... heart and blood vessel disease, although many do not know it because they have no symptoms. The arteries that supply blood to the heart are called the coronary arteries. If the heart's blood vessels narrow, the amount of blood they supply to the heart may be insufficient to provide the oxygen the heart needs. This oxygen deprivation is what causes a type of ... lipoprotein (LDL or "bad cholesterol-) in the blood causes plaque to form on artery walls, which starts a disease process called arteriosclerosis. When plaque builds up in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, yo...

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... from heartburn and other systems of GERD. (http://www.intelihealth.com) It typically occurs after a large meal, or after eating spicy foods. To better understand GERD, let us first examine what happens when we eat. First, we take a bite of food. We begin to chew the food and it mixes with saliva. Once the food has been chewed, we swallow it ... to avoid if a patient has GERD are grapefruit, nectarines, lemons and most condiments. According to Harvey Simon "Patients should have a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, although avoid acidic vegetables and fruits." (Gastroesophageal Reflux Di...

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... develop unrealistic expectations for their own bodies. People may also feel pressure from family members or peers to be thin" (Encarta). These social pressures are what lead people to become anorexic. Another major issue that leads people to this disease is family relations. "A girl has a ten to twenty times higher risk of developing anorexia nervosa, for instance, if she has a sibling with the ... of food deprivation" (Encarta). As the years go on, the issue of anorexia is increasing. Today, the world views the perfect person to be slim. Everywhere you look: billboards, magazines, and ...

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... their blood sugar before they can meet you at the mall. If you know a person like this, they are one of over a million people in America who do stuff like this every day because they have a disease called diabetes. Diabetes can be a very serious disease that should not be ignored. There are so many people in the world ... more insulin and/or use the in-sulin it is producing better. Some people with type 2 diabetes can manage their disease with weight loss, diet and exercise and don't need any medication or in-sulin. If you have diabetes, and don't take care of yourself, it could lead int...

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Second-Hand smoke causes 3,000 deaths from lung cancer, 13,000 deaths from other cancers, and 37,000 deaths from lung disease in the United States, each year. Second-Hand smoke, or passive smoke, is not as hazardous as mainstream smoke, it is still a ... you quit smoking your levels of physical activity will increase8. When taking a glimpse of all the top athletes in the world, it can be noted that none of them are frequent tobacco product users. Another aspect of smoking and the human body is the effect of nicotine on body weight. Nicotine, the drug found in cigarettes, is usually what ... ...

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... the hormone leptin (Kirkpatrick and Caldwell, 60). Many times overeating is the result of loneliness or stress (Arenson, 19). "Eating disorders arise when you learn to apply comforting activities involving food as solutions to life's problems, just as you apply a Band-Aid to a cut" (Arenson, 21). In many studies it was proven that loneliness and low self esteem can cause overeating. ... Insufficiency Daytime Sleepiness- Deep Vein Thrombosis- Diabetes (Type 2)-90% of people who have type 2 diabetes are overweight. End Stage Renal Disease Gallbladder Disease- 30% of obese people have gall...

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... girls were more likely to have lower education levels, lower incomes and be living below the poverty line. Other studies have shown that boys who are overweight are twice as likely to die, or have cancer, or suffer a stroke before they reach the age of 55, regardless of their adult weight ... into fat adults. Obesity can seriously sicken children now not just in the future. More and more children are suffering from type 2 diabetes. Obesity can affect asthma and spark gallbladder disease. People can even die from obesity. When fat in the back of the throat combines with large tonsils to ....

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... to reach an unsafe level and cause noticeable symptoms. If blood sugar levels are high for many years, blood vessels and nerves in the body may be damaged, leaving you at risk for eye, heart, and kidney disease. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes found in people. ... year, from 12,000 to 24,000 people lose their sight because of diabetes. This is caused by the disease diabetes which can strike both children and adults. What happens is that the blood vessels or tubes in the back of the eye break and blood floods into or ... diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is increasing at...

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... self-denial of food. People with diabetes will have to gradually develop there own way of watching what they eat and your energy out put in order to avoid high blood sugar levels this may be partially hard at first but should get easier for you. Diet should be low in saturated fats and cholesterol, has moderate amount of protein, high complex ... with diabetes go through lots of emotions some of the same emotion I sometimes go through are depression, frustrated, denial, anger and sadness. Conclusion I hope you have learned many things about the type of disease that I have which is type ...

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... how these sub-cultures could provide support and help fight discrimination, or be a healthy outlet to express thoughts and emotions with those similar to you. Therefore it is still unclear if pro-anorexia and pro-obesity websites are harmful or helpful? It is evident that American culture holds women to an impossible and narrow standard of female ˜beauty', and as society ... polices women, we often police ourselves, internalizing damaging notions of what our bodies 'should' look like, and there is a growing demographic of women and teens who have taken this internalization to the extre...

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... looking in the mirror!" "I used to be so thin, why can't I look like I did when I was 20?" These phrases are all too familiar to someone who has an eating disorder. Eating disorders generally affect women in their teens to mid 20's. What happens when a woman develops an eating disorder after age 30 or continues to face this terrible illness that has affected ... by purging. In January 1983, pop singer Karen Carpenter died of heart failure associated with low serum potassium - a consequence of prolonged starvation. Her death fueled interest in the disease (15). Many anorexics are white m...

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... obesity. Obesity is a condition in which a person has an obscene amount of excess body fat. (NIDDK) Studies now show that of all Americans over age 20, 60% are overweight, and 25% are obese. (NIDDK) Determining what a person's healthy weight is somewhat subjective, and is generally based on height. Being overweight is to fall above some healthy range, being obese is to fall far ... as efficiently as others. Age: Metabolic rate slows as we get older. Eating the same and staying just as active does not guarantee that your weight will be stable as you age. Other reasons can include: socioc...

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... high school kid and then at her husband, whose tuxedo shirt was stretched tightly across his belly, and wistfully whispered, "that's what diabetes does to you.""( That was an exert from an article entitled "As the Worm Turns on Diabetes and Obesity." Everyone of us has come in ... resistant diabetes, non-ketosis prone, ketosis resistant, and even MODY or Maturity Onset Diabetes in the Young. No matter what name is used to define this disease, this type of diabetes is the most common form of diabetes ranging in "about 90-95 percent of people with diabetes ... slow healing of sores." ( ) ...

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... there is about 17 million people--6.2 percent of the population--have diabetes and the amount that is Diagnosed: 11.1 million people and the amount of Undiagnosed: 5.9 million people. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/diabetes,www.cdc.gov/nchs) This is a very high mark of how many people that have diabetes in America. Diabetes is a deadly and silent ... grandmother and my father they all have diabetes. The one thing that they tell me about this disease they are a very hard disease to control. For the reason of that they have to change a lot of the things they are e...

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... as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). This type of diabetes includes people who are dependant on injections of insulin on a daily basis in order to satisfy the bodies insulin needs, they cannot survive without these injections. OVERVIEW OF DIABETES TYPE I What is diabetes type I? In order to understand the disease we firstly need to know about insulin. Insulin is a hormone. The role ... and 2 for results) These results cannot be conclusive to say that this shows that exercise causes other micro- and macrovascular diseases in diabetics. Since albumin is not associated with any di...

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... as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). This type of diabetes includes people who are dependant on injections of insulin on a daily basis in order to satisfy the bodies insulin needs, they cannot survive without these injections. OVERVIEW OF DIABETES TYPE I What is diabetes type I? In order to understand the disease we firstly need to know about insulin. Insulin is a hormone. The role ... and 2 for results.) These results cannot be conclusive to say that this shows that exercise causes other micro-and macrovascular diseases in diabetics. Since albumin is not associated with any di...

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... imbalance between calorie consumption and expenditure. Currently, studies have not been able to accurately pinpoint all the genes and their mechanisms that lead to obesity. {this attempts dual tasks ambitiously you might have separated the genetics discussion into its own } However, the environmental factors that lead to obesity can adequately be described. Eating too many calories and not doing enough physical ... will become overweight and possibly obese. Since studies have proven that more Americans are becoming overweight, then it can logically be concluded that we are consuming a h...

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... meat than any other country, and also have many more serious health problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, and cancer. It has been a long known fact that you are what you eat, and your health is directly affected by your diet. In most cases, the best cure for disease is prevention and the best medicine is education. (Avery-Grant 131) About fourteen million years ... have lower cases of heart disease is due to what they put into their mouths. The vegetarian diet lowers elevated cholesterol levels, contains more polyunsaturated fat and monounsaturated fat (as opp...

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... diabetes. Disease is almost always caused by a combination of toxicity and deficiency and, toxins, by definition, are poisons, so no matter how one looks at it, refined sugar is an addictive poison. Dr. David Reuben, author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Nutrition says, "White refined sugar is not a food. It is a pure chemical extracted from plant sources, purer in ... zero nutrients to foodstuffs. Refined sugar and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) have no protein, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants or fiber so displace other nutritious parts of our diet or are overeaten beyo...

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... himself or herself or a friend or family member. It is indeed a loaded question in the sense that some people have first hand experience with the disease and others haven't a clue at all. Testability: I find the question I proposed as inarguably testable. The question can be tested by survey, research, ... question is mostly original. The majority of research on obesity is on the obvious causes and the deterrence of said matter. What I have decided to test, the correlation between huge corporations and their feeding off of unhealthy people, has not been tested rigorously. Hypothesis Thos...

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... diabetes mellitus. Diabetes can put you at risk for a host of complications that can affect nearly every organ in the body. They include: heart and blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, nerves, gums and teeth. In regards to the heart and blood vessels, there are approximately 65% of death that is caused by diabetes due to major complication of heart disease and stroke. In the ... of insulin should relate directly to health and your lifestyle choices. Usually common insulin shots are taken one or twice a day, which could mean using long acting-acting insulin's or a combination of long and short-...

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... complications can ultimately result in death, it is possible for one to live with them, albeit extremely difficult. Heart Disease, Diabetes, Sleep Apnea, High Blood Pressure, Arthritis and Acid Reflux Disease are among the many obstacles that an overweight person may have to deal with. In a recent e-mail interview, Nancy ... severely obese persons find it preferable to avoid social interactions or public places, choosing to limit their own freedom, rather than suffer embarrassment." Celebrities are under an especially large amount of pressure to maintain a svelte appearance. As Lesley Go...

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... not surprising given the value which society places on being thin. Television and magazine advertising that show the image of glamorous and thin model are everywhere. Thousands of teenage girls are starving themselves daily in an effort to attain what the fashion industry considers to be the "ideal" figure. An average female model weighs 23% less than the recommended weight for a woman. Maintaining ... can continue the exhausting anorexic behaviors. Although the mortality rate is high 30% of anorexics will eventually die from the disease. Approximately one third are able overcome the di...

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... obesity such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and certain cancers are quickly rising and are the leading cause of preventable death. The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the United States was $147 billion in the year 2008. There are many different opinions about what is causing the obesity problem. There ... him to a lifetime of trouble filled with disease because of obesity. He makes the bold statement that today's youth might not have the realization he had and will not be able to change the unhealthy path they are on. In contrast, in "What You Eat is Your Business...

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... has not just negative impacts on overweight people, but also can end up killing them. Rather than listing names of disease that comes from it, the advertisements focus on connecting obesity to the concept of committing suicide while stimulating the current social issue ... surgery, also called weight-loss surgery, is a variety of procedures performed on overweight people, it is obvious that audiences of the advertisements are people who are overweight. According to the official cite for bariatric surgery, Bariatric surgery is, "A procedure that alters your digestive system in order to ....

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