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Obesity is taking the world by storm. It is becoming more and more popular, but it is also becoming more and more preventable. In the past ten years alone, obesity statistics have at least doubled and in some age groups, tripled. Along with the increase in the statistics, the amount of solutions to the problem has also doubled. Obesity has always been a problem throughout time, but it is more of a modern day problem. The main cause of obesity is simply that people aren’t aware of the problem.…

In modern day America, it 's practically impossible to go anywhere or do anything without the latest dietary fads being shoved down your throat. We 've all heard notorious claims such as:“Avoid carbs at all costs,” “Count your calories lest you 'd rather count your days,” “Gluten is the Devil in your dish!” Being a country where obesity thrives and its people 's lives are virtually consumed by the media, it 's only to be expected. The controversy latched onto what Journalist Michael Pollan calls…

Introduction Globalization is a very broad term that, when applied to different situations, can cause some confusion. Since there are many different types of globalization, ranging from economic to environmental to scientific, a laconic definition is often hard to come by. For example, Merriam-Webster’s definition of globalization, simplified, is an intent to have one global economy whose key focus points are free global trade, constant input of financial wealth into a company without…

government or private employees, are involved in corruption. The rising level of corruption is depriving common people from their basic rights. According to the Transparency International, 2014 “Pakistan scored 126 out of 174 on the Corruption Perceptions Index and Pakistan is the 34th most corrupt nation. In the time span of five years (2008-2013), we have lost more than 95 billion dollars as a result of corruption” (1). Due to the corruption, many facilities for people and projects are…

Food security, defined as the ability to provide sufficient food for the global population relying on a healthy and sustainable nutrition (Godfray et al., 2010), is likely to become one arduous challenge to the following decades. The predictions of The United Nations, in which the world’s population by 2075 will achieve about 9.5 billion people (Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2013), suggest that modern and efficient measures must be taken to follow the prospective food requirements.…

Quality of Life) It has been assumed that quality of life is associated with wealth. However, today quality of life is considered to be one of the most significant aspects of prosperity. It is conceptualised in different ways. The Human Development Index includes indicators of health and education, alongside…

Media in modern society has created an obsession surrounding body image, and body weight. The prevalent rise of obesity of over the past decade has created an ever-widening gap between society’s unrealistic beauty standards, and the body image of the average individual. This paradox can lead to depression, low self-esteem, and negative self-perceptions in obese individuals. Research based on the theories of attraction suggests that obesity can negatively impact an individual’s ability to…

What’s difference between being alone and feeling lonely? Some say loneliness is the unhappiness that is often felt when they do not have friends or no one to turn to; some say loneliness is an emotion, but being alone can be a choice. Being to many places usually out of everyone’s travel plan, Pico Iyer finds that we often feel lonely when we are in a crowd, but not part of the it. In his work, “Lonely Places,” Pico Iyer depicts a unique outlook of several “lonely places” where are…

There are so many Americans that will drop off their old, broken electronics to be recycled, thinking they are being responsible, without knowing the truth. Developing countries are being shipped mountains of our e-waste to “bridge the digital divide” when in reality we just do not want to deal with these products that cost more to fix than they are worth. I will first explain what it is we are doing to these countries, how it affects them, and why it is being allowed in the first place. Then I…

The body mass index was calculated for the group of children and out of the 115 boys and 90 girls the overweight/obese percentage was 24% (Hadfield and Preece, 2008). The findings of this study was that 81% of the children were at normal weight upon entering into the…