Eating healthy is one of the most important things that a person needs to do to take care of their body properly. It helps with multiple things needed throughout an individual's life. These things include growing physically, spiritually physically, and mentally. All of this aids the body to operate in the highest and best way possible. People living on the Western side of the world, they cannot always trust what they eat.…
The picture provided is a picture of a graph. The graph depicts weight in pounds and weight in kilograms. Another thing that it depicts is height in feet and inches and height in centimeters. It explains what your healthy weight should be for your height. It shows you what your healthy weight should be by a shaded line that goes across the graph.…
Those who are overweight are considered to have a BMI of 25.0 and…
Cristal Barrios PA 315 Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 am January 31, 2017 Professor Van Wart Case Study The case of BMI A successful business start by their integrity and how to deal with being ethical corporation. In the case of Profits & Food Safety The Case of BMI are a lot of ethical issues involve. The first major ethical issue is food quality.…
First, the body mass index (BMI) is calculated using the formula: BMI = [weight (in lbs.) x 730] / [(height in inches) 2]. The BMI should be around 15-75. The number is recorded in the data table.…
1. After hearing Cindy’s story, do you relate to anything she says regarding her weight insecurities? What specific parts of her story stood out for you? I can relate to Cindy’s insecurities when asking, “Do I look fat.” The specific part that stood out was when she was accepting with the fact that obesity runs in her family and targeted her sisters.…
BMI is a person 's weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. For children and teens, BMI is age and sex specific and is referred to as BMI for age. Childhood obesity is categorized as a BMI above 25 or above 95th percentile (Combatting childhood obesity, 2015). Children that are obese are at a greater risk of developing health problems. Some of the health problems include, diabetes, high blood pressure, bone and joint problems, asthma, depression, and low self-esteem just to name a few (Smith & Robinson, 2015).…
The "key" evidence is the chart in article. This chart shows that Hispanics, Mexican, and Puerto Rican-origin individuals have faster increases in BMI in adolescence and in adulthood. In contrast, Chinese, Filipino, and other Asian individuals have lower BMI or slower BMI increases in adolescence and in adulthood while comparing to Whites. The reasons that cause the differences in BMI trajectories are parental education, welfare receipt before age 18, skip breakfast, mean screen time, mean physical activity, and current smoking. For instance, since the Mexicans like to smoke and always skip breakfast during morning, they have fast increases in BMI in adolescence and in adulthood.…
My Ted-Talk I am 5’8”, weigh 130 pounds, and have a BMI of 19.5, the healthy range being from 18.5 to 24.0. My freshman year I was 5’8”, 140 pounds, and had a BMI of 21.3, still within the healthy range. In reality these numbers really tell you nothing about my health practices now, and my health practices then. My health practices today include clean-eating, vegetarianism, running cross country, and frequent gym visits. Just knowing my weight however, does not reveal any of this.…
My BMI was calculated at 28.8 and I was placed in the activity level of “active”. I am a perfect example of a person who totally ignores the concept of a BMI due to the fact that it does not account for muscle mass. At 28.8, I believe that I am classified as “overweight”. Not too long after I completed the first half of this assignment, I went to my nutrition shop and did a body analysis to find out what my percent body fat was at. At 196 pounds, I was only at 15% body fat.…
A BMI of between 25 and 29.9 is considered as obesity. From the outside, obesity would initially appear to be a personal issue, however, if…
As a point of reference the article states that if someone is five foot, four inches tall and weighs 150 pounds, they would have a BMI score of 25 (Scientificamerican.com). One must also dually note that regions and ethnicities can have an effect on a person’s BMI, due to the different biological makeups of people around the world. The article brings up the case of Asians from the Indian subcontinent, because they tend to have more body fat for the same BMI compared with other groups (Scientificamerican.com). Therefore someone from Southeast Asia would have the…
Calories can be defined as the energy it takes to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius. Calories are energy that fuels our body. Without a sufficient number of calories, many of our bodily functions would be nonexistent. When discussing calories with food, calories describe how much energy a body may receive from eating or drinking that item. Nutrition labels often have an amount of calories on them for the viewer.…
The World Health Organization defines nutrition as the intake of food in relation to the body 's dietary needs. To be well nourished an adequate, well balanced diet needs to be combined with regular exercise. Malnourishment can reduce immunity, increased susceptibility to disease, impaired physical and mental development and reduced productivity. It is important to know about eating habits, what a healthy diet entails, what food to eat, and how water should be your number one choice of drink. Our eating habits influence our daily lives.…
Children have become progressively more unhealthy and schools and families may help reduce the numbers. Obesity and overweight can be defined as having too much body fat. It is measured by BMI, body mass index. An overweight BMI range is between 25.0 and 29.9 and an obese range is anything over 30. Obesity can be caused by genes, early life influences, diets, activity, and environment.…