The high blood pressure double whammy The double whammy for people with hypertension is that the extra adrenalin required by being overweight or obese: constricts our arteries and blood vessels to raise our blood pressure and give us an energy boost ready to defend ourselves or to escape a dangerous situation; and it could also lead to type 2 diabetes! The good news is that losing weight need not be difficult or involve unappetizing diets. Losing weight is a natural way to reduce our high blood
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Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast-Food Industry Jeffrey A. Krug University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Copyright © 2001 by Jeffrey A. Krug. Used with permission. Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation (KFC) was the world’s largest chicken restaurant chain and third largest fast-food chain in 2000. KFC had a 55 percent share of the U.S. chicken restaurant market in terms of sales and operated more than 10‚800 restaurants in 85 countries. KFC was one of the first fast-food chains
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means by which they feel normal. The drug becomes a crutch. Those with low self-esteem may use a drug to feel better about themselves. There can also be peer pressure that leads to drug abuse. Young people are impressionable and can succumb easily to this peer pressure and abuse drugs to fit in with the crowd or gain acceptance. Peer pressure is most powerful during our
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please give me a call. I promise confidentiality. Even if I couldn’t personally help‚ I could always find one of my classmates who would. Welcome to the GSB. This will probably be the most memorable and fruitful year of your life! ACADEMIC PRESSURE: By now you may have discovered that the volume of work is enormous. There just isn’t enough time to get all the work done. But no one said you should! Most of us come in here as perfectionists and feel very uncomfortable doing a so-so job on anything
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watch television‚ they are exposed to what the articles‚ pictures and the media think how they should look. Even though mass media does not take full responsibility‚ advertising influences young girls to develop eating disorders because they feel pressure to stay thin and ads use thin women to promote beauty products and diet supplements. Here are some basic facts about eating disorders. According to National Eating Disorders Organization (2005) eating disorders‚ such as anorexia‚ bulimia‚ and
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No. 8 24 January 2012 GLOBAL FLOWS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT EXCEEDING PRE-CRISIS LEVELS IN 2011‚ DESPITE TURMOIL IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY HIGHLIGHTS Despite turmoil in the global economy‚ global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose by 17 per cent in 2011‚ to US$1.5 trillion‚ surpassing their pre-crisis average‚ based on UNCTAD estimates (figure 1). Figure 1. Global FDI flows‚ average 2005 2007 and 2007 to 2011 (Billions of US dollars) 1 969 1 744 1 480 1 472 1 180 1 290 1 509 740
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concerns about changes in the overall climate of the earth. Some believe that a dramatically dangerous warming is taking place in the overall global climate‚ a problem that is referred to as "global warming." This paper will attempt to explore this very issue‚ its causes‚ dangerous and somehow deadly effects and how we could deal with this global crisis. Global warming has become perhaps the most complicated issue facing world leaders. Warnings from the scientific community are becoming louder‚ as
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March 7‚ 2013 Science I Investigatory Project Term 3 Research Statement Does friendship among freshman students affect their academic performance? If yes‚ how? I. Background of Study In a student’s academic achievement‚ friendship‚ peer pressure‚ and popularity have been debated to have a major impact on it. Friends may either boost your academic performance or cause your downfall. This is what high school is about; looking for the right friends. Nowadays‚ grades may be an important characteristic
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Global Marketing Global Edition Warren J. Keegan Mark C. Green Introduction to Global Marketing Chapter 1 Copyright 2013‚ Pearson Education INTRODUCTION • Global vs. “Regular” Marketing - Scope of activities are outside the home-country market Copyright 2013‚ Pearson Education GLOBAL MARKETING • Create value for customers by improving benefits or reducing price – – – – Improve the product Find new distribution channels Create better communications Cut monetary
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Society’s Pressures It was a frigid morning in the arctic circle‚ as was every day. Noelle had just awoke from her slumber‚ careful to not disturb her husband‚ Dan. Noelle had slept poorly the night before‚ deep bags located under her eyes showed that. She was worried‚ for the holiday season was fastly approaching and Noelle had nothing‚ but herself to offer her husband. Well she also had two little lanternfish tucked away. Though the fish would look hysterical on the prized china Dan uses every
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