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    At the school board meeting‚ they talked about many subjects and kept the meeting moving by using a set of rules called parliamentary procedure. Mike Calhoon led the meeting as the chairperson. The regular monthly school board meeting for the Winner School District took place on March 20th‚ 2017. It began at 7:00 and was held at the former middle school library. Members of the school board comprised of ten people. Mike Calhoon is the chairperson and directed the meeting. The vice-chairperson was

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    My topic is america’s most known issues or controversial which is child obesity‚ Today ⅓ of children ages 3 to 18 are obese. One of the issue will be focusing on healthcare and nations social reflections.As we know every year U.S alone are spending $14 billion dollars in medical cost every year there a tremendous amount of cost that is stifling the business ‚ If one of the highest obesity rate and other health issues were to be decreased which could save communities cost for health care approximately

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    These past few decades have shown drastic changes in how health is perceived. With childhood obesity raising every year this is something that needs to be recognized with a change following it. The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly‚ the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period of time (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).

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    Obesity… a bothersome problem that many of us suffer‚ many tried more than one way to lose weight‚ in these days we hear about surgeries that may help us losing more weight‚ here some facts about obesity surgeries. What are the types of obesity surgery? There are two main types of obesity procedures‚ restrictive and restrictive / malabsorptive procedures‚ in restrictive procedures the doctor will decrease your stomach size to hold less food and so you will eat less food and slower digestion‚ example

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    having an effect on the prevalence of obesity and related illnesses in society. “Obesity is increasing steeply in Australia” ( Magarey‚ A. M.‚ Daniels‚ L. A. and Boulton‚ T. J. 2001) “and almost 25% of children are affected” (Booth‚ Wake‚ Armstrong‚ Chey‚ Hesketh‚ and Mathur.2001). So why is physical activity so important for children and what age is instilling positive habits most beneficial? What roles do teachers of today play in addressing and preventing obesity in our children and what are effective

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    Americans mouth water. Obesity in the U.S has become a huge problem in recent years. America’s obesity epidemic has hit a new high with 35 percent of obesity among men and 40.4 percent among women in 2013-2014. Most Americans feel embarrassed to even walk next to an obese person or even go near them without feeling claustrophobic. Obese people are an embarrassment to society and are making America look like an unhealthy place to live. Not only are adults suffering from obesity‚ children as young as

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    Persuasive Writing Assignment Close your eyes and think about the school lunches you’ve had through the years. The nasty‚ runny‚ cheese on your nachos; the over cooked pizza‚ fries‚ and hamburgers... Now think about how it would feel to waltz into lunch knowing you could have Taco Bell‚ Mc Donald’s‚ or Pizza Hut everyday. It sounds pretty fantastic‚ right? Wrong. Children‚ and quite a few adults‚ sadly don’t realize what fast food can do to your body. The easy availability of fast food in

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    Nutrition Education Act. As you may know‚ obesity is one of the major contributing factors of chronic disease in our country and this issue is continuing to raise concern. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey‚ childhood obesity rates are at 17% and expected to increase to 20% by 2020. Every year‚ billions of dollars are spent in healthcare costs for preventable diseases such as obesity. Centers for Disease Control estimated obesity-related healthcare cost to be $147 billion

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    Outline I. Introduction A. (Opening Device): It is a huge problem in the American society today‚ something that can be prevented with more outside play. Can anyone think what it is? Childhood obesity. There are way too many kids in America that just sit at home and play video games all day. Or put too much junk food in their diet. This wouldn’t be such a big deal if kids actually got out and exercised. Take me for example‚ I play a decent amount of video games and I will be the first one to admit

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    Obesity comes with it a wide array of unintended consequences that potentially affects everyone‚ rather than just those that are afflicted with it. By definition obesity is merely the accumulation of excess body fat to the extent where it may have an adverse affect on one’s health. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ as many as 33% of adults‚ and 17% of children are facing such a struggle. In the face of such stagaring statistics‚ there are few solutions to the problem

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