4222-366 Understand and meet the nutritional requirements of individuals with dementia Outcome 1 Understand the nutritional needs that are unique to individuals with dementia. 1.Cognitive means the affect that dementia has on thinking skills eg memory‚ understanding etc. Functional is about the ability to perform actions such as feeding themselves. Emotional is about how they feel and react eg confusion can cause distress and aggression. As dementia progresses‚ eating and
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childhood obesity Childhood obesity: nurses’ role in addressing the epidemic Aifric Rabbitt and Imelda Coyne W orldwide‚ obesity has more than doubled since 1980 and approximately 65% of the world’s population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight (World Health Organization (WHO)‚ 2011). Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health (WHO‚ 2011).Traditionally‚ obesity has been an adult
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Obesity in Children 1.0 Introduction Article 1: Obesity among School Children – Causes and Treatment Writer: Prof. Dr. Nasoha Saabin Source: http://mthago.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/obesity-among-school-children-causes-and-treatment/ Obesity among school children in Malaysia is gradually growing until the Minister of Health has issued a rule to prohibit school canteen from selling Nasi Lemak to the school children as he believes that Nasi Lemak has provided too much carbohydrate
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Introduction Purpose and Rationale Relationship group therapy focuses on developing‚ strengthening‚ or rebuilding healthy communication between parent and teen to decrease juvenile delinquent behaviors and recidivism. Often times‚ communication gap between parent and teen relationship influences a variety of risky behaviors such as shop lifting‚ drug use‚ inappropriate sexual behavior‚ and criminal activity resulting in juvenile delinquent consequences. Group therapy offers the ability for families to
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I will use the Mini-Nutritional Assessment short-form (MNA-SF) to assess the nutritional health of a seventy-two-year-old retired female physician who is mourning the loss of her children who have recently moved out of state. Screening Tool Malnutrition in older adults is an ever growing concern with our aging population‚ weight loss with associated loss of muscle mass can impair functional status. Growing older does not predispose oneself to poor nutrition‚ however‚ there are other aggravating
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Running head: YOUTH SPORTS CAN SAVE OBESE CHILDREN Youth Sports can save obese children Chauncey Jones Hampton University Abstract Obesity in America is the main reason Americans are dying every year. People can say that aids‚ lung cancer‚ or guns are the main issue of today. Well I am willing to prove that living a sedentary lifestyle is a terrible way to live‚ and the children of the United States are living very unhealthy. Did you know that almost 300‚000 deaths are caused by sedentary
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There are several current issues in the Philippines‚ let’s just say in economic‚ political and government conditions‚ education‚ environment‚health‚ socials and many more. Every day‚ we watch on television‚ we hear from radios‚ read from newspapers and in the internet the continuous news of corruption of some politicians is the most trending issue. The scandalous pork barrel scam is history in the making. It is the biggest problem now a days in the government‚ imagine how many senators‚ congressmen
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Health Care Campaign Part I Health care organizations in partnership with government agencies admit that the obesity epidemic in America is out of control and requires intervention to address causes for obesity‚ and solutions to correct this problem. The obesity epidemic in America raises health concerns for citizens suffering from obesity because unhealthy body weight causes other health problems. Health care providers believe that community and environmental factors causes people to eat
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Student will create a minimum of 2 nutritional handouts during the professional study at Kennesaw State University. Nutrition handouts are a superb way to not only explain topics but to tangibly have facts conveniently available for clients when needed. At the Center for Health Promotion and Wellness‚ handouts are created continually to give attention to campus events‚ different nutrition diseases or facts‚ and services offered. Research in food and nutrition is constant; dietitians have to constantly
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“In the decade 1985-1995‚ Australia saw sharp increases in the number of overweight or obese‚ and conservative estimates suggest that this is increasing by at least 1% per year. These figures do not auger well for the future health and wellbeing of our communities” (NSW Department of Health‚ 2007). According to this statement‚ obesity is becoming more prevalent today and percentages are increasing every year. “The 2007/08 national health survey results indicate that 24.9% of children
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