Skip to main content

Home/ Groups/ spape11and12
Rss Feed
Sort By: Most Recent | Popular Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
24More

Motivation - 0 views

kidshealth.org/...motivation.html motivation
shared by Joti P on 03 Dec 11 - Cached
  • Everyone struggles with staying motivated and reaching their goals.
  • So how do you stay motivated and on track with your goal?
  • First, know your goal.
  • ...20 more annotations...
  • writing down your major goal.
  • Make it specific.
  • Let's say your goal is to get fit. That's pretty vague.
  • Make it specific by defining what you want to achieve
  • muscle tone
  • why you want to get fit, and by when
  • Make it realistic.
  • Part of staying motivated is being realistic about what you can achieve within the timeframe you've planned.
  • Write it down
  • Research shows that writing down a goal is part of the mental process of committing to it.
  • Break it down.
  • You need to pay constant attention so you don't get sidetracked.
  • Then set specific daily tasks,
  • Put these on a calendar or planner so you can check them off.
  • Ask a coach to help you set doable mini-goals
  • and for tasks to improve your performance
  • so you'll stay motivated to run farther.
  • Reaching frequent, smaller goals is something to celebrate.
  • confidence, courage, and motivation to keep running — or doing whatever it is you're aiming to do.
  • reward yourself!
  • Joti P on 03 Dec 11
     
    This site is really good with explaining how that not all health related topics fall under exercise, but also with other aspects of your life.  This relates well for question 9 
6More

Lack of sleep can make you sick - 0 views

www.canada.com/...story.html lack of sleep
shared by Aninder S on 03 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • An extra hour or two of sleep seems so ... optional. Yet, lack of sleep is implicated in obesity, poor heart health and mental illness.
  • Lack of sleep can trigger certain epileptic seizures. Strokes and heart attacks occur more often in the last third of the night.
  • Stay awake just 17 hours and your brain behaves as though you have a blood alcohol level of 0.05, the legal limit for drunkenness in most European countries.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • So don't be too quick to dismiss that apparently lazy teenager, doddering senior or dissolute employee -- there may be sleep-health issues lurking in the background.
  • Students, workaholics, hassled parents and diehard partiers listen up -- a single all-nighter or a week of four or five hours sleep per night impairs your mental and physical performance as if you had a blood alcohol level of about 0.1, over the legal limit of 0.08 for driving in British Columbia.
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      Being in high school, we do tend to get bogged down with work and sacrifice the time we have to sleep, to study for our courses. This article shows us that we're absolutely nothing without our sleep, and we need it ti keep us functionally properly. 
4More

5 nutritious habits of the planet's healthiest countries - Page 4 - CNN - 0 views

articles.cnn.com/...4
shared by Aninder S on 03 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • pice up your plat
  • plate
  • Spice up your plate
  • ...1 more annotation...
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      It is interesting to see that Canada did not actually fit into any of the five categories that were presented to us in the article. Yes, the article was written a few years ago, so it maybe irrelevant. However, Canada not meeting any requirements, opens our eyes and let's us realize that no to long ago our health system wasn't as good as it could be now.  
5More

Overweight and obese adults (self-reported), 2010 - 0 views

www.statcan.gc.ca/...11464-eng.htm canada overweight rates
shared by Aninder S on 03 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • In successively older age groups from 18 to 64, the percentage of Canadians with a normal weight declined significantly (Chart 3), and the percentage in the combined overweight-obese category increased significantly.
  • When those who were overweight were included, 60.9% of Canadian men and 43.7% of women had an increased health risk because of excess weight.
  • In 2010, 18.1% of Canadians aged 18 and older, roughly 4.5 million adults, reported height and weight that classified them as obese, virtually unchanged from 2009. However, from 2003 to 2010, obesity among men rose from 16.0% to 19.8%, and among women, from14.5% to 16.5% (Chart 1).
  • ...1 more annotation...
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      It's terrifying seeing the obesity rates rise in Canada. This shows you the increase in packaged, processed, and preserved foods that we consume everyday. What this article doesn't do however is compare Canada to other countries and realize that degree of seriousness about obese people. 
  • Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
     
    http://www.torontosun.com/life/healthandfitness/2011/03/02/17464181.html Here's another link that shows that increase of obesity rates over the years.
7More

Obesity, diabetes: expanding India faces big problem - 0 views

www.physorg.com/...iabetes-india-big-problem.html india obesity problems
shared by Aninder S on 03 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • childhood obesity and diabetes have become an increasing problem among the middle classes, who have largely benefited from a decade of rapid economic growth.
  • The high number of cases among South Asian people has been attributed to genetic factors, including a predisposition to storing more fat.
  • Socio-environmental factors, though, are now seen as playing an increasing role in the rising number of cases of Type 2 diabetes.
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • The condition, which occurs when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it makes, largely as a result of excess body weight and physical inactivity, was previously seen mainly in older people .
  • But Indian people are less concerned about nutrition. They first focus on the spice of the food, the taste."
  • Overweight children with diabetes are at greater risk of developing heart disease and heart attacks, deteriorating eyesight, kidney failure, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      This opens your eyes has to how other places other than Canada, but also India, deal with similar cases of obesity. This also shows is that the way we grow up eating sticks with is as a habit. If we develop a habit of eating fatty foods, then we carry that through our lives. It affects you when you get older and you will continue to spread those some learnings to others. 
7More

Diet Heavy In Meat Raises Mortality Risk - CBS News - 0 views

www.cbsnews.com/...main4886238.shtml meat diet cbs
shared by Aninder S on 03 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • older people who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer.
  • Women who ate large amounts of red meat had a 20 percent higher risk of dying of cancer and a 50 percent higher risk of dying of heart disease than women who ate less.
  • People whose diets contained more white meat like chicken and fish had lower risks of death.
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • We've promoted a diet that has added excessively to global warming
  • Meat should be a supporting actor on the plate, not the main character."
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      This article only discusses the affect of having a meat heavy diet once you get older. This however implies that the habits when you make when you are younger stick with you. Therefore having a heavy meat diet isn't ideal, and you should reconsider.
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      This article also discusses a meat heavy diet from an American point of view, but that does not mean it doesn't apply to Canadians. Consuming various American products we also need to watch for preserved meat and watch the choices we make. 
6More

Happy 1st birthday: Mother keeps McDonald's Happy Meal for a whole year... and it still... - 0 views

www.dailymail.co.uk/...Happy-Meal-year--gone-off.html macdonalds fake food
shared by Aninder S on 03 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • it contains so many preservatives that it is bad for the children it is aimed at.
  • Food is supposed to decompose, go bad and smell foul eventually. The fact that it has not decomposed shows you how unhealthy it is for children.' 
  • no flies or other insects were attracted to the food.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • Food is broken down into its essential nutrients in our bodies and turned into fuel. Our children grow strong bodies when they eat real food
  • Now you know why it's called junk food.'
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      It is quite frightening to know that preservatives can keep food fresh for that long. In a modern world we do use a lot of preservatives in our foods, but that doesn't mean that it is our only option. Try your best whenever you can to stick to more organic or local choices that are far better for you. 
4More

McDonalds Nutrition Facts - Fast Food Nutrition Facts - 0 views

www.fastfoodnutrition.org/...McDonalds-item.html mcdonalds nutrition health
shared by Aninder S on 03 Dec 11 - Cached
  • Chicken McNuggets (10 piece) 5.6 oz (160 g) 420 220 24 5 60 1120 26 0 0 25
  • Medium French Fries 4 oz (114 g) 350 150 16 3 0 220 47 5 0 4
  • Big Mac 7.8 oz (219 g) 560 270 30 10 80 1010 46 3 8 25
  • ...1 more annotation...
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      Just before you go out to McDonald's to grab a quick and easy lunch, remember that each with each meal you eat at McDonald's you're eating more than half your calories for the day! Waking up a few minutes earlier in the morning won't hurt you to make a quick and healthy lunch!
15More

ADOLESCENT SLEEP - 0 views

www.stanford.edu/...adolescent.html adolescent sleep
shared by Joti P on 03 Dec 11 - Cached
  • How Much Sleep Do They Need?
  • 9 hours and 15 minutes of sleep.
  • Children need 10 hours
  • ...11 more annotations...
  • adults need 8 1/4 hours.
  • How Does Sleep Deprivation Affect the Teen-ager?
  • Sleep deprivation can impair memory an
  • inhibit creativity making it difficult for sleep deprived students to learn.
  • endanger their immune system and make them more suceptible to serious illnesses
  • Stay away from caffeine
  • Avoid heavy studying or computer games before bed, they can be arousing. Avoid arguing with your adolescent just before bedtime. Avoid trying to sleep with a computer or TV flickering in the room. Avoid bright light in the evening, but open blinds or turn on lights as soo
  • Avoid trying to sleep with a computer or TV flickering in the room.
  • Avoid heavy studying or computer games before bed, they can be arousing.
  • Note: Sleep experts consider adolescents to be between the ages of 11 and 22.
  • Studies show that the changes taking place in their bodies requires more sleep and they may be physically challenged to getting up early in the morning.
  • Joti P on 03 Dec 11
     
    This really shows other aspects of health that can also be a factor in how your general health is affected. It helps answer question 7.
11More

Balanced Diet Nutrition - Nutrition, Function, Side Effects - NY Times Health Information - 0 views

health.nytimes.com/...overview.html
shared by Joti P on 02 Dec 11 - Cached
    • Joti P
      Joti P on 02 Dec 11
       
      This article really describes what food you should and should not be eating when you want a balanced diet. 
  • A balanced diet means getting the right types and amounts of foods and drinks to supply nutrition
  • Fruit group
  • ...8 more annotations...
  • Vegetable group
  • unbalanced diet can cause problems with maintenance
  • Growth and development
  • balanced diet that is low in saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, added sugars, salt, and alcohol
  • Balance your calorie intake with exercise.
  • Eat 2 cups (4 servings) of fruit
  • Eat 3 ounces or more of whole-grain products per day.
  • Avoid trans fatty acids,
6More

Nine Ways to Make Healthy Eating a Habit | hitched - 0 views

www.hitchedmag.com/article.php eating habit
shared by Joti P on 02 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Drink a glass of water before each meal
  • . Replace unhealthy snacks with nutritious snacks
  • Replace one brown food or snack each day with a green food.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • Eat something red, purple, orange, yellow, and green each day.
  • Replace baked goods made with white flour with whole-grain versions.
  • Joti P on 02 Dec 11
     
    This website explains how to follow through on some healthy goals. 
19More

Improve your mood with these foods - TODAY Health - TODAY.com - 0 views

today.msnbc.msn.com/...improve-your-mood-these-foods Mood foods health
shared by Joti P on 02 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • following strategies will stabilize your blood sugars
  • Eat every 4 to 5 hours
  • provides your brain and body with a constant source of fuel.
  • ...15 more annotations...
  • Limit refined carbohydrates to help lessen volatile blood sugar swings
  • create radical spikes (and drops) in your blood sugar
  • Incorporate soluble fiber
  • have the ability to slow down the absorption of sugar in your blood
  • lessen blood sugar
  • Incorporate protein with meals and snacks (whenever possible)
  • Smart protein choices include poultry, seafood and fish, veal, pork tenderloin, tofu, eggs
  • help slow the absorption of carbohydrate in the blood
  • Omega-3 fats
  • mood lifting and to help possibly alleviate depression.
  • Folic acid and B12
  • Foods rich in folate: fortified whole-grain breakfast cereals, lentils, black-eyed peas, soybeans, oatmeal, mustard greens, beets, broccoli, sunflower seeds, wheat germ and oranges.
  • Foods rich in vitamin B12: shellfish (clams, oysters, crab), wild salmon (fresh or canned), fortified whole-grain breakfast cereal, lean beef, cottage cheese, low-fat yogurt, milk (skim, skim plus, 1% reduced-fat) and eggs.
  • Vitamin D
  • Foods rich in vitamin D: fish with bones, fat free and low-fat milk, fortified soy milk and egg yolks
  • Joti P on 02 Dec 11
     
    I think for question 2 this really tells me what food i need to eat not just for physical health, but also for a generally happy mood. 

Fiber in your diet - 0 views

www.mayoclinic.com/...NU00033
shared by Anita B on 01 Dec 11 - Cached
5More

Vitamin C: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - 0 views

www.nlm.nih.gov/...002404.htm Vitamin Medical encyclopedia
shared by Tomas N on 29 Nov 11 - Cached
  • URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002404.htmVitamin C is a water-
  • Water-soluble vitamins dissolve in water. Leftover amounts of the vitamin leave the body
  • e vitamin C content. Microwaving and steaming vitamin C-rich foods may reduce cooking losses.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • The best food sources of vitamin C are uncooked or raw fruits and vegetables.
  • Jason Levitt on 29 Nov 11
     
    Tomas, Good to see you understand how to properly use Diigo. Good start so far. Mr. L
1More

The Nutritional Needs Of An Active Teenage Athlete | LIVESTRONG.COM - 0 views

www.livestrong.com/...s-of-an-active-teenage-athlete nutritional needs active teenage athlete
shared by Justin D on 27 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Jason Levitt on 29 Nov 11
     
    Justin, Great job in the collection of articles. Now time to find which will provide the best information for you. I look forward to your highlights and annotations. Keep up the good work! Mr. L
« First ‹ Previous 281 - 300 of 331 Next › Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page