childhood obesity has increased by 54 percent in children ages six to eleven. In children twelve to seventeen it has increased by 39 percent. (Silberstein‚ 1) Childhood obesity is so prevalent among these age groups that it has reached epidemic proportions. One cause of childhood obesity is genetics. Children who have parents or siblings who are overweight have an increased risk of becoming obese themselves. Genetics accounts for approximately 25 percent to 40 percent to childhood obesity. (Causes
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Gary Giroux also shows the prevalence of accounting fraud by discussing “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in 2002 basically to eliminate future scandals.” (Giroux). Giroux also names “greed and hubris” as reoccurring themes in scandals. I began to research information on ways to stop accounting fraud. In his article‚ Financial Fraud-Accounting for Criminals‚ Kevin Voigt talks with many former criminals and gathers tips on ways to detect accounting fraud. Many of the criminals stated there are three
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Barbados are acutely unaware of the widespread incidences and impact of obesity among and on its population. Statement of Problem According to the World Health Organization/Forbes List‚ more than 1.6 billion people in the world are either overweight or obese. A recent study showed that Barbados is ranked 12th among the fattest countries in the world where 69.7% of the population is considered obese or overweight. Obesity is associated with a high BMI (body mass index). These days sedentary
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Childhood Obesity is a problem in the United States and increasing issue in today’s society. “The percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an alarming rate‚ with 1 out of 3 kids now considered overweight or obese” (Kidshealth.org). Primary reasons for childhood obesity is the lack of access to more affordable‚ healthy foods specifically in lower income communities including within our schools‚ food pricing‚ and product formulation‚ Children that are minorities and socioeconomically
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Conroy‚ Fall 2009 10/30/09 Childhood Obesity A Big Problem A survey taken by the National Association of Children’s Hospitals in January of 2007 showed that over nine million children ages 6 to 19 in the United States were obese; that comes out to about 16 percent (N.A.C.H. 1). While this is a disturbing statistic in itself‚ a more problematic statistic is that the number of obese children in the U.S. has triples since 1980 (N.A.C.H. 1)—proof that obesity is a huge problem and will not be going
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Fight Against Childhood Obesity Young children acquire their knowledge through direct instruction‚ modeling‚ and experiences within their environment (Lanigan‚ 2010‚ p. # 369). Children who are obese are known to have lower self-esteem‚ and a higher risk of becoming drinkers‚ smokers‚ and/or socially isolated as they mature. Health concerns such as Cardiovascular Disease; Gall Bladder problems; Hypertension; and Sleep Apnea have all been associated with childhood obesity (Robinson; Geier; Rizzolo;
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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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The experimental treatment of Daucus carota with nitrogen and ABA to induce zygotic behavior within somatic embryos STUDENT NAME: Kasey McCollum‚ Kristy Phillips‚ Audrey Simmons DEPARTMENT: Biology DATE OF SUBMISSION: 30 January 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS introduction The agricultural business today remains stressed to meet high food demands. Technology and labor intensive practices are attempting to curb the problem by producing sufficient quantities of food products by efficiently
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Obesity comes with it a wide array of unintended consequences that potentially affects everyone‚ rather than just those that are afflicted with it. By definition obesity is merely the accumulation of excess body fat to the extent where it may have an adverse affect on one’s health. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ as many as 33% of adults‚ and 17% of children are facing such a struggle. In the face of such stagaring statistics‚ there are few solutions to the problem
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of Sleep Research‚ 13(2)‚ 129-136. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00394.x This article dives deeper into the specifics of a nightmare. It claims that low well-being causes dreams to elicit more negative emotions which is the cause of distress that people feel after the dream. Blagrove et al. also addresses the different definitions of a nightmare and how an extremely disturbing dream versus a bad dream is a weaker predictor of well-being than just an unpleasant dream. This helps my research to be very
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