Extended project ‘first draft’ “To what extent does the environment effect the development of Anorexia Nervosa?” ‘Anorexia Nervosa is an eating-disorder and mental condition which can be life-threatening’. This definition is from the NHS website‚ and mentions the psychological side behind it. Another useful definition is from the Oxford Dictionary‚ and states: ‘the lack or loss of appetite for food’. The translation from Latin to English simply means ‘the nervous loss of appetite’‚ which implies
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Ban teenagers from tanning salons Five percent of the business at San Diego’s Hollywood Tans was from teenagers. The number of teenagers going to tanning salons is on the rise. The annual revenue brought in by teenagers using the salons has reached five billion dollars (California 1). Although it helps the tanning salon industry‚ it is a huge health threat to the teenagers. They can get sunburned which the inflammation of the skin is caused by overexposure to ultraviolet radiation. It is
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Anorexia Nervosa - We are all wondering what is Anorexia? Is it a disease that can get cured? Does it have any side effects? These are all questions that lately people are asking‚ so this science essay is about Anorexia Nervosa I will try to give you as much information as I can. Anorexia is a mind control disease that cannot be cured by medication but by therapy. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves in order to get thin or skinny even though they’re too skinny. The
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Teenagers Should Not Undergo Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Nowadays it seems that we live in an image-obsessed society where people are solely judged on their physical appearance. Everyone seems to be obsessed with the Hollywood celebrity style image. By sitting at home flipping through the channels of your television set‚ you’re faced with watching celebrities which seem flawless even almost perfect. Many people‚ mostly teenagers‚ look up to these celebrities and Hollywood figures. They see these
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SHOULD TEENAGERS BE GIVEN RESTRICTED FREEDOM? An adolescent is on the threshold of adulthood. Shouldn’t he or she then be allowed to probe the mysteries of the world all on his/her own? It is true that the modern world offers various opportunities for all age groups in every field of knowledge. At the touch of a button you can get access to harmful knowledge! While a strong willed person would keep away from such evil‚ while some may fall easy prey to them. For instance it is easy to
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INCREASING COMPETITON AND ROLE OF PARENTS It is a bright and sunny day you get up and pick the newspaper up for some refreshing news‚ but………‚ what’s making the news???? “14 year old commits suicide‚ 10th standard girl jumps from the third floor‚ admitted to ICU‚ “ a suicide here and a brain ham rage there and who’s the culprit???? The increasing competition and the mounting pressure. On the day of Rohit’s result‚ his parents don’t care about how their child would have fared‚ but how many marks
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"Should Parents Vaccinate Their Kids?" "The number of reports of influenza-vaccine–associated Guillain– Barré syndrome to the national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System increased from 37 in 1992–1993 to 74 in 1993–1994‚ arousing concern about a possible increase in vaccine-associated risk" ("The Guillain" par. 1). Vaccinations have been around for many years and are supposed to help children. So‚ what if statistics showed you they didn’t‚ would you rethink your decision? Most people believe
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longer want to tell our parents things. Our lives change‚ our bodies change‚ friends change. Entering high school is hard on teens‚ but we reach a point where we want to do things on our own. All that’s on the mind of a teenager is doing things on their own. They find themselves fighting huge battle on their own‚ because they don’t want to talk to their parents. Young lives are being destroyed because they are getting the medication they need by not telling their parents and not being able to do
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Should teens get punished for committing murder even though they are not adults yet? Teens should get sentence with life in prison but sometimes that is not the case because some teens are ignorant and too young to get that charge. Therefore they only get sentenced for some years. Though teenagers do get true justice for committing murder. To begin with‚ everyone gets a fair trial. A fair trial means that the people in charge of the case make sure that the process of the trial is fair (“The Right
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been an increase in social problems involving teenagers in recent years. Many people believe that this is due to modern lifestyles because parents spend more and more time at work and have less time to supervise their children. To what extent do you believe this is true? There is no question that standards of behaviour have fallen among teenagers. The popular belief is that the principle cause is that parents are unable to supervise their children because
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