Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. A normal blood pressure is 120/80. A blood pressure reading higher or equal to 140/90 is considered abnormally high. Elevated blood pressure means your heart is working harder than normal‚ putting both your heart and arteries under great strain. High blood pressure is serious business. On average‚ people with uncontrolled hypertension are:<br><li>Seven times more likely to have a stroke. <br><li>Six times more likely to develop congestive
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The effect of different music styles on blood pressure Experiment by: Claire Mouser and Garrett Swearingen Written by: Claire Mouser Written: 3/13/14 Abstract: The purpose of this experiment was to inform teenagers about the effect different genres of music can have on your heart rate. The heart rates of teens are affected differently when they listen to rock versus classical music. The goal of this experiment was to find out whether teens heart rates would change while they listened
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We’ve heard about it‚ experienced it‚ advised the children about it and yet‚ a majority of kids continue to struggle with it through years of schooling and perhaps even later. Peer pressure is inevitable since there always exists one ’cool group’ at school - which basically includes a bunch of kids who do all the things that they are not supposed to do and make it seem like a ’cool’ or ’happening’ thing to do. Children‚ who are too sincere at studies‚ have often been at the receiving end of ridicule
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Around the 1950’s a social psychologist Solomon Asch conducted a series of experiments called “Opinions and Social Pressure” to see how groups impact individual others. The basic design of the experiment is seven to nine college students are sat in a classroom for a “visual judgment experiment” and they compare the length of lines. The experimenter had two cards‚ the first card had one line and the second had 3 lines with different lengths. The students were asked to give their answer aloud and in
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PRESSURES FACED BY COLLEGE STUDENTS College life is often a stressful time. Nowadays college students face numbers of pressures. Most college students experience a great deal of stress dealing with their academic performance and financial status. Furthermore‚ college students often engage in multiple activities outside school which is certainly a stress for most students. In conclusion‚ college life is quite challenging‚ but it makes us quite disciplined. The pressure to perform academically is
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Pressure to be skinny? Has it become a limiting factor in your life? Ever since Kate Moss ushered in the waif look in 1993‚ girls all around the world want to look like her. Despite the speculations about her being underweight‚ she has successfully set a new trend for being skinny. Long gone the curvaceous trend set by other supermodels like Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. Every girl wants to be skinny and suddenly all of them think that by being skinny they are beautiful. If being skinny means
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political parties has fallen‚ that of pressure groups has increased. In the voluntary sector alone‚ one third of the population is involved in regular work for organisations‚ several of which can be described as a pressure group. They are organised groups that don’t put up candidates for election‚ but seek to influence government policy or legislation. These organisations are also described as interest groups‚ lobby groups‚ or protest groups. The term pressure group can inadvertently be interpreted
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Eating Disorders and the Pressure to be Attractive In today’s society many people strive to have the “model” attractiveness‚ a skinny body and gorgeous face. Many men and women want to obtain by taking completely unhealthy and sometimes life-threatening measures. Thus‚ eating disorders‚ among other things‚ are formed. Of the eating disorders one can acquire‚ anorexia nervosa is one of the most common (Lonegran et al. 1). Western societies’ emphasis on appearance pressures many men and women to seek
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The effects of Teenage Peer Pressure In today’s society‚ most teenagers are extremely influenced by their friends. Relying on friends more than family is very common among today’s teenagers. Unfortunately this results in poor decision making skills and giving into peer pressure. Many teenagers‚ before the age of 15 years old will have tried drinking‚ sex‚ and recreational drugs. Underage drinking is very popular among teenagers. Research has shown that 70% of parties held by a teenager serve
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thirteen-year-old girl that was a victim of peer pressure turned to drugs‚ alcohol and self-mutilation for help. She cares less about her studies and continuously becomes more impulsive. She becomes a criminal and a drug addict. This is rampant in the world today for both boys and girls. They think that it is “cool” to do drugs and have sex and steal to fit in and be popular. These are the main problems in teens today and it’s mostly caused by peer pressure. In a Pizar animated film entitled “Nemo”
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