Nutrition during Pregnancy by Amy V. Haas [Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Having a Baby Today Issue 5‚ Spring 2002.] Photos by Jennifer Rosenberg The single most important thing that you can do for your baby is to eat a healthy‚ well-balanced diet. A well-balanced diet is one that includes foods from all food groups in appropriate amounts‚ so as to ensure proper nutrition. Proper nutrition ensures that all essential nutrients (carbohydrates‚ fats‚ protein‚ vitamins‚ minerals and
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One reason of the depression during pregnancy is mood disorders. According to a study by British Medical Journal‚ almost 25% of postpartum depression cases are start during pregnancy (Harvard Mental Health Letter‚ 2002). Pregnant women are easy to be lost in various fancies and disorderly conjectures because they always stay alone and nothing to do at home. This situation may result them focusing on numerous negative factors and worrying obsessively about the baby. They often anxious and afraid the
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Countless times‚ girls have been stopped in the halls on their way to class‚ for wearing makeup‚ and many moms worry about their daughters wearing makeup to young. Often‚ middle school is about the time when girls start wanting to wear cosmetics‚ whether it be a coat of lip gloss‚ or a full face of makeup. The problem is whether or not girls should or should not wear makeup to school. Some people believe junior high girls should be able to wear makeup to school‚ but they should not be allowed to because
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teenagers. MTV’s show “16 & Pregnant‚” which has only been on air since June 2009‚ is already reflecting the rapid boom in teenage pregnancy across various cities in America. Since the early eighties MTV has been considered somewhat of a cultural phenomenon for American adolescents and its depiction of gender has a strong impact that continues to this day (Holtzman 2000). Created by Morgan J. Freeman (director of teen shows Dawson’s Creek and Laguna Beach)‚ the show “16 & Pregnant” has been said to be
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Students at Southwestern High School should be allowed to carry backpacks throughout the school day because they benefit learning‚ save time‚ and do not pose a safety threat. First‚ backpacks benefit learning by enabling students to stay more organized. How many times have students been admonished for arrived to class ill-prepared to learn because they did not have the necessary course materials? Since backpacks have multiple pockets and compartments‚ students can more easily transport essential
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Smart Phones Should be Allowed in School Smart phones are a very reliable piece of technology. More than half of Americans today own a smart phone. A smart phone is a computer in your pocket. In fact‚ smart phones give you access to the Internet‚ calculators‚ games‚ apps‚ cameras‚ and of course the phone‚ plus other excellent tools. So should students have smart phones in school as well? I think it is not only allowed‚ but required! The first advantage to the smart phone is of course the communication
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incidents on college grounds‚ which have led to hundreds of deaths and injuries. Recently‚ there has been a lot of debate on whether guns should be allowed on college premises. While it is in the United States constitutional rights to bear arms‚ guns should not be allowed on college grounds‚ because it can increase the violence‚ put a financial burden on the schools‚ and could create stress and fear in the classrooms. As college boards allow guns on campus‚ it will initially increase the amount of
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Drinking during pregnancy could put the baby at risk in the womb‚ as well as having lifetime affects growing up. Not only that‚ but it can affect the mother too. Even though fifty percent of the U.S. pregnancies are unplanned‚ it does not give a mother to keep drinking while she is with child. Because alcohol can affect the baby’s physical and mental health in and out of the womb‚ women must not drink during pregnancy. The baby’s health in the womb is very crucial. Drinking during pregnancy could
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Should students be required to wear a dress code if the school enforces one? Many schools around the country enforce strict dress code policies to decrease distraction from the learning environment and prepare students for the reality of having a dress code in a job. Most states have set up laws to allow the school board to set the dress code and its limitations‚ as long as it does not invade the student’s constitutional rights. People who agree with the dress code policies think that today’s students
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After various shootings in schools and colleges‚ gun control laws have been a debate all over the country and all over the news. However‚ many state legislatures have already decided to obligate colleges and universities to allow “concealed carry”. While on one side laws are being passed to keep guns away from the public‚ on the other side‚ guns are being permitted in college campuses. Allowing people to carry guns in college campuses is not the way to keep students‚ faculty‚ and staff safe‚ because
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