You have been asked to develop some innovative ways to promote ...

[sammy]

You have been asked to develop some innovative ways to promote healthy eating in a high-school cafeteria. What could you do to entice adolescents to make healthy food choices?
 
  List three things you would do based on information presented in the textbook
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Discuss the relationship between stress and early puberty. Include in your discussion the research findings and conclusions.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[zenzy]

Answer to Question 1

Answers will vary and should include offering healthy food containing necessary
vitamins and minerals that appeals to teenagers, encouraging the drinking of milk or
juice, removing vending machines, and pricing healthy food lower than the cost of
unhealthy food.

Answer to Question 2

There is a positive correlation between stress levels and early-onset puberty, but
there is no clearly established cause-and-effect relationship. Increased stress does
increase the production of sex hormones, but there also seems to be a genetic
predisposition to early-onset puberty. So a child living in a dysfunctional family may
also have parents who experienced early-onset puberty. Several studies have
shown, however, that girls who live in stressful environments are more likely to
experience early-onset puberty. The relationship between stress and early puberty
seems to be more profound in girls than in boys.