CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale The Philippines until now is still primarily an agricultural country despite the previous plan to make it an industrialized economy by the year 2000. Philippine agriculture has been known to have four major production sectors namely coconut‚ rice‚ corn‚ and sugar production. Of these sectors‚ the coconut industry proves to be very important in the country since one third of the population depend on coconut production for livelihood. The country is the
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The Surgeon General has called it "the leading preventable cause of disease and deaths in the United States." Smoking is among the top preventable risk factors of heart disease amongst many other health problems. Coronary heart disease and strokes are the primary types of cardiovascular disease caused by smoking. They rank as the first and third leading causes of death in the United States. More than 61 million Americans suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease. Smoking increases your risk
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Exploring adolescent physical activity in the UK Introduction. The current recommended physical activity guidelines for younger people to maintain a healthy lifestyle and improve health is at least 60 minutes of moderate‚ to vigorous intensity activity per day. This should include aerobic activity‚ and muscle and bone strengthening activities. In order to gain additional health benefits and well-being Amounts of physical activity greater than 60 minutes is required. (National Health Department 2012
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Riya Ragbarsingh General Biology Dr. Samira Ziaei-Halaby May 8‚ 2012 Myocardial Infarction Myocardial Infarction also known as “heart attack”‚ is when a damaged muscle or artery is blocked preventing the blood to flow through. Because of fast food places such as McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ Wendy’s and etc… Most Americans prefer eating outside than having a healthy home cooked meal. Many people do not realize the amount of fatty and oily substances that are in the meals that are being cooked
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Introduction In sports‚ the competitive drive to win can be very intensive between athletes. Winning in the game usually brings rewards to athletes both financially and psychologically. Such temptations and the consecutive pressures faced by athletes to excel in the sporting events‚ attempts to achieve a rival edge especially when the application of performance enhancing drugs by athletes in sports activities has becoming a new trend and relatively common. Performance enhancing drugs are used so
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pressure (Marieb and Hoehn 705). Type II diabetics respond well to exercise by becoming more sensitive to insulin- the hormone that lowers blood pressure. Exercise can also reduce “bad” cholesterol levels in the blood (the low-density lipoprotein [LDL] level)‚ as well as total cholesterol‚ and can raise the “good” cholesterol (the high-density
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At 6 ’0" and approximately 210 lbs with a BMI (body mass index) of 28 I am considered overweight and very close to being obese according to the website weight-loss.emedtv.com. I am positive that my current and very poor fitness and nutritional habits are the main cause of my depleting health status as well as my current overweight status. Asking me to explain my current fitness and nutritional habits is basically superfluous. My current fitness habit includes nothing more than the occasional golf
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Jenna Gunselman 12/1/2011 Biochemistry Extra Credit Paper Estrogen and Its Effects Estrogens are steroids that are important in the reproductive cycles of humans and some animals‚ and they are the main female sex hormones. They easily diffuse across cell membranes‚ and once they are inside‚ they bind to estrogen receptors to control many genes and their expressions. In human women‚ there are three types of estrogen: estradiol‚ which is the dominant form of estrogen in women who are not pregnant
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damaged. Most of these side-effects are dose-dependent‚ the most common being elevated blood pressure‚ especially in those with pre-existing hypertension‚ and harmful changes in cholesterol levels: Some steroids cause an increase in LDL "bad" cholesterol and a decrease in HDL "good" cholesterol. Anabolic steroids have been shown to alter fasting blood sugar and glucose tolerance tests. Anabolic steroids such as testosterone also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease or coronary artery disease. Acne
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B I O L O G Y 130 INTRODUCTORY CELL BIOLOGY LECTURE NOTES Department of Biology University of Waterloo Fall‚ 2012 BIOL 130 LECTURE NOTES Fall‚ 2012 a Lecture Notes This booklet contains the notes that will be presented as part of the online modules. For copyright reasons‚ the figures that will be shown along with the notes cannot be reproduced. However‚ most of these figures come from the required course text‚ Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments‚ 6th edition
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