Kaela McDaniel, Sports Medicine Professional

Kaela and Heaven: First off, you guys did a great job at covering all of the topics required this Unit. I especially enjoyed the videos you chose to go with your sections, I think they did a great job of driving the point home for each section they corresponded with. I think the Michelle Obama was especially infuriating! Money is the reason why adults have issues with healthier school lunches?! That makes me so sad because I think it is so important that children are exposed to healthy meal choices as early as possible to lay the foundation for healthy eating habits. We are so concerned about rising healthcare costs when there is so much we can do to prevent some of them, yet we don't! Very good thought provoking video. I do think you could have expanded on a couple more of your sections and added some images to go with each! I think you only just scratched the surface on some, merely stating facts and percentages when you could have elaborated a little bit on them and maybe fo...

I chose to review the psychosocial section of the late adolescence age group. I found the bulleted statements easy to intake. The three sections are clearly labeled. I appreciated the strength of the in-text citations and the quality of the writing in the statements. Sometimes the thought seemed disjointed, however. The most interesting topic for me was the transition period from high to school to college and that the risks of psychosocial struggles here are high. I felt that this could have been expanded into many more directions of thought. Another strong point was the fact that cortisol levels present in women differently than in men. This is an important idea in many stages and considerations. This is related to stress and emotional responses as well as physical manifestations. Disordered eating seemed to be a large focus of this blog. While an important consideration, I'm not sure there aren't other conditions just as worrisome to this age group. However, this was ...

Hi Kaela, Thank you for your work on the website section, Middle Childhood. Overall, I think your website section looks great and is easy to understand. All four topic areas are addressed. I see where you combined the social and emotional section. I do understand why you did that as both are so closely related. I personally felt like psychological, social, and emotional factors were all so interrelated that it was difficult to distinguish among them while completing my section.   I thought your graphics supplemented the written material you presented. I do think your website section is beneficial to healthcare providers as you point out implications for care. I do have a few suggestions for feedback for you that I will list below. 1.      Some graphics were difficult to read due to the size. I suggest making those graphics with writing larger for easier reading for the reader.   The quality of the graphics was great, and I thought they w...