Vanessa Busse English Composition 101 Instructor Delano November 16‚ 2014 The Obesity Epidemic Two-thirds of people in the United States are overweight or obese; about a third of adults – more than 72 million – are obese‚ which is roughly 30 pounds over a healthy weight (Hellmich 60). Obesity can be defined as‚ “A condition in which an individual has a high percentage of body fat. A person is considered obese if he or she has a BMI [body mass index] of 30 or higher. A BMI of 40 or more‚ or 100 pounds
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Melissa Chan debriefs the clown epidemic in the article‚ “Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Clown Attack’ Craze”. She goes on explaining many different perspectives‚ such as the terrified citizens of America‚ the real professional clowns‚ and the police force. With the continuation of the situation of people dressing up as clowns‚ people’s fears have not decreased. Instead people have taken their emotions to justify their violent and ill behavior. Now all clowns are found guilty of wanting
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Cohabitation among young people: for or against? In recent years‚ there are great changes in family structure. In some countries‚ there is a new trend of family structure called cohabitation. It means two people fall in love with each other and live together without getting married. According to the latest Census report‚ the number of cohabiting couples escalated from 6.7 million in 2009 to 7.5 million just one year later in 2010‚ with nearly 50 percent of young adults in twenties cohabiting
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outside through sprinklers on a hot June day‚ sipping hot chocolate inside on the blizzardy evenings of December with siblings‚ or cherishing those hilarious family dinner conversations. Now‚ it seems like children of this decade are diseased with this epidemic of technology. Instead of playing outside‚ children are inside in a shadowy cold room with their eyes glued to a television with scenes of gory video games of people shooting each other’s heads off. Family dinner talks turn into family members scattered
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Presentation Co-Habition 15’ I. Intro (Hưng): 1. Introduce the group 2. What is Cohabittion? Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married live together in an intimate relationship‚ particularly an emotionally and/or sexually intimate one‚ on a long-term or permanent basis. II. Body (Nhàn‚ Hạc‚ Cúc‚ Trí): 1. Advantages (Nhàn‚ Trí) i. Protesting the Institution of Marriage * Despite religious‚ cultural and legal biases against non-traditional unions
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The SARS Epidemic WGU Community and Population Health The SARS Epidemic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)‚ a form of viral pneumonia‚ emerge as a problem in the first half of 2003 when an unknown virus appeared in Guangdong Province in China‚ and spread to various parts of the world is causing many deaths and panic. "It jolted these countries economic growth‚ disrupted the social life of their citizens‚ and created much stress and strain on their political system and governance"(
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The Epidemic Of Homelessness And The Impact It Has On The United States Jeff Damitz One of the sociologic problems that have always faced society is the presence of homelessness population in a percentage of societies’ citizens. The National Health Care of the Homeless Council (2014) describes the official definition of homeless at “an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets; stay in a shelter‚ mission‚ single room occupancy facilities‚ abandoned building or vehicle;
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Examine the reasons for the changes in the patterns of marriage and cohabitation in the last 40 years or so. In the last 40 years‚ Society in Britain has experienced many changes that have affected the family. There have been changes in attitudes to and expectations of family life‚ as well as official changes such as government laws. These changes have been induced by the rise of feminism; they have increased awareness of women’s rights and freedoms. Another change that has affected family
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Cohabitation – Blessing or Destroy the relationship? One of the most dramatic trends of recent years has been the tremendous increase in male-female couples who choose to live together without marrying‚ a practice called cohabitation. According to the 2000 Census‚ there are eleven million unmarried people living with an unmarried partner in the United States today‚ and this number has grown 72% in the last decade alone. While many people like David Popenoe‚ a Professor of Sociology‚ on his essay
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The Effects of Cohabitation on Todays Society Erin Bedard Cohabitation is replacing marriage as the first living together experience for young men and women. When blushing brides walk down the aisle at the beginning of the new millennium‚ well over half have already lived together with a boyfriend. For today’s young adults‚ the first generation to come of age during the divorce revolution‚ living together seems like a good way to achieve some of the benefits of marriage and avoid the risk of
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