Essays on BMI

Several years ago, Madrid's regional government barred underweight models during fashion week (Brownholtz). Any model with a body mass index of under 18 was prohibited from taking part at the event (Pressure). Some people supported these measures but others complained.

One argument against banning underweight models is that the exclusion would encroach on American principles of freedom and liberty (Brownholtz). Russian model Valentina Zelyaeva says: "I think it's discrimination. We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices but I'm not going to say `This girl is fat, she can't work in an ...

Introduction

Shift work is basically any work outside the normal daylight hours and may differ from one work place to another. Given that up to 25% of the American population encounters shift work at some point in their career the subject of shift work has attracted a plethora of research especially with regard to the health implication of shit work[ CITATION Occ10 \l 1033 ]. There is a growing body of knowledge implicating shift work for on-job injuries and catastrophes, disruption of families and societal fabric, pathological conditions of both physiological and psychological nature. Of particular interest to this review are the health ...

Introduction

Nutritional status can be defined as the balance between the amount of nutrients taken in by a living organism and the amount of nutrients spent by these organisms in the process of growth, health maintenance. In order to analyze this aspect, we will take into consideration the following attributes; level of nutrients in the body, products of metabolism and the functional processes that they regulate. Nutritional status can be measured for both individuals and populations. For accurate measurements especially those used for clinical purposes, nutritional measurements are done for individuals whereas for research purposes, population measures are the most common. ...

Abstract

Obesity and breast cancer are key health issues for American women. Obesity has approximately reached epidemic percentages in the United States and is more widespread among American women. The breast cancer mortality rate persists to mount in Americans. A review of the recent literature was conducted to bring into focus the relationship of these two health problems as they relate to American women. The review is separated into three subjects, obesity prevalence and incidence, breast cancer incidence and mortality and the relationship between obesity and breast cancer. The two studies reviewed are facts of a connection between obesity and breast ...

Introduction:

At least for once in life, everyone has had a chance to deal with some kind of health complications. Some have had to deal with diseases like heart attack, malaria, cancer, high blood pressure, obesity, cold, pneumonia and many more. Majority of the people do not even know that they have issues concerning their health until may be, something which brings those complications to their attention happens to them. Nutritional complications are caused by the types of food people eat. A good example of nutrition complication is obesity. This paper analyzes and explores obesity as a health nutritional complication, its goals ...