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    Modifiable Risk Factors

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    obesity. Risk Factors can either be modifiable‚ non modifiable‚ and also social/environmental risk factors. Modifiable risk factors mean you can take measures by altering ones life to remove the potential risk of developing a disease. Non modifiable works in the opposite direction meaning that aspect of the individuals life can not be changed to lower the potential of developing a disease (UCFS‚ 2015). Social and environmental risk factors influence the behavior of the individual or individuals based

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    Health Behavior

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    Quite often it is the case that behavior is a significant factor in one’s overall health. Health behavior can be defined as what an individual does pertaining to their health and how it can affect their health status. How we react to other people can directly influence our behavior relating to health. Community coalitions work together towards a common goal to keep their communities safe and healthy. Individual healthcare facilities do the same through quality assurance and best practice standards

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    Why Soda Pop is Extremely Damaging to an Individual’s Health Imagine the cool‚ crisp feeling after taking a sip from a favorite soda beverage. This is a satisfying feeling for many individuals‚ however ingesting soda is not very beneficial to an individual’s health because of the diseases that are linked to the consumption of soda pop as well as oral health. To begin with‚ an abundance of soda consumption can cause numerous health problems such as diabetes‚ weight gain‚ poor dental hygiene‚ and

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    PTSD Damaging Identity

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    PTSD Damaging Identity Many people have heard about PTSD or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ a mental health illness that roughly 8 million people experience in a given year. This is not only a serious illness surrounding the military. PTSD could be from any traumatic event. Ranging from sexual abuse to serious accidents to military combat. PTSD can change whom a person is after an event that leads to the illness. Not only can identity alter at times‚ but according to the article “Post Traumatic”

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    listed in diagnostic manuals such as the widely used Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)‚ published by the American Psychiatric Association‚ and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)‚ edited and used by the World Health Organization. The fifth edition of the DSM (DSM-5) was published in 2013‚ and its development was expected to be of significant interest to many medical fields.[3] The combined treatment of psychoactive medication and psychotherapy has become the

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    Health Behavior Analysis

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    sounds plausible that the mind controls the body or vice versa‚ researchers instead suggest that a relationship between personality traits and disease exists (Smith & Gallo‚ 2001). In the health behavior model‚ proposed by psychologist Timothy W. Smith‚ personality traits have an effect on changes in health behavior in response to stressful life events (Smith‚ 2006). The different personality traits studied by Smith and colleagues were organized into five different categories‚ specifically known as

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    HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE:

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    HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE: PART C  Purpose:      To use information‚ theories‚ and resources from class to attempt to change one health behavior   Points:   20     Summarize your progress.  Be thorough and descriptive in your responses.  Use the format that follows.   1. Goal: My goals are to eat more healthy meals‚ more fruits and vegetables‚ and swap soda with more water or mix drink.   2. Accomplishments:  Yes‚ I have accomplished not all but close. I have lost over at least 2 pound

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    Question: How does each article portray gender roles and illustrate the damaging effects of gender? Are they damaging in the same way‚ or different? Use textual evidence to support your point. Paul Theroux’s "Being a Man" and Naomi Wolf’s "The Beauty Myth" each portray gender roles and illustrates the damaging effects of both gender roles. I believe both gender roles are damaging in the same way. Men have to prove their "manhood" and their worth as a man by being unfeeling‚ obedient and soldierly

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    Can Texting Be Damaging for Teens? Now‚ you have to qualify this by stating that I am still learning how to give a good interview. This was a live interview‚ and so it was challenging and something at which I was not trained in graduate school. So‚ with some practice‚ I know I’ll get better at giving a polished interview. So‚ on to the question as to whether texting can be problematic for teens. Like practically any behavior that we can think of‚ texting‚ in moderation‚ is generally harmless

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    Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study Summary Background Although more than 80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease occurs in low-income and middle-income countries‚ knowledge of the importance of risk factors is largely derived from developed countries. Therefore‚ the effect of such factors on risk of coronary heart disease in most regions of the world is unknown. Methods We established

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