Identify the effect your diet has on your health and wellness. Does  your dietary intake protect you or increase your health risks?

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Dietary Intake Assessment

[WLOs: 1, 2, 6] [CLOs: 3, 4]

Dietary intake is a lifestyle factor that has a large effect on  health and wellness. After reviewing the required materials for this  week, assess your dietary intake by tracking your diet and using  appropriate tools to review it. It is suggested you use the MyFitnessPal  website or application (app) to assess your diet, but you may select a  tool of your own as long as it provides you with an analysis of your  diet.

To begin, keep a record of your food intake for at least one day. You  may add your food directly into the MyFitnessPal website or app, or you  may use the sample in the Food Diary – How to Keep Track of What You Eat (Links to an external site.)  web page. You may also create something similar on your own. Assessing  your food intake can help you determine which nutrients you are  consuming in excess and which nutrients you need more of.  Be sure to  include serving sizes and all beverages consumed. Review the MyFitnessPal Tutorial (Links to an external site.) and Introduction to MyFitnessPal (Links to an external site.) YouTube videos for assistance on logging your food and analyzing your diet.

Once you have logged your food intake on the MyFitnessPal website or  app, scroll down and click on the nutrition tab. At the top of the  Nutrition page, “Calories,” “Nutrients,” and “Macros” are displayed.  Select each category to review your daily totals. Pay attention to the  total amount consumed and your goal for each component. Finally, analyze  your diet by answering the questions below in your journal. Your  journal should contain the two parts described below.

Part 1: Assess your diet by addressing the following items:

  • Analyze your daily fat, saturated fat, sugar, carbohydrates, and  caloric intake. Explain how your numbers compared with the goal levels.
  • Identify what vitamins and minerals fell below the goal level.
  • Elaborate on how your protein intake compared with the goal level. Discuss specific grams.
  • Explain the role and importance of consuming each of the following:
    • Minerals
    • Vitamins
    • Carbohydrates
    • Water
    • Protein
    • Fiber
    • Fat

Part 2: Examine the effects of your diet on your health and wellness by addressing the following items in your journal entry:

  • Identify the effect your diet has on your health and wellness. Does  your dietary intake protect you or increase your health risks?
  • Explain two chronic diseases directly related to an unhealthy diet.
  • Explain two ways you could improve your diet. Be specific and provide examples.

For the journal assignment, write out each question and then answer  it. Your journal should be a minimum of one page in length (not  including the title page or reference page). As a minimum, include the  course textbook and the dietary website you used as references in your  response to this journal activity. Include an APA formatted title page  and reference page. See the Introduction to APA (Links to an external site.) web page in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.) for guidance. Submit to Waypoint by Day 7.

Religious Involvement and Adult Mortality in the United States

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Read “Religious Involvement and Adult Mortality in the United States: Review and Perspective” by Hummer, et al., 2004, located in the Reading & Study folder in Module/Week 4. Discuss the following points in your thread. Review the Discussion Board Instructions before posting your thread. •What do the authors’ say? Summarize the findings of this review article as they pertain to religious attendance and mortality. •What do you say? Describe the proximal and distal influences that might explain decreased mortality with increased religious activity? •What do you say? Do the findings hold equally true for public vs. private religious activity? Suggest reasons to explain why this may or may not be true. •What does God say? Offer biblical insight that may be applicable to the relationship between spirituality and health or longevity. Must be 400 words and I have attached the reading associated with the assignment.

Support your answers with examples and research. Your responses should clarify your understanding of the topic. They should be your own—original and free from plagiarism. Follow APA guidelines for writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.

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Support your answers with examples and research. Your responses should clarify your understanding of the topic. They should be your own—original and free from plagiarism. Follow APA guidelines for writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.

 

Are Mental Health Issues Like Depression Related to Race?

While there is a plethora of research that has examined health disparities in chronic and infectious diseases,less  research has examined the relationship between diseases and mental health. Depression in particular, can be a huge risk factor for illness and disease.

 

Studies suggest that blacks are more depressed than whites, given their increased exposure to race-related and generic stress (George & Lynch, 2003; Brown, 2003, p. 293).

Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Why? Are depressed moods and race related? State at least two studies that refute the statement. Justify your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.

 

Brown, T.N. (2003). Critical race theory speaks to the sociology of mental
health: Mental health problems produced by racial stratification.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 44: 292–301.

George, L.K., and Lynch M.S. (2003). Race differences in depressive
symptoms: A dynamic perspective on stress and vulnerability. Journal of Health
and Social Behavior, 44, 353–69.

Developing Personal Wellness

Developing a personal health statement is a critical step in taking ownership of one’s personal wellness. Identifying personal risk factors and behaviors that lead to illness, disability, and injury help to define areas for health education, prevention, and promotion for an increased quality of life. Government agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services assist individuals and community members by developing prevention policies, such as the creation of smoke-free cities to promote health and address objectives for healthier individuals, communities, workplaces, and schools.

 

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Discuss how the U.S. Congress influences crime control policy of the states and ensures consistency of laws among the states

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Recommendation: Review the requirements for the Final Paper(human trafficking. I have decided to use the article “Human Trafficking: How a Joint Task Force Between Health Care Providers and Law Enforcement can Assist with Identifying Victims and Prosecuting Traffickers.” , and tie your research to its requirements. Who has the most influence on crime control policy? The president? The governor? Our representatives? Chapter 3 of Criminal Justice Policy, “Street-Level Bureaucracy: From Policy to Practice” takes us from theory to reality. Arsneault states, “Without someone to implement it, policy is nothing more than words on a page. Furthermore, what is written as policy is often more theory than reality, because implementing a policy at the street-level is seldom as neat and clean as it appears on the page.” (p. 37). First, select a crime control policy (e.g., the three-strikes law, legalization of recreational use of marijuana, combatting terrorism and the Patriot Act, gang initiatives, or gun control, etc.). In your paper: •Summarize the key elements of the selected crime control policy. •Explain the political process that sets the foundation for the selected crime control policy. •Examine the role of the federal government when it comes to formulating crime control policy. •Discuss how the U.S. Congress influences crime control policy of the states and ensures consistency of laws among the states (Note: Traditionally, crime control legislation falls under state legislatures. There are articles on various policies in the Arsneault, 2014, chapter.) Your paper must: •Be three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style •Include a separate title page with the following: ◦Title of paper ◦Student’s name ◦Course name and number ◦Instructor’s name ◦Date submitted •Use at least five scholarly sources in addition to the course text.