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Very recent scientific article. Addresses more basic ADLs and possible limitations for ADLs also. These limitations of ADLs are handling differently depending on the type of care team.

Fairly recent scientific article. Address health concerns for the elderly and explains what daily activities were measured to test their functional capacity. Main topic is addressing the association between quality of life and activities of daily living.

Recent journal article. Explains thoroughly the concept of street food, or food outside the house. Talks about the cost, demographic of producers and consumers, kind of food sold, and health issues with street food.

Older book. Explains how food shapes our lives, how we live, and our quality of life. Talks about the types of foods (produce, meats, dairy) and how they can be obtained.

Fairly recent research article. Explains the state of jobs in America and how they have changed over time. Shows the statics of surveyed people on how effective they think college is.

Old Section:

Activities of daily living (ADL) is a term used in healthcare to refer to daily self care activities within an individual's place of residence, in outdoor environments, or both. Health professionals routinely refer to the ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measurement of the functional status of a person, particularly in regard to people with disabilities and the elderly. ADLs are defined as "the things we normally do...such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure". The ability and the extent to which the elderly can perform these activities is at the focus of gerontology and understandings of later life.

Revised Section:

Other ADLs that apply to our daily lives is mobility on different surfaces, bowel control, and bladder control. The performance of these ADLs are more important to the elderly compared to other everyday citizens. There are also more complex ADLs, called Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), that one can do to enhance their daily living, such as communication, managing finances, and transporting ones self from one place to another.

We can feed ourselves from either eating outside or inside our homes. Eating outside the house would imply traveling to an establishment, like a restaurant or diner, in order to obtain food. This food can range in cost, but is generally cheaper, making it a convenient way to feed ones self. However this comes with health risks, as most of these foods are high in unhealthy fat and carbs. On the other hand, eating inside the house would imply traveling to a grocery store to obtain foods of one's choice to bring back home and eat in their own convenience. A wider and healthier selection of foods are available at grocery stores and supermarkets compared to the food selections at restaurants or diners.

Education and schooling are used to gain knowledge in order to achieve a job in one's future. Schooling is divided into levels based on one's age and general knowledge capacity: elementary school, middle school, junior high, high school and college with even higher levels of education available after, including graduate school, law school and medical school depending on one's desired path. The highest basic level of education, college, is where one works toward a specific area of interest in order to achieve a desirable future.