Talking to a teenager about Diabetes. Diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose‚ a sugar that is the body’s main source of fuel. Just as an iPod needs a battery‚ your body needs glucose to keep running. Here’s how it should work: 1.You eat. 2.Glucose from the food gets into your bloodstream. 3.Your pancreas makes a hormone called insulin. 4.Insulin helps the glucose get into the body’s cells. 5.Your body gets the energy it needs. The pancreas is a gland near your stomach
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Estimate the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that almost one million people commit suicide every year. Within an hour‚ about 90 people killed themselves and a similar action in every 40 seconds. Meanwhile‚ 60 per cent of the total annual suicides occur in Asia where most of the nearly 200‚000 cases of China‚ India (100‚000 cases) and Japan (32‚000 cases). In Malaysia‚ in the past ten years‚ between 10 to 13 people out of 100‚000 people are estimated to commit suicide. However‚ the
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THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK ON TEENAGERS Advances in technology enhance our lives in healthy‚ positive ways. These days‚ shopping‚ education‚ communication and entertainment are only a few clicks away. Social networking‚ especially Facebook- the most popular social network site currently‚ enriches our lives by helping us to connect and share with colleagues‚ clients‚ family and friends in ways that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. Spending too much time on this site‚ however‚ can have negative
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Alcohol has many effects on the body‚ especially the teenage body. Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are not only adult problems -- they also affect a significant number of adolescents and young adults between the ages of 12 and 20‚ even though drinking under the age of 21 is illegal (Dimeff 204). Alcohol is created when grains‚ fruits‚ or vegetables are fermented. Fermentation is a process that uses yeast or bacteria to change the sugars in the food into alcohol. Fermentation is used to
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Effect of Eating Disorder to Teenagers Did you ever notice you had an eating disorder because you were much too concerned about your weight and body shape? Or do you know someone who has extreme and unhealthy eating practices in the quest to attain a perfect body? Nowadays many teens are concerned about how they look and can feel self-conscious about their bodies. This can be especially true when they undergo puberty‚ dramatic physical changes and face new social pressures. Teens don’t know or
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Teenagers. They’re like pit bulls with all bark but no bite. They will belittle you behind a phone‚ but the moment you meet eyes in public‚ suddenly they have nothing to say. Not to your face at least. They feel safer and secure when their verbal blows have no repercussions online‚ and it makes them feel like they’re bigger than they really are. They present their egos through a magnifying glass‚ perception being skewed of the real size‚ and feel more satisfaction knowing you can’t touch them through
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you hang out with need to be chosen carefully or else we’ll get hurt. Well no one told me either and over th past 8 years life has been magical and it has been heartbreakign. I know the feeling of used and abused all to well‚ but im not a pyschotic teenager becausse of this. Actually i turned out pretty well‚ that deosnt mean what i felt is irrelevent. I guess i learned that id rather trust no one one than trust anyone at all. It’s not a great way of thinking but its what hapenes when you don’t choose
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friends. I am standing here to deliver a speech on ‘Why do teenagers need to have fun?’ Ladies and gentleman‚ fun means enjoyment‚ entertainment and the pleasure of life. I believe all if you must have the experience of being fun. But what you do not know‚ teenagers like us need to have fun and there are many advantages of having fun. Could you imagine the world with no fun at all? Surely it will be a dull as ditch washer for sure. First‚ teenagers need to have fun because having fun can enhance their
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“Teenagers have a lot to offer the world.” In this essay I will explain to you why I think teenagers don’t have a lot to offer the world. Firstly I will explain that teenagers are Teenagers are; unmotivated‚ self-centred and need a lot of direction in what to do. They often appear self-absorbed‚ frustrating teachers‚ employers‚ and parents. They are motivated by media into doing stupid things‚ and are influenced by social media and lack the maturity to decipher right from wrong‚ good from
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The Effect of Social Media on Teenagers Elaine Ayana A. SiaContrary to what many people think‚ Social Media actually has a negative effect on teenagers. Social media is a medium of communication shared by most adults and children‚ but most especially teenagers. It is sometimes helpful‚ entertaining and within the reach of the general public. It has become an important mass media around the world. Sadly‚ this resource is abused and taken advantage by most teenagers‚ and not used in a way that they
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