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    Drinking is widely regarded as a socially acceptable practice and is embedded into the lifestyle of many cultures. In Australia alone‚ results from a 2015 survey reported that 86.4% of participants over the age of 18 consumed alcohol at some point in their life while 56.0% drank alcohol in the past month. It is possible for us to use alcohol safely. Many of us are able to control the amount of alcohol they drink and are known as recreational drinkers. They have the ability to refuse alcohol once

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    THE IMAPACT OF FAST FOOD CONSUMPTION ON THE HEALTH PROBLEMS OF PEOPLE IN KARACHI Muhammad Asif Dr. Muhammad Ayub Mehar Khan July‚ 2012 Iqra University Main Campus Karachi. ABSTRACT Nowadays Fast food industry are becoming strong industry of a Karachi‚ the number of people due to short of time couldn’t able to make traditional home food instead they order fast food (Burger‚ Pizza) for their diet‚ which caused many health problems (Gastric‚ Ulcer‚ Food Poisoning) and there are also some people

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    audience about the dangers of sugar consumption in the U.S. The author tries to build an argument telling how the sugar consumption may be overstated. Also‚ there will be statements that will try to get the audience to have different views on sugar consumption. The passage will even explain how sugar can be the blame for health problems. Alan Levinovitz persuades the audience with an argument by telling what sugar is being considered‚ giving some effects of sugar consumption‚ and what people can do to eliminate

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    Globalization‚ Consumerism and Unsustainable Consumption Praveena Rajkobal IGD Program SPARC Colombo University Background Paper (Final) 1 This paper (i) attempts to establish the connection between globalization and consumerism and thereafter (ii) attempts to investigate the impacts of globalization and consumerism on unequal distribution of wealth and (iii) attempts to investigate the impacts of globalization and consumerism on unsustainable consumption and environmental degradation together

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    issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1751-1062.htm IJWBR 19‚2 A qualitative study of Chinese wine consumption and purchasing Implications for Australian wines The University of Western Australia‚ Perth‚ Australia Abstract Purpose ± This research aims to examine Chinese consumers’ wine consumption and purchasing behaviour. Design/methodology/approach ± The study‚ conducted during the Chinese New Year in early 2006‚ used in-depth interviews with

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    is facing strong competition from new entrants‚ including multinationals and niche players which are looking to gain a share of the fast-growing instant noodles category in India. Methodology to be adopted – We will study about instant noodles consumption behaviour of XIME Students by making selected representative sample of 100 people residing in hostel‚ take Questionnaires on various topics related to the purchase of instant noodles. We will also use storytelling technique to understand the association

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    Personal Consumption Journal Project MK 385 Consumer Behavior In today’s world of various products and services‚ businesses aim to excel and lead the competition by marketing the most number of consumers‚ which is a full time endeavor of business. To survive in the market‚ a firm or an organization has to be constantly innovating and understand the latest consumer trends and tastes. Marketers need to understand consumer behavior because the decision-making process for consumers is anything

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    My major is earth and environmental studies‚ and I really care about some problems related to human and environment. To be honestly‚ I decided to choose “Over-consumption” to my persuasive speech topic as early as in the beginning of this semester. I felt I had responsibility to tell people the truth of the over-consumption and persuaded them to stop this bad situation‚ after I watched Greenpeace activist Annie Leonard’s video “story of stuff”. At the first time‚ I hesitantly think that this problem

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    One of the things I can do to reduce the ecological footprint of my food consumption however is to reduce the amount of packaged food I eat. Both of my weekly logs show a heavy consumption of packaged food. My second week was less‚ but it is still not as low as it should be. As a college student‚ packaged food is just so convenient and cheap that it is tough to avoid. In the future though‚ I will try to reduce my consumption of packaged foods. This is my last semester at Concordia and living in the

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    and several hundred more calories per person per day than did their counterparts in the late 1950s. Now more than ever‚ America is a Nation of meat eaters. In 2000‚ total meat consumption (red meat‚ poultry‚ and fish) reached 195 pounds (boneless‚ trimmed-weight equivalent) per person‚ 57 pounds above average annual consumption in the 1950s. Each American consumed an average of 7 pounds more red meat than in the 1950s‚ 46 pounds more poultry‚ and 4 pounds more fish and shellfish. Rising consumer incomes

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