The Causes and Effects of Childhood Obesity Karla Bertram ENG122: English Composition II Instructor Tamara Dorris September 21‚ 2011 The Causes and Effects of Childhood Obesity Recently‚ childhood obesity has grown to epidemic proportions. It has tripled in the last three decades and now approximately one in three children are overweight or obese. According to Black’s Medical Dictionary‚ obesity is “a condition in which the energy stores of the body (mainly fat) are too great” (A&C
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Causes of the Civil War The Civil War is an immense part of American history. It grasped battles all over the States with the Union against the Confederates‚ both fighting for the morals they believed were correct. Slavery was a big factor in the Civil War‚ with triggers that took a part in sparking the War such as‚ the Dred Scott v. Sanford case‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the battle of Fort Sumter‚ which was the first battle of the Civil War. All of these events hold a special place
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without even seeing snow? Well the way the atmosphere is heating up today you just might experience this kind of event in the future I chose to do my cause and effect paper on global warming because I believe it has a major impact on humans‚ not only today‚ but especially in the future. In this paper I am going to explain the causes and the effects of global warming and how it will impact our lives in the long run. Greenhouse gases are gases such as carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ nitrous oxide‚ and
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affect the decreasing purchasing power of the currency. An economic inflation is not occurs suddenly‚ it is causes by three types of inflation. The first cause is demand-pull inflation results from increases in aggregate demand on goods. The excess demand will cause the level price of goods rises. This is commonly described as "too much money chasing too few goods". The second cause is cost-push inflation is due to the decreases in aggregate supply. The natural disasters or increases prices of
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Timms 1 Ashawnnae Timms Ms. Zinti English4 April‚ 20‚2014 Causes And Effects Of Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is not just an issue in the United States its wide-ranging. The amount of overweight and obese children in the U.S has increased at a rapid speed over the pass years‚ and there is no chance of it slowing down unless matters are taken. A fast-food craze has swept the nation‚ consequentially leaving a trail of defective nutrition in its wake. Fast-food corporations seems to be
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normally the Earth should now be in a cool-down-period‚ according to natural effects like solar cycles and volcano activity‚ not in a heating-up phase. Global Warming; Cause And Effect Global Warming Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go a whole winter without even seeing snow? Well the way the atmosphere is heating up today you just might experience this kind of event in the future I chose to do my cause and effect paper on global warming because I believe it has a major impact on humans
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aquatic pollution‚ including littering at beaches and coastal areas where harmful or contaminant chemicals and particles are deposited into the ocean. These are only several of the countless ways in which the marine ecosystem can be disturbed‚ but the effects that aquatic pollution has are overwhelmingly harmful and should be taken into consideration. All aquatic pollution contributes to the downfall of marine life‚ either directly or indirectly. For example‚ plastic that has been littered can entangle
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someone makes a bully feel good in the moment while doing permanent damage to the person being victimized. With the Internet‚ people now have even more opportunities to bully through cyber bullying. One of the effects of bullying is that it can change the victim’s personality. It can cause people who are normally confident and happy to become self-conscious‚ shy‚ and unsure. Additionally‚ victims of bullying may also become sad or depressed. Their confidence might completely disappear‚ keeping them
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Cause and Effect: Smoking Weed We’ve all listen to our parents tell us what happens to people who do drugs. Their brain melts‚ their teeth rot‚ and the live in a dumpster eating thrown out pizza crust. Obviously none of that sounds like the American dream to most people. With all this campaigning against drugs‚ an alarming 17% of 10th graders have smoked marijuana in the past month‚ according to http://www.drugabuse.gov. There is a lot of debate as to whether or not marijuana is actually bad
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Cause and Effect A volcano erupts when magma escapes from inside the earth. As the magma is escaping from a confined space‚ a lot of energy is released with it‚ as happens with any other explosion. This is why many eruptions also produce huge quantities of gases and dust. Magma sometimes rises under enormous pressure‚ so it not only finds cracks in the earth’s crust‚ it can also create them. When magma reaches the earth’s surface it is called lava. An eruption is caused by lava escaping
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