I. Introduction
Eating healthy diet is an integral part in order to achieve good quality of life and better wellbeing. Adopting healthy diet life style can improve our health as well as provide protection against many chronic diseases. (1)
Dietary advices that grounded on scientific evidence to promote healthy food is very crucial if we are aiming at achieving better health among Australians. The Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to healthy Eating are good examples. (1)
Food choices are affected by many influences, for instance, cultural backgrounds, philosophical reasons such as being vegetarian and many other personal preferences.
All these factors should be considered when developing interventions and advices. (1)
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The risk of Obesity and other diseases related to diet may be substantially increased by consuming these kinds of food on a frequently basis. (1)
Obesity has unfavourable health as well as economic effects such as chronic diseases as well as sudden death. A total health burden equal to 7% was reported in Australia 2011, 63% of burden due to obesity was reported as fatal burden. In addition to that, Australian economy is found to be burdened by $8.6 billion annually due to Obesity (2011-2012). (2)
Vulnerability of indigenous adults to become Obese is very high when its compared to non-indigenous people. The same case applied to people with low socio-economic status when they are compared to high socio-economic status. Moreover, living in remote areas and outside major cities also increase the vulnerability. (3)
The most common way used nowadays to define whether a person is underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese is Body Mass Index (BMI) which is mainly centred on measuring height and weight.
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IV. Methods
A qualitative design, triangulation as a method of data collection will be adopted by using a combination of focus groups discussion and semi-structured interviews.
These two approaches are chosen because they can be conducted in naturalistic settings which may stimulate and encourage more openness and frankness that could help to answer the primary research questions.
Questions will be used during interviews and focus group discussion related to healthy diet will be developed based on the definition of healthy diet according to Australian Dietary Guidelines. Healthy diet defined by The Australian Dietary Guidelines are based on the current scientific evidence (1).
Data collection:
Triangulation methodology; using combination of focus groups discussion and semi-structured interviews is not to cross validate the data, but it's to capture different dimensions related to research questions.
Six focus group discussions, video recorded will be conducted; each group will be composed of 6-9 men. Duration will be around 1 hour
For some time, scholars and writers have continuously debated as to what constitutes or defines the idea of healthy eating, mainly because of the increase in the number of people diagnosed with ailments associated with bad eating habits. It has quickly become the forefront of issue, particularly in the United States. In recognition of this on-going debate, this composition seeks to compare and contrast two well-known authors concerning how we think about and consume food. In Michael Pollan’s discussion, “Escape from the Western Diet,” he discusses the negative sides of nutrition science, including conflicting theories surrounding the elements of healthy food consumption and why solutions are essential for the Western diet and lifestyle. “Escape from the Western Diet,’’ is among the articles that talks about the eating habits of individuals in the society. In the article, Pollan points out not only the numerous conflicts concerning what types of diets – including carbohydrate-based, the inclusion of omega-3s, other nutrition-specific needs - that are believed to directly affect general health or specific illnesses, but also how western nutritionism compares to other countries diets affect longevity outcomes. In the end, Pollan suggests that the United States must seek solutions that move towards more natural, unprocessed, plant-based lifestyles that ensure that individuals are making what they consume a primary
Throughout this position paper there are some key recommendations made by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics about how to improve the diets and nutritional status by specifically using the total diet approach.1 One key recommendation is that nutrition messages tend to be more effective when they are focused on positive ways to make changes overtime, opposed to listing specific foods that are to be avoided completely.1 Foods should also not be labeled “good” or “bad” because it can result in negative attitudes and poor judgments.1 Instead of having people cut certain foods out of their diets completely it is more effective to teach the concepts of moderation and proportionality.1 This position paper also mentions programs that already support the total diet approach such as MyPlate, the White House’s Let’s Move campaign, Nutrition Facts labels, nutrients intake recommendations, and Healthy People
Dixon (2010). The evolving obesity epidemic is taking a considerable toll on those affected, health services, and on our communities, John B. Dixon (2010). These health issues are so present in Australia that, “the total annual direct cost of overweight and obesity in Australia in 2005 was $21 billion” Colagiuri, S., et al (2010). The health risks associated with obesity need long term management and hence are very costly. Seeing such an impact from an easily avoidable condition (staying a healthy weight) can only indicate that the obesity epidemic is much harder to combat and control than first assumed, especially within low socio-economic status individuals and the food
When mentioning the gods in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the one that comes into people would no doubt be Ishtar, the goddess of love and war. She is the catalyst to many events in the story and the character development of Gilgamesh. To no one surprise, Gilgamesh and Ishtar’s relationship did not start well and certainly get any better as the story goes on. Although Gilgamesh and Ishtar’s relationship seems to be fix in the end, I will prove it is impossible for their relationship be mended because Gilgamesh never really thought highly of her, as Ishtar is a vengeful goddess, and ultimately caused Enkidu’s death.
The cost of lives is not the only payment for obesity, the nation suffers economically as well by paying more for health care (Kottke, et al. 2003). Obese medical patients have many more risks associated with medical care (NIDDK, 2003; Neville, Brown, Weng, Demetriades, & Velmahos, 2004). A higher rate of multiple organ failure is prevalent in the obese which often leads to death (Neville, et al. 2004). This means that obese patients need to be monitored more closely, which effectively costs more (Neville, et al. 2004). There are also indirect costs of obesity due to lost jobs by individuals who are disabled by their condition (Kottke, et al. 2003). Overall, the yearly cost due to obesity is estimated to be 117 billion dollars (NIDDK, 2003).
As Americans, we all take our own approach to food, but most of us have the same initial feeling about it. And that is because we live and eat an unhealthy lifestyle, one that is leading to the increase of obesity and other diseases. In just 28 years, the rate of obesity in children has increased from 6.9% to 19.6%. We take that childhood obesity into adulthood with us. Not only is the obesity rate increasing, but so is our chance of developing diabetes, along with hypertension, high cholesterol and heart disease.
Purpose: to explore the potential contribution of focus groups; reviews their contribution to date and makes some recommendations regarding their future use.
For most individuals, achieving a healthy eating pattern will require changes in food and beverage choices. This edition of the Dietary Guidelines focuses on shifts to emphasize the need to make substitutions—that is, choosing nutrient-dense foods and beverages in place of less healthy choices—rather than increasing intake overall. Most individuals would benefit from shifting food choices both within and across food groups. Some needed shifts are minor and can be accomplished by making simple substitutions, while others will require greater effort to accomplish.
The data collected from the small focus group discussions using of voice recording was transcribed, and data analysis was done through thematic synthesis method (Thomas & Harden, 2008). The transcriptions were coded, a process of labeling lines of text to enable the researcher with the aim of bringing similar ones together and grouping into broad themes. Moreover, the process continued to identify sub-themes and major themes, all registered in a codebook aiming to keep
Data triangulation approach determines the internal validity concerns by means of using more than one data collection technique to answer research question (Barbour, 2001). However, as described by Barbour (2001), proper implementation of data triangulation is a challenging task since there are various forms of collected data using diverse techniques that confront direct
As for data triangulation the textbook further explains, “Data triangulation involves the use of multiple data sources for the purpose of validating conclusions. There are three types of data triangulation: time, space, and person” (Polit & Beck, 2010 p. 327). Only person triangulation was used throughout this study. Polit and Beck (2015) explain, “Person triangulation involves collecting data from different types or levels of people, with the aim of validating data through multiple perspectives on the phenomenon” (p. 327). Even though only one method of triangulation was used, a sufficient amount of data was gathered. The information collected contained one common theme, six categories and quotes from focus groups used to illustrate findings drawn from the discussion (Macias, 2015). Given all the data that was obtained a sufficient depth and richness was
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The variety of different foods eaten within one meal increases the amount of food consumed. This study was conducted using previous research. After evaluating all the results of the study, the conclusion was that variety is a potent factor in increasing food consumption. Of the numerous studies evaluated in the article it seems to have a basic survival concept that plays out. When food is available in abundance along with variety (harvest time and ripe crops), by nature humans consume more. This is to attain needed vitamins and minerals for ideal health. People in cold climates would need this extra layer of fat for insulation and fuel during times of cold weather and diet restrictions (Polivy & Herman, 2006). On the reverse, when limited food and variety is available we reduce our intake for as long as needed for optimal survival. The visual effect of a variety of food (Kahn and Wansink 2004) will also factor into either an increased or decreased consumption. In my opinion the variety and visual effect of food consumption is a contributing factor in an individual’s choices. When enticed with choices and eye appealing food, people will consume more than needed. This scenario is linked to an old saying “the eyes are bigger than the stomach”. (Remick, A. K., Polivy, J., & Pliner, P.,
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