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Essay Instructions: This week review newsworthy information regarding a relevant healthcare issue in the areas of health promotion and lifestyle (review being overweight and unhealthy food choices). The potential topics within these subject areas are numerous, but should include issues involving how we as a society are embracing the need for lifestyle changes to improve our long-term health. Efforts are being made from the personal, occupational, and payer standpoints. You can also include issues involving the numerous goals present in these efforts??"reducing costs of healthcare for individuals and employers, preventative measures to lengthen healthy lives, improving appropriate utilization of scarce resources, and other similar issues.

Your assignment is to write a review of a particular issue (review being overweight and unhealthy food choices), clearly stating the identified issue or issues and the current and future impact it has upon our healthcare system. Include your opinion of the merits or problems with the subject in question.

Choose articles from a variety of media sources such as scholarly journals, magazines, and other periodicals, as well as reputable online sources that address one or more of the following questions:

* Should employee insurance premiums be based upon the results of health risk assessments or other risk assessment questionnaires? Why or why not?


* Should premiums be based upon prior employee health histories?


* Should premiums be based upon confirmed lifestyle choices that may result in conditions that have adverse effects upon health?


* Should employers be permitted to not hire individuals or sanction those employed for adverse health and lifestyle choices and practices?


2 page paper. NO QUOTES. 300 words per page and times roman 12 font

Essay Instructions: Assignment:
Review of Literature chapter (for a research proposal paper): "The Effect Of a High Protein Diet On Body Composition In Overweight And Obese Men And Women With Or Without Exercise"

"Begin the literature review with a broad general topic and then narrow it down to a more specific idea. Organize, integrate, summarize, synthesize and evaluate research articles (attached).
Websites, textbooks, and review articles can also be used to provide ?background? information on the topic.
The only websites allowed are: .gov, .org and .edu.

Please follow the outline:

I. INTRODUCTION (1-1.5 pages)
(for example:)
1 paragraph:
According to the World Health Organization, obesity is one of the 10 most preventable health risks. At the same time about 300,000 deaths a year in the United States can be linked to obesity. Obesity is associated with health problems such as ...
The rest:
- Provide a clear picture of how you will organize the paper.
- State the overall sequence of the review - what will
be included in the review. Point out relevant trends about the topic. Disclose conflict in theory, methodology, evidence or conclusions regarding previous research studies. This section is also the place to discuss adequacy and relevance of the literature
- The last paragraph:
The purpose of this literature review is to examine the current literature as it pertains to the study of high protein diet effects on body composition of overweight and obese men and women with or without exercise...

II. OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY EPIDEMIC
(1 paragraph, in general)

III. RISK FACTORS AND COMPLICATIONS
(in general, preferably mentioned in the research articles to make a connection to the next chapter IV)

IV. TREATMENT
1) TRADITIONAL DIET&EXERCISE APPROACH
"Diet and exercise are key elements in weight control....." (+-1 paragraph, in general)
2) MODERATE PROTEIN DIET WITH NO EXERCISE
from the research articles
3) HIGH PROTEIN DIET WITH NO EXERCISE
from the research articles
4). MODERATE PROTEIN DIET WITH EXERCISE
from the research articles
5) HIGH PROTEIN DIET WITH EXERCISE
from the research articles

V. POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF CONSUMING HIGH PROTEIN DIET
(the ones mentioned in the research articles)

VI. POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF HIGH PROTEIN DIET
(the ones mentioned in the research articles)

VII. CONCLUSION
(an overview of what is known about your topic. It is an evaluation of the current body of knowledge regarding the topic. )

VIII. REFERENCES
(APA style)

Organize the body of the paper (III, IV, V, VI by relating the articles to each other and showing trends in the literature.
For each research article you will provide a summary of the purpose, hypothesis, methods, population,
intervention, results and conclusions (short).

The papers can be grouped according to common themes or factors. These can include different approaches to the topic, conclusions of the researchers, specific purposes or objectives, or chronology.
Compare the articles by evaluating the similarities and differences among them.
Look for patterns in the methods, subjects tested, results, and conclusions. Emphasize the main arguments or findings made in each article.

Please, read the research papers. The last paper was done only based on abstracts, I had to rewrite the whole thing, also it was not in APA format.

(!!!)The most important points of the paper for grading:
- Headings and subheadings are used as specified.
- The purpose of the review is appropriate.
- Includes the 5 research articles specified for the assignment.
- References are primarily peer reviewed journals or other approved sources (.gov, .org)
- Summary of the research articles is complete and well integrated with the topic. It reveals a thorough evaluation of the population, methods and results.


Please contact me with any questions. I tried to provide as much details as I could.
I hope for a good paper and appreciate your help!
Thank you!!!!!

Essay Instructions: My Thisis question is : Does a person''s overweight or obiesity play a role in them securing a good job and becoming successful in their personal and social relationships.
(1) I will first need a reasearch prospectus (an outline of my project) explaining what I want to do,definition of important terms, methodology(preferably descriptive or creative, historical or what is best for this paper), and a list of sources.
(2)I will need a final 20 page theisis paper based on the question above.
(3) The paper must be double spaced following the APA manual. Someone elses ideas must be sited properly.

Essay Instructions: CRITICAL REVIEW ( how to critically analyse psychological research)
1000 wds in APA 6 format - word count does NOT include a title page or references to be at University level
? Use these 4 following articles to help write a critical review on weight stigma to address the following questions:
? What is weight stigma? What are the psychological and social consequences of weight stigma? Draw on the findings of Puhl and Heuer (2009).
? Does weight stigma motivate weight loss efforts? Discuss Wott and Carels? (2010) findings.
? According to Wang, Brownell, and Wadden (2004), how does the impact of weight stigma differ from other stigmas? What is ?ingroup devaluation? amongst obese persons?
? What do Thomas, Hyde, Karunaratne, Herbert and Komesaroff (2008) say about living with obesity in the Australian context?
Note: the references are NOT in APA format but need to be referenced as such.
Article 1 Year of Publication: 2009 Journal: Obesity Volume: 17, issue 5 Pages: 941-964 Authors: Rebecca Puhl and othersArticle Title: The stigma of obesity: A review and update
Article 2 Year of Publication: 2010 Journal: Journal of Health Psychology Volume: 15, issue 4 Pages: 608-614 Authors: Carrissa B. Wott and others Article Title: Overt weight stigma, psychological distress and weight loss treatment outcomes
Article 3 Year of Publication: 2004 Journal: International Journal of Obesity Volume: 28, issue 10 Pages: 1333-1337 Authors: S. Wang and others Article Title: The influence of the stigma of obesity on overweight individuals
Article 4 Year of Publication: 2008 Journal: Health Expectations: An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy Volume: 11, issue 4 Pages: 321-330 Authors: Samantha L. Thomas and others Article Title: Being ?fat? in today?s world: A qualitative study of the lived experiences of people with obesity in Australia

Table 1
Mean Semantic Differential (1 to 7) by Weight Status and Wearing of Glasses

Adjective Overweight Average Weight Wears Glasses No Glasses
Active 3.08 4.69 3.75 4.05
Intelligent 4.70 4.86 4.90 4.67
Hardworking 4.03 4.51 4.36 4.17
Outgoing 4.21 4.38 3.95 4.64
Happy 4.60 4.95 4.73 4.82
Attractive 3.78 4.87 4.11 4.54
Popular 4.60 4.89 4.51 4.98
Successful 4.48 4.70 4.60 4.59
Athletic 2.73 4.30 3.41 3.62
Appropriately
sex-typed 0.93 1.75 1.58 1.12

some of this data is taken from a study by Harris, Harris, and Bochner (1982) who investigated stereotypes associated with aspects of physical appearance including obesity. In this experimental study, participants read a description of a fictitious target person. The description of the target person was manipulated across experimental conditions for weight (overweight versus average weight), glasses (wears glasses versus glasses not mentioned) and gender (female versus male). These variations give eight different target groups, however for the purpose of this assignment we will focus on overweight versus average weight groups and glasses versus no glasses groups only. Participants in all conditions rated the target on the same set of semantic differential scales. Use the data from the table below to draw at least two separate graphs. The graphs should be constructed to show how respondents rated each type of target. Graphs must be presented as Figures in APA format.
Write a brief description of what each figure shows. Use these questions to guide the description:
? What is represented on each axis of the graph (DV as a function of IV for different groups of participants)?
? Were obese persons rated more negatively than persons of average weight? i.e., less active, athletic, attractive, hardworking, intelligent, popular, successful, and appropriately sex-typed? What about persons with glasses?
? On which adjectives were the largest differences observed? Which had the smallest differences?