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By: Luke Frankel Chapter 15 is all about health care, how we can attain it, how much it costs/is given, what we can do to figure out the best health care we need, and also what types of health care are necessary versus what types are truly elective. “As the health care industry has becomeContinue reading “Chapter 15 Consumerism and Complementary and Integrative Health Care Choices”

By: Luke Frankel Chapter Fourteen is all about environmental health. I am going to talk to you guys about what the meaning of environmental health is, how we can plan to be more environmentally healthy, and also how my health and wellness has gone this passed week. Environmental health is a mixture of a fewContinue reading “Chapter 14: Environmental Health”

By: Luke Frankel Violence is a scourge on our society that stems from a tribalism based past where we all fought to protect our “own” because we thought it was necessary. Luckily, we are all far more educated in today’s society, and unnecessary violence (for the most part) has been reduced. In this blog IContinue reading “Chapter 13 Violence and Unintentional Injuries”

By: Luke Frankel My goal for this blog is to talk to you guys about what infectious conditions are, how we can prevent from getting sick with a virus/bacterium, and how my wellness goals have been going these past few weeks. On the first page of the chapter Donatelle says, “Pathogens can enter the bodyContinue reading “Chapter 12 Infectious Conditions”

By: Luke Frankel This blog I would like to talk about the main causes and risk factors for these diseases, what we can do to prevent them, and also how my health and wellness goals have been going these past few weeks. Firstly, heart disease and cardiovascular disease are extremely similar but not necessarily theContinue reading “Chapter 11 Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Diabetes”

By: Luke Frankel Chapter 10 is all about fitness, and I am going to tell you guys what defines fitness, how you can become more “fit”, and my own personal experience with fitness. Fitness is defined “Physical fitness”, ” a set of health- and performance-related attributes. These attributes—cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, andContinue reading “Chapter 10 Fitness”

By: Luke Frankel Weight management and body image are commonplace topics that we see in everyday society. Whether it is through media talking about the obesity epidemic in America or the body image norms we see portrayed on TV. Firstly, we need to start at a young age to understand how obesity starts and staysContinue reading “Chapter 9: Weight Management and Body Image”

By: Luke Frankel Chapter 8 is about nutrition. Nutrition is comprised of everything related to the body and its nutritional needs. Nutrition covers everything from macro and micronutrients, to all of the digestive processes and otherwise. The first important topic this chapter talks about is the digestive process, involving a six step process that startsContinue reading “Chapter 8”

By: Luke Frankel Hey guys, these past few weeks has been absolutely insane regarding all the stuff going on around the world and in my life. School has been tough and I’ve been dealing with a lot of issues finding motivation in my life. This week we learned about Alcohol and Tobacco’s deleterious effects onContinue reading “Week 7! Alcohol and Tobacco”

By: Luke Frankel “Some researchers speak of two types of addictions: substance addictions (e.g. alcoholism, drug abuse, and smoking) and process addictions (e.g. gambling, shopping, gaming, eating, and sex)” (Donatelle 131). This chapter is all about addiction, defining what it means, the different types of addiction, the physiological and psychological aspects, and also how weContinue reading “Chapter 6: Addiction”