Topic: Pet Overpopulation Epidemic General Purpose: To persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the public is to blame for the pet overpopulation epidemic. Central Idea: In order to control the overwhelming population of homeless pets‚ we need to stop throwing our “family friends” away. There are 1.5 dogs and cats put to sleep every second & 4-6 million dogs and cats are euthanized every year‚ states the Humane Society. The pet overpopulation epidemic has become more than overwhelming
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of being overweight‚ has increasingly become a severe problem in all areas of the world. In the book‚ The Obesity Epidemic: What caused it? How can we stop it?‚ author and doctor‚ Zoe Harcombe shares the research that she has done regarding this matter‚ busts myths that many people today believe‚ shares bits of information of the history of our ancestries‚ and how the obesity epidemic has differed throughout the years. I was shocked to learn much of what Dr. Harcombe explained in the reading‚ including
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RENT and the AIDS Epidemic The movie RENT was released in 2005 but is actually set in late 1989/early 1990‚ which was arguably the peak of the AIDS epidemic in the United States and also a time which having the disease was basically a death sentence. While the first outbreak was reported in 1981 very little was actually known about the disease. Upon the outbreak‚ HIV and AIDS was seen and known (wrongly) as a “gay mans disease” because many gay men had been diagnosed with the type of cancer that
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Chapter 8: Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An issue for Public Health Policy These notes contain some outline on obesity. You have to read the references from the CDC to further learn about obesity meaning that All the Online References are Mandatory. The video on titled “Childhood Obesity Epidemic” is mandatory and you watch it when you click “content”. 1. Defining the terms Obesity and Overweight as they apply to adults and children: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/defining.html Definitions
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America ’s Obesity Epidemic Kristy Wines Communications 156 September 30‚ 2012 Shawn Fullmer America ’s Obesity Epidemic Obesity in America is now the second leading cause of preventable death (Courtemanche‚ 2009). The numbers are quite real and frankly very concerning. Some 50 million are obese and 300‚000 die from health related issues‚ linked to obesity‚ every year (Rubinstein‚ 2003). “The past twenty years‚ the United States has experienced an unprecedented rise in its residents body
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Tabin 1 Marie Faye Tabin Ms. Darlene Fujimoto Expository Writing 1 October 2‚ 2014 An Obesity Epidemic Solution A student that brings fast food as a school lunch might not even differ if we compare it with the school menu’s ingredients. According to a paragraph from the National Lunch Program article states that‚ “food distributed by National Lunch Program contains some of the ingredients found in fast food‚ and the resulting meals routinely fails to meet basic nutritional standards” (Water‚ Heron
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The Impact of Poverty on the Obesity Epidemic The occurrence of obesity has become so pervasive in the United States that it is now considered an epidemic. Obesity affects about fifty percent of adults and about twenty five percent of children in the U. S. alone (Simone‚ Story‚ Jeffery par. 1).While there are several factors that contribute to obesity‚ a large concern is environmental influence. There is a direct relationship between inexpensive‚ processed‚ fast foods‚ poverty and high levels of
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attention of the public is how to balance regulation of the informational environment to help reduce child obesity versus the First Amendment’s guaranty of freedom of speech. However‚ the roots of the obesity epidemic can be traced to more fundamental environmental factors. The obesity epidemic
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Regret aversion bias: People make decisions made on the anticipated risks. They don’t want to become the active agent in a wrong decision. A major study was done to understand this bias. A flu epidemic has hit your community. This flu can be fatal for children under the age of three. The probability of a child getting the flu is 1 in 10‚ and 1 in 100 children who get the flu will die from it. This means that‚ statistically speaking‚ 10 out of each 10‚000 children in your community will die. A vaccine
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The United States has been a country known for its marketing and now it is known as the most obese country in the world. People have been consuming tons of unhealthy food and have decreased the amount of usage of the gyms. The epidemic of obesity is increasing through America because of fast food that is ingested daily as well as the lack of exercise. Through the years portion sizes have increased and have gotten cheaper than fresh foods. Thin people used to be America’s overweight society but now
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