What Is Asthma? Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children‚ but adults have asthma‚ too. Asthma causes repeated episodes of wheezing‚ breathlessness‚ chest tightness‚ and nighttime or early morning coughing. If you have asthma‚ you have it all the time‚ but you will have asthma attacks only when something bothers your lungs. In most cases‚ we don’t know what causes asthma‚ and we don’t know how to cure it. We know that if someone in
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Food is only one of the reasons America is plus size. They do less physical activities each day than any other nations. We drive more and walk less than other people. Exercise is key to good health and an essential tool in the fight against obesity‚ but new numbers suggest that many Americans don’t get any physical activity at all. Studies by the CDC have shown that 2 out of 10 Americans get the recommended amount of exercise. Stress is also a reason Americans are overweight. The CDC also
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The impact of the crusades on the west affected many things such as politically‚ socially‚ and the economic life of Europe. Feudalism was ended in Europe because of the help of the Crusade‚ and helped to create create the Renaissance. Many feudal lords went to go fight in the crusades‚ and ended up dying‚ leaving their serfs free. With fewer lords‚ kings gained more power and started to grow stronger. The monarchs gained strength once the knights left to go fight in the Middle East. With more power
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Give an account of how a poor diet and obesity can increase the chance of a person developing Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) A good diet consists of consuming a full range of all the various nutrients needed for proper function of the body and bodily systems. When someone consumes the correct nutrients in the correct proportions‚ they are considered to have a “Balanced Diet”. However‚ when someone is not consuming the correct nutrients or not consuming the correct amount of nutrients they are
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Kimberly Mason English 1010-1:30 October 30‚ 2013 Michelle Obama ’s Meal Plans Lowering Obesity or Increasing Starvation? What is a calorie? Webster ’s Dictionary states: a calorie is either of two units of heat energy; often used to measure the energy value of foods. The very basics of a calorie are energy. Michelle Obama is taking out calories and minimizing food portions in schools. Her "Healthy‚ Hunger Free Kids Act of 2012" was created to lower the amount of obese children
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Victor Barnard Childhood Obesity One of the most vital yet vulnerable parts of our society is our younger generation. An up and coming issue today is childhood obesity mostly because children in this century have been consumed more by video games and television and less by physical activity and nutrition. By targeting an audience of parents‚ teachers‚ and children‚ steps can be taken toward increasing the amount of children who grow up overweight or obese. Steps such as implementing physical
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The drinking simulation examined the effects of social pressure with alcohol. Students were able to experience different emotions‚ adjust to new social groups‚ and apply lessons to their own lives. Understanding from a point of view that all students are college students‚ we are more likely to get into situations of drugs‚ sex‚ and alcohol. The college campus and dorms along with a group of people who are around the same age‚ predicts our actions in college. In this simulation‚ Dr. Petranek and his
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This experiment was conducted to see if a correlation could be made between social media usage and comprehension skills the following morning. Two test groups were selected. Test group A spent less than one hour on social media while test group B spent an hour or more. The hypothesis states that test results from group A would show significant difference on their level of performance considering their access to social media was limited. The results proved otherwise. There were no significant correlations
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should be raised in order to ensure that students have access to a healthy environment. In today’s day and age‚ a major problem facing America is obesity. You may be asking yourself‚ ’what does the school system have to do with how heavy kids are becoming?’. The reality is our schools play a big role in preventing health issues for our youth‚ not just obesity‚ but also health problems such as anorexia or mental health issues a child may be facing. It is the school’s responsibility to ensure that their
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A hundred years ago in the United States‚ obesity was a mark of wealth and leisure. People who could afford to eat what they wanted and manage to pay others to work for them were the ones that put on the extra pounds. The economics of obesity have changed significantly since then‚ with the burden of weight and obesity falling disproportionately on the poor. There is a powerful inverse relation between obesity and socioeconomic status in the developed world‚ especially among African-Americans
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