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Heredity

Our Group Tech Hater=Rina Ravisundar The Psychologist=Matt Pokorny The Tech Guru=B.J. Ryan The Research Specialist=Courtney Berenshot

Overview of Heredity

Definition: According to http://www.merriam-webster.com, heredity is the transmission of qualities from ancestors to descendants through the genes. Rating of Control: 0 Epigenetics: Though you have no control whatsoever over your own genes, traumatic events and other things like food surpluses can essentially turn on or turn off genes in your children and grandchildren. The study of this is called epigenetics. Because of epigenetics, you essentially have indirect control over your descendants genes. Selling Point: We have little to no control over us when it comes to heredity. I was surprised by this because of the way we learned about this in my 7th grade science class. Heredity stands out above the rest of the world health problems, specifically because we have little to no control of it, therefore it is important that we understand the topic of heredity.

Example: Cystic Fibrosis Stats: About 1,000 new cases of cystic fibrosis are diagnosed each year. More than 70% of patients are diagnosed by age two. More than 45% of the CF patient population is age 18 or older. The predicted median age of survival for a person with CF is in the late 30s. citationhttp://www.cff.org/AboutCF/?gclid=CKrD8avW3rcCFYkWMgodiXAAuQ Ex: Fragile X Syndrome stat: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common known cause of inherited intellectual disability. [Read article] FXS affects both males and females. However, females often have milder symptoms than males. The exact number of people who have FXS is unknown, but it has been estimated that about 1 in 5,000 males are born with the disorder. [Read article] citation: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fxs/data.html Ex: Spinal Muscular Atrophy One in every 6,000 babies is born with SMA. SMA can strike anyone of any age, race or gender. One in every 40 people carries the gene that causes SMA. The child of two carriers has a one in four chance of developing SMA.

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How Environment impacts your Health

Our Group Tech Hater= Emma The Psychologist= Veronica The Tech Guru= Cameron The Research Specialist= Annie

Overview of Environment
Definition: According to Dictionary.com, the definition of environment is the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population Rating of Control: Six Selling Point: Depending on the environment you live in, determines the lifestyle you live. Living in a not-so wealthy environment would lead to fast food restaurants which immensely affects the health of someone. Living in an environment such as a farm or rural area there is much cleaner air, and healthier food near. Due to the crops being grown, the most consumed item around those areas are vegetables. Vegetables are some of the healthiest/best for you foods out there. sited from http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php reasoning on why environment is the most influential on health: depending on the environment you live in, determines the lifestyle you live. Living in a not-so wealthy environment would lead to fast food restaurants which immensely affects the health of someone. Living in an environment such as a farm or rural area there is much cleaner air, and healthier food near. Due to the crops being grown, the most consumed item around those areas are vegetables. Vegetables are some of the healthiest/best for you foods out there. sited from http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

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Example: Pollution of Groundwater Stat: High levels of nitrates in groundwater lead to incidences of methemoglobinemia or blue baby syndrome, which robs the blood cells of their ability to carry oxygen. Citation: http://www.reopure.com/nitratinfo.html Example: Air pollution Stat:Evidence shows that particle pollutionlike that coming from that exhaust smokecan kill as well as increase the risk of heart disease, lung cancer and asthma attacks. Citation:http://www.stateoftheair.org/2013/health-risks/health-risksparticle.html Example:Homes and Communities Stat: Rundown housing units encourage the growth of mold, dust mites, insects, rodents which can cause asthmatic problems, allergies, and respiratory problems Citation:http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/01735/files/housingeffects.html

Media

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Our Group Tech Hater= Berenice The Psychologist= JAMES The Tech Guru=Luke Research Specialist= Taylor

Overview of Media

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Definition: The means of communication through newspaper, radio, magazine, and television that influences people widely. Rating of Control: the control is a 7. Although we dont have to follow it, it does strongly influence our society which almost forces us to try and fit in. Selling Point: The media has a large influence on society in general, which becomes like a global peer pressure. Peer pressure is hard to resist when it is just one person, but when it is a global social norm it Social media effects mainly becomes even harder.

teenagers and young adults. when they see their favorite stars doing drugs, some teens feel the need to do drugs to be like them.

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Example: Children on computers and media in general. Stat: Children spend more time on media than sleeping. Research has found that media leads to children's

beliefs towards aggressive behavior and violence, sex, and eating disorders. Kids that watch a heavy load of television on a daily basis could lead to asthma, sleeping disorders, mood changes, and depression.
Citation http://opi.mt.gov/pdf/health/Fit/mediacolor.pdf

Example: Television for the average person. Stat: The average person watches 4-5 hours of television a day. Lately food companies have hired famous people to advertise in order to attract more people.
Citation http://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/How-Media-Can-Affect-Children's-Health.aspx

Example: Lack of communication and social ability due to Stat: Increased interaction through social medias and networks allows for more communication. However, the quality of the communication has gone downhill, leaving a lack of face to face interaction. This allows for miscommunications that would easily be clarified if they had had the voice inflection and body language to help interpret them. Bottom line: Although social networks open communication, they cannot replace human interaction.
Citation McQuillen, Jeffrey S. "The influence of technology on the initiation of interpersonal relationships (1)." Education 123.3 (2003): 616+. Student Resources In Context. Web. 12 June

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Culture

Our Group Tech Hater= Honor Stick The Psychologist= Zara Khan The Tech Guru= Gray Kafkes The Research Specialist= Alyssa Adams

Overview of Culture
Definition: According to
Merriam-Webster, culture embodies the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. control of about 5, because we cannot control exactly how the culture affects us. Society has a certain image and we are expected to act and think a certain way.

Rating of Control: I would say that the general human population has a

Selling Point: Culture is the most influential determinant in society

because it overall affects our mental and physical health. For example, society has a standard of being skinny, having shiny hair, or big muscles. These physical traits do not define us , but society ostracize the people that are different.

Example: Music is a significant part of our culture and what the lyrics mean truly affect young and old people very directly. It can affect the way we act and think. Stat: According to CNN Health, music may impair cognitive abilities in these scenarios because if you're trying to memorize things in order, you may get thrown off by the changing words and notes in your chosen song, the authors speculate. Citation: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/27/music-may-harm-yourstudying-study-says/

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Example: This shows that overeating in our culture has lead to major health problems such as obesity, heart attacks, diabetes, and many other dangerous illnesses. Food has always been a tremendous part of American culture and continues to grow as well as affect millions. Stat: According to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, food portions in America's restaurants have doubled or tripled over the last 20 years, a key factor that is contributing to a potentially devastating increase in obesity among children and adults. Citation: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/newsevents/matte1.htm Example: In our culture, we have an image of what women should look like nowadays, which brings up thoughts of insecurity and depression. We see models in magazines and wish to look like someone we are not. The question is why? It is now a part of our culture, more than ever before. Stat: According to Teens Finding Hope, Truth is: flaws are not accepted, regardless of the fact that everyone is flawed and imperfect. Citation: http://www.teensfindinghope.org/1/post/2013/04/feeling-insecure.html

Technology
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Our Group Tech Hater= Rohith B. The Psychologist= Neil O. The Tech Guru= Yu-Lin Y. The Research Specialist= Andrew C.

Overview of Technology
Definition: A factor that decisively affects the nature or outcome of something.
Serving to determine or decide something.

Rating of Control: 7 We can control the impact that technology has on

health merely by the amount of contact we allow ourselves. It is almost inevitable that at some point, technology will affect us in one way or another, positively or negatively. This can be controlled by the measures we take to either use this to our advantage.

Selling Point: Our current generation is obsessed with technology and it is

growing at an exponential rate. There are many positives and negatives to the technological boom.

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Example: Tyrone is a high school boy who loves his twitter account.

He goes on vacation to Canada where there is no wi-fi access and he cannot check his Twitter account. His addiction cannot be appeased. Stat: In a recent study by researchers at Chicago University, 205 people above 18 years old were asked to record their longings throughout the day. As normal, alcohol and cigarettes were logged multiple times, but social media also was at the top of the list.
worldcrunch.com, Facebook can cause depression in frequent users. Scrolling through the lives of friends can often cause dissatisfaction with ones own life, along with a feeling of un-fulfillment because of the lack of a life.

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Example: One great example is social media. According to an article on

Stat: In a study of 600 Facebook users, 30% reported that there test
resulted in an envy of their friends. 36% said that they were frustrated with Facebook
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Example: Shaniqua lives in Harlem and goes to Mcdonalds daily.

Shes a clear example of an average American who dines in a fast food restaurant on a regular basis. Her excessive technology use creates a sedentary lifestyle in which she is not active enough to maintain a healthy weight. Stat: Our sedentary lifestyle increased from 26.4 MET hours in 1965 to 37.7 MET hours in 2009 which has increased obesity rates in Murica

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Attitude
Our Group Tech Hater= Barbra The Psychologist= Craig The Tech Guru= Abby The Research Specialist= Isabel

Overview of Attitude
Definition: An attitude is an expression of favor or disfavor toward a person, place, thing, or event Rating of Control: 8 Selling Point: Your attitude is based on your current emotional status, which has a lot more control than the other determinants, and therefore has a much larger impact on how you act emotionally versus determinants that cannot be changed as easily, such as environment.

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Example: Many years of a stressful attitude may lead to a decline in health in the future. Stat: More often than not, the two sets of research showed, cancer victims reported a disturbed childhood. More Support: Dr. George E. Vaillant, professor of psychiatry at Harvard University, believes that the best protection against today's major illnesses is simply good mental health. Dr. Vaillant studied more than 100 Harvard students, selected for their excellent emotional adjustment... Dr. Vaillant concludes, ''Stress does not kill so much as ingenious adaptation to stress - call it good mental health or mature coping mechanisms facilitates our survival.''
Citation: How the mind affects our health. (1980, Nov 23). New York Times. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/424012742?accountid=6263

Example: Mentality of diet awareness and attitude affects the prioritization of different aspects of overall health. Stat: In both the United States and Geneva, health consciousness was greater among women and more highly educated persons than among other groups. Compared with Americans, Genevans assigned more importance to avoiding salt, sugar, and overweight (odds ratio= 1.6, 2.9, and 5.9, respectively) and less importance to lowering cholesterol (odds ratio=0.6). Genevans were more likely to recognize the relatively high fiber content of lettuce, carrots, and apples. Recognition of low-fat foods was slightly better in the United States. Conclusions. Knowledge and attitudes differed despite high general diet and health awareness in both populations.. Levels of health were negative in their own ways.
Citation: Girois, S. B., Kumanyika, S. K., Morabia, A., & Mauger, E. (2001). A comparison of knowledge and attitudes about diet and health among 35- to 75-year-old adults in the united states and geneva, switzerland. American Journal of Public Health,91(3), 41824. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/215105439?accountid=6263

Example: your attitude affects the amount of exercise you do, if you have a more positive attitude and motivation you are more likely to work harder on your physical health and appearance.
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Behavior

Our Group Tech Hater= Sam The Psychologist= Courtney The Tech Guru= Christine The Research Specialist= Cristina

Overview of Behavior
Definition: the thing that a person or animal does. According to www.ldoceonline.com Rating of Control: 5 Selling Point: Behavior can be controlled in some ways but not others. Your attitude has a impacts your behavior a lot. If you have a good attitude towards something, then you are more likely to do it (example: exercise is a good thing and should be done often. If you think that it is good, you are more likely to do it).

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Example: stress Stat: This (stress) puts you at increased risk of numerous health problems, including: Heart disease Sleep problems Digestive problems Depression Obesity Citation: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress/SR00001 Example: You can control behavior by having a plan and a goal. Income does not affect behavior. Social networks can affect behavior. Stat: 45% of behavioral variance can be predicted by the belief that you have control Citation: http://www.precisionnutrition.com/how-to-change-behaviour Example: Not being able to hold a job is behavior that you cant control but what you eat and how much you exercise can be controlled Stat: The truth is: you can't control all your behavior. Citation: http://www.psychologicalselfhelp.org/Chapter4.pdf