Although in recent years there has been a noticeable improvement in the prevalence of malnutrition, it is still a serious issue in many developing countries. As of 2013, malnutrition affects on average 32.5% of the children younger than 5 in developing countries, which is about everyone out of three children. ... Throughout history, Bolivia has been consistently known for being one of the poorest countries in Latin America and the world. ... From a geographical point of view, the country's location in the tropics combined with dramatic variations in climate results in a wide range of ec...

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Out of this dire need emerged the idea to develop transgenic rice varieties that produce beta-carotene as a means of alleviating VAD in the diets of poor and disadvantaged people in developing countries. ... They developed rice plants containing two genes from the daffodil and one gene from a bacterium. ... The overarching qualm opposition groups have over golden rice is that it may fool the public into believing it will dramatically improve the livelihood of people in developing countries, while detracting from the serious problem of general poverty and famine. ... Protykus emphasizes that ...

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Culture, technical level and food policies of a country really influence people's perceptions about the new technologies and the safety of food supply. People form developed country believe their food supply is safe while people from China are worrying about the situation of food safety. 4. ... Many countries have a large amount of food waste while many countries are short of food. ... That are totally different perceptions between developed country and developing country. ...

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Fair-trade equals fair prices for farmers and their families in foreign countries. ... If I were to use fair trade items for my product this would appeal to members of my audience who are interested in endorsing better lives for people living in less economically developed countries (LEDC's), such as Ghana, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Nigeria. ... Not only am I aware of this but food manufacturers are developing their existing products and are now beginning to use organic ingredients as they are becoming more and more in demand. ... Therefore I will consider developing my product by using organic...

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Plumpy'nut was created to combat malnutrition in children in under developed countries. ... This patent prevents other countries and organizations from producing the peanut paste. ... Andre Briend created Plumpy Nut to increase the availability of a nutritional product for children in order to treat and prevent malnutrition in developing countries (Nutriset, an Overview). ... Underdeveloped countries depend on Nutriset as a source of food for its children. ... Nutriset already has franchise companies in other countries. ...

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Advertisements portraying the perfect women is not just in the U.S. it is also in other countries as well. Although the perfect women is portrayed differently in every country and every culture the message is still the same that women are not as beautiful as the women in advertisements. ... Members of the APA task force say, "Sexualization of girls has negative consequences on girls' ability to develop a healthy sexual self-image" (Zurbriggen et al.). ... Although white women and girls are most likely to have eating disorders other women around the world are facing similar situa...

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Tuberculosis has become a major health concern in Papua New Guinea because of the rate it is spreading across the country. ... This disease has also become a burden on the country's economy where millions of kina are put into drugs for treating this disease. ... A strong immune system keeps TB bacilli inactive and prevents TB bacilli from multiplying and developing TB infection into TB disease and from the way in which people are living especially in the urban areas they are at a high risk of developing TB. ... The first time a virus enters your body, a healthy immune system will devel...

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To alleviate malnutrition and eliminate famine, a country has to ensure that it has the ability to feed its population. ... Policies and programmes for increasing agricultural production and raising productivity in low-income countries, which are a precondition for future security of adequate nutrition - a precondition in which effective national and international agricultural research systems play a key role of sustainable nutritional improvement. ... However, because many people in developing countries do not have access to a diverse food supply, an increase in calorie consumption alone ca...

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In order to increase food production for the growing world population, help change and save lives in developing countries, and help eliminate pressures on the environment, scientist should support biotechnology. ... According to Nottingham, genes are transferred into genetically modified crops; therefore, the people are concerned with the possibility of developing allergic reactions to the transgenic effects (91). ... The council also concluded "all the genetically modified food so far on the market in this country is safe for consumption"(Messina 149). ...

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In a country that spends more than forty billion dollars on dieting supplements a year, it's no surprise that more than ten million people have serious eating disorders. ... Men less commonly develop eating disorders, at least 10% of those suffering from eating disorders include males. ... It is important to realize that eating disorders create a serious problem in our country and people must also become aware of what causes some people to develop eating disorders. ...

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Hypertension a leading cause of heart attacks develops when our blood pressure is higher than normal is caused from poor eating habits. An interview with Food and Nutritionist Consultant Dr Heather Little- White reveals that the death rate by heart attacks and stroke in Jamaica was 125000 in 1995.She also commented that a research done in the Caribbean shows that circulatory diseases, diabetes, and cancer has been a leading cause of death in several Caribbean countries and they are all related to nutrition. ... Strategies such Public health programes should be developed to teach ...

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In western countries where thinness is emphasized as an important social value through forms of media, numerous women are suffering from self-esteem issues and eating disorders. ... Authorities state that in most developed countries, watching television has emerged to be, children's primary activity, and it is significantly more difficult for adolescents to determine whether what they see is real or not, making them more vulnerable to the images and messages that are transmitted (Lopez-Guimera et al. 388). ... Some individuals argue that the influence of mass media is not the strongest fo...

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Obese Society It's time to focus on the health problems that occur in this country. ... Nowadays, anyone has chances of developing this disease; there is no distinction between social classes and ages. ... This is due to the economic crisis in our country in which usually both mother and father are forced to have a job in order to cope their family. ... NLM also indicated that "People have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes if you are older, obese, have a family history of diabetes, or do not exercise" It is known that there is a big chance of developing this type of diabetes whe...

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The government has taken a much larger role in trying to prevent the rise of obesity in our country. ... These are just some of the things the government has implemented to try and help our over eating country. ... This article most definitely relates to the section covering obesity which states that The United States of America has the highest prevalence of obesity among all the worlds developed nations. ...

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The company is suffering from political threats from wars between countries where the company operates, as well as from governments now adding legislation to force them to put health warnings on their products. ... They can only leave war stricken countries, or places where terrorism is a threat. ... People are more health conscious now, and therefore an anti-fastfood attitude has developed, meaning people are looking for more healthy alternatives which aren't being provided by the company. ...

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Different countries around the world show drastically different carbon footprints. ... Countries in Africa display a smaller carbon footprint because the food they consume is all locally grown. The United States, wealthy Middle Eastern families, and European Countries have a large carbon footprint due to the fact that they mostly consume commercially produced food from all over the country as well as the world. Families that are in less developed communities such as the Shingkhey Village and Tingo display smaller carbon footprints due to all of their food being locally grown. ... American taxp...

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And Asian countries amongst all the countries in the world had been successful in maintaining their tradition of home cooked meals with herbs and natural spices, until now. According to a study done by WHO (2011), before the trend of processed or "fast" food, Asian countries like Thailand was one of the most successful countries to keep its food related health problems to the minimum. ... After conducting a health research in different parts of Asia, The authors of the research article, "Exporting Diabetes to Asia", found that, "Asians who ate Western-style fast foods...

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The country is large, the distance is greater, the cars are bigger and the people are wider. (if you want, you can elaborate such reaction & comparison in order to connect w/ below paragraph) The number of people who are obese is rising rapidly throughout the world, making obesity one of the fastest developing public health problems. ... According to American obesity association persons with obesity are at risk of developing one or more serious medical conditions, which can cause poor health and premature death. ...

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In this country, women are becoming heavier with each generation while the ideal body for health or beauty becomes slimmer. ... The more intense the social pressure to be skinny, the more likely it seems that a troubled young woman will develop an eating disorder, especially if they believe that control over one's appetite is the way to win respect and attain social success. ... Anorexia that develops during the adolescence years can interfere with the change of development necessary to become a healthy functioning adult. ... She is hospitalized in the most severe cases when her wei...

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Eating disorders usually develop at a young age and after periods of excessive dieting. ... In turn, a dangerous wave of a flawed self-image is affecting females in our country, some that have not even reached their adolescent stage. ...

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People in over one hundred countries have become unofficial members of the "slow food" movement. ... For example, Canadian food organisations, which support the movement round the country, are fighting to attract people by many events and activities such as the Frog Food Festival, which will be at Aug 1st, 2014 in Whitehorse City, and the Fraser Valley Slow Food Cycle Tours event, which will be at Aug 2nd, 2014, in Vancouver City. ... However, the Slow Food movement has focused more and more to become larger and develop its aims as an efficacy of the recognition that the nature of the food tha...

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In response, Cole and Colleagues (2000) have developed and published reference charts based on population data from six different countries. ... These Australian data are approximately consistent with worldwide trends (WHO 1998) of increasing obesity to epidemic proportions in the US (Troiano & Flegal 1998), some Western Europe countries (Grivetti 2001), and increasingly in lower-income and transitional countries, (Popkin & Doak 1998). ...

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In some countries, where thinness is accentuated as an important to social factor, millions of women tend suffer from eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating. ... The gathered information on how the media manipulates women to develop eating disorders will demonstrate the negative effects versus positive ones. ... As a result, women develop dangerous eating habits in order to stay thin so that they can reach the beauty portrayed by the media. ...

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It's hard to imagine precisely what is happening, but America is one of the most obese countries in the world, and the reasons are quite obvious. ... In addition, to get an better insight for what we were looking for, as a group we watched Huffington Post "Fattest Country In The World": Are Schools To Blame For America's Obesity Epidemic?.  ...

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Obesity represents an important public health issue and negatively influences the healthcare economics. Excess weight harms human health in many ways: obese people definitely have higher risk of some chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure and...

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