The campaign we will be presenting is about obesity. In Sandwell, especially Smethwick; the number of children who are considered obese is 893 and the local value for this number is 25.9 where the England average is 19.0 and England’s worst is 26.5 ( as you can see the Sandwell figure is very close to England’s worst). These children are much more likely to develop health problems such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure from a young age, which are linked with cardiovascular diseases in adults.…
This is where campaigns come into place to give the public the information they need to know on how to make healthy meals at home which are less costly. A campaign was released called 'Change 4 Life'. A campaign basically encouraging the public to eat well, move more and live longer. Change for life is a society-wide movement who's aim is to prevent people from becoming overweight by encouraging them to eat better and exercise more.…
Away is a play written by the Australian playwright Michael Gow, published by Currency Press in 1986. First performed by the Griffin Theatre Company in 1986, it tells the story of three internally conflicted families holidaying on the coast for Christmas, 1968. It has become one of the most widely produced Australian plays of all time and is part of the Higher School Certificate syllabi or general High School Curriculum in many states, including Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. It is also used as a college text, but this move has been widely regarded as a bad idea due to the lack of interest that is generated from students in the Australian Capital Territory. This is especially the case when one considers the fact that Gow did not "know what play is about" until some time after he wrote it and got feedback from a fan. This fan was probably his reflection in the mirror.…
Being healthy is an important one. As this is where Change 4 Life makes a difference. As practitioners have to follow this framework, change 4 life helps practitioners achieve this by setting up advice and activities for free. Change 4 Life leaflets are given out in schools for parents so the change can be advised for home life as well as school.…
b. The main idea of this article focuses on First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign against childhood obesity. The authors go into detail on how it can be improved to incorporate pregnant women, infants, and pre-school children to gain maximum benefits at curbing the epidemic of childhood obesity rates in the United States.…
Change 4 Life is a scheme which aims to help everyone, but especially children, to eat well, exercise and therefore hopefully live longer. One of the main principles is to reduce the amount of obesity in the UK. It is a fact that people today are a lot less active than they should be and rather than exercising, people are opting to use their free time watching television and playing the latest computer games. This is proven as only 37% of men and 25% of women in the UK currently achieve the levels of physical activity recommended by the Department of Health. Not only has our daily exercise fallen but how we eat and the type of food we eat has also declined. People are now choosing the easy and more ‘convenient’ option of fast food. Change 4 Life are trying their best to react to peoples new ‘modern day life’, by encouraging people to exercise more frequently and reduce the fat intake in their diet. Physical activity helps to reduce the amount of fat stored in the body and this in turn reduces the risk of contracting life threatening illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Change 4 Life promotes the idea of many different activities, ranging from walking and running to skipping and jumping. They believe that any exercise is better than none. They realise that it is important to have a healthy balanced lifestyle, which should consist of the following, nutritious diet, social life, rest/sleep, free time, physical exercise and control of stress and pressure. Change 4 Life hope to do what their name suggests.…
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Another example of a national campaign is the ‘Change4Life’ campaign which aimed at combating the increase of childhood obesity. Obesity is a global problem due to the increase in processed and fatty foods, it is recorded that 30% of children are overweight or obese.…
In Robert Olen Butler’s “Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot,” the narrator attitude towards masculinity changes when he was a man he was aggressive, competitive with other men, and he did not express his feelings but when he becomes a bird he becomes more vulnerable, less aggressive, and wants to speak but cannot. Once he becomes a parrot, he beings to realize how he was wrong as a man and all he wants to do is tell his wife that he is sorry but he cannot because he is limited with his words.…
Developing a Health Advocacy ProgramThere are multiple population health issues that need to be addressed and obesity is one of them. Obesity impacts multiple people but the impact on children has grown. Obesity rates have been steadily rising in children. In 2010, 43 million preschool children were overweight or obese, a 60% increase since 1990. This is an obvious increase and shows no sign of stopping without efforts to combat this epidemic (Harvard School of Public Health, 2014). The purpose of this paper is to discuss advocacy programs that have been successful and to develop a program to help reduce obesity.…
Rollnick, S., 1996. Behaviour change in practice: targeting individuals. International Journal of Obesity. 20(1), 22–26.…
I think that by substituting the words “with religious freedom” for “under god” is a good thing to do. Like Gwen Wilde said in her essay “several millions Americans do not believe in God”. By changing the words “under God” to “with religious freedom” all citizens and new citizens can feel comfortable saying the Pledge of Allegiance.…
Edelman, C. L., & Mandel, C. L. (2010). Health Promotion Throughout Life Span (seventh edition ed.). Location: Pulisher…
Long Term Consequences of Critical Illness, in the past ten years they learned some disconcerting information about the long term consequences that patients in intensive care units and their families suffer. The United States discharge millions of critically ill patients back into the community. Although nurses…
Over the years nurses have always looked out for their patient’s health and well being, however times have changed, and today’s nurses are not only seen as care takers but as educators, patient advocates and researchers. Ever changing roles of nurses in the medical field is very exciting. Nurses have more opportunities than ever to be a part of changing the healthcare system. One of the main roles of nurses will be healthcare promotion. “Social, economic and political forces have a strong influences on health” (Kumar). Being that Social, economic and political forces have a strong influence on health nurses need to be advocates for their patients in order to make changes. Promoting healthy eating for school lunches and teaching children and their parents healthy eating and exercise habits will greatly reduce childhood obesity which will have a lifelong effect. Making sure the schools are free from asbestos and other carcinogenic substances. Initiating city projects to make parks safe to walk and exercise in would help people get exercise therefore promote physical activity lessening the likelihood for obesity. Without advocates these thing would never change. Nurses have the chance to make a change because they have the tools to seek out evidence based research and apply it to situations in order to make a positive change. Nurses play a unique role in the new 2020 initiative and that is to…