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Eating Disorders Growing Problem
939 wordsSelf-harm is a growing and troubling trend. Its a frightening disorder, most common among women, where hurt and alienation are expressed by injuring oneself. There are several kinds of self-harm. Self-mutilation and various eating disorders are among the most common forms of self-destruction. These forms of self-harm often lead to suicide. There are three types of self-mutilation. The rarest and most extreme form is Major self-mutilation. This form usually results in permanent disfigurement, suc...
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Gun Control And Violence
1,145 wordsAbstract An ever-growing problem of violence faces Americans. Our streets became a battleground where the elderly are beaten for their social security checks, terrified women viciously attacked and raped, teen-age gangsters shoot it out for a patch of turf to sell their illegal drugs, and innocent children caught daily in the crossfire of drive-by shootings die. Society cannot ignore the damage that these criminals do to our society, and people must take actions to stop these horrors. Gun Contro...
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Growing Problem Three Times
873 wordsTeenage depression is a growing problem in todays society and is often a major contributing factor for a multitude of adolescent problems. The statistics about teenage runaways, alcoholism, drug problems, pregnancy, eating disorders, and suicide are alarming. Even more startling are the individual stories behind these statistics because the young people involved come from all communities, all economic levels, and all home situations-anyones family. The common link is often depression. For the in...
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School Age Children High In Fat
2,155 wordsIn todays society childhood obesity is considered to be an epidemic. The increase in obesity is not caused by the change in the gene pool, but rather by the change in the environment. This causes vulnerable populations to express the obesity phenotype (Stone, 1999). One in seven children ages 6 - 17 are considered to be obese. Most nutritionists will say that this is do to the lack of parental guidance. A childs parents should teach their child proper eating habits so that they wont run across p...
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Racial Discrimination Growing Problem
313 wordsfrom gen Racism and prejudice are a problem. They have existed for thousands of years and they are transmitted eration to generation. However, racism has not always been the same, it has changed through the history and every day becomes more sophisticated. Racism is a negative thought or action toward members of a racial minority or any kind of racial inequality. It is also the belief that humans are subdivided into distinct hereditary groups that are innately different in their social behaviour...
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Upper Saddle River Eating Disorders
2,465 wordsMelissa Willard November 29, 1999 English 1201 Body Obsession in the Media In a world where image seems to be everything, its hard not to pay attention to the way you look. Body Image is a quickly growing fad all over the world today. Everyone wants to be that Victoria Secret model or the buff guy on the cover of GQ magazine. The problem is some people go the wrong way about obtaining that image and even go to the extent of hurting themselves to reach that ideal look. Many of us catch ourselves ...
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