RRJ#5

Reference:
Erdman， S ( 2010, February 22) Labels urged for foods that can choke kids Retrieved February 28 from http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/22/children.choking/index.html


Summary:
According this article, food has a high rate of dangerous for kids. The American Academy of Pediatrics said there are at least died one child for every five days, because of choking. Choking cause death has always happened among 14 years old children or younger. The united state has used some ways to protect children from choking toys, but they do not have anything to prevention children choking food. The foods that round or cylindrical in shape have the highest rate for children. And the high risk of age that children easy to choking food is 4 years old and younger. Hot dogs, Grapes, raw carrots, apples and peanuts have the highest risk for children that could cause the choking. However, the American Academy of Pediatrics lists some tips for parents to avoid children choking, and put them on the website, such as cut the food before give it to children and avoid children run while their eating.



Reaction:
In this article, author expounds a serious problem that food could cause choking for young children. And there is a high rate of children who died because of choking. Even I do not have children I know this is a big problem that many families worried about and cannot avoid. When children have choked people could do nothing, only can set children to the hospital quickly. So it is important that the American Academy of Pediatrics have a good treatment for children. The Manufacturer could control the shape of toys that avoid children take them shallow. But people could do nothing for foods to prevention kids choking them. So, before the things happened parents must do something with the foods. As what the American Academy of Pediatrics suggested parents should cut the foods and pay more attention with children when they are eating.

RRJ#4

Jianuo Li
Core
February 24, 2010

Reference:
Fantz, A (2010, February 24) Virtual meetups spark real fitness Retrieved February 24 from http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/24/sparkpeople.fitness/index.html



Summary:
According this article, the website “sparkpeople” helps people lost weight. The person who named Coats sidelines as a firefighter, but because of her weight, her boss changes a desk job for her. After some bad news she realizes that she must lose her weight or she will lost her job. She searches the internet and finds Sparkpeople, with many women who have the same situations. They get in the group and chat on the internet. Sparkpeople has the certified trainers to give them advice and they also learn the healthy recipe. They also meet each others in the real life. Not only her, there are many different people use Sparkpeople to lose weight. Sparkpeople gives the useful advices and also teach how to exercise and recipe. People who use this website, they think it is really work.


Reaction:
In this article, author introduces a website which could help people lose weight. Now most people have a busy life and sitting long time less exercise make people become fat. It is not only a beauty problem but also a health problem. Busy life make people do not have time to get a good way to lose weight. So this kind of website like Sparkpeople is helpful to people. It has the certified advices and the methods of exercise and recipe. It saves time for people and gives the correct personally way to lose weight. It is suitable for people. People can know their problem directly. However, according the example of people who succeed losing weight in this way, it is really works. So it maybe the best way to help people on a diet healthily.