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    Childhood Obesity There are 5 issues that make a fist of a hand that can knock America out cold. They’re a lack of jobs‚ obesity‚ diabetes‚ homelessness‚ and education. Each of these factors have the ability to trigger one another‚ as mentioned before‚ without the proper level of education on how to control issues like obesity it can later lead to several types of deadly diseases. Because there is a lack of education by parents‚ a low amount of funds being spent on children by the government and

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    The black death is usually contracted by fleas that have jumped from rats that carried the black death bacteria. If a person gets the disease black welts will bloom all over his or her body as the bacteria spreads to your lymph glands The black death is so deadly because of how fast it can spread‚ and the lack of medical technology to “currently” help stop it It is extremely deadly and aggressive as eight out of ten people who contract the disease die of the it It can be prevented‚ just do simple

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    Childhood Obesity in America

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    Controlling Childhood Obesity in America By Jessica Spencer English 102 Dr. Grimes 1 May 2006 Outline Thesis statement: Childhood obesity in American can be controlled if a healthy lifestyle of exercise and healthy eating can be incorporated into each child’s day. I. Childhood obesity in America A. Growing epidemic 1. Statistics 2. Problems 3. Define epidemic B. Advertisements 1. Fast food 2. Sesame Street 3. Groups II. Safety issues A. Safety seats 1. Statistics 2. Price B. Junk food/fast food 1

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    his childhood and the weight problem he had because of the fast food when he was 15 years old. He also talks about the Type 2 diabetes in children that obesity is blamed for. There are many different views how to avoid unhealthy food and prevent many diseases such as obesity‚ diabetes and heart disease that fast food industry brought along the way and became the nation’s general health problem. In his essay Zinczenko provides detailed explanation of his childhood experience. How his health and weight

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    Risk of obesity in teens

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    Risk of Obesity in Teens Obesity among teenagers is very significant‚ since most of teens remain same as over weighted in adulthood if they are uninformed of the risk. The obesity is occurred when energy consumed in is not equal to the energy restrained out‚ the number of calories we eat must be burned off or else the body stores these extra calories as fat. A couple of pounds of fat may not be health risk for most people. But when people keep up pattern of eating more calories than they burn

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    Obesity: Contributing Factors Carla Watson ABS 200: Introduction to Applied Behavioral Sciences Instructor: Michael Millard July 7‚ 2013 Obesity: Contributing Factors I. Introduction 1. Introduction Statement - Imagine being a parent‚ friend or spouse to someone who is obese. Obese people are viewed as lazy with no self control. However‚ the truth be told: 68.8% of adults are overweight/obese; 35.7 are obese; 31.8% of children/adolescents are overweight/obese; 16.9% are obese; 30.4% of preschoolers

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    Should Australian Government Take Actions On Reducing Obesity? By: Shane Gotama Obesity is one of the largest health issues that are often discussed in Australia. Australia has claimed the third spot for the country with the highest obesity rates in the world. This is proven by the drastic increase of obesity rates for both adult and children in the past few years. Health researchers found that the average BMI of Australian men rose from 24.9 in 1980 to 27.6 in 2008‚ while for women the numbers

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    immigration. The United States of America is having an issue with a massive amount of people crossing the border between the U.S. and Mexico. An illegal immigrant costs on average the American family $1‚117.00. Illegal immigrants cost the U.S. government way too much to harbor. They also take jobs away from Americans and they do not respect the laws. They take 40-50% of the jobs away from Americans. People with opposing views on immigration might say that they help the U.S. economy. The U.S. needs to secure

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    Informative Speech Fall 2011 Preventing Obesity by Being Healthier Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the two major ways to becoming a healthier person. Central Idea: The two major ways to become a healthier person are following the dietary guidelines and exercising regularly. Introduction I. What if I told you that there is an epidemic affecting our country right now that is causing millions of Americans to develop life threatening diseases and die at an early age? You probably

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    The Future of Biopsychology- Obesity Consuela Kelly-Crisler Northcentral University Biopsychology PSY5106 Dr. Nicol Moreland December 9‚ 2012 A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight. The most common measure of obesity is the body mass index or BMI. A person is considered overweight if his or her BMI is between 25 and 29.9; a person is considered obese if his or her BMI is over 30. "Morbid obesity" means that a person is either 50%-100%

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