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…captured suffered horrendous torture; “…and confining the rebels under conditions of unspeakable duress and famine: conditions such that, beginning by eating the children, they progressed to the women, and did not altogether abstain from even eating one another…

…to Canadian identity ridiculous, it is a very deep and layered example which justifies the character’s reasoning. As Canadians, we pride ourselves on bing a ‘mosaic’ culture, but we are not so open to different ways and customs (“a foreign presence in the stall…

…exercise, taking laxatives, and throwing up, can cause one's body to become short on electrolytes, which is extremely unhealthy (2). Anorexia is a similar condition in which one loses exorbitant amounts of weight often by eating very little and vomiting what…

…that Robyn is very malnourished. Robyn's mother commented that Robyn's eating habits had changed drastically. She used to be involved in meal preparation. Now she's nowhere to be found at meal times. Robyn always claimed she had already eaten, wasn't feeling…

…nervosa, or bulimia, involves bingeing and purging. Bingeing is eating large amounts of food in a short amount of time. Purging is the attempt to rid the body of that food by inducing vomiting, taking laxatives, abusing diuretics to increase urination…

…survey of adolescent girls, the media is their main source of information about women's health issues (EDAP). In those surveyed, 38% of girls had attempted to lose weight using unhealthy eating habits, and they included binge and purge diets, diet pills…

…was for students between ninth and twelfth grade. Fifty-one percent of the students are current drinkers, and thirty-two percent are binge drinkers (www.mdch.state.mi.us/dch/chi02.htm). Binge drinking is defined as “the consumption of five or more drinks in a row…

…alcohol use in the past year and 41% reported binge drinking (CSPI). By 1997, alcohol use by seniors had dropped to 75% and binge drinkers had fallen to 31% (CSPI). Age-21 laws also help to keep kids healthy by postponing the onset of alcohol use. Deferred…

…that is the age of a legal adult, it is not constitutionally correct to set the drinking age at the federal level, and because it will cut the numbers in binge drinking. At age eighteen the government feels that you are responsible enough to vote, serve on a jury…

…and there will be less binge drinkers. With 10.6 million teens consuming alcohol within the last year, the legal alcohol drinking age must remain at twenty-one to preserve the health and welfare of America’s youth. Alcohol has a very toxic effect on the human body. Alcohol…