Research Proposal: Prostate Cancer Epidemiology Determining the Effect of Dairy Consumption on the Increased Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer . Research Context and Contribution to the Research Field: Due to the wide international variation in prostate cancer incidence (1), environmental and lifestyle factors have been proposed as possible risk factors for the disease (2). For…
Read MoreCaffeine: How Does it Really Affect Us? Caffeinated products such as tea, coffee, chocolate, and more, have been around for centuries, but as their popularity continuously increases, many persons have become concerned about the harmful effects these items may have on our health. Nowadays, parents warn their children that if they drink too much coffee…
Read MoreNutritional Behavior in Adolescence https://data.unicef.org/topic/adolescents/overview/.wH https://www.diabetesresearchclinicalpractice.com/article/S0168-8227(06)00426-8/fulltext United States Department of Agriculture. A series of systematic reviews on the relationship between dietary patterns and health outcomes, 2014 https://www.nutrition.org.uk/nutritionscience/life/teenagers.html https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/26/4/650/2467505 Cerin E, Barnett A, Baranowski T. Testing theories of dietary behavior change in youth using the mediating variable model with intervention programs. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2009;41(5):309–18.…
Read MoreWhere is Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling(mCOOL) Place for the Future? Each year Americans are becoming more concerned and intrigued to know what is in their food, where is comes from, and how it is produced. Many consumers are willing to pay a price for these food attributes, but just how much are they willing to pay,…
Read MoreREPORT Comparison of Weight Loss Companies (Weight Watchers vs Slimming World) An assessment on the most suitable diet plan for Fitness Mania’s health and fitness programme CONTENTS Terms of Reference page 3 Procedures page 3-9 Findings page 10 Conclusion page 11 Recommendations page 11 Index page 12 Bibliography page 13-14 Appendices page 15-16 Comparison of Weight Loss Companies (Weight Watchers vs Slimming World) Terms of Reference…
Read MoreIntroduction Insulin and Glucagon hormones play a critical role in regulating the amount of blood glucose. In most tissues, blood glucose levels are normally expected to rise after a meal. Insulin regulates the amount of glucose after a meal by initiating several signaling pathways. The first pathway involves the consumption of more glucose by the…
Read MoreBehavioral Health Assignment Health Behavior Goal I have chosen Healthy eating as the health behavior topic because it plays a huge role in Diabetes control and prevention and mortality rates in the U.S. “Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2015. This finding is based on 79,535 death certificates…
Read MoreNutrition assignment 1 Food Food is any type of substance that can provide nutrients for a person. This could be within any part of their diet such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats etc. It is defined by anything that can be ingested and metabolized into energy and body tissue by a living organism (1). A living…
Read MoreIdentify the main cause of obesity. Provide examples of interventions, indicating briefly their degree of success. This essay will include the cause of obesity, interventions and how successful they are. An amount of body fat is pronounced as obesity. There are many causes of obesity, and it is mainly considered that the variation in body…
Read MoreImproving Nutrition in Children Introduction There is a global crisis amid the world we know now. This crisis is seen every day around the world, and specifically concerning children. It is the way we teach, practice, and model nutrition to children. Nutrition itself plays a big role in the world we live in today. If…
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