Part I: Consequences Part I of The Weight of the Nation discussed the effects of the obesity epidemic in America. It immediately grabbed my attention when they stated that more than 18% of American children are obese. Two-thirds of America (or 68.8%) is overweight or obese. There is a strong connection between a high BMI and diabetes mellitus and hypertension‚ especially when accompanied by a high percentage of abdominal fat. I found it interesting‚ and important‚ that the first woman who shared
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3 things learned one question interesting quote Three things learnt: Dieting was a European movement that had been promoted by advertisors. Without remorse advertisors targeted women’s psychology. Exploiting women’s weak areas that is their insecurity with food control and eating disorders. In order to promote the same idea‚ dieting there are different ways to get to the female population and male population. In advertisements males are allowed to overindulge in food because the bigger
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home. Last week on my home from Tampa‚ I was riveted to the Glamour article “The Secret Way People Are Judging You.” In this article they revealed the results of a poll of more than 1‚800 women revealing what they thought about women of various weights. From Glamour’s “Skinny Witch vs. Chubby Fairy” Heavy women were pegged as… All women--skinny or overweight--are being judged with characteristics based only on their size! “lazy” 11 times as often as thin women; “sloppy” nine times;
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The Weight Of The Nation The first film in "The Weight of the Nation" series is about the obesity epidemic and the serious health consequences of being over weight or obese. The first character in the film is Cindy. She was born and raised in Bogalusa‚ Louisiana. Cindy was only 99 pounds when she got married‚ she has struggled with her weight ever since her first pregnancy and it has only gotten harder for her. Health in the early childhood can have serious consequences later on in life. The
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Tips on Weight Loss and Weight Management These days‚ many teenagers are very concerned about their weight. Many go on crash diets hoping to be transformed into models with svelte figures. Some‚ who are already slim‚ embark on such diets to become as skinny as Victoria Beckham. The seriousness with which teens tackle weight issues is worrying as the methods they use‚ such as going on crash diets and consuming slimming pills‚ are harmful. This article is therefore written with the aim of giving sensible
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In recent discussions of Susan Bordos reading about women’s pressures in society‚ one controversial issue discusses how women have expectations in society that they think they have to follow. These expectations consist of being able to cook and work in the kitchen‚ look beautiful‚ and dress certain ways to gain attention. In contrast‚ other arguments are; men do not have to worry about their weight‚ they should be strong and maintain a fit body‚ and not needed to cook or help out in the kitchen.
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Weights programme – The programme designed has been designed to target all muscle groups effectively using a wide range of exercises. Exercises for the pectorals such as the bench press‚ exercises for the latissimus dorsi such as the lat pulldown‚ etc. I have created a programme consisting of 6 exercises. The exercises are bench press‚ lat pulldown‚ leg press‚ dumbbell shoulder press and bicep curl and tricep pushdown. The first exercise is bench press. This exercise can either be performed using
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Images of the Naked Body: With the Essays of Bordo and Nochlin The naked body has become such an ordinary image in advertisements‚ movies‚ and art‚ and has been in the media for so long that it is no longer as startling to viewers as it once was. Linda Nochlin and Susan Bordo are two authors that use images and representations that embrace the naked body in their writing. Although their essays both revolve around images similar in this way‚ the images themselves as well as the two essays about
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their children how they feel about a divorce‚ they just have to follow either their mom‚ or their dad. If they are lucky they can visit one of their parents every second weekend. In this story Susan’s mom and dad get a divorce‚ but they forget how Susan feels about this.‚ and how she thinks about a divorce. She gets very sad‚ and confused‚ and think it is her fault that this divorce happens. The story is written Elionor Russel Smith‚ and was published in 1997. A 1.Person narrator tells the story‚
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This chapter discusses the importance of weight management. The most affective way of managing your weight is by controlling the amount of calories that your body consumes with the amount of exercise that you get in your daily activities. Currently about 66% of Americans are overweight. This number has nearly doubled since the year of 1980. There are two types of fats‚ subcutaneous fat‚ visceral fat. Subcutaneous fats are called lipids which affect your nerves‚ brain lungs‚ heart and
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