Article 26 Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty In a rite of passage‚ some Nigerian girls spend months gaining weight and learning customs in a special room. “To be called a ‘slim princess’ is an abuse‚” says a defender of the practice. By Ann M. Simmons TIMES STAFF WRITER AKPABUYO‚ Nigeria—Margaret Bassey Ene currently has one mission in life: gaining weight. The Nigerian teenager has spent every day since early June in a “fattening room” specially set aside in her father’s mudand-thatch house
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Body composition is used to describe the different components‚ that when taken together make up a persons body weight. People who are overweight or excess body fat are at risk of several health condition‚ such as Hypertension‚ Type two diabetes‚ Coronary Heart Disease‚ Stroke‚ Osteoarthritis‚ Some Cancers‚ Sleep apnea‚ and respiratory problems. The proportion of body weight that is fat compared to lean‚ or body composition‚ can be made in a doctor’s office or a health
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Ban Trans-Fat Although fats are considered to be a part of our health‚ there are certain types that should be ignored. One of which has drawn controversial issues is trans-fat. Trans-fat is mostly found in many food sources such as vegetable oil‚ crackers‚ cookies and margarine. It increases blood levels of low density lipoprotein that is considered to be bad cholesterol‚ and decreases level of good cholesterol‚ high density lipoprotein. Trans-fat is created when oils are partially hydrogenated
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western culture seem to view a larger woman as something to be frowned upon‚ even medically; if you have a cough these days‚ it’s because you’re over weight‚ if you are depressed‚ it’s because you’re overweight‚ you pass out‚ it’s because you are fat; fat is emphatically not beautiful. Carter describes her experience with anorexia as ‘the last resort of the impotent‚ and the protracted attempted suicide by narcissism’ so why is this ‘attempted suicide’ more beautiful than a fairly healthy overweight
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Introduction Crude fat is the term used to refer to the crude mixture of fat-soluble material present in a sample. Crude fat also known as the ether extract or the free lipid content the traditional measure of fat in food products. The lipid materials may include triglycerides‚ diglycerides‚ monoglycerides‚ phospholipids‚ steroids‚ free fatty acids‚ fat soluble vitamins‚ carotene pigments‚ chlorophylls‚ etc. The common approach for total crude fat determination is based on the solubility of lipids
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article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” Mary Ray Worley‚ also a member of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)‚ talks about being accepted in America as a fat person; she tells us her personal experiences at the NAAFA Convention‚ her points of view of being a fat person in American‚ and even gives us information from doctors and researchers about weight loss. Worley talks about how America sees fat people and how they are just totally against being fat; she even
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only a small amount of women actually live up to these outrageous standards. The media strongly influences our perception of what we should look like. This is the reason many people are not satisfied with the way they are. Kathleen LeBesco’s article “Fat and Fabulous: Resisting Construction of Female Body Ideals‚” describes that the conditions we live in make it easier for us to be overweight. Now a day‚ jobs require little physical activity and fast food is more convenient than ever. Her article focuses
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If you do not think the rules/laws are adequate‚ try and come up with some more safeguards. Question #4 - 300 words · Research sales tax laws in Michigan‚ Texas‚ Ohio‚ New Jersey and California. · Discuss what the sales tax rules are in these states. · Describe which states Ellen will have to pay sales tax. · Talk about the percentages/amounts and any other rules/laws she must follow. · Feel free to give ideas on how to track sales from
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define fat? Or the basis to which people intake sugary beverages and the local authorities intervening for the benefit of public health? These are questions that each individual will answer differently in terms of their body fat and the amount of sugary beverages which they drink. In most cases‚ some people can not help but be addicted to sugary beverage because that is the substance that keep them mobile‚ but others will argue differently. In a similar way in which people will say that fat is good
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Definition of Tax Evasion: Tax evasion usually entails taxpayers deliberately misrepresenting or concealing the true state of their affairs to the tax authorities to reduce their tax liability and includes in particular dishonest tax reporting‚ such as declaring less income‚ profits or gains than actually earned or overstating deductions‚. It is an illegal practice where a person‚ organization or corporation intentionally avoids paying his/her/its true tax liability. Examples of practices which
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