change, procrastination, poor study habits, sleep habit, and influences that come with being a high schooler. Teenagers fight change because they fear of failure. The feeling of losing control often comes with change(Kanter). Transitioning from middle school to high school is a huge change. High schoolers have more freedom, and teachers stop holding the students hands threw everything. This leaves students responsible for their own grade and homework, which some students struggle with. Also, according to Kanter, people try to avoid change. She also states being forced to change can be uncomfortable to some and make them confused or distracted. Often students who cannot handle change have a harder time adapting to the high school style and need paras to guide them threw it. The middle school to high school transition is hard because as Kanter states it is more work to change, and teenagers are lazy. Teenagers do not want to put more effort in than they absolutely have to into anything. They would rather get things done and over with than put effort and time to make it…
Dental, Dental Hygiene, and Advanced Dental Students’ Use, Knowledge, and Beliefs Regarding Tobacco Products The purpose of this study is to examine the knowledge of dental health care professionals on different tobacco products and its uses. The importance of this study is to promote dental care professionals to be more comfortable with guiding patients with tobacco cessation, whether from cigarettes or additional tobacco products. By promoting education, this could broaden their knowledge and…
“Multitasking: a Poor Study Habit”, it is clear in the first paragraph that the main idea of the whole essay is that, multitasking during studying is not an effective way to study. While studying students often feel that multitasking saves them time and accomplishes much more in a shorter period, when in reality because of the switching from one thing to another it actually takes them longer. One reason to support the main idea is the study performed by Gloria Mark of the University of…
concluded that the heavy advertising of these fast foods together with the energy-dense poor foods and beverages was a “probable” causative factor in gaining weight and obesity among the children (Harris, 2009). In the year 2003, The Food Standards Agency of the United Kingdom conducted a review in a most comprehensive manner and concluded that the advertising of these foods had a significant influence on the choices of food as well as dietary habits. However, a different perspective arose when…
. Edward Powell is a pediatric nutritionist and is recognized as one of the country's leading experts on the effects of nutrition and exercise on childhood obesity. He has conducted many years of research on the negative effects of obesity on the health and well-being of children and has been a leading advocate of national policies to encourage children to maintain a healthy weight. Dr. Powell is currently the head of a university research center on the topic of childhood obesity. The center…
Is it more than just convenience? According to food: the hidden addiction, authors of a paper from the Medicai Hypotheses found that foods such as sugar, refined sweeteners and carbohydrates, sat, fat, and caffeine are addictive substances (Food: hidden addiction). Because these foods, commonly found in fast food, are addictive. It often leads to consumers losing some of their inhibitions as far as regulating how often they eat out to get these substances. From this we see that fast food affects…
more than three times a day which happens to be a habit. There are good and bad examples of eating habits. These habits may reflect on what we feel, what mood we have, or what kind of personality we have. Thus, these habits can lead to obesity. According to Trichesa and Giugliani (2005), food intake has been related to obesity not only in terms of the volume of food ingested, but also in terms of the composition and quality of the diet. Furthermore, eating habits have also changed and current…
Eustress stress which is a positive stress and the other is Distress stress which is negative stress. Where does this stress emerge from? Studies have shown that stress has the ability to prevent millions from reaching their respective goals due to negative effects on performance, cognitive (Functions), and health. Decade’s shows people who have high levels of stress lowers the functioning of memory and gradually diminish when a person's gets older. Stress is a contributing factor to the…
Sleeping habit varies from person to person, according to his or her need. There are several reasons that can influence the amount of sleep each individual is able to get. People should not only take school and work into consideration when talking about sleep habits, but also think about the stress situations that is in someone’s life that could lead an individual to have anxiety and in many cases, it could lead to insomnia. In some other cases, the stress level could also lead to depression,…
schedules is addressed in order to ensure that students are exercising their full academic potential. Because sleep deprivation in college students is strongly correlated with poor sleeping habits, students must be educated on ways to alter these behaviors in order to optimize sleep quality. One strategy that can improve sleep quantity and quality of college students is circadian rhythm management (Marhefka, 2011). Students must adjust their schedule so that they are going to bed and waking up…