Obesity Literature review I. Introduction Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse affect on health‚ leading to reduced life expectancy. Child obesity has been increasing dramatically and it has become one of the most common chronic conditions for youngsters and it’s accompanied by several psychological effects. As for the children it might lead to being isolated and having peer problems and sense of discrimination from
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Excessive intake on the quantity and quality of food could result to an increase in weight and obesity. Individuals are less likely to suffer from heart disease‚ diabetes‚ stroke‚ some cancers‚ and other chronic diseases if they consume foods which are rich in fruits and vegetables (http://www.uwec.edu/Watershed/research/upload/HealthyEatingPoster2012-2.pdf). Research also shows that children in poor diet contributes to overweight by eating on fast food restaurants including
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Literature Review Functionalist‚ Emile Durkheim‚ was one of the first sociologists to study the issue of suicide and this work has become known worldwide. Many have either refined his work or criticized it. Although Durkheim’s book Suicide: A Study in Sociology (1970) focused on suicide rates in some European societies‚ he was able to distinguish four types of suicide and he spoke about the type of person who would commit suicide. Two of the types of suicides Durkheim defined occurred in industrial
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION Customer Satisfaction‚ a business term‚ is a measure of how products and services supplied by a company meet or surpass customer expectation. It is seen as a key performance indicator within business and is part of the four perspectives of a Balanced Scorecard.In a competitive marketplace where businesses compete for customers‚ customer satisfaction is seen as a key differentiator and increasingly has become a key element of business strategy.There is
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Literature review of Age related constructs on Consumer Decision Making HealthDay News (2013) has reported an interesting research questions about ‘Accumulated knowledge helped seniors outperform young adults when faced with economic choices’ by Randy Dotinga Health day reporter. In the report‚ Ye Li (2013) an assistant professor of management in the University of California‚ Riverside‚ and his new research suggested that: Seniors can be sharper than young adults at making financial decisions
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Literature Review of XBRL Group 14： Literature Review of XBRL Z Abstract XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is a standard XML reporting language to enhance the efficiency‚ reliability and accuracy of financial reporting. Since its foundation in 1998‚ XBRL has been developing rapidly in the world. This paper teases out and discusses the literature researches of XBRL from 6 aspects: the production bases of XBRL‚ the effect of XBRL‚ the classification criteria
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Introduction EQUITY SHARES DEFINITION Securities representing equity ownership in a corporation‚ providing voting rights‚ and entitling the holder to a share of the company’s success through dividends and/or capital appreciation. In the event of liquidation‚ common shareholders have rights to a company’s assets only after bondholders‚ other debt holders‚ and preferred shareholders have been satisfied. Typically‚ common shareholders receive one vote per share to elect the company’s
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This literature review addresses several issues related to the study of aging. Theoretical perspectives‚ research methods‚ and current controversies are reviewed. One issue that has beset the development of research on aging is a definition of old age (Scanzoni & Scanzoni‚ 1988‚ p. 549). Research in the United Kingdom and the United States has found that the older a person is in a chronological sense‚ the later is the chronological age at which that person tends to think old age begins. The concept
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE According to antiessays.com‚ Gender discrimination basically means how certain people are treated differently in their place of employment. If you have been rejected for employment‚ fired‚ or treated unfairly in employment because of your sex‚ then you have suffered from gender discrimination. Throughout most of history‚ women have been an underdog in many areas of the society regardless of the amount of education or experience they’ve had
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Literature Review From the the Encarta encyclopaedia 2010 Water pollution is any chemical‚ physical or biological change in the quality of water that has a harmful effect on any living thing that drinks or uses or lives in it. Dr. Shachin Cartlon (2009) states Water pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. The sources of water pollution are categorized as being a point source or a non-source point of pollution
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