Final Report: obesity in urban areas

In the last years there has been an increase in obesity that has caused great consequences both to public health and also to the lifestyle of people. On one positive hand we can find that in the cities the number of gymnasiums  has increased and Sunday has been given as a fixed day to make it easier for people to go jogging and cycling marathons.  But  on the other hand more negative, in the cities there are also a lot of  junk food stores, and there is not much awareness about the negative  consequences or effects that this kind of food causes on the body. All these arguments point to the main idea of this work in which "Obesity is a harmful phenomenon that affects our health taking us away years of our life and happy moments to live. 

In a first moment, we can find that the increase of the obesity caused a warming signal to install gyms,  given that according to the world health organization, 85% of children are already in the category of overweight, which has caused parents the impulse to do something with their own health,  since it´s transmitted later in their children. Is for this reason that to encourage the family exercise has been recognized on Sunday as a day to exercise as a family, privileging the exits to hill, cycling marathons, and entertaining dance or "zumba" in public places 

As second place, on one negative hand, we can analyze that the increase number of junk food store has caused people to have these places as the first option  since they are the closest, and  at the same time they are the fastest to serve, related this with the strong tendency of people to eat fast since they have to return later to fulfill their responsibilities in urban areas.

Therefore, if we take all these things into consideration, we should have more awareness about the thesis of this work, obesity can cause great changes in our lives, and most are negative. Therefore,  if we take more advantage of the opportunities that exist in the cities (gyms, outings to the hill) and avoid junk food places learning healthier ways of eating, we will not only have a better health but we will also reach the old age  have a happier and more enjoyable lifestyle together with our families. 

Report: Fundacion rehabilitar

In my second year of Psychology, I participated in the "Fundación Rehabilitar" as trainer. The fundation located near metro "Los Leones". Their Mission is to help people  with Fibromyalgia.
The purpose of that educational training was improve the communication between the members belonging, but that objetive  it was not achieved. However, I consider the experience very useful, because I learn a little about the real work experience, and although the environment of the area is vry friendly, not everything is of pink color, and you as a co-worker should learn to communicate with your workmates, and  learn to know them.


In a first part, I´m  going to talk about the reccomendations that I suggested to the members that are better know in their roles in the foundation. Later I going to talk about a good part and a bad part of these activities which were carried out. And Finally, I´m going to say ideas that I can conclude with the activities besides to what I saw.

As reccomendations, as an activity each department had a moment to talk about their profession. The atmosphere was very pleasant, and  many members could know much more the grat role that their workmates in the Foundation. As other activity, I drew amotivational poster as a gift for the foundation. In wich   I placed a sentence that meant that each team member was an important part of the foundation,  and that if one of them is missing, the foundation is not the same as always.

On the one hand, the good part about the foundation is that there was good disposition and trust between the members, and there was a lot of desire to improve as a team. However, as a bad point, there were many difficulties in organizing with the organization, and the times were too short to make an activity more complete and elaborate.


As conclusion, I would say that "Fundación Rehabilitar" it´s a good organization. They are willing to help these people even though they do not earn any reward with it, and they also taught me that communication is very important in a team, because we all move with a common goal.

Excersice 2

Large cars create a lot of difficulty on our streets.
To start, the overcrowding of cars in our streets makes it difficult for us to get to our homes, there are many cars that cause traffic and increases having feelings of angry and hassle. On the other hand, 
having large cars encourages a sedentary lifestyle, the people to do little exercise

Living in a remote area can make a person’s life rather challenging.

Topics

"Large Cars"1.- "The overvaluation of large cars considering the decrease in the number of children in the family"

"Livin in a remote area"
2.- The difficulties of informal caregivers to assist older adults in rural areas of the eight region"

"Studying Abroad"3.- "The speeches of Chilean Teenagers in relation to their independence when leaving home and traveling to Europe"
"The candy bar diet"
4.- "The excessive use of sweets in children under fifteen years old age and how it affects the arrival of diabetes"

"National Holidays"
5.- How the love between siblings influence the fact of celebrating their birthday with only a party for both. 

Elevator Speech.

Hello, my name is Valentina. I´m nineteen years old and I´m the person that you have been looking for during all this time.  I´m doing my second year of Psychology at the University of Chile in Santiago.  I´m good at Neurosciences, I have good grades in this subject and I have had good rapport with the others assistants that work there. Now, I´m working in an interesting research associated to the good emotional state of couples and their work memory in comparison with dysfunctional couples. Also I´m training to learn more about neuroanatomy, with the objective to improve my knowledge in this part of the neurosciences.   Now, I´m interested in working  in your subject because in the past two semesters I have won a great interest for this psychological area, and I want to prepare for take my research  to a higher level in group with my future companions.
Now, I think that it´s very important to have this knowledge, who knows if at some moment in the future we as future psychologists we can use it to help people understand how our "work memory" can affect our relationships with others.

INTRODUCTION: Food Disorder and relationship.

Currently, Chile has had a great worry about as the people in our country has been feeding in the last year. now that has been implemented the stamp system, has been searched to improve the feeding habits in the people. For years, the persons go to the junk food stand  every week, making these foods common in our habits. among these we find for example, "the papa john´s", "Telepizza", Mc Donald's etc.

 Despite in Santiago exist many well-being centers and gymnasiums, people have not become aware of the danger that the excess of these foods to health, and its consequences.

Among its consequences, we see the diversity of sickness that affect our body, for example, Diabetes, Bulimia, Anorexia, High blood pressure, etc, and these  are interrelate with the self-esteem and its relationships.

Problem:
One it was said, we can to think about how that affect the relation between the couples,  like low self-esteem and not having a this can cause a bad relation with our family members. So, we can say that one factor that have influence in our well-being is our feeding and how the food disorders can affect the lifestyle of people.

Proposed solution: 



A possible solution could be to change to feeding habits with a good diet and having an active life in our day to day, the people could improve their relationship with a healthier life, as well as, if a person have an active life and improve their health, could prevent many sickness for him or her and his or her family. The exercise improve the body of the people and also their spirit and their mental health. 
 

Blog n° 1: Biodata

María Manriquez is a student of psychology that was born in December in 1998, Since five  years old she was a woman which always trying very hard to improve in her skills, for example, she started to draw when she was  four years old. Also, she can sing very good, in 2014 she won the second place in the voice festival in Los Alamos City in her High school, and in 2015 she tied the first place in the sing competition of the anniversary of her school.

 In the actually, she is being train as well-being Couch, and in her second year of her career has been excellent marks. But, in her free time, she likes to go to the gym to practice fight fit with her personal Couch, and also  likes to go to dance "zumba" in her community. 

María likes to talk a lot with  many people in her community, is a sociable, cheerful, and a motivational person. She´s not shy and likes so much to help to the others.
In relation her hobbies she likes so much run every friday at the weekend, also she likes read romantic books, for example, "Bajo la misma estrella", "Diario de una pasion". When she is alone in her apartment  she likes cook all kinds of  cakes, and also likes to share its with workmates. Also she loves sing in anywhere in the world, when she sees someone sad, she uses singing as a way to raise the spirits.

You can reach her at the University of Chile in FACSO. in the Avenue Ignacion Carrera Pinto N°1045, Nuñoa, Santiago of Chile.

Her gmail is maria.manriquez.r@ug.uchile.cl 

Number Phone: +56966304389

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