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    Obesity and Ways to Overcome It 1.) Obesity A.)What is Obesity? 1.) Too much body fat 2.) BMI calculates this B.)What are the causes? 1.) Overeating/Fast food 2.) Not enough exercise 3.) Television advertisements 4.) Genes C.)Physical effects 1.) Not attractive 2.) Health problems a.) Diabetes b.) High blood pressure D.)Mental Effects 1.) Social discrimination 2.) Bias due to media 3.) Low self-esteem 4.) Depression 5.) Eating Disorders

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    Prepared by : Nur Shadahtul Binti Samsoll Nur Afifah Binti Hasim Practice Mobile phones have made a big difference in our daily live. TS Nowadays‚ mobile phone very important in our live such as in business‚ the employee and more. Mobile phones make our live become difference. SD1 With this mobile phone all our work can be done smoothly and save our time. Mobile phone makes us contact someone directly. The

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    Obesity: A Workplace Dilemma Valerie Tubman-Gooding Shorter University MGNT 3000 Dr. Craig Cleveland January 18‚ 2012 Obesity: A Workplace Dilemma Introduction Obesity generally is a touchy‚ sensitive subject most people try to avoid. The fact remains this subject can no longer be ignored as studies have shown obesity is a greater trigger for health problems and increased health spending than smoking or drinking. Individuals who are obese have 30% to 50% more chronic medical problems

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    Epidemiology: Chickenpox (Varicella) Sheree Criner‚ RN Grand Canyon University NRS 427 V December 21‚ 2014 Epidemiology: Chickenpox (Varicella) As stated by to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (CDC‚ 2013); chickenpox is a very contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). VZV causes a primary infection that is characterized by a rash with macules‚ papules‚ and then vesicles. Other symptoms include fever‚ lethargy‚ and pruritus. VZV then remains in the body on the sensory nerve

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    Obesity claims the lives of one-third of adults and seventeen percent of children in the United States of America. (Solutions for Obesity). Those numbers are too high; but why are they higher than 185 other countries in the world? The United States is known around the world for being an obese country when people travel to the United States from other countries they are mind boggled by the portion sizes of American food. What foreigners also find crazy is how unhealthy America’s foods are; so why

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    Obesity in America has gotten out of control over the last few decades with more than 30.5 percent of adults considered obese by current medical standards. The world we live in today‚ is a world where obesity is killing more people than smoking.  I believe that Americans are not getting sufficient exercise and are consuming too much unhealthy food.  These foods are causing damage to people’s health. Obesity is defined by a measurement known as body mass index also referred to as BMI. A person

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    Obesity is a problem that needs to be fixed. It’s a hard task to accomplish‚ but it’s possible we just need to get started. The main reason obesity is rising is because of the cheaply sold restaurant foods. My idea is to shut down unhealthy fast food restaurants‚ but that is obviously not possible. If unhealthy restaurants were eliminated‚ the economy would be in chaos. These businesses affect people horribly health wise‚ but economically it provides 3.7 million people jobs. Many people will be losing

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    Over Treatment for Obesity Obesity is an important issue because of the staggering proportions that this disease has reached. Doctors are prescribing patients to lose weight‚ exercise‚ eat healthy‚ and in extreme cases‚ go under the knife‚ but none of these recommendations are making a dent in lowering the rate of obesity. Rather‚ the number of people obese in the United States steadily increases at an alarming rate. But why? This paper explains the medicalization of obesity throughout history.

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    Epidemiology Rationale for Topic The purpose of personal protective equipment is to protect the person from contracting possible pathogens and spreading them among others. The prevention of the spread of the disease is of the utmost importance to this particular population because we do not when to give another patient an illness a different patient has. According to the CDC‚ when healthcare facilities‚ care teams‚ and individual doctors and nurses‚ are aware of infection problems and follow the

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    In the United States today‚ obesity has become an enormous problem. In the last three decades‚ the number of people overweight has increased dramatically. A study done by the Centers of Disease Control showed that since 1980‚ one third of our adult population has become overweight. America is the richest but also the fattest nation in the world and our obese backsides are the butt of jokes in every other country (Obesity). According to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association‚

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