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Pilates
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A 10 page paper on Pilates, the exercise movement. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RApilate.rtf

Pilates: Overview
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A 5 page overview on Pilates. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RApits.rtf

Pop Culture's Influence On The Use Of Diet Drugs
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This 12 page paper looks at the effects of pop culture on body image. The negative influence of the media enhances a booming diet drug industry. Many subjects are addressed including the recent Fen-phen controversy and differences in body image by race and sex. Bibliography lists more than a dozen sources.
Filename: Dietdrug.wps

Post Polio Syndrome
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A 20 page overview of polio and a new manifestation of its symptoms in the form of post polio syndrome. The author identifies numerous potential causes of PPS. These include immune-mediated responses, hormone deficiencies, and environmental toxins as well as numerous other potential correlates By far the most likely cause of PPS, however, is believed to be the loss of motor neurons in recovered muscle tissue as an individual grows older. By far the most reassuring aspect of the research into the causes of PPS is the fact that researchers do not suspect a reactivation of the original polio virus in the patients who experience PPS. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PPpolio.rtf

Preschool: Nutrition and Learning
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A 5 page paper which discusses how important nutrition is, in preschool children, in relationship to learning and learning capabilities. Poor health in preschool children has often been associated with the ability to learn, with problems related to cognitive, emotional, and social development resulting from poor health. These considerations, as well as programs designed to eliminate such conditions, are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAprenutr.wps

Problem of Obesity
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A 3 page 5-paragraph essay that addresses the problem of obesity in America. The problem is introduced and discussed, with recommendations for solutions, within this standard framework. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: khprofat.rtf

Project "Jump Start"
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A 4 page paper presenting the design, timeline and evaluation of project Jump Start, a nutritional and activity program for children 8 – 12 years who attend school-based after-school programs in the San Diego School District. The program will be based on the federal government's Food and Nutrition Service's MyPyramid for Kids program. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KShlthJmpStart.rtf

Project "Jump Start" Goals and Budget
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A 5 page paper presenting program goals and a budget for a public school nutrition and exercise program for children 8 – 12 years old. Jump Start is to be an educational program that is fun for children and seeks to instill long-term habits leading to better food choices and increased physical activity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KShlthJmpStGoBu.rtf

Promoting Better Nutrition Among Poor Children
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A 25 page expansion of a 20-page paper with the same name. This one expands on the literature review and adds a specific program lesson plan. The focus targets families in West Harlem, New York, with children under five years old for the purpose of educating parents in better nutrition thus improving children's nutrition. Other objectives include providing parents with workable techniques; build a sense of empowerment among participants; positively affect long-term health by avoiding/reducing obesity and avoiding its complications; and have fun in the process. The health promotion education and intervention program is designed to increase poor mothers' awareness of the nutritional content of common foods; lead them to make better choices for food for their families; and provide them with workable, useable techniques to alter their families' eating habits. The long-range goal of the program is to reduce obesity rates, improve nutrition and to establish healthy eating patterns that will persist into adulthood and throughout children's full adult lives. Bibliography lists 35 sources.
Filename: KShlthPromNut2.rtf

Promoting Better Nutrition Among Poor Children
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A 20 page paper outlining a health promotion effort targeting families in West Harlem, New York, with children under five years old for the purpose of educating parents in better nutrition thus improving children's nutrition. Other objectives include providing parents with workable techniques; build a sense of empowerment among participants; positively affect long-term health by avoiding/reducing obesity and avoiding its complications; and have fun in the process. The health promotion education and intervention program is designed to increase poor mothers' awareness of the nutritional content of common foods; lead them to make better choices for food for their families; and provide them with workable, useable techniques to alter their families' eating habits. The long-range goal of the program is to reduce obesity rates, improve nutrition and to establish healthy eating patterns that will persist into adulthood and throughout children's full adult lives. Bibliography lists 30 sources.
Filename: KShlthPromNut.rtf