Childhood obesity is said to be a modern epidemic in the developed world‚ the prevalence of which has never before been experienced. In medical terms obesity is defined as an abnormal accumulation of body fat‚ usually 20% or more over an individual’s ideal body weight. (WHO‚2016). It is a condition of excess body weight‚ caused by an imbalance between the amount of energy entering the body through food and drink and the amount leaving it through physical activity. Tackling obesity has become a public
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Fresno - The City Addicted to Crystal Meth A reaction paper to Louis Theroux ’s Documentary Vincent Belmont Westchester Community College This paper was prepared for: General Psychology‚ instructed by Dr. Anthony Yankowski The documentary Fresno - A City Addicted to Crystal Meth‚ by Louis Theroux addresses the epidemic of crystal methamphetamine addiction that is overwhelming the streets of this low socioeconomic city in California. The diversity Theroux finds in each
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heroin epidemic in the United States because modern pharmaceutical companies have allowed production of legal‚ regulated prescription opiates that led to the increase of drug abuse and overdose deaths. Pharmaceutical reps receive big bonuses for pushing their products on doctors‚ which resulted in they get the large profit and thus forgot for a certain responsibility to their patients. How many lives have been limited by the use of painkillers? Who is responsible for the pain-pill epidemic? How many
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2012 The Curing of an Epidemic Our nation is overwhelmed with the side effects‚ ranging from diabetes to cancer‚ of the ever-growing trend of obesity. With the rise of cheap food that is not rich with the vital nutrients the body needs‚ our overall health has declined rapidly. Morgan Spurlock‚ writer and documentary filmmaker‚ uses his skills to increase awareness of this “epidemic” to the public. Even though there are numerous factors that contribute to the epidemic of obesity‚ there are
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The Obesity Epidemic | By: Alishia Fields | | | 6/12/2012 | Abstract This paper talks about how children are becoming more obese and how the numbers have changed over the past 30 years. It indicates how a child is affected physically to socially. How we as a nation can stand up and make a change on increasing healthy food consumption and more physical activities and what we need to keep in mind when trying to help a child overcome their obesity. The amount of children who are
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The Spirit of the Times: The Gin Epidemic of 18th Century England Beginning in the early 1700s‚ England went on a notorious five-decade gin binge. Gin became the alternative to French brandy after Parliament placed an embargo on French trade. An excess of grain caused corn prices to drop making gin relatively inexpensive and “by 1750 nearly half of all British wheat harvests went directly into gin production.” The spirit was consumed predominantly among those who lived in destitution and worked lengthy
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One of the major stigmas with purchasers of crystal meth‚ is that only freaks‚ low income and homosexual men . The truth is that a vast array of people from all different specs of society are using and purchasing this deadly drug. College students to stay awake and study‚ maybe even the stockbroker you hired to invest your money for you. Methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug that can be manufactured by using products commercially available anywhere in the United States. So‚ in fact many middle
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Smallpox Epidemics Lexi Gagne April 17‚ 2013 Dr. Stinson The smallpox disease was a significant life threatening disease that lasted for centuries. Changing the world countries at a time‚ smallpox is one of the top deadliest diseases known to man. It is estimated that it began when humans started gathering in communities and traveling around six thousand years ago (Geddes 152). Until around 30 years ago‚ people were still living in fear of this awful disease (Geddes 157). Knowledge
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HIV/Aids Epidemic HIV/AIDs is a huge epidemic still plaguing society today. The lack of knowledge and technical advances has caused an increasing number of cases. It has made its way around the world since the 1940s‚ causing countries to join together in the fight against AIDs. With all the campaigning that has been done the numbers of cases continue to rise. Countries have separated the disease into three patterns to make it easier to distinguish the effects that AIDs has on different regions
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Aids Epidemic in Africa Over 30 million people worldwide have been infected with the HIV-AIDS virus. With such high numbers‚ the troubling fact is that 95% of those cases permeate Africa. Obviously AIDS cannot be cured or reversed in any sense‚ however with proper insight and treatment it can be controlled. The means for proper treatment is exactly what Africa lacks‚ in comparison to other regions. Nearly 2.3 million deaths occurred in 2003 within the sub-Saharan region of Africa.The efforts
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