Living in a inner city environment where pollution from noise, fumes and light can affect health, on the other hand, the isolation of rural living, the inaccessibility to local services and amenities, (e.g. transport, work, shops) can be equally as detrimental. ... Children living in cold homes are more than twice as likely to suffer from a variety of respiratory problems than children living in warm homes. One in four adolescents living in cold homes is at risk of multiple Lifestyle factors can also affect health, areas that witness high levels of unemployment often have higher prevalences ...

• Word Count: 1261
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Today, you cannot read a magazine or newspaper, turn on the television, listen to the radio, or shop at the mall without being assaulted with the message that fat is bad. ... The bulimic schoolgirls that lived in homes with a television were three times as likely to suffer from bulimia. ... Examples of such are Nike, Adidas, The Body Shop, and Timberland. ...

• Word Count: 1368
• Approx Pages: 5

If you take another look inside the house of 30 years ago you would find a dad who went to work every day and a mom who stayed home to tend to the household duties and the children. With the rising cost of our day to day living expenses in America, most homes now must have both dad and mom working full time to make ends meet. ... In some homes the stove never even gets warm from preparing a meal more than once a week. ... When we shop for groceries we should purchase foods that will give children a wide variety of healthful foods to choose from. ...

• Word Count: 1726
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Traditional food and the consumer demand for Natural food such as farm-fresh produce, and home-style cuisine is traditionally what New Zealanders consumed and demanded for. ... I strongly believe globalisation has contributed to destructing food related traditions in New Zealand such as home cooking, dining out at locally owned food stores and buying locally produced foods. ... Around 70 per cent of city's homes throughout New Zealand are within 1km of a fast-food shop, (Tasman-Jones, 2012). ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" If anorexic models are presented on TV and they call themselves fat and overweight on the television, then the people at home watching it are going to think "If these tiny models think they are fat than I must be very overweight" when they are actually a healthy normal weight. ... Most of the research that has been done connecting print media and eating disorders has been centered around fashion magazines because they are the magazines that show photographs of unrealistically thin models whose images have been photo-shopped (Cowden). ... Studies have shown that the print media...

• Word Count: 2262
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Dept. of Agriculture, fast food compared to home-prepared food contain more of the nutrients that Americans over consume such as fat and saturated fat. ... Americans no longer have to go to the supermarket to go grocery shopping; we can do it from the luxury of our own home. ... We don't have to get up to change the television channel, we don't have to get out of our cars when ordering fast food, we don't have climb stairs, and we don't have to wash dishes at home or clean the self-cleaning oven. ... This same study found that overall household TV watching has increased ...

• Word Count: 2360
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

So even though fast food is unhealthy and contributes to childhood obesity, eating healthy is a learned skill that starts at home (Klausner, 2). Parents who often order out or grab fast food should start making home cooked meals so their family can remain healthy. ... Being more aware of healthy and unhealthy choices does indeed start at home so why are we so quick to blame restaurants and not ourselves? ... Even though these images are most likely photo shopped, males believe that is what their girlfriend or wife will on day look like. ...

• Word Count: 2119
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Climate and geographic location- Phil lives in the city which means he is closer to take away shops and because of his lazy manner and his poor cooking skills he would eat takeaway a lot. ... He spends most of his time at work or at home. ... Hospitality at home- Phil has been recently widowed. ...

• Word Count: 2031
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

(menu) The Illini Tower menu can be accessed online at the Illini Tower home page when it is updated. ... When shopping at grocery stores or eating at a dining hall, nutrition labels are created to inform consumers of the nutritional values and ingredients used in the products. ...

• Word Count: 2276
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School