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    About 24 million of US suffer from an eating disorder. Eating disorders affect almost anyone‚ but they target women‚ more specifically teenage girls between the age of 11-23 (National 1). Eating disorders range from anorexia and bulimia to taking laxatives and restricting what you eat. There are multiple causes of eating disorders. Biological factors and social media can cause a person to have an eating disorder. Biological factors such as chemical imbalances in the brain can trigger an eating disorder

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    one become very self-conscious about their weight and has an intense fear of becoming fat. They go to such extremes as starving themselves in order to remain thin‚ and some use additional methods such as vomiting‚ taking excessive amounts of laxatives‚ or exercising profusely. Women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia often experience fatigue and decreased energy‚ headaches‚ personality changes‚ and abdominal pain. If it is left untreated‚ it can lead to serious health damage‚ and in some cases

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    Acacia

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    Acacia (/əˈkeɪʃə/ or /əˈkeɪsiə/)‚ also known as a thorntree‚ whistling thorn or wattle‚ is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to thesubfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae‚ described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773 based on the African speciesAcacia nilotica. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny‚ whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not. All species are pod-bearing‚ with sap and leaves often bearing large amounts of tannins and condensed tannins that historically

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    Magnesium citrate

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    itself has several beneficial properties. In the field of medicine‚ magnesium oxide is abundantly recommended by physicians and other experts for treating bad conditions caused by digestive difficulty in the body. This compound is known to have laxative properties which speed up the flow of bowel movements in a short matter of time upon taking it up. Moreover‚ it is usually manufactured in the form of supplements for treating magnesium deficiency. However‚ the use of this is strictly prohibited

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    Negative Body-Image and Eating Disorders According to many doctors‚ eating disorders and negative body-image is increasingly common due to media and the expanding world of fashion. Eating disorders are not just physical but mental‚ as well (Bowen-Woodward). Each person struggling with this type of disease developed a negative body image from somewhere. Family ‚ friends‚ and society contribute to creating a person’s body image‚ whether negative or positive. The effects of a negative body-image

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    Eating Disorders Introduction: For my research paper I chose to explore eating disorders and I chose three topics under eating disorders. The three topic I chose where anorexia‚ bulimia and binge eating disorder. I chose this for my final paper because I do not know much about eating disorders and I would like to learn more. I have personal connections to this because I have family or friends that have or have had an eating disorder at one point in their life. Eating disorders interest me because

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    actually very thin. They may eat fewer than 1‚000 calories a day‚ exercise excessively‚ vomit‚ use laxatives‚ and take diuretics‚ or give themselves enemas as they continually attempt to lose more weight.” In the other hand‚ Susziski also says that people with Bulimia “tend to binge on food and then compensate for the calories by purging – by deliberate vomiting or inducing diarrhea with laxatives‚ exercising excessively‚ or fasting.” At the end‚ Anorexia and Bulimia is the same dangerous‚ eating

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    include binge eating disorder and eating disorder not otherwise specified. Bulimia nervosa is a disorder characterized by binge eating and purging. Purging can include self-induce vomiting‚ over-exercising‚ and the usage of diuretics‚ enemas‚ and laxatives. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by extreme food restriction to the point of self-starvation and excessive weight loss [2]. Though primarily thought of as affecting females (an estimated 5–10 million being affected in the U.K.)‚ eating disorders

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    Water Supply Engineering

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    Depending on wanted information–fix test/group of tests of 89 9 Examination of water: Tests measuring/reflecting/related to- 1. Safety and wholesomeness e.g. contamination (MPN)‚ toxics (As)‚ beneficial amounts (F)‚ pollutants (N‚ Cl‚ P)‚ laxative properties (Mg‚ SO4) 2. Palatability/aesthetic acceptability e.g. temp.‚turbidity‚ colour‚ taste‚ odour 3. Economic usefulness e.g. soap consumption 4. Water treatment processes e.g. coagulation‚ chlorination etc. 5. Functional tests e.g. optimum

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    Chromosomal Disorders 1. Name the condition. Edwards Syndrome (or Trisomy 18) 2. Outline the chromosomal abnormality. Trisomy 18‚ or Edwards syndrome‚ occurs when a person has a third copy of material from chromosome 18 instead of the usual two copies. 3. What chromosomes are involved? Chromosome 18 is the only chromosome involved with this disorder. 4. What does it affect? The majority of children born with Edward ’s syndrome appear both fragile and weak; many are underweight. Their

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