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Adolescents and Healthy Food, 2007.
A review of the article "Factors of Fruit and Vegetable Intake by Race, Gender and Age Among Young Adolescents" by M.L. Granner, R.G. Sergant, K.S. Calderon, J.R. Hussey, A.E. Evans, and K.W. Watkins.
1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper critically analyzes the article "Factors of Fruit and Vegetable Intake by Race, Gender and Age Among Young Adolescents" by Granner et. al. The paper explains that although a number of methodological aspects prove problematic, the paper is also confounded by equally serious conceptual errors. The paper looks at the apparent total absence of research hypotheses and notes that the absence of testimonial regarding the benefits of eating healthily also leaves a question mark over whether poor diet is a concern for researchers, or even a problem willing to be explored. The writer believes that the discussion section seems fairly brief for a research topic apparently so broad in scope, but notes that the one notable finding of the Granner et. al. experiment - a high correlation between self-efficacy and snack choice - may be explored in further detail in the future.
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"The research measures, moreover, provide something of a quandary. The complicated and numerous variables lead to a much more intricate and confusing methodological tapestry than would seem necessary. Measures such as race, age, and gender, and their impact on the food attitudes of adolescents are certainly necessary. However, measures such as "normative beliefs", "outcome expectations" and "modeling" seem a little excessive. Instead, the experimenters conduct something of a dual study of both these dependent variables impacting age, ethnicity and gender, and these former measures again acting as independent variables to fruit and vegetable consumption. If the point of the present research is indeed to examine a relationship between adolescence and poor dietary habits, the variables should be similarly simple."
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Development of an Innovative Healthy Food Product, 2006.
A proposal for the development of an organic, pasteurized, health fruit drink for the client, Mapco.
2,209 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 47.95
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This paper proposes the development of an organic, pasteurized, health fruit drink. The paper reports how the client, Mapco, has presented a need for a product that would appeal to a large percentage of its customers. This paper shows how the health drink described fits all of the qualifications outlined by the client. The paper also identifies key factors in marketing this health drink and presents a plan for product development.
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Development of an Innovative Healthy Food Product
Production of Tango
Intellectual Property
Government Regulations Regarding Ingredients and Labeling
Consumer Acceptance and Education
Advantages to the Consumer
Advantages to the Manufacturer
Future Directions
Conclusion
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"The advantages of producing Tango, a nutritious health fruit drink, to the manufacturer, is that the process can actually be more streamlined than a mechanical squeezing processing in terms of plant outfitting and can actually be produced in a relatively inexpensive manner. Contract production will allow favorable pricing of both ingredients and finished product. Sampling will allow for marketing controls and for targeting national and export markets. The product will meet the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), European Union, and other specific certification requirements, so may be exported. The Internet will be considered as a target for purchases, but will mainly be used for advertising the product. Mapco stores will be the exclusive client of this product, and will be the outlet to other organic health food agencies that may elect to sponsor sales of this product, as well. "
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Technology and Healthy Eating, 2007.
This paper offers a critique of the article: 'Using technology to promote self-efficacy for healthy eating in adolescents' by J.D. Long & K.R. Stevens.
2,910 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 59.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the ability to critically assess a journal article is central to the skills required for advanced nursing. This paper presents a detailed critique of the nursing article "Using Technology to Promote Self-Efficacy for Healthy Eating in Adolescents", by nursing professors JoAnne D. Long and Kathleen R. Stevens. Critique details are broken down into the following sections: introduction, methodology and results.
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Problem statement
Literature review and theoretical framework
Hypothesis/Variables
Methodology
Design
Threats to internal and external validity
Subjects
Data collection methods/instrumentation
Results
Findings
Interpretation/Conclusions
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"Threats to internal validity normally are perceived as selection, history, maturation, testing, and instrumentation. Selection threats suggest that those who participated in the control or intervention group have characteristics that differ from those who were not included in the study. There is a possible selection bias given that student were from a school in an undisclosed area of the country, it is unknown whether these were rural or urban youth, from a public or private school or what other variables might affect their level of nutritional, health or independence awareness. History, or the events that happen to students during the course of the study which might affect results, could not be accounted for as all intervention took place in the school setting. Researchers acknowledged they were unable to control for social or family interventions that might run counter to their study goals. Instrumentation, maturation, dropout, and order effects were controlled by researchers directly or through statistical analysis for variance."
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Healthy People 2010 Policy: Obesity in Children, 2006.
A review of the Healthy People 2010 policy.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 9 sources, £ 18.95
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This is a short paper which identifies a specific objective from the Healthy People 2010 initiative by the US Department of Health and Human Services and states a policy which would help achieve the objective if properly implemented. The objective chosen was 19.3, the reduction of obesity in children, corresponding to the leading health indicator of Overweight and Nutrition. The policy formatted is to limit federal funding for school lunch programs to only those schools that allow healthy foods as part of the lunch program, banning sugar and fat rich vending products.
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"Healthy People 2010 is a program that continues the work initiated in the 1990s undertaken by the United Stated Department of Health and Human Services referred to as Health People 2000. There are 10 leading health indicators ranging from access to health care to immunizations and physical activity. One of the major leading health indicators is Overweight and Nutrition. Within this category, objectives relating to childhood diet and nutrition have been identified. One such objective, 19.3 is to "reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese" ("Objective 19.3," 2000). This paper discusses the objective, suggests target goals and provides for a formal policy, that if implemented would help achieve the objective. Information on why the objective is important is included."
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Violence and Adolescents, 2002.
Identifies characteristics of the lives of adolescents that are linked to violent behaviors in school environments.
6,582 words (approx. 26.3 pages), 25 sources, MLA, £ 104.95
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The primary research question that investigated through the conduct of this research paper was: Are there specific characteristics of the lives of adolescents that are linked to violent behaviors in school environments, and, if so, what are these characteristics? Three hypotheses were formulated and tested in this study. Firstly, adolescents from dysfunctional and functional families are characterized by a higher frequency of violent offending in school than persons from stable families; secondly, adolescents who use illegal drugs are characterized by a higher frequency of violent offending in school than students who do not use such drugs; and, thirdly, adolescents who are affiliated with street gangs are characterized by a higher frequency of violent offending in school than students with no such affiliations.
The major conclusion drawn from the study findings was that violent behavior on the part of adolescents in school environments are linked directly to characteristics of the lives of adolescents. A second conclusion drawn was that the sociological theory of interaction is useful in explaining adolescent violent behavior. The paper includes tables.
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"Crime, especially violent criminal behavior, by teenagers is a major social and criminal justice problem in the contemporary United States (Brantly & DiRosa, 1994). In the face of numerous initiatives from all levels of government, however, criminal and violent behavior has continued to increase in frequency. A wide variety of explanations are offered for this phenomenon; however, few such explanations have proved valid over the long-term (Wilson, 1994). One explanation offered for the increase in juvenile criminal and violent behavior is desensitization."
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Adolescents Romance, 2006.
This paper discusses psychological interventions to be used by adolescents as coping strategies when involved in issues of love, sex and relationships.
4,890 words (approx. 19.6 pages), 54 sources, APA, £ 86.95
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This paper explains that research into adolescent romance established that this behavior (1) is normative, (2) does not exist in a developmental vacuum (3) can be transformative and (4) that sex and romance can be dangerous. The author points out that all of the discussed intervention programs to reduce adolescent stress in romantic and sexual relationships, such as education, skill-development, relationship development and opportunity prerequisite, have been found to be somewhat useful. The paper relates that, at the same time that an educational method might be extremely beneficial for some subjects, such as averting the transmission of sexual diseases, it might be less practical in other situations, such as the avoidance of violent relationships.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Differentiating Between Healthy and Dysfunctional Romantic Relationships Isn't Going to be Easy
Current Themes in the Study of Adolescent Romantic Behavior
Romance Is a Normative Component of Adolescence
Adolescent Romance Does Not Exist in a Developmental Vacuum
Romantic Relations Can Be Transformative
Sex and Romance Can Be Dangerous
Practical Implications
Research Questions
Conclusion
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"An additional motive for analyzing dyads is that when a crisis among romantic allies arises, it is regularly the product of a compound interpersonal procedure. We have to grow a more lucid awareness of how associates strengthen one another's troubling actions (Paul, 2003). For instance, the choice to have unguarded sex is affected by the outlooks and values of both the associates. Furthermore, when fighting takes place among romantic partners, it is habitually mutual. These annotations propose that researchers have to cautiously reflect on how interpersonal developments possibly could play a part in the incidence of unsafe action."
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The Effects of Home Relocation on Adolescents, 2006.
An analysis of the effects of relocating home on adolescents.
1,426 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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The paper analyzes effects of relocating the family home on the family unit, and how adolescents in particular are sensitive to such changes in their lives. The paper examines how because adolescents are experiencing a time of greater turmoil in their lives, without the additional stresses of moving to a new location, one must carefully evaluate the need for relocation. The paper extrapolates that it can be expected that relocation will have more harmful effects on adolescents low on family harmony, adolescents exposed to inconsistent disciplinary practices, and adolescents having weak attachments to parents. The paper concludes that the negative effects relocation can have on an adolescent include weakened attachment to family and school, lowered self-confidence and less willingness to participate in uncertain situations, and behavioral problems.
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"If an adolescent is having difficulties with peers at school and the family moves to a new school district where the adolescent is able to make friends easily, a positive change in behavior and school performance will most likely be seen. However, it is important to understand that the positive change would most likely have occurred by simply transferring the child to a new school and remaining in the same home location."
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Adolescents with Gaucher?s Disease, 2004.
Study on adolescents with Gaucher's Disease, with an attempt to understand the self in relation to the disease from an Erik Erikson perspective.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 70.95
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This paper presents a study on understanding the adolescent experiences in relation to Gaucher?s Disease. The hypotheses for the study are ?Adolescents with Gaucher?s Disease have a different perspective of the self than adolescents not diagnosed with a chronic illness? and ?Adolescents with Gaucher?s Disease perceive friendships and social interactions differently than adolescents who do not have a chronic illness?. In relation to the hypotheses, the study concentrates more on understanding how identity or self in adolescence is being affected by the Gaucher's Disease.
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"People think of themselves as optimists or pessimists, and this is a reflection of our personality traits in opposites. The questions of being emotional or unemotional, dependent or independent, aggressive or passive, leader or follower, adventurous or cautious are also marks of these opposing traits. Most of these are natural inborn temperaments, but some of the characteristics of man like the feelings of competence or inferiority, and appearances as learned are based on the support and challenges faced by us during growing up. Erik Erickson explored this concept thoroughly. Though he had a great influence of Freud, the existence of ego from birth, and that behavior not being totally defensive were also his beliefs. He studied Sioux Indians on a reservation, and this made him aware of the great influence of culture on behavior. This made him place a lot of stress on the external world, like war and depression."
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Violence in the Media and the Effect on Children and Adolescents, 2006.
An examination of the relationship between exposure to violent television and video games and the development of aggression in children and adolescents.
2,878 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 59.95
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This paper examines the amount and types of violence children and adolescents are exposed to, and whether there is a relationship between this exposure and the development of aggression in children and adolescents. The paper explains that thousands of research studies have demonstrated that exposure to violent television and video games tends to lead to the development of aggression in some children and adolescents, however there is no simple causal relationship, i.e. we cannot say for sure that exposure to such violence will lead to aggressive behavior. The paper notes that multiple variables have an impact, such as age and gender of the child, and level of mediation done by parents, and that different media have different effects. In conclusion, the paper shows that research has established that exposure to television and video game violence can lead to the development of aggression in children and adolescents and such exposure tends to desensitize them to violence, and dis-inhibit them from committing acts of violence.
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"Violence on television is the most commonly experienced exposure to violence in the lives of most children. While it is common knowledge that there is a great deal of violence on television, it is important to bear in mind that there are many different kinds of violence on television. For example, some shows feature human actors, acting out brutally violent acts, such as murder, rape and torture. While these may not be intended for young children, the reality is that many such children have access to them. At the other extreme, even cartoons usually portray at least some violence. Often this is extreme violence, such as pianos dropping on heads. However, the characters usually do not bleed or die, and they are in any event clearly fictional, so one might expect that the impact is not as great as graphic violence with human actors."
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Sleep Patterns Of Adolescents, 2005.
This paper is a research proposal seeking the relationship of sleep deprivation and early school starts and an extensive literature review exploring the sleep patterns of adolescents.
3,335 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 33 sources, APA, £ 66.95
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This paper explains that the tendency of adolescents to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning, as compared to prepubescent children and adults, is not caused by choice but rather a natural circadian phase delay experienced by adolescents. The author points out that the ability to effectively interact with peers while learning and processing novel information may be diminished in many sleep-deprived adolescents. The paper states that a series of surveys and questionnaires will be used to gather relevant data will be gathered from parents, teachers and school administrators exploring the negative relationship of early start times and the health and well-being of adolescents. Chart and table.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Literature Review
Methods and Procedures
Introduction
Literature Review
Data Collection
Data Analysis Procedure
Design of the Study
Research Questions
Sample and Population
Instrumentation
Conclusion
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"Approximately every 90-minute during sleep, the brain goes through four stages of sleep, from light sleep to deep sleep. The most important stage is Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, also called "the dream stage." As you sleep, your brain become aware of the situation and take measures to solve it. Schools are to provide all students with knowledge and the opportunity to achieve regardless of limitations. Schools need to ensure good conditions in which learning takes place. If schools opened later, it would help the grades, attitudes and health of the students."
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Moral Development in Relation to Adolescents, 2004.
An examination of factors that affect the moral development of adolescents, written from a Christian caregiver's perspective.
1,375 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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This paper looks into the minds of adolescents and identifies the stimuli one faces in the process of moral development. As parents, mentors, and teachers attempt to instill beneficial, moral values (preferably Christian morals) in adolescents, what must be considered? What can be assumed about the development of these values in the future generation? This paper answers these questions in order to inform both young and old of the development of morals in adolescents.
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"The moral issue is one that is not entirely black and white. There have been many differing opinions throughout history that have contributed to the confusion of where to find one?s moral standard (if one is found at all). Joseph Fletcher, in his book Situational Ethics, outlines three different avenues to making moral decisions. ?They are: (1) the legalistic; (2) the antinomian, the opposite extreme - i.e., a lawless and unprincipled approach; and (3) the situational? (Fletcher, 17). These three avenues have reproduced themselves throughout history, and all three are still apparent in today?s society. Legalism is the most common, with situational in a close second. Yet society, as a whole, seems to be leaning heavily toward the situational approach. Yet, this poses a problem for the evangelical community, who hold to the authority of God, and the foundational beliefs in absolutes (17-18)."
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The Effects of Divorce on Adolescents, 2002.
Examines the long-term results of divorce on adolescents.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 14 sources, £ 73.95
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In this paper, research on children and adolescents of divorced parents are considered in the contexts of longitudinal studies. Because the long-term effects of divorce are more substantial than the short-term, it is important to understand how divorce alters the lives of adolescents in dramatic ways. Incidents of increased suicide risk, depression, substance abuse, diminished social skills and increased failures in interpersonal relations are examples of multiple effects that increase over time. Understanding the impact of divorce on adolescents needs to emphasize this long-term effect, as increased stress and failures to cope are substantially increased in youth of divorced parents.
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A Healthy Family, 2002.
A description of what it takes to keep a family healthy.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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A paper on the subject of Curran's description of a healthy family. The paper explains that communicating with your family is vital in having a family and teaching family members to respect and trust are important in having a healthy family. The paper concludes with a personal account of a family and how they practice Curran's traits of a healthy family.
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Healthy People 2010, 2007.
Discussion of Healthy People 2010, an initiative undertaken by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
1,079 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper describes the initiative known as Healthy People 2010 undertaken by the US Department of Health and Human Services to promote healthy lifestyles. The paper emphasizes the goals of this program and why it was originally developed. The author states that Healthy People 2010 sets out the goals of the program, while its actual implementation is done through another program known as HealthierUS. The paper further explains that the program's' success depends on the support of local communities. The example of Madison, Wisconsin is used to show how this can be accomplished. The author concludes that this series of programs must be continually reinforced to guarantee their success.
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" Healthy People 2010 is a multi-faceted program developed to create self-awareness, responsibility, and overall healthy lifestyle choices for all Americans (Healthy People 2010 Homepage). There are two main goals set forth by the program, each containing several sub areas. Firstly, the United States Department of Health and Human Services wishes to extend both life expectancy and increase overall quality of life for all Americans. Secondly, the program aims to eliminate differences in health between the rich and the poor and the able and the disabled. The program aims to reach citizens of all economic levels, treating each person equally within the health care system."
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