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Obesity Overview The United States is currently in the midst of an epidemic. Obesity is plaguing our population. According to the State of Obesity, adult obesity rates now exceed 35 percent in five states, 30 percent in 25 states, and 25 percent in 46 states. These statistics remain staggering and jaw dropping. Take for instance that according to the CDC more than 1/3 (36.5%) of adults are obese in the United States. Obesity can cause many other co-morbidity conditions too. This includes but is…

Most notable event that takes place in Peru each year is All Saints Day. Traditionally families celebrate the lives of the recent and still living saints. On this holiday the families gather for a feast that consist of many traditional foods like tamales and whole cooked pig. Another event that takes place is the Bullfighting of the Mister of the Miracles, which thousands of the citizens gather for the competition. Other major events that take place each year is the Season of Festivity in…

living as undocumented immigrants, but we had no given up hope. We would fight and persevere as mother and child though all hardships as we had once before. To this day we live in Colorado, celebrating many of Mexican traditions, such as, making tamales every Christmas and celebrating the Day of the Dead. My mother and brother still have a sour relationship but communicate nonetheless. Love brought us to the United States and in the end, love has kept us here as…

Growing up in a hispanic family it’s great. All the food the tamales,posole,mole,tacos. Man it’s great,being able to speak another language,being able to roll your r’s,being able to say that your bilingual,but,people always told me i was different,people always would say that my parents were immigrants that they crossed the border and they would always asked “what’s a mexicans favorite sport?”and well you would think its soccer but no they said it was “ cross country,because mexicans and…

“Beth stopped short suddenly and faced him. All at once, Clayton noticed her anger had been replaced by something more close to terror. The tree house” (Sparks 314). Coming home provided no leisure for Logan Thibault. Not even a quaint fishing trip to Minnesota allowed him to escape Death’s longing for him. All that stood between Death and Logan was a Simple Picture. Logan’s new life revolved around that single picture, which he would spend the rest of his life trying to repay that debt. Logan…

A Hardworking Immigrant Before Ruth Day retired at the age of 75, she was a cashier at a food supermarket called Casey Jones for merely 25 years. Unlike most cashiers, Ruth was a short elderly woman with square-rimmed glasses, aging skin, and grey, curly hair. She knew how to make her workplace seem like a big family. Every customer who walked in the store knew Mrs. Ruth. Once they finished walking the aisles shopping, they instantly looked for register six, where she normally worked, to check…

Women and Cultural Obesity Although many people in society today are ambiguous when it comes to the statistics on obesity, the adult obese population continues to rise. Obesity refers to the condition or disorder of having a disproportionate or extreme amount of body fat. Besides the individual’s increased, excessive amount of body fat, he/she is at a considerably greater risk of developing a life-altering disease. Type II diabetes, heart failure, cancer, hypertension, gallbladder disease,…

cleaning service, seating areas, housekeeping, and a complimentary breakfast. Great Restaurants in Bogota La Puerta Falsa This 19th century restaurant has its original wood panelled walls and a historic decor. They are known for their infamous tamales and serving specialty traditional Colombian food which includes hot chocolate with chunks of homemade cheese inside and buttered bread or a biscuit on the side that you can use to dip in the hot chocolate. Moreover, they serve chicken meat,…

For decades, America has been known as a land of immigrants; people from England, France, Spain, and other countries descended on the New World to leave a lasting impression, one that can still be seen today in American culture. But of them all, England probably had the greatest effect on America. Since the time of Columbus’s discovery of the New World, Spain had been colonizing almost all the areas in the South, in what is today South America and along the South and West coast of what is now…

experience is paradigm III. America today is a multicultural nation and every ethnicity has contributed to certain customs and traditions occurring in America today. Like Rod Janzen describes, that in the month of December there are many families making tamales now and that is a tradition that Mexican Americans have brought to America. He also describes that many non-Anglo-Saxon traditions are no longer here except for putting a Christmas tree up during Christmas. I never thought about all of…