Category: Homework assignments

Website analysis assignment

Pick a health-related topic and find a website that explains it. Answer the following questions:
• Who sponsors/pays for the site, and what is their mission?
• Can you tell when the site was last updated and who was the author of the site (if any)?
• To what extent does the website distinguish between facts and opinions? Are there supporting documents or are there links to information on other sites?
• Does the site use understandable language?
• Is the website clear and easy to use/navigate? Is the information comprehensive?
• Is the information reputable, accurate, current, and interesting? Does it ask for any personal information? Can you tell how the information on the site is selected?
• Would you recommend this site to others and why?

Mother-Caring for 7 billion assignment

Go to the BMCC Library website – http://lib1.bmcc.cuny.edu/ and click on Databases. Select Video Databases, then select Kanopy Streaming Videos. If you are not on campus, you will have to log in with your BMCC log-on (the same credentials you use to log into computers on campus). When you are in the Kanopy database, search for Mother – Caring for 7 billion. Answer the below questions fully.

  • How has the population changed since 1970?
  • How does consumption of goods affect the environment? How does it affect our health? Give specific examples.
  • What are the natural resources that are needed for life? Which of these are limited?
  • What are the dangers to the planet and to people from even more population growth? What are dangers to our health from population growth?
  • Why is a higher retirement age a good idea? Why is it a bad idea?
  • What are some barriers to family planning in the United States? Why are there so many unintended pregnancies? What is a solution you can think of to the issue of unintended pregnancies?
  • How does empowering women help with economic and ecological problems? What policies can the US adopt that help empower women?           

Weight of the Nation assignment

Watch Weight of the Nation documentary, Consequences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pEkCbqN4uo&t=2s

Answer the below questions fully.

  • What is BMI? How is it defined? How is it used?
  • Describe the Bogalusa Heart Study. What did the Bogalusa Heart Study show?
  • What health issues and diseases that are related to obesity did the movie discuss?
  • What are the different influences/risk factors on rates of obesity?
  • The movie shows several cities in the US, and the maps of different neighborhoods and their rates of obesity and diabetes. Why do different neighborhoods have different rates of obesity?
  • Why is it important that more children are becoming overweight and obese?
  • Define ideal cardiovascular health. (7 factors) What are some health behaviors that can help people reach ideal cardiovascular health?
  • What is fatty liver disease? Why is it dangerous? How can it be prevented?

Unnatural Causes assignment

Go to the BMCC Library website – http://lib1.bmcc.cuny.edu/ and click on Databases. Select Video Databases, then select Kanopy Streaming Videos. If you are not on campus, you will have to log in with your BMCC log-on (the same credentials you use to log into computers on campus). When you are in the Kanopy database, search for Unnatural Causes. Your result will say Collection on it. Watch the movie titled In Sickness and in Wealth.  Answer the below questions fully.

  • Define social determinants of health from the book and from the movie. Give examples from the movie and your own life. Is the US the healthiest nation in the world? Why or why not?
  • What are some health behaviors that lead to illness?
  • What did the Whitehall study show about the connection between health and wealth? Define the wealth-health gradient.
  • How do the lives of Jim Taylor, Tondra Young, Corey Anderson and Mary Turner exemplify concepts like the wealth-health gradient and the importance of power and control? What does comparing data maps of disease rates in the different Louisville council districts show us? What might explain the differences in life expectancy, rates of disease and rates of excess death?
  • Describe examples from the film that illustrate how racism imposes an additional health burden on people of color. Give examples of both “everyday” racism (being treated unfairly) and “structural” racism (access to resources, power, status and wealth) and describe how these might affect health in different ways.
  • What kinds of employment, education, housing, or transportation polices do we need today to promote health equity? Think about some of the programs and policies that other industrialized countries in the world have. What obstacles and opportunities exist now in the United States of America? Are there any programs or policies that you have seen in your neighborhood or community?

Sexuality: Gonads

Listen to any of the episodes of the Radiolab Presents: Gonads podcast series here https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/projects/radiolab-presents-gonads.

  • Summarize the episode in your own words.
  • List at least three new things you learned.
  • How did the information you heard support your previous thoughts about sex, reproduction, gender, or fertility?
  • Did the information you heard challenge any of your previously held assumptions about sex, reproduction, gender or fertility? How?
  • Write at least 2 unanswered questions you still have about this topic. Where could you find this information?

Food diary

Keep a food diary for 1 week (include the diary with this assignment). Write down everything you ate and drank every day that week. If you are eating packaged food, write down the number of calories you consumed, as well as the amount of protein, carbohydrates and fats (in grams), as well as fiber, sodium, and any other vitamins and minerals. Otherwise, use your favorite calorie/food tracker website or app (a popular one is https://www.myfitnesspal.com/). Answer the following questions:

  • Use a calorie calculator online – like this one from MyPlate. On average, how many calories did you eat in a day?
  • Are you eating the correct proportions of protein, carbohydrates, fiber and fats every day? If not, which nutrients are you missing and which do you eat too much?
  • Are you eating the right servings of foods, as recommended by MyPlate? What is missing? What do you eat too much?
  • What is one short-term change do you think you can make to your diet to make it more balanced?
  • What are some long-term changes do you think you should make to your diet?