Obesity and Pregnancy Have you ever leisurely walked down an isle at Target and noticed a pregnant women waddling from side to side and thought to yourself man she is fat? Well she really is. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health‚ leading to reduced life expectancy and increased health problems. Maternal obesity is a major risk factor in short term for both maternal and fetal complications‚ including maternal
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According to dictionary.com a teratogen is “a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus‚ causing birth defects”. Teratogens are also substances that are found in the environment which are known to cause defects in fetal development. Teratogens are one of the leading causes of death to newborns in the nation. “There are four major factors that depend on the extent of fetal defects and those are the dosage‚ genetic makeup of the mother and the developing fetus
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commercial comes on it tells me “16 and Pregnant” will be right back. Curious about the name and the concept of this TV show‚ and why it even was a TV show with that name‚ I turned to my good friend Google. Off the Wikipedia blurb I discovered‚ “16 and Pregnant is an MTV reality television series produced by Morgan J. Freeman and Dia Sokol Savage... It follows the stories of pregnant teenage girls in high school dealing with the hardships of teenage pregnancy” (“16 and Pregnant”). My dad walked by and asks
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of 13-19‚ becoming pregnant. Teenage pregnancy commonly refers to girls who have not yet reached legal adulthood. In the UK‚ sex is permissible for girls of sixteen years or over. Most teenagers do not plan on getting pregnant at an early age‚ however‚
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Autumn Felder Professor Heidi Juel English 1301 16 April 2012 Teenage Pregnancy Prevention 750‚000 girls in the United States will get pregnant before the age of 20. Research has shown that teens that become pregnant may originate from disadvantage backgrounds. They may originate from backgrounds with single parent homes‚ poverty‚ substance abuse‚ uneducated or miseducated parents of a history of teen pregnancy and low self-esteem‚ to name a few. Being miseducated by peers of even family members
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solutions that focus on providing help to pregnant teens. support organizations such as babes.org.sg‚ a teen pregnancy crisis website focuses mainly on providing adequate services and aid to pregnant teens. this would lighten the burdens felt by pregnant teens influencing them to choose other options rather than abortion another measure is the Termination of Pregnancy Act‚ an ongoing legislation implemented by the government that aims to persuade pregnant women and teens ‚ from choosing abortion
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“I-I don’t know.” I lied “So you got impregnated by a boy you don’t even know? Jennifer we did not raise you to run around getting pregnant! Especially by people you don’t know! Who do you think you are? You are not some whore who can walk around and get pregnant by every man you meet! What were you thinking?! Your mother and I need some time to sort this out. Go to your room and don’t come out until we tell you.” Fighting back tears‚ I went to
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across the world have not been receiving enough sex education. This has led to many issues with teens becoming pregnant‚ which most of the time is unanticipated. Teenage pregnancy has been a social problem throughout the world for a number of decades now. Many studies have been completed in several countries that pertain to the amount of teens and the types of teens who are becoming pregnant. Rates among teens had been declining for some time‚ but are starting to take a turn and increase. This is still
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components of the RAAS are altered during pregnancy (1‚ 2). Renin concentrations are elevated due to extra-renal secretion in decidua and ovaries through estrogen stimulation (2). An increase in angiotensinogen production in the liver is observed in pregnant women. By contrast‚ the angiotensin-converting enzyme is reduced. These changes result in an elevation in aldosterone and angiotensin II (ANGII) levels (3). Increased aldosterone secretion is also a physiological response to sodium loss in response
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Pregnancy Scourage of America Teen pregnacy is one of the most controversial subjects in America‚ research shows how unhealthy it is for a family’s when there is teen pregnant in the household. Teenage pregnancy has risen and fallen and looked at from many angles as “just” in todays society‚ thanks to shows such as “16 and pregnant” and ”teen mom” which doesn’t show how hard life would be for most young teenage parents‚ what hardships they will face. Teen pregnancy is scary no one should have to
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