The obesity epidemic is a multifaceted crisis and not just a food addiction. Since 1957‚ the government has been conducting the National Healthy Interview Survey (NHIS) which takes sample from 35‚000 households containing 87‚500 individuals (Center for Diseases Control‚ 2013). The survey revealed that the steady rise of obesity cases started in 1997. The crisis is expected to worsen; warns that childhood obesity is expected to increase. Since then‚ the scientific community took notice and started
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Sadly‚ many people have served time for crimes they did not commit. Unfortunately‚ this is an ongoing epidemic that has terrible consequences for the innocent people who are wrongfully accused and incarcerated. In class‚ we watched a video about a man who was convicted of burglary and rape in the first degree and sentenced to life plus fifty years. According to a reporter by the name of Lesley Stahl‚ who did a 60-minute Broadcast on this case‚ the individual who was wrongfully accused and convicted
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The Epidemic of Teenagers Abusing Drugs Krystyn Romualdo COM/156 November 18‚ 2012 Jackie Hudspeth Jr The Epidemic of Teenagers Abusing Drugs To have known so many people that have struggled with drug addiction in their teenage years it has become very apparent what a vital time in one’s life it is to know the dangers of abusing drugs as a teenager. Even though not all teens abuse drugs‚ it is an epidemic in the United States because more teens are turning to drugs to escape or use out
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Oakland‚ and Miami. In the end it caused devastating effects for black and Latino Americans. As crack cocaine was becoming a grim and rising epidemic‚ hip hop was evolving alongside it. It was in the 1980s that crack cocaine and hip hop became the two leading fundamentals of urban street culture. It is not suggested that hip hop caused the crack epidemic‚ or vice versa. But‚ it can be argued that both fed off each other‚ particularly hip hop off the crack culture itself. Crack cocaine quickly
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1352‚ the plague epidemic was getting stronger‚ but we had cures and preventions-or so we thought. Every day I woke up with a heavy head and heart‚ knowing that my only way out was my inevitable death. I worked and lived on a small manor with my noble and some other serfs. Most of the day I would do some simple farming‚ but when other people died‚ I had more responsibility. The only good part is that I got more pay for this. We had our ways of keeping safe from the plague epidemic‚ but apparently
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mother why these people have no home‚ and she told me because they simply lost their way and it’s hard to find their way back. Since then‚ this has been my belief‚ that these people deserve to find their way back. People look at homelessness as an epidemic in the city‚ that’s only looking to get worse before it gets better. And while it’s very easy to just
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prevalence worldwide. Since there are sadly so many environs that play a dominant role in contributing to childhood obesity such as the home‚ school‚ and the surrounding community‚ through research‚ a myriad of solutions have arisen to solve the “epidemic” such as healthier school lunches‚ more motivation to exercise‚ more
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In the article “Texting‚ the Next Epidemic” by William B. Bradford‚ he addresses the issue of texting in our society. He states that texting is starting to tear apart the social fabric of our country. In the article‚ Bradford states that the United States has fallen behind in educational standards due to the lack of reading and writing involved with texting. He portrays to his readers that texting is making our social events not so social. He says that people go to restaurants and parties for social
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where obesity of the American adult was 13.4 percent. The AHA association‚ attributes this to multiple factors‚ including the average size of a meal at a restaurant is nearly four times larger than a meal in the 1960s. I would attribute the obesity epidemic to the level of inactivity among youth and adults. Chalip states that “more Americans watch sport than play sport.” This would be my entering argument to a marketing company. How do we get people to want to get outside and “do”? In the
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Name Surname: Mehmet Tamer Özdil Instructor’s Name: Nilgün Eker ING 102 CRN 30052 Date: July 19‚ 2011 Living With Domestic Violence Domestic Violence is an epidemic in societies with dramatic‚ negative effects on individual‚ families and communities. It has many different names such as family violence‚ battering‚ wife beating‚ and domestic abuse. All these terms refer to same thing ‚ abuse by marital‚ common law or dating partner
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