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    Fat or Fit?

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    Fat or fit? Which is normally preferred? Working out and living a healthy lifestyle not only benefits one’s body‚ it also helps motivate the people around them. It also benefits their way of thinking. Stress relief and concentration‚ self-confidence‚ strength and endurance‚ and longevity are just a few benefits which can be expected as a result of working out. People can stress over the simplest thing. Writing an essay is a great example. One can get writer’s block or overwork their mind

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    Trans Fat

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    Ban Trans-Fat Although fats are considered to be a part of our health‚ there are certain types that should be ignored. One of which has drawn controversial issues is trans-fat. Trans-fat is mostly found in many food sources such as vegetable oil‚ crackers‚ cookies and margarine. It increases blood levels of low density lipoprotein that is considered to be bad cholesterol‚ and decreases level of good cholesterol‚ high density lipoprotein. Trans-fat is created when oils are partially hydrogenated

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    Introduction Crude fat is the term used to refer to the crude mixture of fat-soluble material present in a sample. Crude fat also known as the ether extract or the free lipid content the traditional measure of fat in food products. The lipid materials may include triglycerides‚ diglycerides‚ monoglycerides‚ phospholipids‚ steroids‚ free fatty acids‚ fat soluble vitamins‚ carotene pigments‚ chlorophylls‚ etc. The common approach for total crude fat determination is based on the solubility of lipids

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    article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” Mary Ray Worley‚ also a member of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)‚ talks about being accepted in America as a fat person; she tells us her personal experiences at the NAAFA Convention‚ her points of view of being a fat person in American‚ and even gives us information from doctors and researchers about weight loss. Worley talks about how America sees fat people and how they are just totally against being fat; she even

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    important question that has been brought out to many people’s attention. The question is should the government imply a tax for fatty foods? In the article titled‚ "why a fat tax will have no effect on obesity levels” Lefever state‚ “Taxes on smoking and drinking do not change the behavior of nicotine addicts or alcoholics.” (Why a fat tax). Lefever is trying to say with this is no matter what is done to prevent something as long as a person wants it or desires it they are still going to get it no matter

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    Cheryl Alberti Art Appreciation - Midterm September 5th‚ 2010 “Andre Derain‚ London Bridge” Visual Elements Line - I believe implied lines were used in this painting. Some edges are clear with a defined start and finish. The line weight varies. The lines also vary in width and length. Mostly straight lines with a few curves. Shape - The shapes range from rectangles‚ arches‚ and squares‚ to blurs that appear to be buildings in the far back corner. Mass - I believe the mass is actual

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    Fat and Fabulous

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    only a small amount of women actually live up to these outrageous standards. The media strongly influences our perception of what we should look like. This is the reason many people are not satisfied with the way they are. Kathleen LeBesco’s article “Fat and Fabulous: Resisting Construction of Female Body Ideals‚” describes that the conditions we live in make it easier for us to be overweight. Now a day‚ jobs require little physical activity and fast food is more convenient than ever. Her article focuses

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    Fat Tax

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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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    Big Brother Is Proposing Taxing Yet Again My first impression of the term "Fat Taxes" was and instant "Yes‚ let’s do it"‚ I jumped to conclusions before reading through the material. However once I read the different arguments and rebuttals‚ I quickly went from for to against this “Fat Tax” for many reasons. The fat tax is designed to tax unhealthy food and sugary drink to encourage healthier eating habits in hopes of decreasing obesity. Yes‚ obesity creates a great deal of the health problems in

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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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