There’s been a rampant and deadly epidemic in America for a very long time. These conditions aren’t spoken about much‚ in fact‚ they may go completely undetected. The symptoms of this affliction are invisible to countless people‚ but the fact remains‚¼ people in America will deal with mental illness at least once in their lifetime. I had no explanation for my symptoms‚ my interest in subjects I loved were reduced into fragments of what they once were.My motivation was a cannon in the night
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than a couple of friends to suicide and feel that this is an issue that absolutely needs to be addressed. Teen suicide is climbing substantially high on the list of the leading causes of death in today’s youth. It is developing into a terrifying epidemic and continues to skyrocket as time passes. Although this social issue currently has a significant amount of attention‚ it will continue to snowball out of control if additional changes are not made. Presently in schools one of the main focuses besides
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The Merriam-Webster dictionary offers this definition: “obesity: a condition characterized by the excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body” (Webster Online Dictionary). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention defines obesity further: “…obesity ranges are determined by using weight and height to calculate a number called the “body mass index” (BMI). BMI is used because‚ for most people‚ it correlates with their amount of body fat. An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 2.9 is considered
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The article “Inside America’s Hacking Epidemic‚” shows the destructive power and capability of cyberwarfare. Cyberwarfare has grown increasingly common over the years‚ and is one of the few areas where combat is on a level playing field. With the widespread use and access to internet‚ hackers and cases of hacking are continuing to grow at an alarming rate. Not only‚ but these hacks are usually targeted at important government facilities like the Pentagon‚ State Department‚ and the White House. Attacks
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conclusion that most of the local fast food restaurants do not give out healthy menu information or promote their so call healthy meals in new paper ads and TV commercial and radio. Statistics have concluded that ten years from 2007 the mayor epidemic will be obesity and that it will be mortal for kids and adults causing sever damage to their health. Fast
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The United States has a modern day epidemic – Obesity. Over the years‚ the United States has been scrutinized about its growing obesity problem. According to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association‚ “more than one-third of adults and 17% of youth in the United States are obese.” With the rise on kidnapping and distracted driving‚ most parents elect to keep their children inside. This has created a younger generation denied of exercise unless under close supervision. Social media
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Waking up in the morning and going to Mcdonalds‚ for a what so called healthy breakfast ordering what seems to an ideal breakfast and not realizing that it contains high amounts of calories ‚ which is about 1‚150 calories‚ 60 grams of fat and 2‚260 milligrams of sodium‚ which does not seem like a like an ordinary breakfast more like a heart attack! These are the things everyone should be aware of. Lack of nutritional knowledge has led to the downfall of American adolescents health. Young adults
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people within close proximity to you? A majority of people do not know what this is like‚ but farm animals have to go through such terrible treatment every day. There are a variety of other treatments that they go through as well. The animal treatment epidemic needs to come to a stop due to the many inhumane ways that they are dealt with in farms and slaughterhouses. The initial problem that needs to be dealt with is that the farm animals are placed in extremely small areas with little to no wiggle room
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Ethics on Plagiarism Plagiarism has become a major epidemic in our schools. Not only do we see it in Colleges among students of higher education‚ we also see it in high schools and now it is trickling down to our middle school children. Every body feels that it is the fault of a high tech internet world that is causing students to submit some one else’s work. But the truth be told there was a time before the internet‚ before the TV even that students would pay another student to do there work for
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Racial Profiling: A Modern Day Epidemic Did you know that an appalling‚ unconstitutional and pernicious attack happens continuously in today’s society against innocent citizens and nobody does anything about it? This practice is called racial profiling. Mr. Bob Herbert‚ a journalist for the New York Times‚ discusses this in his article‚ “Hounding the Innocent”. This article is an insightful and informative. He informs his readers about many actual situations of innocent citizens becoming victims
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