Andrew McCracken ENGL 101 College Writing Skills Professor Luciana Bohne 11 March 2013 Unhealthy Eating in America According to Lavinia Rodriquez‚ a clinical psychologist in Tampa‚ FL‚ almost 90% of those who attempt a diet will ultimately fail. This raises queries of why diets are inadequate and why most people are easily falling into unhealthy eating habits. Today nearly one-third of Americans are obese and are struggling to maintain a healthy weight. Many would blame the individual‚
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Running Head: Teen Pregnancy Teenage Pregnancies and Health Risks Betty Samuelsen Western Governors University Teen girls should refrain from the peer pressure of becoming pregnant. Becoming pregnant at a young age may have consequences with the range of seriousness. Pregnant teens are encouraging others to become pregnant in the form of peer pressure. Teens are watching too much television that encourages them to become pregnant. Pregnancy is a major reason that the dropout rate of teen
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The Negative Effects of Teenage Dating Sean D. Foster Bellevue University The biggest threat about teenage dating is their inability to maintain a relationship. Teenagers mostly‚ do not understand the necessity of sustaining a relationship over a period of time. Therefore‚ frequent break ups and arguments lead to attempts of suicide‚ teenage pregnancy‚ STD’s‚ teen violence‚ and substance abuse. This happens due to lack of experience and a broader understanding of what relationships are (Dasgupta
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The effects of Teenage Peer Pressure In today’s society‚ most teenagers are extremely influenced by their friends. Relying on friends more than family is very common among today’s teenagers. Unfortunately this results in poor decision making skills and giving into peer pressure. Many teenagers‚ before the age of 15 years old will have tried drinking‚ sex‚ and recreational drugs. Underage drinking is very popular among teenagers. Research has shown that 70% of parties held by a teenager serve
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There are different effects on teenage mothers than there is on teenage fathers. Mothers lose more friends and are looked at way differently; fathers keep most of their friends without too many people having an opinion about him. After the mother has her baby‚ she can’t go back to school‚ so she has to be put on homebound. The father can go to school‚ can play sports‚ and can have fun with his friends. Both the mother and the father have responsibility‚ but the mother has to do more‚ like work to
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Does “16 and Pregnant” Encourage or Discourage Teenage Pregnancy? Have you ever thought about how kids are being affected by tv shows like “16 and Pregnant?” 16 and pregnant discourages teen pregnancy‚ the rates of teen moms have gone down‚ the tv shows reality‚ people just make titles and assume stuff when they are wrong. First of all‚ by showing what will happen if teens are unsafe and showing their mistakes will help teens not to make those mistakes. Showing how difficult it can be to be a
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Detrimental Effects of Teenage in the Philippines Teenage pregnancy is one of the major problems in the whole world. Like in other countries‚ Philippines also suffer this kind of problem. According to survey‚ teenagers from 15-24 years old are suffering teenage pregnancy. Here in the Philippines‚ 16.5 million teenagers suffer unwanted pregnancy. Because of this problem according to statistics‚ every year at least 64‚000 teenagers have abortions because of the unwanted pregnancy that they are
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The Effects from Drug Use‚ Drinking‚ and Smoking While Pregnant Women who are pregnant or wanting to become pregnant should not drink‚ smoke‚ or abuse drugs. Abusing these substances could cause substantial harm and have serious side effects on the child from the time it is in the womb to post birth. Each of these harmful substances could entail damaging consequences if a child has exposure to them in utero. This can lead to physical‚ emotional‚ learning‚ and social impairments for a child.
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Teen pregnancy is an epidemic that has swept our nation for many years. It can alter the lives of teenagers in extreme measures. It is almost normal to see a teenager with a baby in today’s society. Getting pregnant while you’re a teen will definitely cause you to have to change your life style to accompany a child. This could mean not going to school or potentially dropping out of school permanently. Teen pregnancy will have a negative effect on the education of the teenager because it will force
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PREGNANCY AMONG TEENAGE GIRLS More than one million girls become pregnant every year in the U.S.‚ a rate of teen pregnancy greater than those of other industrialized nations. There is as much research supporting the close relationship between self-esteem and teenage pregnancy as any other problem behavior. Hayes and Fors (1990) report that lower self-esteem is often an antecedent to the engagement in premarital sexual relationships and is more likely to be responsible for teen pregnancies
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