The 2010 dietary guidelines focuses on two concepts: maintaining calorie balance and consuming good nutrition. These two concepts allow a person to lose weight or maintain throughout their life. Eating an appropriate calorie-based diet will set limits to help you stay within your range. Eating good, nutritious food will give your body the right fuel it needs to burn calories and build muscle. Healthy eating also decreases the risk of chronic diseases (USDA, 2010). In order to have a balanced diet, you must know your recommended daily caloric intake. This is calculated based on height and weight. Based on the 2010 dietary guidelines, I am on track with my diet. I benefit from online resources. I use the phone app, My Fitness Pal. This allows me to input my height and weight, then it shows me how many calories …show more content…
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Every single person has some form of stress, but how he or she chooses to deal with the stress is different for each person. The website, StressinAmerica.org, has some interesting facts. Generations view and handle stress differently. Gen Xers, ages 39-52, have the highest level of stress, but older adults, baby boomers, and millennials, are almost tied for the second highest level according to the website. The top three issues that cause stress across the generations are the country’s futures, money, and careers.
I was surprised that the uninsured population tends to be more stressed the insured (Stress in America, 2018). Low income and higher income households had the same concerns, almost equally. Their concerns ranged from the cost of insurance, medical bills, and medication to health care changes and the future (Stress in America, 2018). This proves that income is not a factor when evaluating universal issues that cause stress. Stress affects all people no matter their social, economic, or political