FHCE 3100 Lecture 17Outline of Last Lecture I. Ch.8—Food Outline of Current Lecture II. Ch.9—Health and Body IssuesCurrent Lecture The definition of “healthy” is very subjective Wellness: the new health goal Dimensions of wellness Physical wellness (ex. Being able to climb up the stairs, appropriate body temp) Emotional wellness (*you need 21 points of physical contact a day to be emotionally healthy) Intellectual wellness (ex. Exams in school) Spiritual wellness Interpersonal and social wellness (ex. Facebook, etc.) Stress and depression Roughly ½ of all college students reported feeling “so depressed that it was difficult to function” Loss of interest in activities you used to enjoy Lack of energy Problems concentrating, remembering information, or making decisions Problems falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping too much Loss of appetite or eating too much Thoughts of suicide or suicide attempts Health/Wellness across time 1900s—pie chart of leading causes of death, other was the biggest b/c they didn’t know what was causing things back then, cancer was TINY (now cancer is 25% b/c we have become so good at cancer diagnosis) Message—able today to diagnose way more b/c of our knowledge Also, today there are safer workplaces, recognition of tobacco as bad, healthier moms and babies, vaccinations for childhood diseases, control of infectious disease, motor vehicle safety, fluoridation of drinking water, safe/healthier foods, family planning Pneumonia, tuberculosis and diarrhea/enteritis are no longer leading causes of deathThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Know what organizations police what food safety Health/Wellness and Economics Social safety nets Medicare (elderly/disabled) Medicaid (health insurance for low income)- “Peach care” in Georgia 17.9% of the GDP is spent on Health Care Services and Supplies Expected to increase by 20% by 2017 (Reminder—GDP is way to measure the size of its economy, it is defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time) GDP= About ½ the people enrolled in Medicaid are CHILDREN! (majority) About 44% (majority) of the people spending on Medcaid are blind and disabled Elderly Medicaid spending—long term care is the most of Medicaid spending, aka nursing homes The poor is second to most for Medicaid spending Those without insurance? National surveys show that primary reason people are uninsured is the cost of health insurance coverage About 1.5 million families lose their homes to foreclosure every year due to unaffordablemedical costs About 68% of those whole filed for bankruptcy had health insurance For some: health care costs too much In 2014, annual premium (what you pay to have health insurance coverage) was $16,834for a family of 4. Who can afford insurance… Almost half the world’s wealth is now owned by just 1% of the population The wealth of the 1% richest people in the world amounts to $110 trillion. That is 65 times the total wealth of the bottom half of the world’s population The bottom half of the world’s population owns the same as the riches 85 people in the world. Wealth – well-being In the US, the wealthiest 1% captured 95% of post-financial crises growth since 2009, while the bottom 90% became poorer Census poverty rate In 2013, the official poverty rate was 14.5 percent, down from 15 percent in 2012. This was the first decrease in poverty rate since 2006. In 2013, there were 45.3 million people in poverty Clarke County In Athens, poverty rate is 34.9% Meaning, 35% of your fellow Athenians have substantially low incomes Census poverty data Poverty rate in children in 2012 for under age 18 was 21.8 percent Poverty rate for people age 18-64 was 13.7 percent
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