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    Use of drugs without prescription is illegal and harms one’s health. Junk foods and soda pop are harmful as well. Yet we have never had prohibition on these food and soda items even though these food items affect public health. According to Yale University professor of psychology and public health‚ Kelly Brownell‚ “As a culture‚ we’ve become upset by the tobacco companies advertising to children‚ but we sit idly by while the food companies do the very same thing. And we could make a claim that the

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    Time to Junk Junk Food

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    Its time to junk junk food Tired‚ crabby‚ or unfocused in class? Perhaps it’s the food you are eating. The excessive intake of junk food and the lack of healthy food has recently become a serious problem among people. There are many reasons to get rid out of junk food and replace it by a good healthy diet. Although many people believe that junk food is more tasty than healthy ones and provide the body with energy‚ it contributes in obesity and leads to addiction. Fast

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    Fast Food Whos to Blame On-Demand Writing Assignment You will have 45 minutes to plan and write an essay on the topic assigned below. Before you begin writing‚ read the passage carefully and plan what you will say. Your essay should be as well-organized and carefully written as you can make it. As Americans add pounds‚ critics are increasingly blaming the fast-food industry. Teenagers have filed lawsuits blaming McDonalds for their health problems‚ and a public health group in California has asked

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    Part of being a ballet dancer is having good taste. Small earrings and rings are all right‚ but remove all of your other jewelry. Don’t wear dangly jewelry or anything that gets in the way. Never‚ ever wear leg-warmers‚ black tights‚ or any other "junk" to a ballet audition. via

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    Fast food ‚ the type of food changed our lives. It’s fast‚ it’s easy to prepare‚ it’s easy to eat‚ and it’s cheap. It’s for everyone. It’s for the poor and the non-poor. It’s for students‚ for managers‚ for actors‚ for factory workers‚ for criminals‚ for priests… today it seems like fast food was always around and it is not possible to imagine a world without fast food. Even countries like Japan‚ which has a traditional diet of rice‚ fish‚ vegetables and soy products‚ accepted fast food into their

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    Junk Food Tax The current issue of junk food consumption and the overall obesity battle in America continues to plague our nation. The suggestion to counteract this problem is the implementation of a “junk tax”. ProQuest states that‚ “’junk food tax’ refers to a tax placed upon fattening foods or beverages” (Par. 1). The intention of the tax is to minimize the consumption of unhealthy foods‚ which would expectantly lead to a healthier population. A junk food tax would also generate revenue for causes

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    products‚ fast foods and convenience store establishments have seen an upsurge of popularity as the aforementioned demands are increasing. Purchasing a soft drink is as instantaneous as pulling in the drive-through. With that‚ this leads to faster products‚ but the decrease of health in our country. These low prices‚ caused by subsidizing of producers to the companies making the junk food‚ leads companies such as McDonald’s and Burger

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    European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 20 (2001) 645±646 www.elsevier.com/locate/ejcts Case report Epidural emphysema associated with primary spontaneous pneumothorax Olgun Kadir Aribas a‚*‚ Niyazi Gormus b‚ Demet Aydogdu Kiresi c a b Department of Thoracic Surgery‚ School of Medicine‚ University of Selcuk‚ Konya‚ Turkey Department of Cardiovascular Surgery‚ School of Medicine‚ University of Selcuk‚ Konya‚ Turkey c Department of Radiology‚ School of Medicine‚ University of

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    Should There Be a Tax On Junk Food? What would it be like to see a healthier‚ skinnier world? A world were more of the population exercised. People choose to eat well balanced meals instead of greasy‚ fattening foods. Where it would be easier to afford the more healthy foods and not the fast foods all the time. Junk food should be taxed because the rate of obesity is rising rapidly‚ so people need to choose their foods more wisely‚ and

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    Junk Food in Schools

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    Current Issues Paper Junk Food In Schools Introduction Although not easy to admit‚ it is a fact that a big percentage of the world’s population today likes junk food. Many people have become accustomed to eating foods with high levels of refined sugars‚ processed grains‚ and a number of other unhealthy ingredients (Trice‚ 2010). Essentially‚ companies have replaced nature’s own ingredients with highly processed products and chemicals to reduce costs‚ extend shelf life‚ and raise profits. Excessive

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