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    The purpose of this research is to figure out if indeed globalization is making any impact on the developing countries. In recent times, there has been much talk about globalization as to whether it is having any direct ramification on the livelihood of people in the developing world. There have been varied views on globalization. This research is to explore if developing countries are benefiting from the labor market as the result of globalization. To better help we understand what…

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    Societal Standards of Female Beauty Society has set certain standards of beauty for women for ages. Moreover, such standards, though varying by culture and time period, are rooted in the same motives and have the same control over females. Women are valued for their looks, for females should strive to achieve and maintain the socially constructed notion of physical attractiveness, or the feminine beauty ideal. Common with the Victorian Era, women are still expected to have feminine traits of…

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    Obesity: A Case Study

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    Context Obesity is not just a matter of appearance when it comes to the matter of your health. First obesity is describe as having a BMI over 30 on the body mass index chart (Adult Obesity, 2010). This chart gages whether an individual is normal, over weight, or obese. Now that I have described what obesity is, the problem with this is the vast growth of it across the world and largely in the United State. Right now there are 400 million people worldwide clinically obese (Najafipour, H, 2016).…

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    to as BMI, also known as body mass index. Body mass index does not measure the amount of fat that a person’s body contains or how fat a person is, but how a persons weight correlates to his or her height. By utilizing this test one can identify whether he or she is considered to be underweight, normal, or overweight. According to JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, for an adult to be classified as obese he or she has to have a body mass index of 30 or higher, while a normal…

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    Source 1 is a statement created by Christian Lous Lange and it speaks strongly on the ideological perspective of internationalism. The source is opposing another form of nationalism since it starts off by comparing internationalism with another term by stating “on the contrary”, and this implies that the author is against nationalism because he is not in favour of its “one- sided” (ness) and how it is controlled by showing only one opinion or point of view without the consideration of…

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    Introduction When Dr. Gerald Lauria walked into a town hospital in Congo in 2005, he was stunned. Coming from working in a large hospital in the United States consisting of many doctors per specialty, he was shocked to find this hospital run by just one physician. Dr. Lauria described the hospital as “sparse” and “primitive”, ridden with x-ray machines outdated by at least twenty years and empty medicine cabinets. Dr. Lauria’s experience is not an outlier. The dysfunctional and unsophisticated…

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    Critically review the arguments of Florini and Nussbaum: Nussbaum (2001) explains that the social contract theory dominates the western political philosophy and this theory considers the principles of justice as the result of contract, the people make. People make this contract for mutual benefit and live according to the rule of law..Her main focus is on John Rawls ' work on contractual theory. Nussbaum admits that such theories have some strength in terms of global justice but these theories…

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    According to Defining (2012), obesity is defined as weight that is higher than what is considered as a healthy weight for a given height. Obesity is diagnosed when an individual’s estimated body mass index (BMI) is greater than thirty. Obesity can be caused by genetics, inactivity, social or economic issues, unhealthy diet, certain medications, lack of sleep, etc., (Obesity, 2015). When individuals are obese, it puts them at a higher risk of certain disease processes. Obesity (2015), explains…

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    This topic can of great conflict, for the keen natural resources needed for the survival of both the mother and her offspring can possibly produce life altering effects on the developing fetus. This is a great epidemic for it affects about 3 out of 100 women in the U.S (cdc.gov/mmwr) and 61 to 70 women every 1000 live births have birth defects (www.ncbi.nlm.nhm.gov).…

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    Globalization allows for the voice of those who would otherwise not have a platform to speak to be heard. This allows people to be exposed to different mindsets, cultures, and beliefs, often without ever needing to leave home. Personal blogs, independently-run web sites, and forums all allow people to share their stories. In modern times, people have seen the power platforms such as Twitter have, where citizens of authoritarian nations are able to reach out to the global community to inform them…

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