certain way. Women and young girls are obsessively trying to change their physical looks to have the perfect body that is portrayed in all types of media, although most of it is photoshopped and airbrushed pictures. Negative body imaging can have bad consequences on women, this false conception of beauty gives women a feeling of dissatisfaction within themselves, which leads to health problems and sometimes suicides. How far will one go and at what price will we have…
Ever heard of, “Suffer the consequences”? I think that we all certainly have. From the time that were little kids till the time where we reach old age and become more and more dependent on other people. For women this always lingers in their head when they are to make the decision about pregnancy. More like the option of whether to get an abortion. Personally I am biased about the topic, so just for this time I will choose a side. Abortions are done for hundreds of reasons. Some of them being:…
excessively consumed by algae and aquatic plants. According to Dodds et al, cyanobacteria blooms, contaminated supplies of drinking water, and hypoxia are the known consequences of eutrophication. Chislock, M. F., Doster, E., Zitomer, R. A. & Wilson, A. E. (2013) quoted Lehtiniemi et al (2005), in their article: Eutrophication: Causes, Consequences, and Controls in Aquatic Ecosystems.…
attachments is a psychological connectedness that is lasting between individuals, Bowlby (1969) Due to this, it is an integral part in the way we develop relationships. However, if adversity does disrupt our attachment development, can this have consequences in the way we form future attachments or can the damage be reversible? Harlow (1958), through his study of monkeys, showed that early attachment disruptions can predict long term harm. One group of infant monkey were isolated over a long…
Looking down at our smart phones is not just causing us to bump into each other, it is causing us to become zombies. No we are not actually turning into a dead corpse, but we are losing social interaction which is basically the same thing. It’s ironic how these touch screen phones can actually make us lose touch. Addiction is defined as the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity. We live a very addictive lifestyle. Addiction is all around us: you can…
Garbage is spread everywhere, lives are lost, buildings are razed to the ground, and cars have been tossed like soccer balls. Actually, this would be the effects of a natural disaster.Earthquakes are among the dreadful consequences of nature that may cause loss of life and food shortage (Figure 1).In fact, earthquakes often happen when two rock plates encounter each other, creating friction. Due to the strength of the force, shock waves will be sent through the ground, creating an earthquake (…
says, “caffeine potentially leads to some spinal bone loss in postmenopausal women if they typically drink more than three cups, or 300 mg of caffeine, a day, but don 't get enough calcium in their diet” (Candy, 2013, para. 4). This is one of the consequences from caffeine of who people are unaware of. In society today, caffeine is consumed regularly in coffee, soft drinks, chocolate, however, there may be harsh side effects to this addiction. Now in present time caffeine is known to be in…
million people worldwide. Defined as the contamination of air, water, or soil by substances that are harmful to living organisms, pollution is at an all-time high. There are several types of pollution from various sources each having different consequences, all of which can be linked to major health issues. Whether it be a result of growing population numbers and increase in urbanization, or limitations in undeveloped areas, the need to acknowledge and address the health risks associated…
When you hear the word permanent, what do you think about? How about if you hear the two words permanent destruction, do you hear a ringing in your ears just from those two words? Do you ask yourself, what are the consequences from permanent destruction? Well, when I think of permanent destruction of forests, I come into realization all that’s at stake. According to Alina Bradford, a Live Science contributor, states “An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest, which…
The simple fact that life is harder the obese individuals in our population. Harder in terms of social and health consequences of obesity. These facts upset, anger and frustrate Dr. Shonkoff simply because obesity is entirely preventable. Unlike other deadly health ailments, obesity is preventable. He goes on and expresses his concerns about the future and if we don’t…