Health Behavioral Project Summary

A 12 ounce can of soda contains 39 grams of sugar. According to the American Heart Association, it is recommended men consume 36 grams of sugar daily, while women should only consume 29 grams of sugar daily. It is no wonder America is gaining weight. Just by drinking a can of soda they have already exceeded the amount of sugar suggested for the daily allowance.

To begin with, these sugar regulations would need to set a limited on the amount of sugar allowed in these products. Otherwise, people will continue to consume more and more sugar. Right now, it is a fact that “Each 12-ounce serving of soda a person consumes each day raised type 2 diabetes risk by 10 to 15 percent, and many Americans are consuming

Based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet, dietitians recommend only consuming 50 grams of sugar daily. A can of Coke takes up more then half of that amount. When interviewing some health care professionals, Kristin Raebinger a registered dietitian, found that the majority of them quickly commented that sugar consumption is a major contributor to obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease (Cited in Worthington, 2016). A lot of health care professionals think that the soda tax is the only way to stop this issue but they also think it may be best to not pass the tax and just lower the amount of sugar in soda (Worthington,

By replacing soft drinks with healthier beverages, many toxins will be eliminated. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends that people eating 1,600 calories a day not eat more than six teaspoons a day of refined sugar, 12 teaspoons for those eating 2,200 calories,

Sugar is sometimes fine in an everyday diet, but it is not essential like Konie said in the opposing article. According to Konie in the article “Is Sugar Bad? Why I Say NO!” She states “So when I say sugar is essential to good health, I’m talking about the right kinds of sugar as part of a real food diet.” She did make a good point about the right kinds of sugar, but all sugars are just as bad for you in the long run, including “healthy” sugars. All types of sugars that are over consumed by the public can lead to obesity and disease, the real way to stop over consumption is to limit yourself and create a

Behavioral healthcare has morphed its face over the last century from one that was focused on inpatient psychiatric hospitals to community-based behavioral health centers. From the beginning, “notions that people with mental illness are sometimes unpredictable and perhaps dangerous to know”, has caused a large stigma associated with behavioral health (Lawrie, 2015). With these changing facets also come challenges. There are challenges of consumer expectations and the treatment of behavioral health disorders from primary care providers. Insurance access also raises another challenge, that has slowly changed, as well as the retention of staffing. The financial stability of a facility is also an important factor for healthcare and for the behavioral healthcare system.

The Behavioral Health Division is a county operated program that is contracted with several community agencies to provide short term and long term treatment for the emotional and mental-ly challenged residents of Milwaukee County. As revealed by intensive research the mental health system in Milwaukee County needs to be reformed. The current system is a direct result of state laws drafted by public defenders in the mid-1970, which ultimately has lead today’s cri-sis.

Behavioral health is a major determinator of health status and serious behavioral disorders have devastating effects on the well-being of individuals and communities. Behavioral health consequences

What is behavioral healthcare? In Psychology Today (online) Master of Public Health Elana Premack Sandler observes that behavioral health is promoting the well-being of clients “by preventing or intervening in mental illness”, substance abuse, as well as it focuses on decreasing the stigma that surrounds the term mental health (2009). Behavioral health includes: finding what works best for a patient, include that patient in the plan of care, and be attentive in improving the behavior that is causing issues or habits. Hippocrates was one of the first to treated people with mental illnesses aside from religious beliefs or the stigmata of sorcery (Unite for Sight, n.d.). Behavioral health professionals and services have come a long way from the time of Hippocrates.

Back to the “Brier” we go healthy, wealthy, wise and you’ll know. Fairfield is the epitome of health. They have many doctors and even places like DHEC. We are wealthy in history that goes as far back as the Civil War. We have many wise people such as students and elders who have extensive historical knowledge. Fairfield is and has all of these things and much much more.

First, there is a lot of added sugar in unhealthy snacks and soda. People eat up to 25 - 37.5 ( 100 - 150 calories ) grams of sugar every day.

Many studies have shown that the amount of sugar we take in daily is way more than necessary. According to authoritynutrition.com, “[U.S. citizens in 2008] people are consuming over 60 pounds

The overall goal is to assess individual patients with hypertension, obesity, and diabetes type 2 and develop a positive learning environment via behavioral health education courses. Courses discussing diabetes management, nutritional and physical health, and heart health will result in a proactive participation of patients to make positive lifestyle changes to the improve quality of life while combating three chronic conditions.

As we hear of more studies exclaiming alarming findings of negative health concerns related to obesity and our continuously growing percentage of obesity in our country, particularly childhood obesity, sugar is in the spotlight. We often hear of dieticians and weight loss experts warning us that we

Realising sugar as enemy in disguised makes World Health Organization to implement a new recent recommended daily calories intake of sugar to a range of 10% to 5% for adult(6 tea spoons), and less than 5% for children (3 tea spoon) daily.