"...a significant proportion, about 15 percent, reported they shopped in corner stores both before and after school, five days a week, consuming up to 3,560 calories per week in junk food and soft drinks. For these children, the corner store is a potential health threat."
http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/little-stores-and-fatter-kids-6818/
What are the ABCs related to this story? In behavioral terms what are people try to do about it?
"As part of Lets Move!, the campaign to end childhood obesity, First Lady Michelle Obama is taking on food deserts. These are nutritional wastelands that exist across America in both urban and rural communities where parents and children simply do not have access to a supermarket. Some 23.5 million Americans - including 6.5 million children - currently live in food deserts. Watch the video below and learn what the First Lady is doing to help families in these areas across the country."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/24/taking-food-deserts
How is it that fast foods are an antecedent to obesity? How does the First Lady propose to change these antecedents to change the behaviors associated with obesity?
We have so far discussed the topography and function of a behavior as it relates to a behavioral class. How do the antecedents alter the topography of exercize? Here are some crazy gadgets that are used for exercize.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/13/fitness-gadgets-the-weird_n_461305.html
Discuss the use of these devices and the different types of behavior they elicit.
What are the ABC's involved with this program? Do you think it is behaviorally sound?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/26/nashville-to-help-homeles_n_437825.html
This is a great video one of Kim's student's sent her for her motivation class. How would a behaviorist discuss the role or function of an inspirational speech? Do you think it might be an establishing operation or what?
"Shedding those extra winter pounds can be a struggle. But some new websites can help you get motivated by making it a bit of a game. How about challenging others to a weight loss race? If you're betting to lose, all it costs is time and commitment. (news write up from cbs: http://cbs2chicago.com/health/Shed.Pounds.Faster.2.984102.html)"
Linke to Fat Bet: http://www.Fatbet.net
What is this site all about? How does it work? What behavioral strategies do they use to help people lose weight? Are they making it fun?