Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp 1.0 Introduction For many young adults joining university, it is a time of substantial change in social, economic and environmental surroundings.1 Currently, there is increasing advocacy for an emphasis on healthy lifestyle behaviours for student populations.2 Researchers have established that academic attainment plays a key role in an individual’s future health, wealth and social outcomes.3, […]
Analysis of Food Choices
My favorite meal is one that we had yesterday for Sunday lunch, which is white rice, roast beef, carrots, and potatoes. This is a very typical meal when I go home to visit my family, we are from the country, so most everything is homegrown from our area. The only items from the meal that […]
Analysis of Research into the Ketogenic Diet
Summarize the basic idea of the article in a short paragraph. The Ketogenic diet was originally called starvation therapy by two Parisian doctors in 1911. Starvation therapy was used on children and adults who claimed seizure symptoms were not as bad during treatment. Two Harvard physicians studied the effects of the starvation diet in epilepsy patients […]
Annotated Bibliography: Risk Assessments in GMO Foods
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Topic: Gene modification as a biotech Question: how does the unintended effects influence the risk assessment in genetically modified food? Biotechnology is the technology applied principle of biology, chemistry, and engineering in manufacturing, pharmacy and biomaterial. This technology can use biological features in the chemical production, to get the new product that cannot […]
Anthropometric Measurements and the Limitations of Assessment of Nutritional Status
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Introduction The use of anthropometric measurements in nutritional assessment entails the interpretation of physical measurement of an individual in comparison to standardised population reference values (Jelliffe, 1966). Anthropometric indicators can be used in assessing nutritional status at an individual level or in larger epidemiological studies (Sellen, 1998). As well as being applicable to […]
Are Australian Children Iodine Deficient?
Introduction: Iodine is one of the essential trace element for the growth and development of human body. Insufficient iodine intake during pregnancy can cause still births, miscarriages, and other major neurological damages of the fetus (Zimmermann et al., 2008). Globally, Iodine deficiency is one of the important preventable cause of brain damage and mental retardation […]
Arguments For and Against Selling Expired Food
Working in a grocery store, I have gained total access to the “EMPLOYEES ONLY” rooms in the facility. Of course customers pay no mind to what actually goes on behind these closed doors. Being on the other side, I’d be inhuman to not warn you of the things I’ve seen with my own two eyes. […]
Arguments on Raw vs Pasteurized Milk
Due to its convenience and nutritional properties, milk and milk products are staples for millions of people across the United States. Though pasteurization was created to improve the safety of milk products, the recent legalization of raw milk sale and distribution has become more prominent. This uprising of raw milk advocacy has sparked debate over […]
Association between Stress and Eating Habits among College Students
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Abstract Studies have shown that a significant proportion of university students globally suffer from stress. The purpose of this research is to examine whether or not stress has an effect on eating behavior among college student. A group of thirty college students at the age of 18 to 30 with BMI 22.7 ± […]
Benefits of Leading a Healthy Lifestyle for Children
Lucyanne Calver Unit one – Healthy living Healthy Lifestyle Leading a healthy lifestyle has numerous benefits, a few being: disease and chronic illness prevention, injury prevention, increased energy, healthy weight, good mental health and a prolonged life. There are many chronic illnesses and diseases, but below are six of the most common associated with […]