In 1979 the Surgeon General’s office published a report entitled Healthy People. From that publication sprang the Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention‚ which “described for the first time a national public health agenda” of specific health goals that if met‚ would improve the health of all Americans by 1990 (CDC.gov‚ 1989; healthypeople.gov‚ n.d.). The following year an adjunct piece was called “Promoting Health/Preventing Disease: Objectives for the Nation “ was published
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Today foods are classified into two types: healthy food and junk food. Most people today do not eat foods like they did a hundred years ago. In the past‚ people ate food that was very good for their health. The foods they ate did not contain chemicals‚ preservatives‚ artificial colors‚ and flavors. People also used to cook more. Therefore‚ those people were not affected by the food that they ate‚ because most of the foods that they had were natural and healthy. They did not have as many problems with
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My idea of a healthy community would be that of a place where health promotion is pushed by creating a suitable environment for the wellness of everyone. There is much that can be done to create healthy communities. Communities that support people in making healthy choices help prevent chronic diseases and the complications that can result from them. Public health works with a variety of partners to create healthy communities including transportation planners‚ city planners and land use experts because
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Benefits of Living a Healthy Life Did you know on average a person who lives a healthy life can out live a person who doesn’t by as much as 10 years? My mom‚ who works for the American Dairy Association‚ told me this fact and I was surprised. Living a healthy life is such an easy way to extend your life. My mom always encourages me to stay active and eat healthy because of the important benefits. People are always saying how important it is to stay healthy and now I’m curious about the benefits
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Living Healthy Lifestyle Nowadays‚ many of us live sedentary lives. We go to school and remain seated most of the time. When we go home‚ we spend a lot of time watching television‚ playing computer games or any activities that doesn’t require much movements. We are like a fish that does not swim and a bird that does not fly. If this goes on‚ naturally the lazy fish and bird will not live healthy lives. After a long time‚ we will suffer health problems. If we want to live a longer life‚ health
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Food is everywhere millions of children have obesity in which is a problem because of the marketing‚ advertising‚ fast food industry and how we choose to cook. Most children don’t have healthy eating habits or even parents don’t try to have healthy choices provided for their children. Childhood obesity and juvenile diabetes are on the rise. “This may be the first generation that has a shorter life expectancy than their parents‚” said an author of a report in New England Journal of Medicine (Want)
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Benefit of Stay at Home Parent Nature and Nurture is a part of every day life. Every family nurtures their children differently. Some families could nurture their children with a babysitter or daycare provide while both parents work‚ but in my family we had a stay at home Mom. When I was born‚ their lives would change forever. My parents decided that it was in Moms best interest to quit her job to help raise our family. This would give mom the freedom to be very involved with our everyday life
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A healthy diet is one that helps maintain or improve health. It is important for lowering many chronic health risks‚ such as obesity‚ heart disease‚ diabetes‚ hypertension and cancer.[1] A healthy diet involves consuming appropriate amounts of all essential nutrients and an adequate amount of water. Nutrients can be obtained from many different foods‚ so there are numerous diets that may be considered healthy. A healthy diet needs to have a balance of macronutrients (fats‚ proteins‚ and carbohydrates)
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In the article “Stay At Home Dads‚ Breadwinner Moms and Making It All Work” talks about a family whose parents are taking different work and home roles. The father stays at home to take care of the children and to do the chores around the house‚ whereas the mother is the one working to provide for the family (Ludden 2013). These reverse positions are not seen very frequently in today’s society because of our mythological believes that men are suppose to be the one working outside the home and that
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Stay at Home Dads When we think of a stay-at-home dad‚ we think of a deadbeat dad that can’t get a job and support his family. In reality in these economic hard times more and more men are forced to stay home and raise their children while the wife works. In our culture we’ve had fixed gender roles where men were the breadwinners and the women stayed home raising the children. We should not judge those dads that are taking on the role of Mr. Mom because they are doing their part in rearing their
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