Response to Anthropological Editions Essay #5 "Where Fat is a Mark of Beauty" Significant Concept: Simmon’s article illustrates a standard of physical beauty that is different than one might find common in United States or other Western societies. In the particular Nigerian tribe that the author details‚ a young girl named Margaret spends her days in a so-called "fattening room" where she eats to excess and purposefully avoids all but the slightest amount of exercise so as to gain weight - weight
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‘Fat Taxes’ In our society‚ there is a massive obesity problem which causes people to die prematurely from heart attack or high blood pressure. So‚ the health experts discovered a way to prevent people from eating foods that might have negative effects on their health. It is a new kind of tax that is called ‘fat tax’‚ according to which consumers are called to pay a small amount of money‚ every time something unhealthy is purchased. In my opinion‚ the aforementioned tax should l save a lot
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Article 26 Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty In a rite of passage‚ some Nigerian girls spend months gaining weight and learning customs in a special room. “To be called a ‘slim princess’ is an abuse‚” says a defender of the practice. By Ann M. Simmons TIMES STAFF WRITER AKPABUYO‚ Nigeria—Margaret Bassey Ene currently has one mission in life: gaining weight. The Nigerian teenager has spent every day since early June in a “fattening room” specially set aside in her father’s mudand-thatch house
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Statistical Process Control Statistical Monitoring of Processes to Detect Special Causes of Variation Lecture Outline • • • • • • • Basics of Statistical Process Control Control Charts Control Charts for Attributes Control Charts for Variables Control Chart Patterns SPC with Excel Process Capability Statistical QA Approaches Statistical process control (SPC) • Monitors production process to prevent poor quality Acceptance sampling • Inspects random sample of product
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Examination Paper: Supply Chain Management 5 IIBM Institute of Business Management IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper MM.100 Statistical Quality Control Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) · This section consists of Multiple choice questions & Short Answer type questions. · Answer all the questions. · Part One questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 4 marks each. Part One: Multiple choices: 1. If in a hall there are 18 persons then how many handshakes are possible
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Running Head: HR STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES HR Statistical Techniques Dona Palermo HRM/558 Donna Wyatt January 23‚ 2012 HR Statistical Techniques Ayles Networks is an IT networking company employing over 3‚000 people across the Southwestern United States. Although‚ centrally located‚ the Human Resources (HR) office is up to 500 miles from several corporate offices. The HR department has been tasked with using HR statistical techniques to assess the effectiveness of current staffing‚
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STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL Prof.S.BHADKUMBHE College Of Engg‚ Manjari(BK) Hadapsar‚ Pune-412 307 N.B.KANCHAN College Of Engg‚ Manjari(BK) Hadapsar‚ Pune-412 307 S.HAGAVANE College Of Engg‚ Manjari(BK) Hadapsar‚ Pune-412 307 S.HIPPERKAR College Of Engg‚ Manjari(BK) Hadapsar‚ Pune-412 307 P.BANAGE College Of Engg‚ Manjari(BK) Hadapsar‚ Pune-412 307 Email: nilesh29.uk@gmail
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STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS HCS/438 June 10‚ 2013 Instructor: BRENT THAYNE As a registered nurse in the management role‚ I see the every day uses of statistics in my workplace. The healthcare industry use statistics to benefit from knowing consumer market characteristics such as age‚ sex‚ race‚ disabilities and utilize this data to provide affordable levels of care to the population it serves. An example‚ living in San
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risks associated with overweight and obesity. Obesity Reviews‚ 8(supp 1)‚ 13-17. Retrieved July 30‚ 2008‚ from Academic Search Premier database. Pettinger‚ T. (2007). Fat tax: why we should tax unhealthy foods. Retrieved July 12‚ 2008 from http://www.economicshelp.org/2007/07/fat-tax-why-we-should-tax-unhealthy.html Pool‚ R. (2001). Fat: fighting the obesity epidemic. New York: Oxford. Runge‚ C. (2007‚ November). Economic consequences of the obese. Diabetes‚ 56(11)‚ 2668-2672. Retrieved July 11‚ 2008
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I chose to take the Fat - Thin IAT. My data results suggested a slight automatic preference for thin people over fat people. I do feel that the results are correct because I do somewhat have a personal preference for thin people. I am not really sure why I have this preference. I do not think that fat people or nasty or bad nor do not think that all thin people are good. I just prefer thin over fat. I do not discriminate against fat people or chose thin people over fat people. There a several overweight
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