‘…the human body and mind are meant to sleep at night and be active during the day-light. Some workers can adapt to working continually during the night but even among these certain health disorders are prominent’ (Kromer & Grandjean‚ 1997‚ p. 274). Despite this‚ increasing numbers of people are being asked to work at night. If one makes the switch to working only at night and sleeping by day then the body may acclimatize‚ just as it would if changing time zones. However‚ for many night work is an
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EFFECTS OF OBESİTY ON CHİLDREN Nutrition has been an important and basic‚ natural necessity for humans for a very long time. However as the tastes and tendency to eat increased health problems emerged. One of the most fatal diseases is obesity. In ancient time obesity is from the Latin obesitas‚ which means "stout‚ fat‚ or plump." Ēsus is the past participle of edere (to eat)‚ with ob (over) added to it. (Harper‚31th December 2008 ) The Oxford English Dictionary documents its first usage in 1611
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Statement of the Problem This study will determine the health effects of working nights. The findings served as bases for a proposed action plan. Specifically‚ this study will answer the following questions: 1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of: 1.1 age; 1.2 gender; 1.3 civil status; 1.4 length of service; 1.5 employment status; and 1.6 time of shift and rest days 2. What are the health effects of working on a night shift in terms of: 2.1 physical; 2.2 emotional;
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Principles and Values of working with young children Principles 1. The welfare of the child is paramount. Within my role I have to support children and help them achieve their goals‚ from tying their shoe laces to providing skills to help young people to live in the community. I have to make sure all staff promotes a warm‚ caring‚ supportive‚ positive and tolerant atmosphere. This is to help work on raising the child’s self-esteem‚ self-confidence and self-worth. I have to be very creative in
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We make choices every minute of the day. Some of the choices or decisions are conscious ones that we have thought of and made‚ most other times we have not thought that we are making them and they may effect us letter and they may effect others in one way or another. Those choices that we make have a negative effect on other people; people are connected to others in many unique ways. We make choices without thinking too much of the consequences. By the time the full impact of our choice hits us
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The Effects of War on Children In the times of war children were being used as weapons to kill. Many of these children grow up around war‚ but did not know of it or just thought it was not real. These children are sometimes brought into war‚ but after war is where they really cause trouble in different ways. These children sometimes suffer because of what they did. And because of war‚ children change their behaviors‚ and the way they see the world‚ but the thing is does it always leave a negative
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“Tug-of-love” Children and Stepfamilies. Everybody knows that family is a way of stable and happy life‚ but occasionally something happens and its happiness and wealth break down and family breaks down too‚ it is going through divorce‚ hence this may cause formation of step-families and ‘tug-of-love’ children as well. Every thirty seconds‚ a child’s parents divorce. According to some experts‚ divorce is the single most traumatic experience in a child’s life. For the 1.1 million children in the United
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It is an undeniable fact that computers have had an enormous impact on the 21st century. Computers have introduced today’s society to “instant getification‚” a term which represents how people are able to shop‚ listen to their favorite songs‚ find an old friend or get information on virtually anything they desire at the touch of a mouse click. Long gone are the days of depending on phonebooks‚ encyclopedias or the Dewey Decimal system; and rightfully so‚ especially when there is Google. Despite the
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American History 7 March 2013 The Positive Effects of Social Media In the winter of 2004‚ a networking site based out of Harvard University known as Facebook‚ launched. Drawing from its predecessors‚ such as MySpace‚ the site made social media relevant to the masses. This began the era of Social Media. Two years later‚ another social networking site‚ Twitter‚ came onto the virtual scene‚ bringing with it more than 500 million users in just over five years. With social media phenomena gaining
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Unit 012 012_1 Understand partnership working within the context of services for children and young people. 1.1 When people working with children and young people work together‚ it can be very positive for the children and young people concerned. The adults could be parents‚ carers‚ colleagues‚ professionals or multi-disciplinary teams. They need to communicate‚ exchange information‚ share their knowledge and experience and understand each other’s roles. whe If you work well as a team in your
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