Overview!!!
This book was one of the most interesting books I have ever read in a very long time, and I dont like reading at all. It gave me an in depth look at alot of different aspects on obesity and how society may or may not affect it and how government may or may not affect it. I am also glad I chose this book because learning the things I did will help me with my career in the future to be able to help people who struggle with obese problems.
3 most signifigant things:
-The main thing was that food companies do in fact target kids and obese people.
-The second most signifigant thing is that I learned that obese people who go get help start denying they need help once the doctors let them know how rough of shape there in.
- Third and lastly the book never really "said" this straight out but I got the feeling that the government wants obese people because they treat them as money makers for them.
What does it mean to me?
It means everything to me, this is down my alley for career paths and gaining the extra knowledge that I was able to obtain through this book is really going to help me in the future to be able to understand the issue better as a whole.
Recommendations?
I would definetaly recommend this book to anyone even if you are not trying to pursue anything in this field. The book gives you a better insight into our society as a whole when it comes to the obese population and can really open your eyes to the issues of obesity.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Read 'n' Seed 5: 4th Quarter of Book "Obesity, Buniness and Public Policy"
Hey everyone and happy thanksgiving!
This is must mean that our semester i s coming to a close if this is the last posts for our books! sad times..
This time I read the last two sections of the book which would be section 5 and section 6. IN total the pages were 62 pages and section 5 focused on tobacco as a control model to decrease the problem with obesity and also economic and cultural effects of obesity.
IN part 6 they talked about a policy framework for confronting the obesity problem.
Section 5
According to the CDC smoking has declined from about 50% in adults to about 20% in adults since the year of 1964 when the Surgeons General Report came out. On the other hand according to (Mokdad 2005) the obesiy rate in the last decade has risen by 74% and also 1 out of every 5 adults is also reported as obese. The problem I see here is that as a country we havnt really found a good way to reduce the problem of obesity but in cigeratte smoking there seems to be some conclusion according to the statistics. I think it is important that we work harder as a country to find a way to help solve this problem because 74 PERCENT is a huge incline in percentage.
Another point that the author makes is that just like how smoking industries targeted people, food industries are also doing the same thing. I drove the down the street when Iw as back home for the holiday and I live in the inner city and I swear there are fast food resterraunts like every 10 feet or so. I think what we have to do as a society is to educate the consumer and help them realize what food industries are doing.
Another thing that the author brings up is the Pelham v Mcdonalds case. Thjs case was about a minor, that alledgly got fat and got bad health problems "becuase" she ate Mcdonalds... I think that this is a good thing to bring up but I disagree with the case and in all honesty I disagree with every case against fast food because people make their own decisions to eat there. You put the food in your body they didnt put it in you...
Section 6
This chapter is basically the summary of the whole book and emphasises on how we as people and the government can confront the obesity epidemic and also what are the main causes. SCHOOLS... seem to be one of the biggest causes because of financial issues that arise when it comes to food services. Also being educated on food...not many people truly understand the actual concept on food.
Summary:
I think both of these sections proposed very good information and also have a good outlook on whats to come and hopefully a change can be made!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Read 'n' Seed 4: Third Quarter of Book "Obesity, Buniness and Public Policy"
Welcome back to another post of Read n Sead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This time around I read 82 pages and covered sections 3 and 4. Section 3 focused on Obesity and Business while Section 4 focused on Obesity and the Government.
Section 3: I touched a little on this segment with my last report but I thought it would be a good idea to somewhat refresh the memory again because section focuses on alot of the same points I covered last time. The start of section 3 brings up the current interests of businesses and what consumers are easier to advertise to and what consumers are more susceptible to there advertisements. To make things a little more sound., last report I had mentioned that food marketers are going to market the food regardless if its healthy or not. Which bring me to my next point that is brought up in this section. Self regulation...the reason the book brings this up and I also have to agree that people are responsible for there choices they make. The book talks about that people are in charge of the decisions they make and yet even though the market may target the less fortunate and people with more needs but in the end it is there choice to whether or not they eat the right foods or not. This section also brings up The Self Regulation Framework, which is a table to measure out the mixed messages in the marketing for food and relating it obesity. The two different modes are prevention and promotion. Promotion in this framework is linked to hot while prevention is linked to cold/thin. The framework is basically listeing off things that relate to overeating and habits that go along with over eating and obesity while prevention is related to thinness and things such as restrain and control to control your weight. The rest of the section talks about different weight loss methods and prices and things that people need to consider if they are going to go through with surgeries.
Section 4:
This section focuses on obesity and the government. The beginning of this talks about the infrastructure of society on obesity. Obesity has made its mark on society and its been established here in the US. According to the book the infrastructure that the authors are talking about that has caused our nation to become obese is the over supply of food, an increased supply of processed foods, the growing supply of cheaper foods, and also the marketing and ways media advertise predominetly to children because they are more suceptible to bad food choices, especially in schools where alot of vending machines have been placed.
This section also brings up different formulas as the BMR, which is the basal metabolic rate, which in english is the daily calories your body burns at rest. The book then talks about how important this concept is, which I agree because people need to understand that your body can only do so much without exercise than after that ( all the extra calories turns into extra weight). I think its very important that this subject is brought up in the book.
The next part of the section talks about the future trends of obesity, and how even though many different attempts to battle the disease of obesity will probably get worse. Obesity is the second leading cause of death in the US and its scary to read that. I think as a country we have a long way to go but I think its very imprtant that people try to understand nutrition better for there own health and to help educate our future children because they are the most vunerable.
Summary:
I think both sections are very important and have a huge impact on society. We as a nation need to start recognizing what these companies are doing and try to help educate people to try to solve this obesity epidemic especially for the children growing up.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Read 'n' Seed 3: Second Quarter of Obesity , Business and Public Policy
Back again.
In this quarter of the book I read 59 pages. A little less than last time but I didnt want to cut into the next section. I finished part two of the book and entered into part 3 of the book.
Main Topics I read about..
-The market impact of obesity
-Businesses and obesity
- Different messages in the Marketing about food and obesity
-Weight control
-Health Insurance and Public Policies
Summary of the Sections:
-Starting off my summary of what I read the first part talked about how obesity affected wages. Such as how people would get paid differently if they were obese or not. Which I think is wrong. I think that people are people and should be treated the same regardless or there size. They also compare obese workers with hispanic and black males and females to see if there is any difference or correlation. The correlation found was hispanic males and females and black females that were obese got paid less than black or white males that were obese.
-The next part that I read talked about how marketing and businesses interest consumers with food. It also talks about how food businesses promote and distribute food regardless if its healthy or not.
-Weight Control was in the next section and talked about the different methods for weight control and different surgeries there are to help with weight loss. It also talks about the policies behind the surgerys and also the medical costs and dangers with surgerys.
Why Its Important?
The reason why this is so important is because it effects everyone. I mean if we realize alot of companies dont really necesarily care if they are truly supplying healthy food or no, its more just for the money. Also for people that are thinking about surgery or other weight loss techniques these sections do provide that. I'll be honest I got kind of bored in this quarter of the book. Hopefully next quarter will be better.
In this quarter of the book I read 59 pages. A little less than last time but I didnt want to cut into the next section. I finished part two of the book and entered into part 3 of the book.
Main Topics I read about..
-The market impact of obesity
-Businesses and obesity
- Different messages in the Marketing about food and obesity
-Weight control
-Health Insurance and Public Policies
Summary of the Sections:
-Starting off my summary of what I read the first part talked about how obesity affected wages. Such as how people would get paid differently if they were obese or not. Which I think is wrong. I think that people are people and should be treated the same regardless or there size. They also compare obese workers with hispanic and black males and females to see if there is any difference or correlation. The correlation found was hispanic males and females and black females that were obese got paid less than black or white males that were obese.
-The next part that I read talked about how marketing and businesses interest consumers with food. It also talks about how food businesses promote and distribute food regardless if its healthy or not.
-Weight Control was in the next section and talked about the different methods for weight control and different surgeries there are to help with weight loss. It also talks about the policies behind the surgerys and also the medical costs and dangers with surgerys.
Why Its Important?
The reason why this is so important is because it effects everyone. I mean if we realize alot of companies dont really necesarily care if they are truly supplying healthy food or no, its more just for the money. Also for people that are thinking about surgery or other weight loss techniques these sections do provide that. I'll be honest I got kind of bored in this quarter of the book. Hopefully next quarter will be better.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Read 'n' Seed: First Quarter of Book "Obesity, Buniness and Public Policy"
There are 6 parts in my book and I covered two of them which is 70 pages of the 250 pages. First I am going to talk about the signifigant things that I learned throughout the two parts that I cov ered. First off obesity is a trend that started in the 1970's!. Also the The World Health Organization also know as WHO says that in the year of 200 there were 300 million adults who were obese. 300 million...wow. Another fact is the According to the New York Times in 2006 medical costs for obesity were about $100 billion per year..
Supply and Demand is also covered right away. The book talks about how technology increases and food is alot easier to supply than can become cheaper and more abundance in product than there is more food for people to get. According to the book the supply curve is is shifting to the right , which means that food prices are going down and consumption is increasing. Also another point made is the increase in food supply is because of our switch to processed food.
Another thing I learned is that Government plays a role by setting rules that allow the whole function of food processing to be safe...hmm
Also the Department of Health in cities have to check diners and such to make sure there are up to par on there cleanliness.
The book also starts to get into the actual debate on obesity and whether or not its the individual, government or business.
The first part talks about the spread of obesity and that in the early 1960's the average American Male weighed in at 168 pounds. The same time frame the average women weighed in at about 142 pounds. Today the average male is 180 pounds and the female averages 152 pounds . (page 15) Going off of this the book also talks about how the obersity epidemic is spreading beyond the US and other countries are adopting our lifestyle as technology is building in there countries. The authors main thoughts about this is that knowledge as well as lifestyle is is spreading. Cultures are converting with each other and so on.
According to a chart in the book source: OECD Health Statitistics (2000) The US has a percent of obesity rate at almost 30 percent.
Part 2
This part is titled Obesity and the individual
Right away in the first part of this portion of the book the authors wrote some startling data...Children obesity has almost doubled among children aged 2-5 years old old since the 1970s. It also talks about how type 2 diabetes is a ciritical consequence of childhood obesity. This portion of the book will be about mostly children obesity and the effects it has on them because they are unaware mostly of the future consequences of being obese.The other portion of the section also talks about how economic framework happens for children with weight problems. Such as the constraints like poverty, physical activity etc.
One point brought up in the book is why children may be in different weight classes is because children may have different ideals in what weight they want to be.
The chapter also talks about single women that are mothers and turn to cheaper foods such as fast food and how the governments implications on society can affect children. Even with media and advertising because children see these advertisements all the time.
Summary:
I think this is a very important topic and I am very passionate about it. I understand one of the biggest problems is the lack if knowledge people may have and how to feed there children. I think more knowledge and help should be provided for parents and teachers. I mean the only adds kids seem to know on tv is fast food diners and video games. I think we could change it by advertising physcial activies and encouraging them as well. I know alot of my friends who are bigger werent allowed to play sports. I think its ashame because your not allowing your kid an outlet to get some fitness in. I think this is very important because I know when I have children if I am blessed enough, I dont want them going through what I went through. These children are our future leaders and we should take it upon ourselves to help them and not just turn them away.
Supply and Demand is also covered right away. The book talks about how technology increases and food is alot easier to supply than can become cheaper and more abundance in product than there is more food for people to get. According to the book the supply curve is is shifting to the right , which means that food prices are going down and consumption is increasing. Also another point made is the increase in food supply is because of our switch to processed food.
Another thing I learned is that Government plays a role by setting rules that allow the whole function of food processing to be safe...hmm
Also the Department of Health in cities have to check diners and such to make sure there are up to par on there cleanliness.
The book also starts to get into the actual debate on obesity and whether or not its the individual, government or business.
The first part talks about the spread of obesity and that in the early 1960's the average American Male weighed in at 168 pounds. The same time frame the average women weighed in at about 142 pounds. Today the average male is 180 pounds and the female averages 152 pounds . (page 15) Going off of this the book also talks about how the obersity epidemic is spreading beyond the US and other countries are adopting our lifestyle as technology is building in there countries. The authors main thoughts about this is that knowledge as well as lifestyle is is spreading. Cultures are converting with each other and so on.
According to a chart in the book source: OECD Health Statitistics (2000) The US has a percent of obesity rate at almost 30 percent.
Part 2
This part is titled Obesity and the individual
Right away in the first part of this portion of the book the authors wrote some startling data...Children obesity has almost doubled among children aged 2-5 years old old since the 1970s. It also talks about how type 2 diabetes is a ciritical consequence of childhood obesity. This portion of the book will be about mostly children obesity and the effects it has on them because they are unaware mostly of the future consequences of being obese.The other portion of the section also talks about how economic framework happens for children with weight problems. Such as the constraints like poverty, physical activity etc.
One point brought up in the book is why children may be in different weight classes is because children may have different ideals in what weight they want to be.
The chapter also talks about single women that are mothers and turn to cheaper foods such as fast food and how the governments implications on society can affect children. Even with media and advertising because children see these advertisements all the time.
Summary:
I think this is a very important topic and I am very passionate about it. I understand one of the biggest problems is the lack if knowledge people may have and how to feed there children. I think more knowledge and help should be provided for parents and teachers. I mean the only adds kids seem to know on tv is fast food diners and video games. I think we could change it by advertising physcial activies and encouraging them as well. I know alot of my friends who are bigger werent allowed to play sports. I think its ashame because your not allowing your kid an outlet to get some fitness in. I think this is very important because I know when I have children if I am blessed enough, I dont want them going through what I went through. These children are our future leaders and we should take it upon ourselves to help them and not just turn them away.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Read 'n' Seed Post 1: Obesity , Business and Public Policy
My book is titled "Obesity , Business and Public Policy" by Zoltan J. Acs and Alan Lyles. This book is very interesting to me and talks about how obesity started and how it became such a huge epidemic. It also talks about how obesity spread and the causes of it and when people started to actually notice it.One thing that I do like that the book talks about is the effects of childhood obesity and how it effetcs income and certain populations and also how the government deals with it and there policies on it. The book also talks about the effects of health insurance on different people and how that can affect people who are obese. The good thing about this book is that it covers all apsects of obesity and how it affects the individual, business and government. I chose this book because I plan to find a career in helping obese patients and knowledge is power to me and I want to know every little aspect and as many details as I possibly can to help. I looked through alot of books and I believe this book will give me the best insight to learn more about it.
I got this book from the UMD Library after my book that I first had didnt go through.
for more reviews you can go here!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Keithsgreenbike (introductory post)
Welcome to Keith@keithsgreenbikes
Hey hey hey! My name is Keith Enstad. I am a Health Education Major and believe my calling is to help people. In this blog I will be posting things about the enviroment and other things that I think are important topics about the enviroment. My hobbies and interests include hockey, cooking and making music.
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Hey hey hey! My name is Keith Enstad. I am a Health Education Major and believe my calling is to help people. In this blog I will be posting things about the enviroment and other things that I think are important topics about the enviroment. My hobbies and interests include hockey, cooking and making music.
There are 6 possible types of posts on my blog. They include:
Advocacy Project
Eye Openers
Reflections
Eco-Chic Lifestyle change
Read 'n' Seed
Share and Voice
If you notice at the bottom of this post, the categories will be listed as labels. This post is has been labeled with all five kinds of posts. You will also see the number of each kind of post in my Labels Gadget at the top of the page. All post titles from now on will begin with one of the categories above.
The members of my web group are:
-Amanda@amandaswaterbottlewatch
-Jacob@GettingGreenWithJake
-http://kristinsgreenworld.blogspot.com/
You can subscribe to my blog by clicking the subscribe gadget in the gadget column. You can also follow my blog by clicking "Follow this Blog" in the gadget column. I am subscribed to all the blogs in my blog list gadget. You can see my complete profile and all the blogs I am following by clicking on "See Complete Profile." (Make sure all these gadgets are in place).
Thanks for visiting and I really hope you enjoy what I have to say and feel free at anytime to ask questions if you have any or express your thoughts or feelings.
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