• Foodborne Illnesses

    Foodborne Illnesses

    Foodborne illnesses are something that have become more and more prevalent in today’s society. FDA’s CORE (Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation) Response team has been tracking outbreaks within the Unites states for years. There have been different outbreaks that have started in certain areas and spread outwards throughout the nation. In order for the FDA…

  • Lobbyists Impacts on Nutritional Guidelines

    Lobbyists Impacts on Nutritional Guidelines

    Lobbying for certain topics within our society can have both a positive and negative effects on national guidelines. Guidelines like physical activity and nutrition in different stages of life. Of course, there are lobbyists that shoot for their own personal gain, or the company they are lobbying. However, there are lobbyists that strive for positive…

  • Holistic Client and Self-Physicality Assessment

    Holistic Client and Self-Physicality Assessment

    The following is an assessment for a client scenario that was described before writing. The way I would apply these holistic approaches to a diverse population, is through continuous testing. Being able to assess our clients before and during a workout regimen can be used diversely between all demographics. Taking “Whole-istic” approaches to almost every…

  • Complimentary and Integrative Medicine and Wyoming’s Local Practitioner

    Complimentary and Integrative Medicine and Wyoming’s Local Practitioner

    Complementary and alternative medicines are something that I have become more interested as my degree passes. Between the holistic approaches to almost everything in life, or the alternative ways of healing. Now incorporating that with conventional western medicines, a person can heal properly and more efficient. There is always something different that we can do…

  • Piaget’s Theory & Bronfenbrenners’s Ecological Systems Theory

    Piaget’s Theory & Bronfenbrenners’s Ecological Systems Theory

    The following is a short comparison between these two Cognitive-Developmental Theories. I really like ecological systems theory, since it brings up a big aspect our surroundings. I truly do believe that we are influenced by the people around us, even from a young age. I know personally, alcohol was a huge influence in my home.…

  • Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease

    Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease

    Glen has been noticing his hands shaking when conducting daily activities such as signing his signature. He is 45 years old and his family also notices that he shuffles when he walks and muffles his speech when talking to them. He is seen by his family doctor and is diagnosed with Onset Parkinson’s Disease. This…

  • The Most Important Organ in the Human Body: The Heart

    The Most Important Organ in the Human Body: The Heart

    Human Heart The Human Heart is probably the most important organ in the human body for many reasons. It is a muscular organ that is located slightly to the left behind the breast bone and is about the size of a fist. It pumps blood to the cardiovascular system through a network of arteries and…

  • Professionalism

    Professionalism

    Health and Wellness Career There are so many different career fields in our society now days, where it would nearly be impossible to not find a job, or most of all, a career you desire the most. Having a career that you look forward to and love, you pretty much aren’t going to work, you…

  • Short Child Psychology: Parent Rearing

    Short Child Psychology: Parent Rearing

    The beginning of the description for this journal carries a lot of weight, ALMOST all parents want to be good parents. I feel like that should be every parent, but that just isn’t how things work anymore, unfortunately. I grew up with four older sisters, so my parents only did what they could to maintain…

  • Development of Self-Understanding Through Early Stages of Life

    Development of Self-Understanding Through Early Stages of Life

    The concept of self is something that we all acquire throughout our lives, stemming from our early childhood years. Understanding oneself is terribly difficult, that is why our parents must coach us along the way to reaching self-fulfillment. Infancy/toddlerhood is the beginning of our self-awareness and self-understanding. As we age to middle childhood and adolescent…