Community Health Project

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by Logan Lombardi2 views·Updated Dec 14, 2022
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  1. Hello, my name is Logan scott Lombardi
  2. and this is my community health project
  3. for period one health
  4. Clark County take eating to heart.
  5. What is the problem in Clark County?
  6. Well, one of them
  7. would happen to be heart disease
  8. and the morbidity rate
  9. due to said heart disease
  10. according to healthy southern Nevada dot org.
  11. Clark County has a significantly higher risk of heart disease as
  12. well as a higher risk of dying due to it.
  13. This is likely due to heart related issues,
  14. such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol content,
  15. which in turn is also likely due to a severe problem with unhealthy eating
  16. habits among the general population of las Vegas and Clark County as a whole.
  17. So what can we do about it
  18. to combat the heart problems facing county
  19. and the higher blood pressure as well as higher cholesterol content in our blood.
  20. I believe people should promote especially myself
  21. heart healthier options for our food,
  22. but
  23. how could one do this?
  24. Well,
  25. simply
  26. by spreading the word.
  27. By putting up posters
  28. such as these,
  29. You could spread the word of eating healthier and what to eat instead of
  30. possibly riskier options.
  31. For example,
  32. the poster on the left shows foods that you should
  33. avoid in your daily life to stay heart healthy,
  34. such as fried foods,
  35. whole dairies or processed meats.
  36. It in turn recommends eating grains, fruits or
  37. vegetables by eating these. We can keep ourselves heart healthy.
  38. It also comments on how avoiding fatty high cholesterol or
  39. high cholesterol foods can keep someone safe from heart disease
  40. furthermore,
  41. the poster on the right,
  42. actually shows the nutrition facts for one average meal at Mcdonald's
  43. by showing the picture of the school and the picture
  44. of the man suffering from heart disease or heart injury.
  45. It shows how the nutrition of this average meal could actually
  46. be more detrimental to your health than one might think.
  47. It also recommends
  48. ways to become heart healthier from a professional clinic, specifically
  49. Mayo clinic dot org.
  50. By giving this out to
  51. the average business or posting these around town,
  52. people will be able to see this and attempt to correct their habits
  53. in eating
  54. furthermore, by following
  55. the instructions provided on the website shown,
  56. one can become heart healthier through
  57. simple steps.
  58. Thank you for listening to my presentation.
  59. I hope everybody can stay healthy in the future and have a nice day.
  60. Thank you.