Understand the basics of a good research study: Control group, randomized, sample size, placebo, double-blind study control group randomized : selection of people sample size placebo: fake medicine double-blind study: don't know what they are taking nobody knows. 14. Know the 4 sections of the Dietary Reference Intakes and what they represent (DRIs) • EAR: Estimated Average Requirements: is the average amount of a nutrient that is sufficient for half the population. • RDA: Recommended Dietary Allowances: the amount of the nutrient to meet the needs of most healthy people 98%...

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Television has many thin pretty women acting on soaps directed at today's young adult population. ... Anorexia nervosa has doubled in the last two decades, bulimia is seen as a sly way of depriving the body of food and binge eating is apparent in almost every society. ... Child violence because of exposure to television programmes involving fighting is doubling as the years go by. ...

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"Obesity is a disease that affects nearly one-third of the adult American population (approximately 60 million). ... Since 1980, the percentage of American children who are overweight has doubled, and the percentage of adolescents who are overweight has nearly tripled." ...

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With humans being one of the predators of animals, humans kept the animal populations, such as deer, low. Since humans are one of the predators of the deer we should still have the right to hunt animals to keep the population low as long as we do not drive the animals into extinction. ... Because deer have a high reproductive potential and few natural predators, deer populations have the potential to increase rapidly. In the absence of significant mortality, deer populations can double in size in two years. ... Hunting deer should then be allowed in order to keep he population low and pre...

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It seems that we all eat fast food because it's easy, convenient and inexpensive. Compared to other foods in America, fast food is most popular; it's something that people can go out and enjoy. In part I of Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser writes about the reasons why fast foods are so popular in Am...

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However, about one-third of the America's population is extremely over-weight and out of that one out of seven children ages 6-17 is considered obese. ... The average teen drinks almost 65 gallons of soft drinks annually; school-age children have more than doubled their consumption of these beverages in the past two decades (Miller 5). ... Childhood obesity represents a threat to the health of the US population that must be considered equal to that presented by AIDS, breast cancer and teen pregnancy. ...

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Over the past 15 years, the number of obese children has doubled. ... Program to Prevent Childhood Obesity Childhood is the best age group that is considered the priority population for intervention strategies because firstly it is very difficult for adults to lose weight. ...

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The organic products cost about double the price of conventional products. ... Organic products cost about double the price of conventional products 3.1. 2 The following motives for the food demand were identified Nutritional needs Every consumer has certain requirements for energy and nutrients such as fat, protein, carbohydrates/ minerals/ vitamins, etc. depending on his or her age, sex, weight, working conditions, temperament and the climate Health motive In high-income societies the food energy surplus has led to a widespread desire to reduce overweight/ to control the ...

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Fats, Carbohydrates, and Proteins Survival is made possible through the intake of food. Often people eat several times a day and enjoy a wide variety of cuisine. Some individuals eat a well-balanced healthy diet while other's diets may be less benefiting. Three components of diet are fats, car...

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It is estimated that by 2064 we will have doubled our population and possibly depleted our arable lands, exhausted our fossil fuels and greatly diminished our water supply. ... Almost all of the Caribbean's population was introduced for industrial reasons therefore the combinations of people inhabiting the islands are a direct result of colonialism. ...

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Between 1980 and 2000 obesity rates doubled among adults. ... Obese people account for 37 percent of the United States' population, but obesity-related diseases and health problems account for 61 percent of healthcare costs in the United States every year ("The Economics of Overweight and Obesity," 2007). ...

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After decades of transformation and evolution, fast food has become a necessity in America. The American fast food industry has grown immensely and at such a rapid pace that we are known world-wide for it. Because of its massive growth America has received the infamous name of "Fast Food Nation", pr...

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