taking an unbalanced diet. It is not uncommon for us to take in meals which are often full of saturated fats. In order to alleviate this problem‚ one useful way is to introduce ‘fat tax’ on foods high in saturated fat. In 2011‚ Denmark has implemented the world’s first fat food tax‚ levying a surcharge to food with more than 2.3 percent saturated fats. According to the Associated Press‚ saturated fats may lead to cardiovascular disease and cancer. In an effort to reverse this trend in Hong Kong‚ it is
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consumption of high-fat foods and obesity is well established. Mounting concern about the increasing incidence of obesity in many countries has sparked debate about the merit of an explicit ‘fat tax’‚ aimed at either taxing foods according to their fat content or‚ more practically‚ taxing certain foods with a high fat content. Discuss the implications and effectiveness of a fat tax for reducing the consumption of high-fat foods? There are many implications and effectiveness of a fat tax an example
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Big Brother Is Proposing Taxing Yet Again My first impression of the term "Fat Taxes" was and instant "Yes‚ let’s do it"‚ I jumped to conclusions before reading through the material. However once I read the different arguments and rebuttals‚ I quickly went from for to against this “Fat Tax” for many reasons. The fat tax is designed to tax unhealthy food and sugary drink to encourage healthier eating habits in hopes of decreasing obesity. Yes‚ obesity creates a great deal of the health problems in
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Body composition is used to describe the different components‚ that when taken together make up a persons body weight. People who are overweight or excess body fat are at risk of several health condition‚ such as Hypertension‚ Type two diabetes‚ Coronary Heart Disease‚ Stroke‚ Osteoarthritis‚ Some Cancers‚ Sleep apnea‚ and respiratory problems. The proportion of body weight that is fat compared to lean‚ or body composition‚ can be made in a doctor’s office or a health
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Alina Haseeb Mrs. Smith AP Lang 11-2 4 December 2012 Fat Girl; A True Story Raymond Hull once wrote‚ “He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away”. Never change to satisfy another. The way other people voice their opinion should not matter‚ be true and be live happily. It is nearly impossible to please everyone. In Fat Girl; A True Story‚ Judith Moore tells her story. She tells an epic story about how she overcame fear of being herself. Sometimes it is not about fighting
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Fats and oils - 344 Iodine value of an edible oil INTRODUCTION Fats and oils known as triglycerides contain long chain hydrocarbons with carboxyl groups (COOH groups). These fatty acids are classified into the number of double bonds present in the fatty acid. When the carbon atoms in these chains are bounded to the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms‚ the triglyceride is said to be saturated. When one or more double bonds exist between carbon atoms in the chain‚ less hydrogen exists
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be ‘slim’‚ and as the article was written in 1974‚ it doesn’t seem that much has changed in the past 37 years – in fact the problem has most likely gotten worse. The western culture seem to view a larger woman as something to be frowned upon‚ even medically; if you have a cough these days‚ it’s because you’re over weight‚ if you are depressed‚ it’s because you’re overweight‚ you pass out‚ it’s because you are fat; fat is emphatically not beautiful. Carter describes her experience with anorexia
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article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” Mary Ray Worley‚ also a member of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)‚ talks about being accepted in America as a fat person; she tells us her personal experiences at the NAAFA Convention‚ her points of view of being a fat person in American‚ and even gives us information from doctors and researchers about weight loss. Worley talks about how America sees fat people and how they are just totally against being fat; she even
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that has been brought out to many people’s attention. The question is should the government imply a tax for fatty foods? In the article titled‚ "why a fat tax will have no effect on obesity levels” Lefever state‚ “Taxes on smoking and drinking do not change the behavior of nicotine addicts or alcoholics.” (Why a fat tax). Lefever is trying to say with this is no matter what is done to prevent something as long as a person wants it or desires it they are still going to get it no matter what they
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of the perfect woman are tall‚ thin‚ and “Barbie” like‚ but only a small amount of women actually live up to these outrageous standards. The media strongly influences our perception of what we should look like. This is the reason many people are not satisfied with the way they are. Kathleen LeBesco’s article “Fat and Fabulous: Resisting Construction of Female Body Ideals‚” describes that the conditions we live in make it easier for us to be overweight. Now a day‚ jobs require little physical activity
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