...1.- How body mass index has been associated with long work hours? Several studies conducted in Australia, Hong Kong and Finland have found that long working hours are associated with an increased risk of obesity and weight gain both males and females. Especially in Australia where the increase of long working hours per week between 1985 and 2005 from 22 to 30% in males and 9 to 16% in females. the minimum amount work hours is 49 hours a week. Individuals who work worked longer hours are more likely to report shorter sleep as well as a disturbances such as difficulty falling asleep and waking without feeling refresh. Individuals who worked longer hours voluntary sacrifice sleep duration in order to meet job demands as well as family and social commitments which produce stress and lack of relaxation. A cross-sectional studies conducted in Australia, the US, Europe, and Asia has found that short sleep is associated with an increased risk of obesity. The studies that follow up participants for several years demonstrated that short sleep produce weight gain in the participants. 2.- Which imbalance the hormones levels to produce obesity? People with short sleep have low caloric intake and expenditure, given that sleep deprivation often leads to changes in the structure of sleep stage and results in fatigue, daytime sleepiness, somatic and cognitive problems, and low activity levels. Previous studies indicate that sleep deprivation results in changes in levels of several hormones...
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...with obesity. I chose this topic because currently I am working in urology department in hospital X, I am always have the chance to deal with women experiencing stress incontinence. In current practice we will teach them behavioral intervention program (pelvic floor exercise and bladder training) to lower the severity of urine leakage. That is why I want to explore more on this issue and see whether the use of vaginal cones also effective in treatment with behavioral intervention program. Obesity is a common problem in developed countries, with an incidence of 33% (Roreyt 1998), this problem may directly leading to stress urinary incontinence (Ouslander 1996) which may hinder the normal daily life of an adult. In Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) policy, there are no guideline in related to treatment regarding stress incontinence, it is always depends on surgeon’s preferences. Therefore I want to search for research evidence in associated with treatment of urinary stress incontinence which may beneficial in my working place. Main Body The two answerable questions formulated using PICO tool are: Quantitative Question – In women with obesity, how does behavioral intervention program compared to vaginal cones influence the occurrence of stress urinary incontinence? Qualitative Question – How do obesity women perceive the method of behavioral intervention program in comparison to vaginal cones in regards to stress urinary incontinence? P – Women with obesity I –...
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...Project Title: Analyze the reasons for the increasing obesity epidemic in the developed world Introduction ‘Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health’ (World Health Organization, 2013). To accurately define obesity, one’s body mass index (BMI) is greater than or equal to 30 means he or she is obese (ibid). Obesity is increasingly spread all over the world and becomes a global health issue. According to WHO (2013), the population of the obese is twice larger than that three decades ago and more than 500 million adults are obese currently. Obesity can give a rise to the likelihood of getting other serious illness such as diabetes, cancer and CVD. Therefore, over 2.8 million lives are claimed by obesity directly or indirectly per year (ibid). Both developed and developing countries are experiencing this increasing obesity epidemic, but there are distinctions in the factors in these two kinds of areas. In comparison, the reasons in developed regions are more common problems and are more familiar to people living in urban areas. Investigation into the causes for the increasing obesity epidemic in developed countries gives the public a deeper understanding of obesity causes and helps governments make policies to tackle obesity crisis. Causes of this increasing trend are grouped into three categories in this essay, which are unhealthy food, excessive food consumption and lack of physical exercise. Unhealthy food Unhealthy food, food...
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...Attitudes”). A study done by Mediamark Research Inc. found that 60.2% of teens surveyed are stressed all the time or sometimes, and that 72.4% of the teens surveyed are stressed because they had a lot of school work ("Teens Want to Enjoy" 2-3). American teenagers are not the only ones with school related stress. In a survey done in Hong Kong, students were asked about what stressed them out, and school and standardized testing were the top two answers, with 25 of 40 and 27 of 40 students agreeing that those things stressed them out (“Are Teenagers Too Stressed?” 8). However, fretting about standardized testing isn’t just limited to teenagers in Hong Kong. It stresses American students out so much that it is not uncommon for a student to vomit during testing (Kalish). While these experts and studies have suggested that schoolwork and standardized tests are the specific problems that teens face, some teens might not agree, and it is necessary to find out; for this reason, my survey asks what is stressing teens out. While vomiting during a test is certainly a side effect of stress, there are many others as well. Teens experience both long term and short term problems from their stress. Some of the short term side effects are complaints of stomachache, headache, muscle pain, tiredness, withdrawal from people and activities, increased anger, and difficulty concentrating, according to Clea McNeely and Jane Blanchard in their book The Teen Years Explained: A Guide to Healthy Adolescent Development...
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...The McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries.[4][5] Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw its worldwide growth.[6] A McDonald's restaurant is operated by either a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. McDonald's Corporation revenues come from the rent, royalties, and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants. In 2012, McDonald's Corporation had annual revenues of $27.5 billion, and profits of $5.5 billion.[7] McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes, the company has expanded its menu to include salads, fish, wraps, smoothies, and fruit.[8] Headquarters McDonald's Plaza, located in Oak Brook, Illinois is the headquarters of McDonald's The McDonald's headquarters complex, McDonald's Plaza, is located in Oak Brook, Illinois. It sits on the site of the former headquarters and stabling area of Paul Butler, the founder of Oak Brook.[10] McDonald's moved...
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...Youth HONG KONG Hong Kong is home FEATURES Fitness and nutrition Pollution YouTubers HKFYG Cover image by 羅潤龍 by Yun Huang Yong https://www.flickr. com/photos/goosmurf/5899151996/ YOUTH HONG KONG published quarterly by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups EDITORIAL BOARD Rosanna Wong Elaine Morgan (Editor) Ada Chau (Assistant Editor) Angela Ngai Lakshmi Jacotă William Chung Henry Poon CIRCULATION (unaudited) 11,000-12,000 in Hong Kong, throughout the region and overseas VIEWS EXPRESSED are the authors’ and interviewees, may come from official sources, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board or publisher REPRODUCTION OF CONTENTS without written permission from the publisher is prohibited INTERVIEWS Elaine Morgan, Lakshmi Jacotă, Ada Chau PERSPECTIVES CONTRIBUTORS Ben Tse Elena Ng Mimi Mo Jessica Chan Ajmal Samuel Elaine Morgan SELECETD YOUTH SPEAK CONTRIBUTORS Lin Kristy, Ernest Chau Christy Chu Joy Pamnani Ivy Ho, Kevin Li Ho-lam, Gigi Chau Pansy Tam OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Virginia Addison Education Post Cathay Pacific Kate Yung Hilary Lok HKFYG unit staff TRANSLATION Henry Poon Ada Chau PHOTOGRAPHS Courtesy of HKFYG Very Hong Kong competition entrants, as captioned. Other photographs by Elaine Morgan, Ada Chau, acknowledged as captioned, or in public domain ARTWORK Sam Suen, DG3 DESIGN, LAYOUT & PRINTING DG3 Asia Ltd ISSN 2071-3193 WEB youthhongkong.hkfyg.org.hk CORRESPONDENCE to The Editor, Youth Hong Kong, 21/F, The Hong Kong Federation...
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...In the past few weeks, I worked with my group on our company’s expansion strategy into Hong Kong. From this group work experience, I was able to relate our teamwork to exiting theories on multi disciplinary decision making approach and group theory as well as other contents that I learned throughout this course such as importance of cultural distance and understanding personality in building an effective team. In this reflective essay, I will briefly explain above mentioned theories and link it to my experience in this group work and talk about how I can utilize my learnings in the future. Multi disciplinary decision making approach is one of the decision making models in which it attempts to take all role-players and stakeholders’ perspectives into account in reaching objectives. It is based on Singer and Churchman’s (1971) concept of unbounded systems thinking which assumes that any problem can cause effect to surrounding...
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...Junk Food and Child Obesity Jaya Sinha Childhood obesity has become a prominent health issue in developed countries and has now gained access in the developing world as well. Secular trends indicate increasing prevalence rates of childhood obesity in India, from 9.8% (2006) to 11.7% (2009). Similar increase can be seen in other developing countries; 4.1% (1974) to 13.9% (1997) in Brazil and from 12.2% (1991) to 15.6% (1993) in Thailand. Important determinants of childhood obesity include poor dietary habits, sedentary lifestyle, high socioeconomic status, unawareness and false beliefs about nutrition, marketing by transnational food companies, increasing academic stress, and poor facilities for physical activity. Obesity among children has medical as well as psychosocial impact leading to huge economic impact on the individual family, health sector as well as the country. Successful prevention/reduction and management of childhood obesity requires a multilevel approach involving the family, school, peer group, government and the society as a whole. Introduction Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally and its prevalence has doubled in the last two decades (1). Over the last 5 years, most developing countries have reported prevalence rates of obesity (inclusive of overweight) > 15% in children and adolescents aged 5–19 year (2–4). Childhood obesity is increasing at an alarming pace in India, giving rise to adult diseases in youth, like high blood pressure...
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...Chinese Economy in 1978 Economic reforms introducing capitalist market principles began in 1978 and were carried out in two stages. The first stage, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, involved the de-collectivization of agriculture, the opening up of the country to foreign investment, and permission for entrepreneurs to start up businesses. However, most industry remained state-owned. The second stage of reform, in the late 1980s and 1990s, involved the privatization and contracting out of much state-owned industry and the lifting of price controls, protectionist policies, and regulations, although state monopolies in sectors such as banking and petroleum remained. The private sector grew remarkably, accounting for as much as 70 percent of China GDP by 2005,[4] a figure larger in comparison to many Western nations[citation needed]. From 1978 to 2010, unprecedented growth occurred, with the economy increasing by 9.5% a year. China's economy became the second largest after the United States and is projected to become the world's largest economy by 2025. Natural Resources Land Resources - China has 9.6 million square kilometres land area, accounting for 22.1% of the land area of the Asian continent, and accounting for 6.4% of the world's land area, it is one of the countries which have a vast area of land. China's abundant land resources has two significant geographical features. The share of mountains which have higher elevations and greater volatility (including hill, mountainous...
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...1 SBS 600: EFFECTIVE CAREER PLANNING FOODCORP PRE-READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS NOTE: PLEASE BRING THESE MATERIALS WITH YOU TO CLASS Prepared by: Professor Regina O’Neill Suffolk University Sawyer School of Management 617-573-8393 roneill@suffolk.edu 2 Table of Contents Page Overview of Foodcorp and Management Simulations..…………. Foodcorp Organizational Chart ……..………………………….... Foodcorp Annual Report…………………………………………. Possible Business Week Reporter Visit………………………….. Retaining the New York Consulting Group……………………... Comparison Data of Leading Food Companies…………………. New Channels of Distribution…………………………………… Highlights of Presentation to International Society of Industry Analysts ……..………..….………….. Financial and Market Data……….……………………………… Product, Plant, and Warehouse Update...……………………….. Portfolio Planning Matrix………………………………………... Demographic and Market Analysis (Domestic and International). Operating Group’s Organizational Structure……….……………. Task Force Recommendations……………………………………. Results of Customer Service Study………………………………. International Operations…………………………………………. Foodcorp SPOT Analysis…………………………………………. Personal SPOT Analysis………………………………………….. 1 2 3 15 16 17 22 24 27 30 33 35 37 40 43 45 47 48 3 Overview of Foodcorp and Management Simulations Foodcorp International is a hands-on behavioral simulation that is run in teams. Participation involves an intensive, interactive experience which differs dramatically...
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...Introduction The Coca-Cola Company Limited is the world's largest beverage company and is the leading producer and marketer of soft drinks. Due to the facing of highly competition in the market, the Company used more than million dollars in the R& D, marketing and production, in order to design a new product to gain a higher margin. This report is mainly focusing on how Coca-Cola Company Limited uses strategies in order to competitive in the mature market. Firstly, the issues of the Company will be identified, and then SWOT analysis of the company will be conducted. After that, evaluation of alternative strategies will be stated and finally recommendations and implementation will be given. Background Coca-Cola Company Limited is the world largest offerer of non-alcoholic beverages and the most valuable firm in the world. They owned over 300 brands in over 200 countries and serving carbonated soft drink and non-carbonated beverages such as fruit juice, fruit drink, sports drinks, coffees and bottled water. Coca-Cola Co. is operating in their existing brands, and also develops new global and local brands and acquisition of the global or local brands. In 2002, the company has launched new brand product including Diet Lemon Coke, Vanilla Coke and large varieties of fruit taste Fanta including lime, grape, strawberry and passion fruit in Australia. The company has also acquired many new international water brands such as Danone Waters, Sparklettes, Alhambra and Evian brands...
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...1. INTRODUCTION This report is to analyze the global issues related to a Malaysian based company, Power Root Berhad. PESTEL analysis, marketing mix (4 P’s) and other conceptual frameworks are utilized to analyze and explain Power Root’s expansion strategy or international business activities. 2. COMPANY DESCRIPTION Power Root was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Malaysia and is a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. Power Root is a market leader in premium health beverages. Power Root’s company share is 19.9% in the coffee industry in Malaysia as shown in Appendix 4. The company develops, manufacture and distribute variety healthy and functional beverage products fortified with Eurycoma longifolia Jack or "Tongkat Ali", Labisia Pumilia or "Kacip Fatimah", ginseng, honey dates, oligofructose and collagen. Such beverage products are ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee, RTD tea, RTD chocolate malt drinks, RTD cereal, sports drink and energy drinks under the brands which is wholly-owned by the Power Root like Alicafé, Per’l Café, Ah Huat white coffee, Per’l Choco, Oligo, Alitea, 9 Spot and Power Root. The Power Root exports their products directly in 35 countries where mainly are from Middle East and Africa under one global brand name which is Alicafé. Over the years, Power Root has invested their time and effort to develop the export markets with the view of replicating the success experienced in Malaysia. 3.1. MISSION Power Root’s mission...
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...Christopher Abrogena NUR 440 Vulnerable Population and Self- Awareness Professor Nita McGee-Cornelius PhD, PMHNP-BC, MSN, RN 07/15/2013 Introduction “Vulnerability is a general concept meaning “susceptibility” and has a specific connotation in health care—“at risk for health problems.” According to Aday (2001), vulnerable populations are those at risk for poor physical, psychological, or social health. Any person can be at risk statistically by way of having potential for certain illnesses based on genetic predisposition (Scanlon & Lee, 2007)(Chesnay 2012). A vulnerable population that I would like to focus on is the island of the Philippines and its people. There are many factors that make this country and its people vulnerable. Being a third world country, the Philippines have many people that live at or below the poverty level. Many Filipino’s live in areas that are susceptible to disease, flooding, and other factors that endanger their life style. In some of these areas, or provinces, a lot of the houses are made of sheet metal, dirt, and even trash. These living conditions leave Filipino’s vulnerable to disease from the trash, water and the many animals and insects that roam around their living spaces. Demographics As of the 2012, the demographics of the Philippines contained the following statistics. The population of the Philippines is estimated to be around 103,775,002 people. The birth rate is 24.98 births per 1000 people. The infant mortality rate...
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...ANALYSIS OF COCA COLA COMPANY Ltd. Introduction Coca-Cola Company Limited is the world’s largest beverage company as well as the leading producer of soft drinks. The company has spent millions of dollars in the research and development as well as marketing and production in order to create a new unique product to gain the advantages in the so-competitive market. This report is basically focused on how Coca-Cola Company Limited can analyze the market situation and use the best strategies in order to compete with other competitors in the global market. This report will also include the SWOT analysis of the company and the problems the company faced. The strategies used, recommendations and plan implementations will also be examined in this paper. History and Background Coca-Cola Company Ltd. starts from the discovery of Coca-Cola mixture by the Dr. John Pemberton who tried to mix the caramel mixture with carbonated water. In the first few year, he only sold one kind of products, but now is the wold largest producer of non-alcoholic beverages. Coca Cola Company Ltd.. is listed as the most valuable firm in the world. They owned over 300 brands in over 200 countries and serving carbonated soft drink and non-carbonated beverages such as fruit juice, fruit drink, sports drinks, coffees and bottled water. Not only preserving and operating in their existing brand, Coca-Cola Co. also develops new global and local brands to reach, attract and satisfy broader range of consumers...
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...Krispy Kreme Case Study FINA 470-01 Strategic Financial Management Company Overview: Krispy Kreme is a retailer and wholesaler of “high quality doughnuts and packaged sweets” (2010 10-K report) as well as various beverages. Krispy Kreme consists of stores and franchises that include domestic and international franchises, company stores and the KK Supply Chain. Krispy Kreme is also the sole provider to all their stores and franchises of the ingredients and equipment needed for store operations via the KK Supply Chain. Notably, neither equipment nor ingredients can be purchased from any other vendor and thus the franchises/stores are completely dependent upon Krispy Kreme. Vernon Rudolph acquired the Krispy Kreme recipe from a New Orleans chef and moved to Nashville and opened his own doughnut shop in 1937. Initially selling to grocery stores, he ended up cutting a hole in the building to sell to passersby who inquired about buying hot donuts directly from the bakery. Mr. Rudolph patented Krispy Kreme in 1939. Family members joined the bakery to help Rudolph meet rising demand for his doughnuts. Rudolph invented and built all his donut making equipment. To date, the company still uses only company made equipment. Other stores started popping up around the south in the 1950s and 1960s as the company quickly expanded. Rudolph died in 1973 and as the company began to flounder, it was sold to Beatrice Foods in 1976. Original franchisees repurchased the company...
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