Darnetta Fancher Eng 102 3/12/13 What is Childhood Vaccination? When germs enter the body‚ the immune system recognizes them as foreign substances (antigens). The immune system then produces the right antibodies to fight the antigens. Vaccines contain weakened or dead versions of the antigens that cause diseases. This means that the antigens cannot produce the signs or symptoms of the disease‚ but they do stimulate the immune system to create antibodies. These antibodies help protect you if
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Childhood obesity is a big issue in the United States. Did you know there are over 45 to 53 percent of children’s under the age of 17 in the United States that are obese? According to Wikipedia.Com ‘’obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health’’. Childhood obesity has many causes and effects that need to be understood so that we can stop it. Some of the main causes of childhood obesity are family statutes
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The nature of childhood Childhood is a social construction as it is something created by society‚ rather than simply a biological stage. PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY: Philippe Aries is a social historian who suggests that ‘childhood’ is a modern invention and he claims that in pre-industrial society‚ childhood did not exist and children were known as ‘little adults’ who carried out the same work and play activities as adults. There were no such things as kid’s toys etc. Aries argues that children were
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.......... Arch Dis Child 2003;88:748–752 The recent epidemic of childhood obesity1 has raised concern because of the possible clinical and public health consequences.2 3 However‚ there remains a widespread perception among health professionals that childhood obesity is a largely cosmetic problem‚ with minor clinical effects. No systematic review has yet focused on the diverse array of possible consequences of childhood obesity‚ though older non-systematic reviews are available.4 5 In addition
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higher risk of getting these unnecessarily health problems. How a person can enjoys his life and feels happy when he is confined to a wheelchair or bed-ridden. He would not even be glad spending his money and time curing his sickness. Therefore‚ wealth cannot bring happiness. Professionals like doctor‚ nurse‚ lawyer‚ engineer‚ food technologist and accountant earn a lot of money per month. They are considered the high class citizens who can afford large‚ expensive house with huge beautiful gardens.
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first introduction to Dr. Okoror was as a student in both Global Health and Immigrant and Refugee Health courses. During my time as her student‚ Dr. Okoror’s course quickly became my most thought-provoking and enlightening classes of my university experience. From her lesson plans‚ teaching of materials and leading of class discussion‚ her classes were informative‚ compelling and most importantly life changing. Life-changing may seem like an exaggeration‚ however‚ Dr. Okoror constructs course using
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A Childhood Dream It seems as if it was yesterday‚ I was at home standing on my couch with a fake microphone in my hand. I would sing‚ or rather yell‚ to the lyrics of “Thriller” by heart with no intention of stopping. Yet today‚ although singing is undoubtedly not my forte‚ I still find the happiness and sense of freedom I felt on that couch with the microphone in my hand. Michael Jackson was like my real-life Peter Pan‚ who could rescue me from reality and whisk me away into a magical‚ joyous
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there cannot be change" Conflict is very much existent in society and alway has been. There are many types of conflict that can be small and trivial‚ and some that are extreme and lead to injury or death. Conflict usually can involve ones inner-self‚ two or more people‚ different social classes or cultures or two groups of people. In the result or end of conflict‚ the outcome is often a change in the society in which the conflict concerns. In many cases without the conflict there cannot be change
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The Transition from childhood to adulthood is not an easy thing‚ but one thing that help me a lot was going from elementary school to middle school. First it felt like a terrible thing‚ leaving elementary school being a kid and not to have to worry about anything but having free time‚ field trips‚ school events and just being a kid. Less than a year it’s all change going to middle school where you think of an adult and not a little fifth grader in elementary anymore. Middle school was more about
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Elie Wiesel: Never Forget Elie Wiesel has written over thirty novels over the course of his life. These novels directly affect society in general and especially impact Judaism. He has contributed not only to his race and religion but to ever human soul who reads his work. Elie Wiesel does this by not allowing any to forget the Halocaust of the Jews. "Elie Wiesel was born in Signet‚ Transylvania on September 30‚ 1928. He grew up the only son of four children‚ in a close-knit Jewish community
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