obesity was a turning point in the health of adults. They found that obesity had long-term effects on disability: exceeding the body mass index threshold of 30 was associated with premature disability for both men and women.
As we have researched, low-SES => higher addiction to TV
=> higher obesity => bad for later-life health
TV & Divorce
Divorce, which is becoming more unive
Global epidemic for public health (WHO)
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BMI(Body Mass Index)
WHO says “the most simple index used to classify overweight”
BMI= Weight / Height²
2530 : obesity
Obesity could cause severe risk of health problems(ex. 당뇨,
Obesity, 80 percent of consumers want this information. Only four states - California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Oregon - currently have laws that require the posting of nutrition information on menus and menu boards in restaurant chains. At the local level, Seattle, Philadelphia, New York City, Nashville, and San Francisco have menu labeling provisions in place.
States that passed legislatio
men’s admission rate to increasing economic inequality through 1980s and 1990s” (p. 1).
According to the article, the analysis has shown that “rising economic inequality is associated with higher rates of imprisonment” (p.28). This result suggests that if ‘sin tax’ makes the gap between the rich and the poor wider, which means increasing economic inequality, then the crime will als
men
- As an increasing number of men are interested in grooming their appearance, there have been created new words such as ‘metro-sexual, ‘cross-sexual’ and/or ‘uber-sexual’ for males who explicitly and continuously care about their appearance. For men in their 40s and 50s, there is also a new word ‘NOMU-jok’, to refer to the people who want to look good and ‘No More Uncle”.