As you have learned throughout this unit, our health and physiology are impacted by many factors — including the food we eat, our personal choices, and our surrounding environment, among other factors. As a reminder, you have explored the following topics in this unit:

• How climate change can affect and disrupt physiological processes.
• How air pollution is linked to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
• How diet affects our microbiome, and subsequently influences physiology.
• How community factors influence health. Biology Health and Physiology
• How race is a determinant in maternal and child health.
• How communicable diseases like COVID-19 spread and how vaccines work.
• How different factors affect our stress response.

In this assignment, you will write an essay that demonstrates what you have learned over the past several weeks.

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Assessment Details

Write a 500-600 word essay based on one of the prompts below.

• California is predicted to experience unprecedented warming and dryness over the next several decades due to climate change. Describe the underlying physiology of a health condition/emergency that would affect your family/community’s health, as a result of this change. What is a potential solution to mitigate the impact of unprecedented warming and dryness?
• Highlight a current/ongoing health issue in your family/community and propose a feasible, evidence-based approach to address the issue. Your reflection should be significantly different from your topic on the Community Health project.
• In order to combat the obesity epidemic, health officials are proposing a tax on junk food (the cost will likely be passed on to the consumer). Would you support this initiative? Explain why or why not. Health and Physiology

In your essay, be sure to include some concrete information about the biology that was covered in this unit, explaining either how and/or why this information is relevant to you. Make your essay personal! Additionally, you must include at least two reputable sources to support your writing.

To do well on this assignment, be sure to…

1. explain relevant biological processes from the course and how it relates to your stance/argument.
2. choose a minimum of two sources and elaborate on why these sources support your stance/argument.
3. make a personal connection and explain how this topic is relevant to you, your family, or your community.
4. use plain language. Your target audience is your peers — as such, define any terminology outside the scope of this course.