Epidemic

The article chosen is titled ‘The Potential Role of Sports Psychology in the Obesity Epidemic’ written by Vincent Morelli and Carolyn Davis (2013). It discusses the important role sports psychology plays in helping reverse the growing obesity epidemic among modern day society. The article highlights how cognitive-behavioural techniques such as confidence building and anger management could lead to enhanced enjoyment, increased participation, improved performance, and a reduction in obesity rates…

Many people in today 's society consistently procrastinate. Procrastination is a psychological epidemic. Many people find themselves procrastinating and trying to find ways to help manage their procrastination. I will be taking a deeper look into why human natural patterns resort to a stability of procrastination and how individuals overcome it. Also learn and understand ways to fight and manage procrastination. As well as the different types of procrastination and how it affects people and the…

countries that the WHO is concern about as the economy improves and increase present of tobacco companies the fear is that tobacco use will rise. In this paper Husain, English, and Ramanandraibe look at data from the 2015 WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) implementation to describe how African countries are implementing and complying with these measures and best practices. They also did an analysis of MPOWER a tool which…

passed it on to humans. The symptoms of the Flu are fever, coughing, sneezing, and severe pain of the body starting in the respiratory area which is highly contagious and is spread through the air from human to another causing a major epidemic. In 1918, the worse epidemic was the Spanish Flu that killed almost 50 million people worldwide. At the time, there were no effective vaccines to treat this killer flu virus or prevent it from spreading. This particular…

We are two eighth grade students at Incline Middle School and we are writing to you about the trash epidemic in the ocean. There are many different types of debris in the ocean including cigarettes, bags, caps/lids, food containers, cups, plates, utensils and many other types of debris. This can be caused by poorly managed landfill sites, sewer overflows, manufacturing sites, illegal dumping on domestic and industrial trash, and street litter. The great pacific garbage patch is not the only…

Obesity has become a huge epidemic in American society and is now also effecting many other countries. All of the unhealthy food choices and the growing portion sizes in fast food chains and restaurants are just adding to the problem. It also does not help that all of these unhealthy foods are so well advertised and readily available to everyone including children. There are many mental things that go into obesity as well and if people can learn to change their mindset and learn how to make…

Rape Culture: The Epidemic She was Twenty-four, the world around her seemed grand and full of potential. She had a boyfriend she believed she could trust. She would soon discover that trusting him was going to be her biggest mistake. On an early afternoon at her home they were in the bed they shared. She rose from the left side of the bed and she felt his right hand grab her right arm. A minor argument ensued because he was upset at her answer telling him she did not want to have sex. He let go…

Obesity Epidemic Research has shown, over the past several decades, how obesity has turned into a growing health epidemic in modern society. Obesity is linked to cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, strokes, certain forms of cancers, as well as other leading causes of preventable death. According to the Center for Disease Control, more than one-third of Americans are obese, including about one in five school-aged children (CDC, 2016). Moreover, obesity has been found to be more prevalent…

The Heroin Epidemic in Northwest Ohio Heroin use is Northwest Ohio is growing majorly and something needs to be done and it needs to be stopped. Heroin is a highly addictive drug that is becoming available in Ohio, take over the streets, creating an increase in violence, and a large increase in overdoses and death. Heroin is one of the most deadly drug of in the country. With today 's heroin use continuing to grow I believe more people should know about what heroin is and how it affects you.…

Vanessa Salazar Professor Barbara Finch Writing 95, Essay #3 18 November 2014 Audience: Parents A Growing Epidemic What does our future hold in the hands of youth disabled by obesity and related health ailments? “The number of adolescents who are overweight has tripled since 1980 and the prevalence among younger children has more than doubled” (Bishop 1). Today in the United States, a growing epidemic is occurring. The number of obese individuals in the United States has increased dramatically…