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    Melina Sarju Junk Food Being Banned From School Property Junk food‚ full of calories and have no nutritional value. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ every year more than one sixth of children in America are obese. In the past 20 years obesity rates tripled for children. I‚ Melina Sarju‚ think that all schools should banned junk food from school property. Doing this will lower the amount of obese children in America. Schools should sell a healthier lunch with fresh fruits

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    TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY EATING‚ HIGHER TAXES SHOULD BE IMPOSED ON JUNK FOODS AND SOFT DRINKS Husnu Yilmaz Istanbul Şehir University Over the past decades‚ obesity has become a serious problem that governments have to tackle.In fact it has been discussed for years but still there is not a certain solution to obesity.Governments and academists discuss it and provide information about the obesity epidemic but providing information is not enough‚ in some cases‚ to take notice and to care about the damaging

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    Title: Food to Die for Nutrition is a nourishing organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance. Good nutrition can help prevent disease and promote health. Consumption of important fruits and vegetables ensures lower level of mortality and reduces various degenerative diseases‚ for instance‚ cancer‚ cardiovascular disease‚ and immune dysfunction in several human cohorts. In addition to the vitamins and minerals found in fruits and vegetables‚ may contribute

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    healthy food and junk food In today’s generation‚ healthy and unhealthy food plays a big role in youths and adults. Many people don’t really understand the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods‚ many don’t actually know what the result of eating too many unhealthy foods can do to the body. There are big differences between eating healthy food‚ unhealthy food and what the result of excessively eating them can do to the body. In the ongoing battle of ‘healthy vs. unhealthy foods’‚ unhealthy

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    improvements at any age. Quality foods make a difference when they are young‚ and their brains are growing most rapidly. It also makes a huge difference for teens‚ whose brains are restructuring for adult life. (Greene 6). In addition to this people also think

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    07/24/12 Junk Food should be Taxed Who has not eaten junk food at least once? I did it‚ and to me‚ as to many Americans‚ the junk food is the most delicious type of food. However‚ I know it is the unhealthiest food and the main cause of obesity in the United States. On the other hand‚ the U.S. government feels that is important to intervene in junk food lover’s lives to help them to improve their health and their food choices. In order to combat the obesity and other health problems that junk food

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    taste requirements at a low price. The fast food which is made from these companies is served commercially‚ which takes only a few seconds to assemble‚ is palatable and affordable. But while eating this tasty food‚ have we think about the nutritional compromises‚ this food contain a large amount of oils and fats‚ carbohydrates which can cause a greater risk of diabetes‚ hypertension‚ make person fluffy and also cause of heart attack cancer. Eating fast food in large amount makes poison in the body

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    In the articles‚ ‘Is Junk Food Really Cheaper‚” by Mark Bittman and the other being‚ “Gap and Diet‚” by Tracie McMillan the authors show us the truth about food and people. The problem is that there is obesity in America. The first article ‘Is Junk Food Really Cheaper’ is about Junk food not being as cheap as everybody thinks it is. Article says that people are just lazy because they don’t want to cook so they spend their money on fast food instead of real food. The other article ‘Gap and Diet’

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    Toniloba Opasanya L6SR Types of Taxes A pie chart showing the projected constituents of United Kingdom taxation receipts for the tax year 2008-2009‚ according to the 2008 Budget. This is the pie chart showing the projected constituents of the United Kingdom taxation revenue for 2010-2011 Income Tax Income tax forms the single largest source of revenues collected by the government (followed by national insurance contributions‚ an additional levy on incomes at around 20%). Each person has

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    would like to state my opinions: junk food is convenient and inexpensive. However‚ consuming junk foods‚ especially if you eat them often‚ may increase the risk of chronic disease. Junk food not only effect the growth of the children but also do harm to the health of the adults. There are some junk foods health risk facts: The same health problems to the adults‚ junk food increases the risk of obesity. The research found that a person who consumes junk foods at least twice per week gains

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