Fad Diets
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4 pages in length. America's obsession with dieting has reached epidemic proportions to such an extent that the simple endorsement from a celebrity all but guarantees the product's wild success. Learning that a number of famous personalities engage in certain dieting fads is all many people need to hear to encourage them to jump on the bandwagon themselves without fully understanding the risks and failure rate of the given weight loss trend. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCFadDiets.rtf

Fast Food, Dietary Additives, and Other Food Concerns
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A 4 page overview of the contentions made by two authors regarding the potential danger in our current dietary patterns. This paper examines food from the perspective of its change over time and from the perspective of the big business entities that control it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPfoodMcDonalds.rtf

Fat-Free Foods & Weight Gain
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A 6 page paper examining issues related to the consumption of sugar based fat-free foods and weight gain. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Fatfree.wps

Fighting Cancer / Natural Preventions and Herbal Remedies
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A 13 page research paper on some of the more common alternative herbal (and other natural) preventions & remedies for cancer. High fiber diets and the use of Echinacea, Goldenseal, Ginsea, Cayenne, and many others are discussed and the evaluated with regard to their effectiveness and side effects (if any). A section is devoted to warning us about some of the more dangerous remedies that exist. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Herbalre.wps

Firefighter Deaths
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A 5 page paper which researches firefighter deaths due to heart disease and non-job related conditions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAffdie.rtf

Fitness and Health Promotion in the United States
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This 5 page report discusses the promotion of health and fitness in America. Creation of physical fitness programs during the 1960s was, in part, a reaction to the poor state of health of Americans that was brought about by the relative prosperity following the end of World War II. However, fitness promotion began much earlier in America than during the complacency of the 1950s. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWfit.wps

Food Addiction / The Body Knows
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A 3 page paper illustrating aspects of food addiction. Written as a narrative, the paper mentions many of the points of blame food addicts assign to their condition—mother was always heavy, too; everyone says it's only a matter of will power. But there are other, less obvious reasons some people eat without even being aware of it. Some of it can be habit, but it's also a reaction to stimuli that often are negative or a poor self image that needs physical reinforcement. There are organizations to help, just as there are for that one addicted to alcohol, but food is an insidious thing. The alcoholic can simply resolve never to drink again. The food addict is forced to relearn (or learn) why and when to eat. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Foodadd.wps

Food Addictions, Symptoms and Treatments
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This 10 page paper discusses various food-related conditions including food addictions, binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, and the obesity epidemic in the U.S. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVFoodAd.rtf

Food Allergies/Intolerances and Weight Gain
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A 7 page exploration of food allergies/intolerances. The author emphasizes that these allergies/intolerances can be directly associated with weight gain. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPwghtFd.rtf