Cycling – Creating the New Norm Martina Kahn Western Governors University WGU Student ID # 000390369 Cycling – Creating the New Norm Sitting down, whether in a vehicle, office or home, has become the principal offender in a worldwide obesity and diabetes pandemic that is damaging healthcare systems to the breaking point and increasing health risks to millions of overweight people. Administrations everywhere consider solutions that are economically feasible, easy to implement and improves patient
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Childhood Obesity Kendall Stubbs Western Governors University WGU Student ID #428887 Childhood Obesity Weight in children is a critical well-being issue in the United States. The overall life expectancy of Americans is declining for the first time in many years. Changes need to be made inside the home, in order for this issue to be resolved. The number of overweight adolescents has tripled subsequent to 1980, and the commonness among more youthful children has doubled. Looking at
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IS THE MONARCH HEADING FOR EXTINCTION? 1 The Monarch Butterfly: Is extinction in the near future for the Monarch? Samuel O. Dean Western Governors University WGU Student ID# XXXXXXXXX IS THE MONARCH HEADING FOR EXTINCTION? 2 Is the Monarch Heading for Extinction? The monarch butterfly is well known and easily recognized, as it inhabits many islands and continents of the world (Bradley & Altizer, 2005). Most of the monarch populations are solitary; they
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TASK 1 Application of Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing AngelitoArguelles WGU Student No. 000476784 A. The community that I have chosen for the assigned community assessment is Broomfield county in the state of Colorado. This particular county is fairly new in its inception. According to the city and county of Broomfield website’s constitutional amendment section (n.d.), the city of Broomfield became the city and county of Broomfield on November 15, 2001. Before then, the
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QBT Task 5 - WGU "Educational Budget Cuts" Educational budget cuts are becoming more prevalent. In turn, this is causing detrimental effects for students, teachers, parents and the community alike. A budget cut is when a school and/or district receives a certain budget that they must adhere to. They cannot go over this number. Budget cuts are becoming more strict and more money is needed to cut as times go on. Due to this happening, more important things are being cut and a lot more suffering
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YOGA: A PATH TO HEALING AND RECOVERY 1 Yoga: A Path to Healing and Recovery Leonel H. Herrera WGU 5/23/13 YOGA: A PATH TO HEALING AND RECOVERY 2 Yoga: A Path to Healing and Recovery In the introduction to Horton’s book 21st Century Yoga Culture, Politics, and Practice it illustrates how in the past 15 years yoga has gone from a cultural eccentricity to a $27 billion industry and is taught everywhere from spas to prisons (Horton, 2012). According to WEBMD Yoga has been practiced for more than
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The Effects Of Divorce On Children Mohamet Thiam Western Governors University WGU Student ID# 000204437 The Effects Of divorce On Children The society in general has a better view of divorce now days. According to Jolivet in one of her recent articles in 2011, if you compare the view of society about divorce in the 1950s when women who divorced were stigmatized and today when half of the marriage end in divorce, the view of society about divorce has truly evolved. The rapid societal
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Deep Impact: Fracturing Planet Earth for Clean Energy Deep Impact: Fracturing Planet Earth for Clean Energy 1 Name University WGU Student ID# Deep Impact: Fracturing Planet Earth for Clean Energy 2 Shale gas has been acclaimed as the solution for a clean energy alternative. It burns cleaner than both coal and oil. There are vast quantities located in several shale formations domestically, in the United States (U.S.). Natural gas is an odorless, colorless hydrocarbon composed mostly
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Company X Employee Handbook Thongsee K. Robbins (WGU Student #) Western Governors University Table of Contents Part A: Standard and Procedures…………………..…………………………………………………………Page 2 Purpose of this Handbook………………………………………………………………………...…. Page 2 Change of Policy…………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 2 Employment Forms……………………………………………………………………………………..Page 2 Dress Code Policy……………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 2 Part B: Training……………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Let Them Play! : Benefits of Sports Briana B. Western Governors University WGU Student ID #: ************ Let Them Play! Childhood sports have been proven to provide multiple developmental benefits to all children involved in such programs. The best way for kids to reap all the benefits of sports participation is to submerse them into a program which offers a positive environment with encouraging coaches who instruct with constructive criticism and work to “minimize negative
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