the matter! Use specific examples from your own life to validate your opinion.

www.booksie.com/health_and_fitness/essay/winnie1821/the-influence-of-media-on-our-food-choices

5.We are encouraged by health professionals to consume adequate fluids either as plain water, or from beverages and moisture-filled fruits and vegetables. While beverages may be excellent sources of fluid, they sometimes have a drawback of high caloric value. To assess the caloric value of your usual beverages, complete this assignment.

Choose 4 beverages that you regularly drink. For each beverage, list your usual portion size (such as 12 oz. or 2 cups) and caloric value (your educated guess).

Visit the following websites: https://www.caloriecount.com/tag/food/beverages and

http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/browse/1400.html

For each beverage, list the actual caloric value based on your portion size according to the beverage list.
How accurate were your estimates? Will the results of this exercise affect future beverage choices? If so, how? If not, why not?

 
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