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In today’s fast-paced society, it is easy to turn to fast food and other quick unhealthy snacks, such as potato chips to satisfy hunger. The number of people making meals at home is decreasing. Restaurants have played an increasing role in the problem of obesity. In an article written by Todd Buchholz, he writes that Americans tend to blame fast food restaurants…

My decision to pursue a career in mechanical engineering came, not as an epiphany, but as an evolutionary process. I realized that engineering with a focus on efficient transportation was the heart of my home country’s economy, Thailand. Automobiles became a point of interest for me. I would spend almost every weekend at an automobile repair shop near my home. I would help the mechanics in doing their job, and as my skills developed, I came to understand the role of the engineer - to design…

Tipping the Scales Over the last decade, the majority of people are eating fast food. This one meal is often two-thirds to 2,000 calories, the recommended calories for one day. Studies show that a bacon clubhouse crispy chicken sandwich, a large fry, mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce and an oreo-mcflurry is an outrageous total of 2,010 calories (Johnson). After one meal from a fast food restaurant, people are almost guaranteed to gain weight if you are not active. The United States is…

The Sense You Could Live Without The five senses: taste, smell, touch, sound, and sight, are the things that make life worth living. They are what illuminate and diversify life. Sight is a truly remarkable sense, as is hearing. These two senses allow you to be aware of everything that is going on around you. The sense of touch allows you to be able to describe your surroundings. Words like soft, rough, smooth, hard, etc., would be nonexistent without the sense of touch. The sense of…

Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, refer to crop plants or animals that have been altered through artificial selection. This is done through planting the specific desirable traits of one organism into the DNA of another organism with; otherwise, undesirable traits. The gene inserted into the new organism grants that very organism the ability to possess the same traits as the “parent” organism. Characteristics usually sought after restrain to better nutritional value, gained through the…

Although the aging process is not fully understood by society, scientists like Dan Buettner revealing that a complex interplay of genetics and the environment are factors that contribute to health and longevity. Aging is a constant development and change, and is the product of the balance between individuals and environment. Buettner was able to identify the difference and similar patterns among individuals who live in the Blue Zones. In his article: The Secrets of Long Life, he shows that…

David Wilson the behavior therapist for Benjamin and Drew was already in the house when I arrived. He was at the dining room table with all the kids and Ms. Orbach talking about their day and playing a game called pixie stick. The object of the game was to get the children to help each other pick the sticks that would be easiest to get. In this game there were no winners or losers it was just a matter of whether or not they work together. I observe them playing the game. I noticed that even…

she became as color conscious as a hen. Every dawn she worked at fruit pies, potato dishes and vegetables while the cook did the soup, meat and all the rest. And she could not remember remembering a molly apple or a yellow squash. Every dawn she saw the dawn, but never acknowledged or remarked its color. There was something wrong with that. It was as though one day she saw red baby blood, another day the pink gravestone chips, and that was the last of it.” (Morrison 50). Sethe’s obliviousness to…

broken desks. At the expensive school, a lot of the teachers and students were American and spoke English. Finally, the day came for Sylvia to go to school. The first couple of hours went well, until it was teatime. While the other kids took out potato chips and soda, Sylvia ate her tumbler full of traditional Botswana food. Kids made fun of and laughed at her. Both her tumbler and her dignity were shattered. Even though Sylvia was deeply upset, she hid these problems from her grandmother…

Anna Lora-Wainwright wrote the article “Of farming chemicals and cancer deaths: The politics of health in contemporary rural China.” The article was written to indicate the different theories behind the increasingly high rate stomach and esophagus cancer in the rural villages of China, specifically Meishan. Lora-Wainwright conducted the researcher for this article based on some of the theories of the local people in this village. One theory was that water wells were contaminated and therefore…