attention of the public is how to balance regulation of the informational environment to help reduce child obesity versus the First Amendment’s guaranty of freedom of speech. However‚ the roots of the obesity epidemic can be traced to more fundamental environmental factors. The obesity epidemic
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Regret aversion bias: People make decisions made on the anticipated risks. They don’t want to become the active agent in a wrong decision. A major study was done to understand this bias. A flu epidemic has hit your community. This flu can be fatal for children under the age of three. The probability of a child getting the flu is 1 in 10‚ and 1 in 100 children who get the flu will die from it. This means that‚ statistically speaking‚ 10 out of each 10‚000 children in your community will die. A vaccine
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The United States has been a country known for its marketing and now it is known as the most obese country in the world. People have been consuming tons of unhealthy food and have decreased the amount of usage of the gyms. The epidemic of obesity is increasing through America because of fast food that is ingested daily as well as the lack of exercise. Through the years portion sizes have increased and have gotten cheaper than fresh foods. Thin people used to be America’s overweight society but now
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States have been identified with this disorder‚ and 99% of those diagnosed have been prescribed a stimulant-based medication. Article‚ The ADHD Epidemic in America‚ questions why so many people‚ especially children‚ are being diagnosed and prescribed at such an increased rate. Some say that doctors are over diagnosing patients while others believe that the epidemic is simply related to the generation. But According to J. M. Stolzer (2007)‚ “Behaviors that were once considered normal
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Affluenza is an epidemic which effects millions of people in the United States. "Until this century [20th]‚ to consume was considered a bad thing" says Jeremy Rifkin an expert on affluenza ( Gross ). The victims of affluenza are consumers who work long hours at a job they hate so they can buy things which they don ’t need ( Fight Club ). Like AIDS‚ affluenza has spread quickly throughout the United States showing no prejudice of race‚ sex or color. However‚ unlike AIDS‚ affluenza
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order to overcome obesity‚ one must go through rigorous diet and exercise. Obesity swells a person when their calories intake (food) is more than their output (exercise of some sort) to burn off the calories. Obesity is an epidemic. According to an article‚ titled‚ An Epidemic of Obesity: U.S. Obesity Trends‚ obesity in adults was less than fifteen percent in 1990‚ and in 2010 that rate increased to twenty-five percent. The obesity rate has doubled for adults and has even tripled for children. The
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consistent within Canada‚ with over 20.2 percent of the adult population classified as obese‚ which translates to 5.3 million individuals (Statistics Canada‚ 2014). This striking weight increase over time has developed into what is known as an obesity ‘epidemic’. According to the World Health Organization (2015)‚ obesity is defined as ‘abnormal or excess fat accumulation that may impair health.’ It is classified as a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 or falling within the 95th percentile
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Global Rape Epidemic Nowadays‚ there is a global rape epidemic and there are just a few laws to prevent it. Sexual violence against women is a big issue in society because women’s human rights are being violated. It leads to too many health problems‚ for example‚ exposure to HIV and also to physical and mental problems. There are some countries who allow the rapist to get married with the victim in order to stay free and impunity from their crime. Government should stop this as soon as possible
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The Poaching Epidemic Animal wildlife is something that should be treasured and protected‚ not devastated by inconsiderate poachers. Poaching has contributed to the extinction of animal species all over the world. Some of the species that have been affected and have gone extinct are the Tasmanian tiger‚ the eastern cougar‚ the eastern elk‚ the black rhino and numerous amounts of bird species (IDA). Poachers usually kill wildlife in order to make tax free profit from the wildlife’s resources which
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Homeless Epidemic In America Being homeless is the biggest epidemic in modern day America next to health care. As the numbers climb the local and federal governments have no answers as to why. As 407‚966 people are homeless the local cities need a answer to this problem. With the homeless drug addicts roaming the streets and committing crimes. Also with them bringing down the looks of the local neighborhoods we need to build a bigger homeless shelter for this people to be able to go. That is
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