Sedentary Lifestyle Monyetta “Lashalle” Calhoun Advanced Composition July 29‚ 2012 Professor: Symmetris Gohanna What comes to mind when you hear the word potato? French fries‚ hash browns‚ a loaded baked potato from Wendy’s maybe. Or what about the term “couch potato?” This is the only form of potato that is on my list that is not good. Being a couch potato‚ or living a sedentary lifestyle‚ is not a healthy choice. Sedentary lifestyle is the
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Teenager’s lifestyle Nowadays‚ teenagers have changed in comparison with the teens in the past‚ taking into account eating habits‚ an active way of life‚ spending free time and clothes. They are a “technology” generation. For teens in todays’ world mobile phones‚ internet‚ music‚ movies‚ television and video games are very important. Most teenagers prefer watching TV and playing computer games to reading books. They don’t like reading because watching TV is easier and they don’t have to use their
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UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLES AMONG MALAYSIANS NURUL ATIKAH BINTI ZAINAL 20114446752 NURUL NADIRAH BINTI NOR ASMADI 2011492548 SYAFIQAH ULLYA BINTI SOHIZAN 2011690354 SITI NURAKMAL BINTI NAZRI 2011238298 Diploma in Industrial Chemistry Part 3 University Technology Mara Perlis “Worldwide over 1 million people die due to lung cancer each year. It is estimated that cigarette smoking explains almost 90% of lung cancer risk in men and 70 to 80% in women”. (Walser‚ et al.‚ 2008).An unhealthy lifestyle is one
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Sedentary Lifestyle “Humans are designed to move‚ not to stay still” (Weiler and Stamatakis‚ 2010‚ p#2). It says that people are made to be physically active and not to be a sluggard‚ which is known to have a sedentary lifestyle. A sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle with insufficient or irregular physical activities. It is commonly found in both the developed and developing counties. This essay discusses sedentary lifestyle to illustrate its differences from the normal lifestyle‚ to cite
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A sedentary lifestyle is a mode of living in which a person‚ an adult or child‚ does not engage in sufficient physical activity or exercise for what is generally considered healthy living. The term is often used to describe a lifestyle among many people in highly developed countries that does not afford them opportunities for physical activity. This type of living has been heavily influenced by the propagation of passive forms of entertainment‚ such as television‚ video games‚ and computer use.
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(2sk) Lifestyle is the typical way of life of an individual‚ group‚ or culture. (3sk origin) The term was originally used by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937). The term was introduced in the 1950s as a derivative of that of style in modernist art. The term refers to a combination of determining intangible or tangible factors. Tangible factors relate specifically to demographic variables‚ i.e an individuals demographic profile‚ whereas intangible factors concern the psychological
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Version 1.0 local authority name here PROMOTE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE You are expected to submit a relevant Project Proposal‚ including viable project planning documents‚ by 16th May 2012. The team who present the best project – in terms of expected benefits‚ feasibility‚ rational use of resources and quality of planning – will receive up to £20‚000 for implementation of the project for the period from May to November 2012. The competition is available for small companies and charities (project
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Diet and Lifestyle Diet and lifestyle have a significant effect on the risk of heart disease; a poor diet and lifestyle increases the risk of heart disease whilst a healthy diet and lifestyle decreases the risk. A poor diet increases the risk of coronary heart disease‚ for instance‚ a diet that is high in saturated fat is associated with high blood cholesterol levels. If blood cholesterol levels are high (240mg per 100cm3) then the risk of coronary heart disease is increased. This is due to the fact
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Lifestyle Diseases There are many diseases that contribute immensely to the burden placed on a person‚ a family‚ a society and a country‚ and despite advances in medicine‚ the number of people with such diseases continues to increase with people dying younger. In a newspaper article dated back two years stated that in June the previous year‚ Pacific health ministers had declared a non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis because it was revealed that the Pacific was breeding a generation of obese children
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Lifestyle Disease Lifestyle disease which may also be referred to as Non-Communicable Disease‚ has in recent times become an issue of grave concern for governments both globally and regionally. The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General‚ during a General Assembly Summit (first ever summit on deadly chronic illnesses) in 2011deemed in a statement "...the spread of non-communicable diseases as a socio-economic and development challenge of epidemic proportions..." . In another report from
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