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… a health education resource, to show knowledge and understanding of the use of health behaviour models and to understand the concept of health promotion. The health education resource chosen by the author is presented in the form of a leaflet promoting…

… to "discuss the principal ways in which heat is gained by and lost from the body, and explain the various mechanisms involved in regulation of body temperature. Briefly indicate how excessive cold and heat affect the body". The body gains and loses…

… of both the rate of growth of animals and their body composition. Various hormones, gastric distension, and other factors affect the central nervous system to regulate food intake. In addition, several environmental cues, such as food availability,…

… as well. A group of Canadian scientist researched the possible effects of the global warming and they came up with a very troubling list of outcomes. Some predictions were: *Boundaries for vegetation, wildlife and insects will shift northward by…

… in today's society is eating disorders. The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. As many as twenty percent of females in their teenage and adult years suffer from either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Males…

… newspapers, movies, and even the internet, has a huge impact on everyone in which it comes in contact with, from adults to teenagers and children. People everywhere watch many hours of television daily, and are now spending a lot more hours on the…

… 23 pairs of chromosomes, one of each pair inherited through the egg from the mother, and the other inherited through the sperm of the father. Of these chromosomes, those that determine sex are X and Y. Females have XX and males have XY.…

… Tradition is used all over the world. Tradition is something that a lot of people believe in. Some people like to celebrate different events and do different things. Some people don't like to do the same thing all the time. They like to change things.…

… Effects' Female Genital Mutilation, or Female Circumcision as sometimes called, is the partial or complete removal of the female clitoris immediately after birth, few years after birth (early childhood), or several years after…

… disorders recognized as being transmitted primarily by sexual means. The more familiar STD's are AIDS, gonorhea, syphilis, chlamydia-related infections, genital herpes, candidiasis, nonspecific vaginitis, trichomoniasis, pediculosis, scabies, and urinary…