CAUSE AND EFFECT ESSAY ON OBESITY We say one is obese when his body fat is accumulated abnormally within the body usually‚ 20% or more over an individual’s ideal body weight. The most commonly used modification‚ established categorizes obesity into three (WHO‚ 2000). Like any other problem‚ obesity has its causes and effects. Some of the causes include‚ diet (unbalanced diet)‚ environment‚ as well as genes and family history. On the other hand‚ the effects can be categorized into three namely;
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The Psychological Effects of Childhood Obesity Leah McGrath ENG122: English Composition II Prof. Jonathan Berohn September 2‚ 2012 In recent years there have been more and more studies looking into the rise in childhood obesity. According to data released by the Centers for Disease Controle and Prevention in 2006 “Globally‚ 22 million children under the age of 5 years are overweight.” (Cornette‚ 2008) There are many ways to determine obesity in a child however for the purposes of this paper
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Braulio Martin Life of a College Student I personally go to school full time and work a part time job. Although at times it might seem difficult to keep up with school‚ work and studying‚ it is actually quite doable as long as you are able to manage your time and work productively. This relates to both McLellan’s “The Dead-End Kids” and Brown’s “Balancing Act: High School Students Making the Grade at Part-Time Jobs” because each article gives good reasons as to why working part time and going
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African American college students (Solórzano‚ Ceja and Yosso‚ 2000). Participants in this study included 34 African American students (18 females‚ 16 males) attending three elite‚ Predominantly White institutions of higher education. The researchers implemented qualitative focus group methodology‚ and these participants were separated into 10 focus groups. The focus groups covered the following focus areas: (1) types of racial discrimination experienced by students; (2) how students responded to racial
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Mass Index (BMI) among MBA students in Nepal 1 Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) ABSTRACT. The dynamics of Body Mass Index (BMI) among MBA students in Nepal has been studies through a survey of 28 sample MBA students from Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM). We found that the BMI does not have any relation with the gender of the student. Furthermore‚ heights of the students had to effect on whether they will gain‚ lose
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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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study reported the college students are among the most sleep-deprived age group. Sleep deprivation can have detrimental effects on daily performance‚ including academics and driving‚ and it has been linked to depressed mood and behavioural problems. The similar researches have been conducted on inadequate amount of sleep are important in order to improve better cognitive performance and avoid health problems. Academic performance is one of major goals of university students. Various researches
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Assignment 3: Factors That Contribute to Suicide Among Students Afiqah Zainal Abidin B1100446 Department of Psychology PSY 113 Mr. Kenneth Phun Suicide is an act or gesture of self-infliction with the intention to take one’s own life (Mazza‚ 2006). Mazza (2006) suicidal behavior theory includes three stages. The first is suicidal ideation‚ which it is the thoughts of suicides by the individual to a more critical condition of suicide behavior (Mazza‚ 2006). The second is suicidal intent
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Internet effects on students Since the last 30 years‚ there have been many technological changes and development. During that period‚ computer and internet are among the fastest developed technologies. But in that particular period‚ there have been similar dawns. Films‚ radio‚ records‚ broadcast television‚ audiotape‚ videotape‚ programmed learning machines‚ etc. These changes of technologies have also affected our learning institutions such as school‚ college and universities. In fact the impact
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Obesity is a major epidemic that has plagued peoples’ health and finances. Sugar has been a major coalition to issues in millions. Obesity has been a large danger to the population‚ no matter the age. If people cut sugar completely‚ then people will get much healthier. Obesity is an epidemic that many adults and children are facing. Obesity can be harmful to the physical body and even more so on the finances of a country. Jamie Oliver goes on about how‚ “Obesity cost about 10% in healthcare which
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