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    Fat and Water Soluble Vitamins Sheila Grant SCI/241 December 23‚ 2012 Tia Patterson Fat and Water Soluble Vitamins All types of vitamins are essential for everyone to include in their diet to maintain a healthy lifestyle. They are classified into two different classifications. There is fat soluble which are A‚ D‚ E and K. The other classification is water soluble vitamins‚ which is vitamin C and B. Vitamin C and B are also known as complex group vitamins. Vitamins are crucial for the

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    Body Fat and Eating Disorders Deywalla Street SCI/241 August 2‚ 2012 Shelba Levins Body Fat and Eating Disorders Individuals with excess body fat or obesity put themselves at risk of developing a number of serious diseases‚ which range from digestive problems to heart attacks. According to Heyward and Wagner (2004)‚ obesity is not only about an increase in body fat‚ but also contributes to changes in body composition‚ namely water‚ mineral‚ and protein content. The researchers added that it

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    Preteens with a high body mass index (BMI) have increased risk factors for coronary artery disease in adolescence‚ researchers found. More Video Watch: Childhood Obesity: What Parents Need to Know Watch: Is Pregnancy Weight Gain Dangerous For Child? Watch: Is This Your Child’s School Lunch? Those with a greater BMI between ages 9 and 12 were more likely to have high blood pressure‚ high levels of LDL cholesterol -- the so-called bad cholesterol -- and triglycerides‚ and insulin resistance

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    Honors Literature Independent Reading Assignment Staying Fat For Sarah Brynes The book Staying Fat For Sarah Brynes revolves around a young swimmer by the name of Eric. Eric was also called Moby by his classmates due to excessive weight. Throughout the book Chris Crutcher allows readers to witness a transformation that takes place for Eric not only physically but emotionally. The hundred meter freestyle champion was determined to shed his weight and replace it with muscle. His dream of

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    word‚ clumsy. They fall over constantly as if they were newborns learning how to walk on their own. This can be observed by watching a video of penguins interacting with their environment. They topple over onto the hard rocks‚and right themselves without any issues. It is easy to wonder if the animal is okay after tumbling off a cliff‚ and they usually are. The keys to their success are their unusually sturdy bones and fat bodies. Since they are flightless birds‚ penguins have really‚ really sturdy

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    In the article‚ “Fat and Happy?” author Hillie Schwartz examines why American society places a great deal of importance of being thin. She states in a perfect world that the obese fit into society and can be happy with their weight free from negative commentary from their peers. Schwartz emphasizes the point that the only reason overweight people are unhappy is due to them being ridiculed by their thinner peers. She emphasizes her opinion‚ that while diet and exercise lead to a healthier figure;

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    Body Fat and Eating Disorders Eating disorders are a group of serious conditions in which the mind is so focused on food and weight that the mind can focus on little else. The most widely commonly referred to eating disorders include anorexia nervosa‚ obesity‚ bulimia‚ and binge-eating disorders. Eating disorders can have a number of serious affects on the body‚ both physically and mentally. It is very important that the body receive proper nutrition through a balanced diet and the proper

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    The Fat Girl by Andre Dubus

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    The Fat Girl Her name was Louise. Once when she was sixteen a boy kissed her at a barbacue; he was drunk and he jammed his tongue into her mouth and ran his hands up and down her hips. Her father kissed her often. He was thin and kind and she could see in his eyes when he looked at her the lights of love and pity. It started when Louise was nine. You must start watching what you eat‚ her mother would say. I can see you have my metabolism. Louise also had her mother’s pale blond hair

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    Why this cruel reality? It’s simple‚ really: During the first months of any diet‚ your body loses both fat and muscle. Then‚ when you gain back the weight‚ you add back only fat because it’s much easier to gain fat than it is to gain muscle. "That’s the dirty little secret of most popular diet plans‚" says exercise researcher Ellington Darden‚ PhD‚ author of the new Women’s Health book‚ The Body Fat Breakthrough. "They don’t combine muscle-maintaining exercises with the calorie reduction. More muscle

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    Satisfied‚ observes in the short essay “Fat and Happy?” that in the United States‚ “a fat person’s prior identification is with fatness; as a status‚ fatness comes before religion‚ race‚ sexual preference‚ income‚ gender. Only in a society so content with doing away with fatness could it become such a distinct and negative stigma” (par. 10). Schwartz’s comment gives a brief glimpse into what could be described as the fat society; a never ending series of fat discrimination that is all in all about

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