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Abby Purdy

Media Bombardment Is Linked to Ill Effects During Childhood - 0 views

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    In a detailed look at nearly 30 years of research on how television, music, movies and other media affect the lives of children and adolescents, a new study released today found an array of negative health effects linked to greater use.
Abby Purdy

You Gotta Have Art - 0 views

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    As health-care costs skyrocket, a down-to-earth approach to healing is emerging, complementing high-tech medicine with high-touch arts.
Abigail Lundy

EBSCOhost: Financial Literacy, Public Policy, and Consumers' Self-Protection-More Ques... - 0 views

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    Kozup and Hogarth discuss the necessity of consumer warning labels on financial matters such as credit cards, mortgage, and mutual funds. They successfully make the analogy of indebtedness to obesity, and our financial state, like our health, can be helped by reading the labels on what they are consuming. The authors describe financial literacy partially as an ability to weigh the pros and cons of financial options available to them, as well as familiarity with the macroeconomic conditions of their environment. The authors also talk about third party financial intermediaries, and the role of policy in consumer saving. The authors offer a great variety of solutions to the problem of financial literacy, and the analogies make it very easy for the reader to understand and learn about the responsibility of financial literacy. Also, the rhetorical questioning involves the reader and implores them to form their own opinion.
Abby Purdy

For Students, the New Kind of Literacy Is Financial - 0 views

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    The article discusses financial-literacy programs at universities and colleges in the United States. Programs like Texas Tech University's help its students master the basics of budgeting, saving, and not buying what they can't afford. These programs are especially important as colleges grapple with rising costs and an economic downturn in the country. The author states that financial literacy affects student retention, productivity, and mental health, and may also generate good will in a time when colleges are being criticized for repeatedly raising tuition, fees, and housing costs. (From the EBSCO abstract.)
Abby Purdy

EATING WELL; Read Any Good Nutrition Labels Lately? - New York Times - 0 views

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    An explanation of the current nutrition facts label required by the FDA. Contains facts and statistics about the American diet and use of the labeling system.
Abby Purdy

Doctors Often Overestimate Patients' Health Literacy - 0 views

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    Many patients misunderstand the written questions American doctors have them answer before physical exams, a finding that calls into question the usefulness of these screening tools, new reports say.
Abby Purdy

Women Gain in Education but Not Power, Study Finds - 0 views

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    A study found that women still lag far behind men in top political and decision-making roles, though their access to education and health care is nearly equal.
Abby Purdy

Cuomo Investigating Colleges' Deals With Health Insurers - 0 views

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    The investigation by the attorney general appears to be focused on the adequacy of disclosure of policy terms and costs to students.
Abby Purdy

Mandating Calorie Counts on Menus Nationwide - 0 views

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    Would a national law requiring calorie counts on chain restaurant menus help curb the obesity epidemic, or would we stay in 'Dining Denial'?
Cat Rose

EBSCOhost: The Use of Nutritional Labels by College Students in a Food-Court Setting - 0 views

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    This article is about college students health choices. The study adresses college students choices in food purchasing based on label reading. The case studies purchasing choices after the experiment , this can be useful to my study. Also the introduction can help support my research.
ghinwah hachem

EBSCOhost: Declining Negative Consequences Related to Alcohol Misuse Among Students Ex... - 0 views

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    This article describes the change in negative drinking consequences in college when students are exposed to different interventions. It discusses a study performed on different college students over a 6-year period. Then it presents the results obtained. The latter show that the negative consequences decrease with time due to the social norms applied. However, this research contradicts most of the studies in this field.
Cat Rose

Nutrition Facts: Reading the food label - MayoClinic.com - 0 views

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    not necessarily an article but it is a guide to help you read the nutrition facts. I wanted to bookmark this so that I could refer to it at sometime possibly, and others may be interested to see it.
Cat Rose

New Zealand nutrition labels - 0 views

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    Signal and team explore New Zealand and the low-income inhibiters. This study used focus groups to question 158 shoppers. They concluded that many did not have time to read the labels or did not have the understanding to do so. This study was well organized and had useful conclusions. Also its background was informative, and the study itself added that people of New Zealand lack education to read the nutrition labels, it is not just in the US.
Cat Rose

EBSCOhost: A comparison of four dietary assessment methods in materially deprived hous... - 0 views

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    Study done on mostly white UK households aimed to achieve three goals. Compares three dietary survey mehtods and identifies which method is valid and acceptable in the UK households. This source helps vilidify surveys. It is slightly off from my focus topic but is helpful in confirming certain other tests.
ghinwah hachem

EBSCOhost: PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION AMONGCOLLEGE FRESHMEN: A L... - 0 views

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    This article studies the effect of different factors on the academic performance of freshmen college students. It presents different studies performed on these students. The studies' results reflect the extent to which each factor affects students' GPAs. However, It shows that drinking is not a significant predictor of achievement. This research clearly provides shocking results, probably because it is limited to a small population of freshmen students enrolled at a private university.
Cat Rose

CQ Researcher Online - Entire Report - 0 views

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    This article adresses obesity increasing in the US. It is less current (1999) but still useful facts about the background of over-eating. The chronology is useful to my research. Also the article has good background that I can use in my introduction.
Cat Rose

CQ Researcher Online - Entire Report - 0 views

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    This article addressed the increasing obesity in the US. The article is helpful becuase of its focus of the unhealthy aspects of over-eating. I can use its mention of the food industry seeling high-suger, high-fat foods. This can be useful in my introduction. Also it is current (2003).
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