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Hollywood Miracle Juice" is all you consume for forty-eight hours. This juice is 100% natural fruit juices and botanical extracts. Mix sixteen ounces of juice concentrate with sixteen ounces of water per day for…

Anorexia nervosa has been known to cause various physical and mental health problems. Among physical health risks are stunted growth, lowered immune system functions, amenorrhoea which causes women to stop menstruating,…

Richmond is the capital of the state of Virginia. Its mild climate has made it attractive to visitors and residents alike, and makes outdoor physical activity pleasurable, as summers are not prohibitively hot and…

Employee benefits issues: How employee health interventions can decrease costs

Childhood obesity has become an epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the incidence has more than tripled in the last thirty years. Obese youth are more likely to have risk factors…

Government Control on Public Food Choices

This paper analyzes a specific public policy issue (food insecurity and poor nutrition) from a variety of ethical perspectives: consequentionalism, deontology, virtue ethics, relativism, and determinism. It explains the theory and then applies the specific theory to the issue. Finally it concludes with a reflection on the value of studying ethical theory for public policy-makers.

¶ … Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant-Based Diets

One nursing theory which resonates with me and has influenced my personal philosophy of nursing is that of Nola Pender's Health Promotion Model. Pender's concept of nursing is linked to patient self-empowerment and the…

Americans are getting fatter--but the reasons for this trend remain opaque to scientists. This essay does not come to a final conclusion about why obesity rates in the United States have been climbing so high: rather it examines three recent articles on the subject and examines how the authors come to complementary, but slightly different conclusions as to why this is the case.