discussion or magazine articles that are online. I decided to look at dieting and obesity for my research task. I first thought about whether or not I thought dieting was good for a person and decided that it wasn’t good for people. Then I started to research more and found that what I believed was right. Dieting isn’t good for a person because once you lose weight; you put it back on when you stop. I then looked at obesity more closely. I researched it to discover what it was and how it could be treated
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Essay #2 Agreeing or Disagreeing Essay How to Change Americans Eating Habits Because of fast food chains in America‚ when we feel the urge for an easy meal‚ Americans‚ in general‚ immediately look to the fast food nation for a quick suppression to their hunger. Because we live in a time-is-money society the most efficient means of hunger satisfaction is the almighty drive-through. Corporations spend billions of dollars advertising to enhance sales of their products. With American catching on
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Childhood obesity has become a major epidemic in America. To many Americans‚ this news is very disturbing and has caused a major debate on who is to be responsible for this rising epidemic‚ and what can be done to control it. There are many people that could be blamed for it‚ such as parents‚ government‚ schools and so on. But the question is what can be done about it? Most Americans can agree that something needs to be done to try and control it. Because childhood obesity has become such
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Should obesity be categorized as a disease? Obesity is not actually a lifestyle‚ it is a disease because there are medical reasons that make obesity actually a disease. The American Medical Association declared obesity as being a disease. There are many different definitions of disease that make is very hard and confusing to define just how obesity is a disease. According to merriam-webster a disease is “a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning
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The Fast Food Industry: Destroying America’s people‚ one french fry at a time The eating habits of America can be summed up in three words. “Fat‚” “Fast‚” and “Food.” Fast-food companies are the leading problem in the rapid growth of our nation’s obesity problem. Costs of fast-food consumption were nearly $164.8 billion dollars in 2010‚ and the constant and excessive eating that has taken place at fast-food establishments over the last few decades has‚ and will continue to‚ result in obesity. Public
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English 101 Date The Cause and Effects of Childhood Obesity The damaging effects on a child’s physical and mental health are two of the main aspects that are associated with childhood obesity. This condition is at epidemic proportions in the United States. (Henry and Martin‚ 13-6) Childhood obesity is a condition where a child weights more than the normal weight for a child their age. There are several factors that cause this condition such as food choices‚ lack of physical activities‚ and genetic
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Persuasive Essay Raquel Daniel COMM/215 Essentials of College Writing July 7‚ 2011 Cassundra Flemister-White Persuasive Essay Gangs Gangs are killing our upcoming generations. Gangs have always been around for many years and they are still growing. They are becoming more violent now because they are using more than just their body parts to beat up people. These gangs are killing and raping people. It used to be about colors and different language but now it is about something different
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Synthesis Essay “Sixteen-point nine percent of children and teens are obese” (Huffington Post). Childhood obesity is becoming a greater problem in today’s society because of the readily availability of foods‚ appealing commercials‚ and the children themselves. I think that food industries are out to make money without offering healthier alternatives or taking an interest on how it affects the children. With more sugary foods being developed‚ kids are more prone to wanting to have that food in their
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ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY ADVERTISING: INFORMATION OR MANIPULATION? Fast-Food Advertising Deceives Americans to Obesity With every precious tick of the clock‚ an American rushes to perform yet another task in a day with a meager 24 hours. With all the activity encompassed within these hours‚ many aspects of life are neglected. One of these aspects--the most important and vital one‚ in fact-- is self-nourishment. One must eat foods that are healthy as well as conducive to optimal bodily function
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Justin Brown Brown 1 English 1010 10/20/10 Obesity in America When people think about health what usually comes up is cancer‚ or some kind of disease that will hold you back. Not many people really think about one of the biggest issues out there that people don’t really take serious. It’s called Obesity‚ I know you might think you know what that means but do you really know what it is?. In America there are thousands of hundreds of people that or obese. Over 2/3rds
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