Sci 228 Week 6: What Is A Healthy Body Weight?

SCI 228 WEEK 6: WHAT IS A HEALTHY BODY WEIGHT? What is a healthy body weight? How do you define a healthy body weight? For Discussions, create a 1 to 2 minute multimedia VIDEO that you record/create (DO NOT POST A LINK TO A VIDEO THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS CREATED) and post it to the discussion to respond to the above question. Besides posting your individual multimedia piece, you must comment on 2 other students' multimedia pieces (you are not required to record your comments, but can choose to use the text comment feature). Remember, they must still be quality posts. Simply stating, "Nice job, I agree" is not sufficient. Examples of quality posts include: • Providing additional information to the discussion; • elaborating on previous comments from others; • presenting explanations of concepts or methods to help fellow students, Theresa Bodus Thursday Feb 14 at 7:52pm Excellent information Mandy, Janpaolo, Lindsey, and Shondrea. I agree with you that we need to show both men and women depictions of healthy bodies. As you stated Mandy, a scale is not necessary to determine if you are healthy. A scale is just one tool that may or may not be beneficial. How do we make a difference? How do we communicate that bodies come in many shapes and styles? What do you think? Manage Discussion Entry Go To Parent Excellent information Mandy, Janpaolo, Lindsey, and Shondrea. I agree with you that we need to show both men and women depictions of healthy bodies. As you stated Mandy, a scale is not necessary to determine if you are healthy. A scale is just one tool that may or may not be beneficial. How do we make a difference? How do we communicate that bodies come in many shapes and styles? What do you think? Reply Reply to Comment Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionGideon Obeng Gideon Obeng Friday Feb 15 at 8:06pm Professor, that is a difficult but dynamic question. To me, I think that you do not have to have a certain weight to be seen or accepted as healthy, my family has many people with very thick body and dry skin and just like I have mentioned earlier in our chats I have developed an attitude of drinking much water and with my weight I work out regularly just to stay fit and not necessary lose weight to a certain amount. I have seen cases where people worry so much on their weight, I always tell my friends who talk much about how much they are not happy that not everyone can be skinny in this world, but you just must make sure you stay healthy by eating right, drinking much water and exercise. Manage Discussion Entry Go To Parent Edit Delete Professor, that is a difficult but dynamic question. To me, I think that you do not have to have a certain weight to be seen or accepted as healthy, my family has many people with very thick body and dry skin and just like I have mentioned earlier in our chats I have developed an attitude of drinking much water and with my weight I work out regularly just to stay fit and not necessary lose weight to a certain amount. I have seen cases where people worry so much on their weight, I always tell my friends who talk much about how much they are not happy that not everyone can be skinny in this world, but you just must make sure you stay healthy by eating right, drinking much water and exercise. Reply Reply to Comment Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionStephanie Robinson Stephanie Robinson Yesterday Feb 16 at 10:01pm I agree, a scale is not the determining factor when discussing health. We can make a difference by displaying different shapes and sizes in the public eye. As young girls we start out playing with Barbies. Barbie has come in one shape and size for many years, leading young girls to believe that they have to be this way to fit into society. We have to stop being so hypocritical of others as well. If we stop shaming others for being plus sized we can not assume that their unhealthy. Manage Discussion Entry Go To Parent I agree, a scale is not the determining factor when discussing health. We can make a difference by displaying different shapes and sizes in the public eye. As young girls we start out playing with Barbies. Barbie has come in one shape and size for many years, leading young girls to believe that they have to be this way to fit into society. We have to stop being so hypocritical of others as well. If we stop shaming others for being plus sized we can not assume that their unhealthy. Reply Reply to Comment Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionBrian Baker Brian Baker Yesterday Feb 16 at 10:27pm Just as many other classmates have stated, being healthy should not be tied to a number on a scale. We must also understand that the numbers we should pay attention to are the ones our doctors tell us to look out for such as blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar. It's important to know that eating right and exercising will keep these important numbers in a healthy range to ensure we live a long healthy life. Starving ourselves and going through all the crash diets to reach a number on a scale does more harm to our bodies and ultimately will not make us happy. Manage Discussion Entry Go To Parent Just as many other classmates have stated, being healthy should not be tied to a number on a scale. We must also understand that the numbers we should pay attention to are the ones our doctors tell us to look out for such as blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar. It's important to know that eating right and exercising will keep these important numbers in a healthy range to ensure we live a long healthy life. Starving ourselves and going through all the crash diets to reach a number on a scale does more harm to our bodies and ultimately will not make us happy. Reply Reply to Comment Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionElizabeth Baranski Elizabeth Baranski Yesterday Feb 16 at 8:54pm I think that eating disorders are not due to genetics. I think it is something in someone's brain that is just triggered. I think eating disorders are much like anxiety and depression. Something is triggered in the brain to make the person feel a certain way or want to do something that they normally wouldn't do. I know, from friends, that it is not something that they would have thought of doing without hearing about it from other people. For example, one friend of mine that had a very serious eating disorder said that she only started doing after being bullied about her weight. That is when she would stop eating or took even worse matters after eating something. Manage Discussion Entry Go To Parent I think that eating disorders are not due to genetics. I think it is something in someone's brain that is just triggered. I think eating disorders are much like anxiety and depression. Something is triggered in the brain to make the person feel a certain way or want to do something that they normally wouldn't do. I know, from friends, that it is not something that they would have thought of doing without hearing about it from other people. For example, one friend of mine that had a very serious eating disorder said that she only started doing after being bullied about her weight. That is when she would stop eating or took even worse matters after eating something. Reply Reply to Comment Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionShondrea Island Shondrea Island Tuesday Feb 12 at 9:46am Manage Discussion Entry Go To Topic Shondrea Island-week 6 Reply Reply to Comment Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionJanpaolo Rosal Janpaolo Rosal Tuesday Feb 12 at 3:34pm Shondrea, thanks for posting your discussion this week. I like the part when you said maintaining a healthy body weight is important to staying healthy. As people gain weight, their risks for high blood pressure, diabetes, high blood cholesterol, and heart disease all increase. Keep up the great work. Manage Discussion Entry Go To Parent Shondrea, thanks for posting your discussion this week. I like the part when you said maintaining a healthy body weight is important to staying healthy. As people gain weight, their risks for high blood pressure, diabetes, high blood cholesterol, and heart disease all increase. Keep up the great work. Reply Reply to Comment (1 like) Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionZachary Ball Zachary Ball Wednesday Feb 13 at 5:39pm Hello Shondrea Your video presentation was excellent. I mainly liked how you talked about healthy lifestyles. As people tend to gain weight rather it be around the holidays or not. If you dont exercise and make smart healthy decisions your body tends to react back on your decisions attacking your health. Like you can development shortness of breath which can lead into beathing problems, highblood pressure, diabetes, heart attack. Manage Discussion Entry Go To Parent Hello Shondrea Your video presentation was excellent. I mainly liked how you talked about healthy lifestyles. As people tend to gain weight rather it be around the holidays or not. If you dont exercise and make smart healthy decisions your body tends to react back on your decisions attacking your health. Like you can development shortness of breath which can lead into beathing problems, highblood pressure, diabetes, heart attack. Reply Reply to Comment (1 like) Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionEdward Stankowski Edward Stankowski Friday Feb 15 at 7:13pm Shondrea, I enjoyed viewing your power point presentation on what an ideal body weight is. You hit on all of the important points. People always mistake actually looking into the families background to see how they were raised and what type of diets or foods they ate. I agree you want to be at a healthy weight and try to maintain that by eating healthy meals and partaking in physical activities. So do you feel thus far that you have learned things about nutrition that you previously did not? I know I have. Thanks for sharing your presentation with the class. Manage Discussion Entry Go To Parent Shondrea, I enjoyed viewing your power point presentation on what an ideal body weight is. You hit on all of the important points. People always mistake actually looking into the families background to see how they were raised and what type of diets or foods they ate. I agree you want to be at a healthy weight and try to maintain that by eating healthy meals and partaking in physical activities. So do you feel thus far that you have learned things about nutrition that you previously did not? I know I have. Thanks for sharing your presentation with the class. Reply Reply to Comment Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionVanessa Suarez Rodriguez Vanessa Suarez Rodriguez Yesterday Feb 16 at 9:27pm Shonsrea, Your presentation is straight to the point. The point in your presentation that i found to be the most important in my opinion is, "As people gain weight, their risks for high blood pressure, diabetes, high blood cholesterol, and heart disease all increase. People who are overweight or obese may need to lose weight to improve their health." I feel this information is vital to everyone. Manage Discussion Entry Go To Parent Shonsrea, Your presentation is straight to the point. The point in your presentation that i found to be the most important in my opinion is, "As people gain weight, their risks for high blood pressure, diabetes, high blood cholesterol, and heart disease all increase. People who are overweight or obese may need to lose weight to improve their health." I feel this information is vital to everyone. Reply Reply to Comment Top of Form HTML Editor Rich Content Editor Attach CancelPost Reply Bottom of Form Collapse SubdiscussionJanpaolo Rosal Janpaolo Rosal Tuesday Feb 12 at 11:14am Hello everyone, please see link