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With over 2/3 of the American population classified as obese, and one in ten adults over 20 classified as extremely obese (BMI of 40+), obesity is not limited to one specific group (Filer, 2015). Rather, the effects of obesity can be seen through-out all ages, all ethnicities, and all economic classes. Obesity on its own is debilitating, but it is the host of other diseases that it entails that causes additional health problems. The need to eat is necessary to survive, however America’s constant…

developmental challenge is to utilize its renewable energy resources, and to provide sanitary, affordable energy services that will support socio-economic activities and encourage sustainable development. According to the paper, the Human Development Index (HDI) puts Sub-Saharan Africa at the bottom of the list of 186 countries surveyed. It was also mentioned that halving the poverty rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is extremely hard to reach by 2015. That being said, they argue that being exposed to…

“Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to a source, but to find intellectual capital - the world 's best talents and greatest ideas”. (John Welch) Globalization is driven by numerous factors, a few are trading and barriers, people movement, communications, and technology. As trade increases so does contacts. The higher the contacts individuals have the fewer barriers there are in between people and businesses. Over the years trade has been…

Dhurandhar, Bredlau, Heymsfield, Ravussin, & Bouchard, 2014). People who are obese and overweight are more likely to have high-risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and more (Bhattacharya, 2013). Adopting a policy for body mass index (BMI) reporting program, labeling of all foods and beverages to promote consumer awareness of calories, as well as taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages will provide means of reducing the prevalence of obesity and overweight. Background of the issue…

Health, what is the true definition of being a human who is considered a “healthy person”? Is it the strength of the body, or is it the amount of fat a person has on their body? Or, could it even be the mental aspects of the human mind that keeps a person healthy? Well, the answer is all of the above, all of these aspects of life contribute to the factor of a healthy life. A healthy body, mind, and even soul are all of what makes a human healthy. Although it can be tough to maintain all of these…

meet a minimum requirement of maintaining $1 stock price, and the value of outstanding stocks must total at least $1.1 million (Hom, 2012). Trading occurs using automated trading systems and offers automatic execution of trades. The NASDAQ uses the index in order to provide a market performance snapshot by measuring the change in more than 3,000 traded stocks and is heavily focused in technology stocks (See Appendix A for performance chart of the NASDAQ from 1996 to 2016). Both Coca-Cola (KO)…

overweight or obese is caused by a metabolic imbalance associated with consuming more calories than the body expends therefore causing weight gain. The most commonly used tool to determine a person’s weight category is by using their body mass index. Body mass index is calculated by taking the persons’ weight and dividing it by the square of their height. A high BMI is indicative of high body fat. Using BMI, a person is determined to be overweight if their BMI is between 25<40, and Class 3 is…

Chidi Nwakpuda The American Medical Association’s (AMA) classification of obesity as a disease in 2013 is justified and valid in its technical sense, but it is not a right judgement to pass. The AMA passed endorsed the medicalization of obseity on the grounds that it exudes characteristics of disease and provided supporting arguments for the legitimacy of this decision. They deemed obesity to be a metabolic and hormonal disease state. Obesity had characteristic signs and symptoms; it was also…

was well-known factor of the development, the mental health has been disregarded for a long time. For example, in the Human Development Report 1990, published by UNDP, the introduced measure of the human development was HDI, the human development index, which considers longevity, decent living standards, and knowledge. As it can be seen, the mental health was not one of the factors that is considered when we think about the development. Nevertheless, let’s look at the example of Korea. South…

In this part, first I analyze the connection between globalization, migration and higher education. Then I closely explore the causes and effects of migration with a main focus on migration of highly educated individuals from developing countries. Here, I mainly argue that globalization, migration and higher education are interconnected to each other and have significant influence on the socio-economic and political conditions of individuals and nation-states. Globalization is a contested…