Truism Obesity reached epidemic proportions by the end of the twentieth century, with as many as thirty percent of adults and sixteen percent of children living in the United States being overweight ("Overweight and Obesity"). Being overweight is not just a matter of personal appearance. Rather, a range of health problems from heart disease to diabetes can be directly caused by eating too much, especially too much of the wrong foods. Fast food, junk food, and processed foods, available in huge portions for cheap prices, are driving factors in the American economy. However, because being overweight is a major cause of disease, obesity becomes an economic problem in America, taxing the medical system with unnecessary and preventable problems. Obese individuals essentially steal treatment services from individuals who suffer from diseases that could not be prevented through lifestyle changes. Overeating is also a slap-in -- the face for those who cannot afford to eat enough, an insult to common sense and human decency. Because of the stresses and strains that overeating causes friends and family members, overeating is a behavior that resembles drug abuse; many overeaters act like drug addicts. Overeating is an affront to the individual, to his or her family, and to his or her society, and overeating causes a number of ancillary problems such as increased waste production. Obesity can also cause harm to personal property, such as broken furniture. Because overeating directly harms human health and socio-economic...
Therefore, overeating is a psychologically damaging act even it is not a directly criminal one. However, overeating can be described as criminal because the behavior does directly endanger or outright harm the health and well-being of innocent people. Eating too much is criminal because it is overtly offensive. Gorging in public is no different than indecent exposure or smoking, and can be a visual affront to any community.
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Generally, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous programs also award members with sobriety chips or other methods of recognition or rewards symbolizing the successful maintenance of sobriety for specific periods of time. Effect The main activity of the Narcotics Anonymous meetings consists of individuals sharing their personal stories and experiences with other members of the group. In doing so, group members often become much more open and honest begin to realize that
He reminded everybody that the most important aspect of honesty was to always be honest with one's self and he congratulated all the new potential members for making the first step in addressing their problems by taking the initiative to come to the meeting. He asked for a show of hands from new prospects and several people sitting in the back raised their hands, after which the regular members
Introduction This field report covers two separate visits to a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting, both at the St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church, located at 6100 NW 24th Avenue in Miami, Florida. Both meetings started at 5:15PM and ended at 6:30PM. One of the meetings took place on Tuesday, November 28, and the other on Friday, December 1, 2017. Both meetings have a theme called “Inner City Recovery.” Located in the heart
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