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  • Nutrition During Adolescents

    Nutrition During Adolescents

    During adolescence there is a high susceptibility to nutritional deficiencies and poor eating habits. This may lead to problems later on in life such as osteoporosis, obesity, hyperlipedemia, sexual maturation delays, and final adult height. The development of eating disorders is also prominent during this time. Adolescents require extra nutrients due to a growth spurt, which girls experience during the ages of 10 or 11, reaches its peak at age 12 and is completed by

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    Essay Length: 663 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy

    The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy

    The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy The question has often been raised: At what age should people begin to have children? It is a subject often debated amongst doctors, psychologists, social workers, and ordinary citizens, respectively. Some argue that it does not matter what age a person is, as long as he or she is mature, while others say that maturity comes with age, and a teenager is never equipped for the responsibility that comes with

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    Essay Length: 836 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Obesity and Overweight Among American Adolescents and Children

    Obesity and Overweight Among American Adolescents and Children

    The problem of rapid increase of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States has recently become one of the most discussed topics and is considered as a population threat. According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion about 9 million young people face possible type 2 diabetes, previously considered an adult disease, high cholesterol level and high blood pressure which are risk factors for heart disease. But who is

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    Essay Length: 1,213 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Adolescent Years

    Adolescent Years

    Adolescent Years Paper Adolescence is the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood; it generally refers to a period ranging from age 11 and 19. Adolescence has many psychological and social stages, as well as biological. The beginning of adolescence is usually marked with the beginning of puberty. Adolescence can be prolonged, brief, or practically nonexistent, depending on the type of culture in which it occurs. Adolescence is somewhere between childhood and adulthood. It is filled

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    Essay Length: 2,509 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Edward
  • The Influence of the Media on Teenage Anorexia

    The Influence of the Media on Teenage Anorexia

    The Influence of the Media on Teenage Anorexia Acknowledgements Firstly I would like to thank the Lord my God for His love and guidance in everything that I do including writing this dissertation. I would like to thank my family and friends for supporting me through the last three years of hard work. I want to thank my Dad who has always drummed it into my head since I was a little girl, that

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    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Teenage Marriage: Weigh It Carefully

    Teenage Marriage: Weigh It Carefully

    Teenage Marriage: Weigh it carefully! The rapid increase in the number of early marriages over the past several years coupled with the extremely high rate of divorce within this same group makes this subject extremely important. If you are a teenager and are seriously considering an early marriage, these are a number of potential problem areas of which you should be aware, so that, if you do decide that this is the best course of

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Legalization of Assisted Suicide

    The Legalization of Assisted Suicide

    Charles Davis Persuasive Argument March 16, 2005 The Legalization of Assisted Suicide Oregon, the Netherlands, and Belgium are the only three jurisdictions in the world that permit assisted suicide and/or euthanasia. Oregon became the leader of the United States in assisted suicide, when the Oregon legislation passed the Death with Dignity Act in 1994, permitting "physicians to write prescriptions for a lethal dosage of medication to people with a terminal illness" (Department of Human Services).

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    Essay Length: 770 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Euthanasia - Why We Shouldn’t Legalize Assisting Suicide

    Euthanasia - Why We Shouldn’t Legalize Assisting Suicide

    Euthanasia “Why We Shouldn’t Legalize Assisting Suicide” This article has two main points. First, the author’s point out that many individuals who attempt suicide are mentally ill, whether it is from a disorder, or depression. They often times make rash decisions. They also point out that suicide is often a cry for help, or an attempt to see how much loved ones care. The second point is that there are adequate pain management techniques to

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    Essay Length: 482 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Risk Factors for Adolescent Substance Abuse and Dependence

    Risk Factors for Adolescent Substance Abuse and Dependence

    A national sample of 4,023 adolescents aged from 12 to 17 years of age were interviewed about substance abuse, experiences with victimization, substance abuse within their family, and posttraumatic reactions to identify risk factors of substance abuse. The survey was done by speaking to adolescents over the telephone and asking them questions. Of the 4,023 people who participated, 3,161 were a national probability household sample of adolescents. The other 862 people were considered a probability

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    Essay Length: 441 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Monika
  • How Did Mass Media Influence Adolescents and Children in the Last Ten Years?

    How Did Mass Media Influence Adolescents and Children in the Last Ten Years?

    1. Introduction Until the mid of the last century most adolescents spend their free time together with adults and monitor the behavior and activities of this social group. Therefore adolescents get the abilities they need in society to get well-integrated. Until that time parents, brothers, sisters and relatives were the most important examples for adolescents and children. After the Increasing of technology and globalization mostly everything changed. New Media were created and they not only

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    Essay Length: 2,063 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Janna
  • Suicide Is Wrong

    Suicide Is Wrong

    Suicide is the eighth leading cause for death which makes it ranked higher than deaths that occur from killing. That makes suicide a big problem for the world. Friends and family are hurt because a loved one had died through suicide (Barry). People who could have done great good to society have died because of suicide (Barry). People should see that suicide is wrong because it is not morally acceptable, it impairs society, and

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    Essay Length: 1,040 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Ultimate Pro-Life or Choice Debate: Suicide

    The Ultimate Pro-Life or Choice Debate: Suicide

    College Student The Ultimate Pro-Life or Choice Debate: Suicide T.A. Christine Section 23 10/16/2007 What is freedom? Is anyone truly “free” to do whatever they wish? If the answer to that question was yes, then there would not be the raging debate that is ongoing today. The two major sides of the debate are those who view suicide as civil right and those who believe that suicide is both morally and legally wrong. Both

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    Essay Length: 963 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Dangers of Teenage Pregnancy

    Dangers of Teenage Pregnancy

    Although the rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States has declined greatly within the past few years, it is still an enormous problem that needs to be addressed. These rates are still higher in the 1990's than they were only a decade ago. The United State's teenage birthrate exceeds that of most other industrialized nations, even though American teenagers are no more sexually active than teenagers are in Canada or Europe. (Gormly 348) Recent

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    Essay Length: 1,914 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Television Through the Eyes of Adolescents

    Television Through the Eyes of Adolescents

    What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. In many peoples living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. Each week, children

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Jack
  • Friendship Expectations of Early Adolescents in Cuba and Canada

    Friendship Expectations of Early Adolescents in Cuba and Canada

    Friendship Expectations of Early Adolescents in Cuba and Canada Gonzales, Y.S., & Moreno, D.S., & Schneider, B.H. (2004). Friendship expectations of early adolescents in Cuba and Canada. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35, 436-445. The article entitled “Friendship Expectations of Early Adolescents in Cuba and Canada” is a study done to see whether the emphasis of character education, as in Cuba, or moral education, as in Canada, create different types of friendships in developing adolescents.

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • Adolescent Males Face More Challenges Growing up Than Do Female Adolescents

    Adolescent Males Face More Challenges Growing up Than Do Female Adolescents

    As males, many have their difficulties of becoming men than others do, depending on whether or not they are ready to grow up. Although the stereotypical "jock versus nerd" concept is difficult to cope with in society, males face many more challenges than just that. They have troubles fitting into different crowds at school, impressing girls, and keeping out of trouble. People tend to think that females have a tougher lifestyle than do males, but

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    Essay Length: 786 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Suicide

    Suicide

    Suicide amongst young people has increased greatly in the past 25 years in the US( young men and women 15-24) Women and suicide has increased the least with 250 percent, men has soared to over 300 percent. The US is now ranked the highest in the world for suicide. Until recently suicide amongst the young men and women accounted for less than 5 percent of suicide. It has increased with the increase in population of

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    Essay Length: 650 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Jon
  • Social Norms: Socially Acceptable or Social Suicide

    Social Norms: Socially Acceptable or Social Suicide

    Social Norms: Socially Acceptable or Social Suicide Most people would agree that elevators are somewhat uncomfortable places. First, there are too many people crowded into a small space. Most people try to maintain personal boundaries, but quickly realize that their neighbor is often closer to them than they would like. Second, we were raised to think that talking to strangers is a horrible act that would inevitably place one in harm’s way. Therefore, elevators seem

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    Essay Length: 703 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Top
  • Suicide

    Suicide

    So, I'm just a regular teen with little or no cares in the world. I listen to music and I do some of the things normal teens engage in. I was never depressed, barely ever sad, and had a pretty good time coming home and going out to dinner with my family. Then one night I came home and my friend and i were sitting on the couch and mom pulled me into the other

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    Essay Length: 1,417 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Adolescent Pregnancy

    Adolescent Pregnancy

    Adolescent Pregnancy Pregnancy can propel a female from the status of woman to mother in an instant. It is a difficult step in any person's life. It can be hard mentally, physically, emotionally, and especially, financially. While these changes are noteworthy for an adult woman confronting pregnancy, the effects are frequently magnified when the expecting mother is an adolescent. For a pregnant teen, there tends to be limited opportunities for their education or employment, an

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: megan
  • City Link Melbourne Vs Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia

    City Link Melbourne Vs Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia

    Critical Case Analysis Case: “City Link Melbourne vs Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia”, July 2006 Prйcis Case Background The City Link Melbourne Company formerly known as the ‘Transurburban City Link Limited’, was a roads and infrastructure development corporation. It was contracted by the Victorian government, through a competitive bid, to develop a system of roads to connect Melbourne’s freeway system in 1995. Specific contractual documents of particular relevance to this ‘project’ were

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Artur
  • Adolescent Depression

    Adolescent Depression

    Adolescent Depression Depression is something that I really have had no experience with in my life. Personally, I might have thought about killing myself figuratively at one specific point in my life. I thought about what the consequences would be and how it would effect the people who surround me in my life. As soon as these thoughts raced through my mind, I quickly realized that suicide is the wrong way to deal with life.

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Obesity Prevelance Amongst African American Adolescents

    Obesity Prevelance Amongst African American Adolescents

    Obesity is an epidemic affecting nearly one third of all Americans in the United States today. Obesity is determined by using Body Mass Index(BMI) measurements, in which BMI is defined as the; weight in kilograms by the square of the height in meters( kg/m^2). A BMI of 25 is considered overweight and a BMI of 30, Obese. Demographic and health research has shown consistently higher obesity prevalence amongst lower income minority populations; establishing a negative

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: saad
  • Teenage Drinking

    Teenage Drinking

    Teenage Drinking By: Seth Seth Ferrell 4-11-2000 Teenage drinking Teenage drinking is something that goes on every day. No matter how many videos you show to kids about drinking they will still drink. Surveys show that the average teen seventeen and up spends $4.00 a year on liquor, mostly beer; that's more than books, soda, coffee, juice and milk combined. Most parents don’t know about teenage drinking unless they catch their kids doing it. Parents

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    Submitted: May 15, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Models Link Processes

    Models Link Processes

    Models Link Processes Companies today looking for the next wave of IT to squeeze more productivity out of their operations are increasingly turning to BPM software to streamline operations by knitting together business procedures. Their goal is to create a platform that weaves together processes running in different silos of technology, including ERP (enterprise resource planning), customer relationship management and other enterprise software. To the extent that an IT department can do that without having

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    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Waleed

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