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    Greek Demographic

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    Country Profile: Population‚ Birth Rate‚ and Death Rate Greece’s current population is 10‚906‚851 million people‚ which allows it to be ranked the 83rd highest populated country. Greece current birth rate is 8.5-births/1‚000 populations and currents death rate is 11.2-deaths/1‚000 populations. The Crude Birth/ Death rate is figured out by the number of births divided by 1000 people in a population over a given time period which is usually a year. An interesting fact that was founded when doing

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    Obesity Obesity is the state of being over-weight. It is common to have over-weight in recent days. Due to obesity‚ the tendency of gyming is also increasing in current days. Obesity typically results from over-eating (especially an unhealthy diet) and lack of enough exercise. In our modern world with increasingly cheap‚ high calorie food (example‚ fast food — or “junk food”)‚ prepared foods that are high in things like salt‚ sugars or fat‚ combined with our increasingly sedentary lifestyles‚ increasing

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    Present day American culture promotes unhealthy eating habits in children. “Childhood obesity is a major public health concern‚ and has more than doubled since the 1970’s” (Ludmila 1). This can be a big dilemma because kids are developing an unhealthily lifestyle so young. America’s public schooling system needs to be held responsible for the causes of child obesity and make changes to accommodate the effects. Changes should be made in schools lunch menus and the types of foods found in vending machines

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    Schools: How they can help prevent Obesity “Selling Obesity at School” first appeared in the New York Times newspaper in 2009. In this editorial the writer aims to convince the readers that obesity is a major conflict in our schools. Logic‚ Credibility‚ and Emotions are techniques the writer skillfully uses to create a strong convincing article. The writer begins by talking about the federal school lunch program. He/she uses background information about the School lunch program to build our credibility

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    Demographics of Sindh

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    Sindh has the 2nd highest Human Development Index out of all of Pakistan’s provinces at 0.628. The 1998 Census of Pakistan indicated a population of 30.4 million. Just under half of the population are urban dwellers‚ mainly found in Karachi‚ Hyderabad‚ Sukkur‚ Mirpurkhas‚ Nawabshah District‚ Umerkot and Larkana. Sindhi is the sole official language of Sindh since the 19th century. According to the 1998 Population Census of Pakistan[citation needed]‚ Sindhi-speaking households make up 63.00% of Sindh’s

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    Demographics of Using Drones Drones are aircraft that can fly without a human onboard. Drones can fly either by remote control or on a predetermined flight path (Thompson 2012). Drones can range from size of an insect to the size of a jet. Drones are most known for their missions that are aboard that try to target suspected members of Al Qaeda‚ however they are used on US soil also by one law enforcement agency‚ The Department of Homeland. In the United States alone‚ approximately

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    Obesity

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    these contributed to the rise of obesity rates in developed nations. Conversely for developing countries‚ undernourished mothers produced babies who are genetically prone to obesity‚ and in countries like Mexico where the source of water is unreliable‚ the population turned to soft-drinks‚ making them the leading consumer of Coca-Cola in the world today. Be it certain cultures or traditions of specific society considering obese as signs of prosperity or affection‚ obesity is undoubtedly a grave problem

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    Obesity

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    Obesity: Is it a choice? The topic of obesity within the United States‚ let alone the world‚ has been a dispute for years. In the United States it has been debated in many levels from controlling what foods restaurants can serve to initiatives within the government driven by presidents‚ presidential candidates‚ and even first ladies. There is an overwhelming statement that something needs to be done‚ but the problem is not what‚ but how. Many debate that obesity is not an effect

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    Obesity

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    Obesity is an epidemic that affects millions of people in the United States everyday. It is a lifestyle disease that affects individuals of all races‚ age and gender. Childhood obesity has been increasing rapidly over the past few years. The problem with obesity is that it makes individuals highly susceptible to diseases like diabetes and hypertension. Seventeen percent of all children in the United States suffer from obesity today. Obesity is generally caused when the calories eaten exceed the calories

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    Obesity

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    Obesity Michelle Scott DeVry University Obesity Obesity has become a major epidemic among adults‚ children and adolescents. It is a high health risk that needs to be fixed immediately‚ rather than later before it destroys the next generation. We‚ as parents and the Government‚ need to address this problem before lives are destroyed by this fast spreading disease. We need to find a solution to get rid of this disease‚ before this problem becomes a major epidemic. The lives of our children

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