1. The concern over increasing rates of obesity and associated health issues has led to calls for solutions to the potentially unhealthy influence of television and food advertising on children's diets.
Life Sciences; New life sciences in children study results from Yale University, Department of Psychology described
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2. More than one in five children in the U.S. have insufficient access to nutritional and affordable food today, the result of a challenging economy that continues to affect low-income Americans.
AmeriChoice; Sesame Workshop and AmeriChoice Partner on National Healthy Habits Outreach Project
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3. According to the USDA, more than 49 million people, including nearly 17 million children, live in households that experienced hunger multiple times throughout the year.
AmeriChoice; Sesame Workshop and AmeriChoice Partner on National Healthy Habits Outreach Project
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4. two-thirds of infants and toddlers watch a screen an average of 2 hours a day
How TV effects your child.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/tv_affects_child.html
5. Kids who view violent acts are more likely to show aggressive behavior but also fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to them.
How TV effects your child.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/tv_affects_child.html
6. Children ages 8-12 years who view violence are often frightened that they may be a victim of violence or a natural disaster.
Television and Children
http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/tv.htm
7. The number of sex scenes on TV has nearly doubled since 1998, with 70% of the top 20 most-watched shows by teens including sexual content
Television and Children
http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/tv.htm
8. The average American child watches 19 hours and 40 minutes of TV per week--more than a thousand hours each year. (10) That means an annual exposure to thousands of commercials for junk food and fast food. Then there’s all the lost playtime--during those 20 hours each week, children are not physically active.
The Fast Food Trap: How Commercialism Creates Overweight Children
http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/health/childhood-obesity/the-fast-food-trap-how-commercialism-creates-overweight-children
9. Between 1977 and 1996, soda consumption among 12 to 19 year olds increased 75 percent for boys, 40 percent for girls. (20) According to a study in The Lancet, for each can of soda drunk each day, a child is 1.6 times more likely to become obese, all other things held constant.
The Fast Food Trap: How Commercialism Creates Overweight Children
http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/health/childhood-obesity/the-fast-food-trap-how-commercialism-creates-overweight-children
10. According to their parents, children six and under spend an average
of about two hours a day with screen media (1:58), about the same
amount of time that they spend playing outside (2:01), and three
times as much time as they spend reading or being read to(39 minutes).
Zero to Six
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/Zero-to-Six-Electronic-Media-in-the-Lives-of-Infants-Toddlers-and-Preschoolers-PDF.pdf
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Research and Discovery
Subject: Child Watching TV
#1. Too much television at a young age.
#2. Obesity
#3. Violence
#4. Behavior
#5. Mental Health
#1. Too much television at a young age.
#2. Obesity
#3. Violence
#4. Behavior
#5. Mental Health
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Essay 3 Option 1
"Clean Energy Generation"
U.S and World News March 2010
"Technology Nation"
U.S. and World New March 2010
"Health Care Generation"
Time Aug.10, 2009
"Save the Earth Generation"
The new York Time Up Frond March 15, 2010
"Generation: Exercise"
Time Aug. 17, 2009
U.S and World News March 2010
"Technology Nation"
U.S. and World New March 2010
"Health Care Generation"
Time Aug.10, 2009
"Save the Earth Generation"
The new York Time Up Frond March 15, 2010
"Generation: Exercise"
Time Aug. 17, 2009
Monday, March 15, 2010
Research
1. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/moms/6734585.html
The study found that among preschool-aged children, those in home-based day cares watched TV for 2.4 hours per day on average, compared to 24 minutes in centers. Toddlers watched an average of 1.6 hours in home care and about 6 minutes in centers. Only home-based day cares admitted putting infants in front of the TV, for an average of 12 minutes a day.
2. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/?hpid=sec-health
More recent evaluations of coffee's effects on our health paint a much happier picture. The inky brew is credited with helping to ward off Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease and colon cancer.
3. http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-ap-us-med-unnecessary-tests,0,2558662.story
Experts dispute how much routine cancer screening saves lives. It also sometimes detects cancers that are too slow-growing to cause harm, or has false-positive results leading to invasive but needless procedures — and some risks.
4. http://www.indystar.com/article/20100225/LIVING01/2250313/1083/LIVING01/Tiny-thyroid-gland-is-key-to-good-health
Estimates vary widely -- from 12 million to as high as 56 million -- of how many people suffer from thyroid conditions, partly because experts disagree on what are normal blood test results used to detect them.
5.http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/03/08/why_we_cry_is_an_emotional_topic/
As far as scientists can tell, no other critter on earth cries emotional tears, as opposed to tears that merely lubricate the eyes, the way we humans do
6. http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/10/22/wellness/general-health/vitamin-d-dilemma.html
Traditionally, scientists have thought of vitamin D as necessary mainly for bone health, because it helps the body absorb calcium. But recent research shows that vitamin D performs a multitude of other functions.
7. http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/2010/03/surprising-new-study-women-on.html
women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those who didn't use birth control pills. It was a major study--with data from more than 46,000 women dating back 4 decades to 1968.
8. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/hot-dog-reconsidered
As such, the hot dog is in need of a redesign. So the folks at Fast Company took a look at California design house RKS's quest to cook up a completely rethought hot dog, and they did it using a design tool that is decidedly child-approved: the Play-Doh Fun Factory.
9. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=food-stamps-obesity
A growing number of local programs from Boston to San Diego are trying to make healthier foods more appealing and affordable for low-income families—the population of Americans who are most reliant on food stamps, and most likely to be obese.
10.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/57217/title/Researchers_find_early_autism_signs_in_some_kids
In her investigation, the presence of all five behaviors at 14 months predicted an eventual diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in 15 of 16 children.
The study found that among preschool-aged children, those in home-based day cares watched TV for 2.4 hours per day on average, compared to 24 minutes in centers. Toddlers watched an average of 1.6 hours in home care and about 6 minutes in centers. Only home-based day cares admitted putting infants in front of the TV, for an average of 12 minutes a day.
2. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/?hpid=sec-health
More recent evaluations of coffee's effects on our health paint a much happier picture. The inky brew is credited with helping to ward off Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease and colon cancer.
3. http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-ap-us-med-unnecessary-tests,0,2558662.story
Experts dispute how much routine cancer screening saves lives. It also sometimes detects cancers that are too slow-growing to cause harm, or has false-positive results leading to invasive but needless procedures — and some risks.
4. http://www.indystar.com/article/20100225/LIVING01/2250313/1083/LIVING01/Tiny-thyroid-gland-is-key-to-good-health
Estimates vary widely -- from 12 million to as high as 56 million -- of how many people suffer from thyroid conditions, partly because experts disagree on what are normal blood test results used to detect them.
5.http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/03/08/why_we_cry_is_an_emotional_topic/
As far as scientists can tell, no other critter on earth cries emotional tears, as opposed to tears that merely lubricate the eyes, the way we humans do
6. http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/10/22/wellness/general-health/vitamin-d-dilemma.html
Traditionally, scientists have thought of vitamin D as necessary mainly for bone health, because it helps the body absorb calcium. But recent research shows that vitamin D performs a multitude of other functions.
7. http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/2010/03/surprising-new-study-women-on.html
women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those who didn't use birth control pills. It was a major study--with data from more than 46,000 women dating back 4 decades to 1968.
8. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/hot-dog-reconsidered
As such, the hot dog is in need of a redesign. So the folks at Fast Company took a look at California design house RKS's quest to cook up a completely rethought hot dog, and they did it using a design tool that is decidedly child-approved: the Play-Doh Fun Factory.
9. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=food-stamps-obesity
A growing number of local programs from Boston to San Diego are trying to make healthier foods more appealing and affordable for low-income families—the population of Americans who are most reliant on food stamps, and most likely to be obese.
10.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/57217/title/Researchers_find_early_autism_signs_in_some_kids
In her investigation, the presence of all five behaviors at 14 months predicted an eventual diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in 15 of 16 children.
Monday, March 1, 2010
#2 Outline
I. Introduction
As the big hand on the clock gets closer and closer, everyone in the class inches near the edge of their desks.
II. Body Paragraphs
A. I run past a teacher who has just decided to give up on controlling the chaos, who knows that all rules of order are thrown out the door on Chicken Nugget day.
a. their off to the cafeteria
b. students race down the hall to be the first in line
c. pass, dodge, spin around, and jump past anything that blocks my way
B. The hallway is filled with an aroma that is only experienced in a high school cafeteria.
a. cannot say if the smell is good or bad
b. smell wafts through the corridors
c. turns people to run in the opposite direction
C. To most this is the worst possible meal, but to the typical high-school student, it equals pure happiness.
a. tray of five or six little pieces of chicken, one scoop of dry boxed mashed potatoes, one scoop of watery green beans, and a roll
b. chocolate milk to finish off the meal
D. On Chicken Nugget day, the lunchroom is packed.
a. inch my way through
b. kids floating around
c. schools sneak in just to get our lunch
E. The typical trials of high school life were forgotten for a short twenty minutes while we all enjoyed our school lunch.
a. see more people smiling, laughing, and having fun with each other
b. whole school was in a great mood
F. In elementary and middle school, we had Chicken Nugget day also.
a. still the best meal the cafeteria made
b. High school food is awful
c. never get to have a wonderful chicken nugget day again
d. how much better it got at high school
G. There were pictures of everyone in their shirts, eating their favorite meal, and sharing special memories in the school cafeteria.
a. sold shirts as a fundraiser
b. Get out the way, its chicken nugget day
c. special page in the yearbook
III. Conclusion
This special day was just a few times a month, but it gave many memories I will always love, laugh at, and think about with fondness
As the big hand on the clock gets closer and closer, everyone in the class inches near the edge of their desks.
II. Body Paragraphs
A. I run past a teacher who has just decided to give up on controlling the chaos, who knows that all rules of order are thrown out the door on Chicken Nugget day.
a. their off to the cafeteria
b. students race down the hall to be the first in line
c. pass, dodge, spin around, and jump past anything that blocks my way
B. The hallway is filled with an aroma that is only experienced in a high school cafeteria.
a. cannot say if the smell is good or bad
b. smell wafts through the corridors
c. turns people to run in the opposite direction
C. To most this is the worst possible meal, but to the typical high-school student, it equals pure happiness.
a. tray of five or six little pieces of chicken, one scoop of dry boxed mashed potatoes, one scoop of watery green beans, and a roll
b. chocolate milk to finish off the meal
D. On Chicken Nugget day, the lunchroom is packed.
a. inch my way through
b. kids floating around
c. schools sneak in just to get our lunch
E. The typical trials of high school life were forgotten for a short twenty minutes while we all enjoyed our school lunch.
a. see more people smiling, laughing, and having fun with each other
b. whole school was in a great mood
F. In elementary and middle school, we had Chicken Nugget day also.
a. still the best meal the cafeteria made
b. High school food is awful
c. never get to have a wonderful chicken nugget day again
d. how much better it got at high school
G. There were pictures of everyone in their shirts, eating their favorite meal, and sharing special memories in the school cafeteria.
a. sold shirts as a fundraiser
b. Get out the way, its chicken nugget day
c. special page in the yearbook
III. Conclusion
This special day was just a few times a month, but it gave many memories I will always love, laugh at, and think about with fondness
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