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Research-Deforestation

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• Forests cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year.
• Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and holds in heat at night. This disruption leads to more extreme temperatures swings that can be harmful to plants and animals.

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/

• Half the world’s tropical forests have been cleared or degraded. Every hour, at least 4,500 acres of forest fall to chain saws, machetes, flames, or bulldozers. Population growth, poverty, and unequal access to land are among the major causes of deforestation (Forestry Department Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).
• Trees provide an important ecosystem function by storing carbon, a cause of climate change, in their biomass (wood, leaves, and roots). Currently the world’s forests store 283 billion tons (equivalent to the size of 40.1 billion elephants) of carbon in their biomass (Forestry Department Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).
• More than half of the world's timber and 72% of paper is consumed by 22% of the world's population (the United States, Europe, and Japan). Worldwide, industrialized countries consume over twelve times more wood products per person than non-industrialized countries. The United States has less than 5% of the world's population yet consumes more than 30% of the world's paper (Rainforest Action Network).
• Worldwide, 1.6 billion people rely on forest products for all or part of their livelihoods (World Resources Institute and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).

http://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html

 

Enviromental Health-Story of Stuff

Life’s Greatest Miracle

I watched the video called Life's Greatest Miracle. This video shows how a baby is created. It starts showing since the sperm goes inside the vagina. Also, goes in deep detail about how an embryo is developed step by step. It says that our body want to make babies. Everyday there are 365,000 babies born worldwide. The most interesting fact is how incredible is for a woman to create life. It is also interesting how the DNA is responsible for reproduction. It explains all the cells, molecules, tissues that create organs which allow a life to be created. I am surprised that it takes so much work for our body to create a life, and we do not notice all the work that is going on inside our body while we are doing activities. Many people say that is so easy to get pregnant, and many women keep getting pregnant right after one and another. However, this video shows how much work sperms have to do in order to get to their destination. There are millions of sperms that travel to meet their egg, and only one or two make it because the 60% of the sperms die in their journey. This is because the vagina is acid, therefore, the acid kills the sperms. In this case, sperms are more about quantity instead quality, and the eggs are more about quality instead quantity. Then, it talks about every step in the journey of the new life’s development . You must watch this video because it is informative and super interesting. Over all, I was surprise to find out that men are responsible for the baby’s gender.


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/life-greatest-miracle.html

"Bully"

http://www.thebullyproject.com/

~*Aha Moments!*~

Chapter One 

• The dimensions of wellness are physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, spiritual, and environmental.

• Stages of changes: Pre-contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance, and Termination.

• Specific Plan for Change: 1) monitoring behavior by keeping a journal 2) Analyzing data 3) setting specific goals 4) devising strategies for modifying the environment, rewarding yourself 5) make a personal contract.

Chapter Two

• Personality- the sum of the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional tendencies-clearly affects how people perceive and react to stressors. Type A) Ultra competitive, controlling, impatient, aggressive and hostile. Type B) relaxed and contemplative. Type C) anger, suppression, difficulty expressing emotions, feelings, and exaggerated response to minor stressors.
• The most important starting point for successful stress-management plan is to learn  to listen to your body.
• Personal Plan for Managing stress: Identifying stressors, designing your plan, and getting help. 

Chapter Three

• Psychological health cannot be judge from the way people look. Many people who seem Ok or happy suddendly takes his/her own life.
• If someone you are with becomes very angry, respond "asymmetrically" by reacting not with anger but with calm.
• The 15 million Americans with social phobic fear humiliation or embarrassment while being observe by others. Fear of speaking in public is the most common phobia. 

Chapter Seven

•  Teens are more likely to try drugs if they have poor self-image or self-control, use tabacco or suffer from certain mental or emotional problems. 
• Eating habits can be addictive. 
• Inhalants can lead to loss of consciousness, heart failure, or dead.

Chapter Eight

•  Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) is the amount of alcohol in a person's blood, expressed as the percentage of alcohol measured in a deciliter of blood. Individual Factors: Body Weight, Percent Body Fat, and Sex.
• Binge drinking is having five or more drinks within about two hours (typically four drinks for men and three drinks for women)
• Nicotine addiction can start within a few days of smoking and just a few cigarettes.

Chapter Nine

• USDA's My pyramid, we must consume: *Grains*Vegetables*Fruits*Milk*Meat and Beans
• Any organic food is a great healthy choice.
• Read the food labels more often.

 Chapter Ten

• The FITT principles for the health-related components of fitness: Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type.
• R-I-C-E treatment for minor muscle and join injuries. Rest: stop using the injured area as soon you feel the pain. Ice: apply ice to the injured area.Compression: wrap the injure with an compression bandage. Elevation: Raise the injured area above heart level to decrease swelling.
• Exercise is the key for overall wellness.

Chapter Eleven

• The key to keep a healthy ratio of fat to fat free mass is maintaining an energy balance.
• Obesity doubles mortality rates and it can reduce life expectancy by 10-20 years.
• For weight management, it is better to consume the majority of calories during the day rather than the evening or night.   

Chapter Sixteen

• Motor Vehicle Injuries- more than 43,000 Americans were killed and about 25 million injured. Worldwide 1.2 million killed and 50 million injured. This leads motor vehicle to be the 11th leading cause of death.
• Avoid using your Real name on the internet or share any personal information.
• Trust your feelings. If you feel you are in danger do not hesitate to run and scream. It is better to feel foolish than to be raped.

 Insel and Roth. Core Concepts in Health, Brief 12th edition. Palomar Customized version.

Fun Theory