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    Healthy Body Weight

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    Healthy Body Weight Michael Carl Nutrition and Diet Therapy __________________‚ RD‚ LD August 26‚ 2012 The Interview Interview: Kim Allman‚ my sister‚ lost 45 lbs. She has gained 5 back. She started her weight loss journey through the Leesburg Business Wellness Challenge where local businesses compete against each other to lose weight. She has maintained her weight loss of 40 pounds by working out. She hasn’t really made any dietary changes other than reduced portions

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    When you hear the term eating disorder‚ most Americans’ minds automatically presume you are talking about anorexia and bulimia. Both of these mental illnesses are devastating to the victims’ bodies‚ mental health‚ self-image‚ as well as the victims’ loved ones. These people experience drastic changes in weight and appearance. Although they are similar in physical and emotional outcome however‚ these illnesses differ in the victim’s motivation‚ their symptoms‚ and the bifurcations of their behavior

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    One psychological explanation of anorexia nervosa is the behavioural approach. This approach explains that anorexia nervosa(AN) is learnt through both classical and operant conditioning as well as social learning theory. Classical conditioning is involved with making an association with eating and anxiety. Therefore anorexics seek to lose weight/not eat to reduce their anxiety. Once this association has been made operant conditioning starts playing its part through negative and positive reinforcement

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    Lose Weight Losing weight is not easy. Nowadays‚ lots of people are not satisfied with their weight. They always want to get much slimmer than before. We can find various ways to lose weight on TV programs or from books and websites. However‚ more than half of people do not know how to lose weight in an efficient and healthy way. A common way of losing weight is to go on a diet. People eat a little food or do not eat anything for a meal. When they successfully achieve an ideal weight‚ they

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    Rough-and-Tumble Play Alisha Fabela Mrs. Nunes‚ Child Development Barstow Community College Online Rough-and-Tumble Play When my two teenage daughters Skyla and Valentina were younger‚ they would spend most of their days in my livingroom playing rough with each other‚ I would always get upset with them because I always thought that they were going to end up real fighting. My husband also told me Alisha‚ if they were out to hurt each other why would one keep coming back? Well come to

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    Describe and Evaluate Psychological Explanations of Anorexia Nervosa (24) Behavioural explanations of anorexia nervosa (AN) suggest that slimming becomes a ‘habit’‚ through stimulus response mechanisms. For example‚ the person goes on a diet and receives praise either for their efforts or their new slimmer appearance. Operant conditioning then takes effect as the admiration from others further reinforces their dieting behaviour. Rewards may also come in the form of attention gained from parents

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    Activity 1.2.3 – Perspective Sketches Answer Key Purpose If you can stand on a straight road and look down the road‚ it appears to you the sides of the road begin to look as if they are narrowing to one point in the center of the road vanishes when the road meets the horizon. If the road is straight enough and long enough‚ the sides of the road not only look like they are converging to a single point‚ but the road seems to appear to vanish as it meets the horizon. A similar effect happens if

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    TrueBlood Case – Rough Waters Ahead 1. How should Smooth Sailings’ management perform the recoverability test for the cruise ship as of December 31‚ 2010? In addressing this question‚ consider: The following are the required steps to identify‚ recognize and measure the impairment of a long-lived asset (group) to be held and used:  Step 1: Indicators of impairment — FASB ASC 360-10-35-21 “A long-lived asset (asset group) shall be tested for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances

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    Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa include neural explanations and evolutionary explanations. 1st BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION - Neurotransmitters -Serotonin Disturbances in the levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin appear to be a characteristic of individuals with eating disorders. Kaye 2005 found a reduction in the levels of the serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA in people with eating disorders. This suggests that brain serotonin pathways are underactive

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    percent of Americans (Mirasol); the other 85 percent of people do not always realize how difficult these disorders can be. However‚ recently in June of 2017 a film was released in hopes to reveal to people the severity of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder and disease that is not always so treatable‚ but Marti Noxon shows us in her film‚ To the Bone‚ the reality of this sickness and that through faith‚ friends‚ and family anything

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