Article 26 Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty In a rite of passage‚ some Nigerian girls spend months gaining weight and learning customs in a special room. “To be called a ‘slim princess’ is an abuse‚” says a defender of the practice. By Ann M. Simmons TIMES STAFF WRITER AKPABUYO‚ Nigeria—Margaret Bassey Ene currently has one mission in life: gaining weight. The Nigerian teenager has spent every day since early June in a “fattening room” specially set aside in her father’s mudand-thatch house
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Review………………………………………………………………………. 1- 4 3.0 Impact of obesity issue toward fast food chain 3.1 Poor brand image…………………………………………………………………….. 4-6 3.2 Decline in sales………………………………………………………………………. 6 3.3 Pressure from activist and non-profit organisation…………………………………... 6-7 3.4 Increase of legal restriction on business activities………………………………….... 7-8 4.0 Response of fast food chain toward obesity issue 4.1 Provide nutrition information……………………………………………………….. 9-10 4.2 Provide new food choices and healthier ordering
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Proteins are polymeric chains that are built from monomers called amino acids. All structural and functional properties of proteins derive from the chemical properties of the polypeptide chain. There are four levels of protein structural organization: primary‚ secondary‚ tertiary‚ and quaternary. Primary structure is defined as the linear sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain. The secondary structure refers to certain regular geometric figures of the chain. Tertiary structure results from
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COLLEGE OF LEGAL STUDIES ADMINISTRATIVE LAW PROJECT ON DOCTRINE OF EXCESSIVE DELEGATION SUBMITTED TO - SUBMITTED BY - Dr. R.K SINGH ABHISHEK DWIVEDI ASST. PROFESSOR 500017358 UPES Roll No: 04 B.A.‚ LLB
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Modern social and economic situation‚ making powerful and various stressogenny influences‚ population health has a pernicious effect on mental. Every third citizen of Russia in the life faces problems of violation of mental health. The increase in quantity of mental disorders‚ the complete suicides‚ heavy offenses is in the last decade observed. The person — a being not only biological‚ but also social. The child deprived of the social environment‚ can’t become the full-fledged person‚ it doesn’t
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Examine health and illness as Social and Biological Constructs 1. The terms ’health’ and ’illness’ do not mean the same thing to everyone. 1.1 Health focuses on definitions‚ which are negative‚ positive and holistic. Negative focuses on the physical approach when there are no symptoms or nothing obvious‚ but meaning that this does not necessarily mean there is nothing wrong and everything is ok. Positive focuses on both physical and psychological approach and the fact that you have to look
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will look at nutritional medicine and naturopathy‚ and discuss how they have evolved into their present status. I will describe similarities and differences and address how history‚ culture and philosophy have shaped them. Nutritional medicine is the use of food and nutritional supplements to prevent and treat disease. It is based on the scientific study of nutrition‚ researching the nutritional content of food and how it con-tributes to optimal health. Nutrition is fundamental to health as it promotes
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that an American student must do to contribute to American culture. American culture today is a melting pot of the best and worst parts of every other culture. In order to have the culture be the best it can be the young in American society must have good values. Though society helps shape the values found in American culture‚ three values remain constant for the young American: a person must be a good listener‚ have respect‚ and be a hard worker. Respect is one of the many values of a young American
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Diabetes Insipidus Abstract This paper covers the basic pathophysiology of the disease process for diabetes insipidus. It is also a preview of the most common symptoms of the disease‚ and the treatments associated with it. One treatment is vasopressin which is an antidiuretic. Another treatment option is Chloropropamide which is used to aid in the control of diabetes mellitus type two‚ but can also be used to aid in the assistance of controlling diabetes insipidus. Lastly there are
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Sarah Khan Bivins-5th April 20th‚ 2013 Protein Synthesis Every day‚ you take in an abundance of different biomolecules; one of them being proteins. Have you ever wondered how proteins are made? They don’t just grow from a tree or fall from the sky‚ they are made through a process called protein synthesis. Protein synthesis is broken up in two two steps: transcription and translation. Transcription starts inside the nucleus when the DNA is unzipped by helicase. Following that‚ the mRNA nucleotides
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