How to talk about health problems • Vocabulary In life one of the most important things you can do is to look after your health. When we have a health problem we can go and see a doctor. Here we take a look at the English you need to discuss bad health. Making an appointment When you are feeling unwell‚ you need to see a doctor. Unfortunately‚ doctors are busy people so you have to make an appointment. This involves calling (or visiting) the doctor’s clinic and making an appointment with the
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Information search * From internal search‚ knowing that it’s extremely hard to reach weight-loss goal on their own and even harder to maintain‚ thus need some medical help * From external search‚ most probably from commercial sources or health care providers‚ they become aware that the new FDA-approved weight-loss drug called ‘Metabical’ offers much less safety concern with “one pill a day” low-dose formulation & a comprehensive support program for healthy weight maintenance
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What short-term and long-term health conditions are direct consequences of the obesity epidemic? The short-term and long-term health conditions that are direct consequences of the obesity epidemic are Type 2 diabetes‚ which is the major cause of obesity in the country‚ high cholesterol‚ high blood pressure‚ gastroesophageal reflux disease‚ certain cancers‚ psychological and emotional problems‚ quality of life changes‚ and ultimately leads to an early death. What individual and societal changes
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In the U.S. Obesity is a major health problem of children‚ teens‚ and adults‚ as well as in other countries. Obesity is defined as the point at which an adults BMIs >30.0‚ and/or WC> 40 inches for men‚ 35 inches for women‚ and/or WHR is > 1.0; and for children‚ weigh falls in the > 97percentile.(Hutchinson‚ 2007‚ p342) Many people are obese because of their lack or inability to eat nutritious meals‚ frequent exercise‚ or even take nutrition supplement or vitamins. Many individuals
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children are found to be victims of social stigmatization and are vulnerable to the psychological effects such as depression and social effects such as isolation. • Obesity is highly stigmatized in the western cultures and overweight or obese people often face discrimination‚ negative stereotyping and negative attitudes even from health professionals. • Psychological problems in overweight and obese people occur more often in men than women‚ with women particularly suffering from an altered body image
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these contributed to the rise of obesity rates in developed nations. Conversely for developing countries‚ undernourished mothers produced babies who are genetically prone to obesity‚ and in countries like Mexico where the source of water is unreliable‚ the population turned to soft-drinks‚ making them the leading consumer of Coca-Cola in the world today. Be it certain cultures or traditions of specific society considering obese as signs of prosperity or affection‚ obesity is undoubtedly a grave problem
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Schools: How they can help prevent Obesity “Selling Obesity at School” first appeared in the New York Times newspaper in 2009. In this editorial the writer aims to convince the readers that obesity is a major conflict in our schools. Logic‚ Credibility‚ and Emotions are techniques the writer skillfully uses to create a strong convincing article. The writer begins by talking about the federal school lunch program. He/she uses background information about the School lunch program to build our credibility
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What can Samoan parents do to prevent obesity and diabetes in their children? Samoan culture is greatly respected by its people. In their opinion‚ no other culture is even close to theirs in values‚ respect‚ tradition‚ mentality‚ form of government etc. They want to keep things that way and hopefully nothing could come in between. Samoa may be perfect in such ways but‚ like they say‚ there is always a bad apple in a society. I believe obesity and diabetes are that. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
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Obesity in Saudi Arabia Today‚ the obesity problem is much of a concern for so many people all over the world. Obesity has caused a lot of talk among the world‚ in addition it is ranked as a serious disease. So what is obesity and what do we need to know about it. In Saudi Arabia today‚ obesity has become an enormous problem. In the past few years‚ we have seen the number of obese people is increasing dramatically. What is obesity? Obesity is an abnormal increase of body fat‚ usually 20% or
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Obesity Rasmussen College Elise Pfliger Author Note This paper is being submitted on February 10‚ 2013‚ to Jaqueline Schultz EC120/EEC1734 Section 02 Health Safety and Nutrition at Rasmussen College by Elise Pfliger. Childhood obesity is a condition that negatively affects a child’s health or wellbeing. Childhood obesity can be easily remedied if a parent‚ caregiver and child all work together to teach the child the correct way to prepare
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