One criteria that many researchers believe strengthens a body of evidence
is what is often referred to as triangulation. When similar relationships are
found across studies with different methodologies and in various populations,
the confidence in generalizing about them is greater. One strength,
then, in the assessment of the contribution of marketing to childrens
weight status is that it includes three different methodologies: experiments,
surveys and longitudinal studies. Experimental research has often demonstrated
the strongest persuasion effects because the independent variable is
Continue reading “Early evidence that advertising influences childrens consumer knowledge and choices” »
One criteria that many researchers believe strengthens a body of evidence
is what is often referred to as triangulation. When similar relationships are
found across studies with different methodologies and in various populations,
the confidence in generalizing about them is greater. One strength,
then, in the assessment of the contribution of marketing to childrens
weight status is that it includes three different methodologies: experiments,
surveys and longitudinal studies. Experimental research has often demonstrated
the strongest persuasion effects because the independent variable is
Continue reading “Early evidence that advertising influences childrens consumer knowledge and choices” »
Early evidence that advertising influences childrens consumer knowledge and choices
One criteria that many researchers believe strengthens a body of evidence
is what is often referred to as triangulation. When similar relationships are
found across studies with different methodologies and in various populations,
the confidence in generalizing about them is greater. One strength,
then, in the assessment of the contribution of marketing to childrens
weight status is that it includes three different methodologies: experiments,
surveys and longitudinal studies. Experimental research has often demonstrated
the strongest persuasion effects because the independent variable is
Continue reading “Early evidence that advertising influences childrens consumer knowledge and choices” »
Epidemiology had revealed that obesity was a health risk, and TV viewing a
risk factor associated with both childrens sedentary lifestyles and fast food
diets. Interpreting the research into obesogenic lifestyles through the fast
food frame, journalists in both America and Britain demanded to know
how to stop the trend towards overweight children. Health advocates brandishing
scientific studies of media exposure risks commandeered the news
in an attempt to shift public policy priorities in both countries. Galvanized
by anxieties about childrens choices, the debates about their obesogenic
lifestyles became politically charged. On one side stood the health advocates
demanding a ban on ads targeting vulnerable children and on the
other stood the food marketers arguing that parents should do a better job.
Caught between the health lobby and the big food corporations, legislators
faced a Solomonesque problem: were corporations, schools or parents to
blame for childrens increasingly unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyles?
The discursive politics of globesity, I believe, helped to crystallize the
Continue reading “Assessing Childrens Vulnerability to the TV Diet” »
Jun 202011
Towards a case study of the globesity pandemic
In June 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) began a health promotion
initiative somewhat out of keeping with its usual reports on global
malnutrition, violence and viral epidemics. A press conference launched a
report titled Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic that reviewed prevalence,
consequences and public health policies related to what WHO defined
as one of the most easily prevented afflictions in the modern world. Citing
mounting evidence that over 50 per cent of adults in the US and Britain
were overweight, WHO set out to focus world attention on this emerging
health crisis which presaged rising incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
and diabetes 2 among the overweight populations of the developing, as well
as affluent, world. Like most other scientific shots across the bow of public
opinion, the report received little attention from the press otherwise preoccupied
with Monica Lewinski and the death of Lady Di.
Continue reading “case study of the globesity pandemic” »
In June 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) began a health promotion
initiative somewhat out of keeping with its usual reports on global
malnutrition, violence and viral epidemics. A press conference launched a
report titled Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic that reviewed prevalence,
consequences and public health policies related to what WHO defined
as one of the most easily prevented afflictions in the modern world. Citing
mounting evidence that over 50 per cent of adults in the US and Britain
were overweight, WHO set out to focus world attention on this emerging
health crisis which presaged rising incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
and diabetes 2 among the overweight populations of the developing, as well
as affluent, world. Like most other scientific shots across the bow of public
opinion, the report received little attention from the press otherwise preoccupied
with Monica Lewinski and the death of Lady Di.
Continue reading “case study of the globesity pandemic” »
May 082010
Weird Body Facts
The acid in your stomach is so strong that it can dissolve steel razor blades its still not a good idea to eat them, though!
Anne Boleyn, one of King Henry VIIIs six wives, had six fingers on each hand and an extra nipple.This was claimed to be evidence of witchcraft and was used in her trial when Henry had her executed in 1536.
A beef tapeworm, caught from eating eggs in infected beef, can grow to 12 metres (39 feet) long in the human gut.
Egyptian mummies that have been dead for 3,000 years still have their fingerprints intact.
In the old days, children being trained as acrobats for circuses were strapped into strange and often very painful positions to make their bodies more bendy.
In 1970, a thief was caught in Zurich, Switzerland, when a finger that had been cut off by broken glass at the crime scene was matched to his finger prints in police records.
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Jan 162010
100 Weird Facts About The Human Body
The human body is an incredibly complex and intricate system, one that still baffles doctors and researchers on a regular basis despite thousands of years of medical knowledge. As a result, it shouldnt be any surprise that even body parts and functions we deal with every day have bizarre or unexpected facts and explanations behind them. From sneezes to fingernail growth, here are 100 weird, wacky, and interesting facts about the human body.
The Brain
The human brain is the most complex and least understood part of the human anatomy. There may be a lot we dont know, but here are a few interesting facts that weve got covered.
1. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Ever wonder how you can react so fast to things around you or why that stubbed toe hurts right away? Its due to the superspeedy movement of nerve impulses from your brain to the rest of your body and vice versa, bringing reactions at the speed of a high powered luxury sports car.
2. The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10watt light bulb. The cartoon image of a light bulb over your head when a great thought occurs isnt too far off the mark. Your brain generates as much energy as a small light bulb even when youre sleeping.
3. The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica. Or any other encyclopedia for that matter. Scientists have yet to settle on a definitive amount, but the storage capacity of the brain in electronic terms is thought to be between 3 or even 1,000 terabytes. The National Archives of Britain, containing over 900 years of history, only takes up 70 terabytes, making your brains memory power pretty darn impressive.
4. Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream. The brain only makes up about 2% of our body mass, yet consumes more oxygen than any other organ in the body, making it extremely susceptible to damage related to oxygen deprivation. So breathe deep to keep your brain happy and swimming in oxygenated cells.
5. The brain is much more active at night than during the day. Logically, you would think that all the moving around, complicated calculations and tasks and general interaction we do on a daily basis during our working hours would take a lot more brain power than, say, lying in bed. Turns out, the opposite is true. When you turn off your brain turns on. Scientists dont yet know why this is but you can thank the hard work of your brain while you sleep for all those pleasant dreams.
Just as we would grab a coat or run to shelter when a rainstorm or snowstorm pelts our bodies, we need to grab an ‘emotional overcoat’ or a ‘mental shelter’ to run to when embracing the New Year. The rain, snow, hail, or even wind are viewed by most of us as negative forces; however, there is a positive outcome to the experience of such tormenting weather: We get MOTIVATED to do SOMETHING to PROTECT ourselves.
For Every Negative There is a Positive
There is a saying that expresses something along the lines of “For every negative, there is a positive.” Honestly, I read so much, I cannot remember, at this moment, whether I learned that in 8th grade Algebra class or in general “Life!” Where I heard it first doesn’t matter much, fortunately – it’s the fact that I remembered it and I hope you remember it, too!That torrid weather PROPELS us into moving to shelter, or at least SEARCHING for a ‘covering’ of some type (a coat, an umbrella, a hat), and that is how we should view negatives in our emotional and mental lives. Pain can be unbearable; it can also multiply quickly. We tend to dwell on anything bad that happens to us, no matter how short-lived it is, and we often do nothing to counteract it! It stagnates within our minds and bodies, and then begins to erupt into a full-blown depression, if we allow it.
Some of us do push it to the side and try not to think about it, and yes, that is one form of action. Unfortunately, the pain often rears its ugly little head later on, often in another form, but one in which causes us to react with panic, anger, and confusion, simply because we didn’t take care of the prior pain. Therefore, we don’t know HOW to deal with the current pain. TWO SLAPS IN THE FACE is more than we can accept!
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Medication Errors Kill Thousands And Prescription Drugs Kill Over 100,000 Annually
Next time you get a prescription filled, look at the label very carefully. Getting the wrong drug or the wrong dosage kills hundreds or thousands of people each year, with many times that number getting injured.
Renegade health reporter Nicholas Regush a self-imposed exile from ABC News provides a long list of specific problems:
Poor handwriting. Verbal orders. Ambiguous orders. Prescribing errors. Failure to write orders. Unapproved uses. When the order is not modified or cancelled. Look-alike and sound-alike drug names. Dangerous abbreviations. Faulty drug distribution systems in hospital. Failure to read the label or poor labeling. Lack of knowledge about drugs. Lack of knowledge concerning proper dose. Lack of knowledge concerning route of administration. Ad nauseam.
Oct 252009
Regular Health Mistakes
All of us make little health mistakes that cause damage to our bodies in the long run – simply because we are unaware we are doing something wrong. Here are some of the most common mistakes made by many of us.
Crossing our Legs
Do you cross your legs at your knees when sitting? Although we may believe that this is the lady-like elegant way to sit, sitting this way cuts down circulation to your legs. If you don’t want varicose veins to mar the beauty of your legs and compromise your health, uncross your legs every time you realize you have one knee on top of the other. The best way to sit is to simply place both legs together on the floor, balancing your weight equally.
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