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    1. Explain and Describe the ‘Fad Diets’. A fad diet is any diet that encourages short term change in eating behaviour and promises quick dramatic weight loss results without a scientific basis. They get popular very quickly but fall out of favour very soon as well because they cannot be sustained in long term and they are usually not very healthy, leading to many serious health problems. Generally, all fad diets share the same characteristics, such as: a) promise a quick fix (more than 5 or more

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    enough. Instead, weigh yourself once every two weeks. While we mentioned the danger of fad diets above we believe it’s important to stress some of those that we are talking about. These are popular diets that many people believe are harmless ways to help lose weight and in reality, they put your health at risk. Despite statements to the contrary there is no scientific evidence to back any of these diets.

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    Fad diets and obesity Fad diets are weight loss plans or aid that claim to result really quickly. It promotes “magical” combination of foods. It is very unhealthy since it usually excludes or restricts a particular type of nutrients. The restriction of some nutrients causes a lot of health problems. And usually the weight lost during a fad diet is quickly restored when the person starts eating normally again. Even though fad diets don not work, they are very popular since a lot of people

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    (Fromme) Patricia Diane Krenwinkel was born on December 3, 1947 to an insurance salesman father and a homemaker mother. At one point in her life she was very overweight, and overcame this problem only after getting hooked on diet pills supplied by her junkie sister. Even after she lost the weight young Patricia still felt very ugly and unloved. This was partly due to an endocrine problem that caused an excess of hair on her body. When Patricia was seventeen her parents divorced

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    Delving into the Trinity Grammar haircut saga, during the crisis phase, there are several concerns which enraged the stakeholders, namely the School Council’s decision to sack Brown, its passive attitude, and empty promises. While the trigger event was unstable, the suddenness and negativity impacted attribution. Using the three attribution dimension, the Trinity Grammar haircut saga dons a high personal control, low external control, and a locus in the actor which could strengthen the perception

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    Why is the speech of Viscount Sankey in Woolmington v DPP [1935] All ER1; [1935] AC 462; (1935) 25 Cr App R 72, important?" This essay will explore (Woolmington 1935) and develop an understanding as to why (Fosters Crown Law 1762), (Sankey’s golden thread speech 1935) and the exceptions played a significant importance in the case of Woolmington v DPP. In the case of Woolmington he had shot his wife, Violet who had left him to go and live with her mother, Woolmington claimed he accidentally shot

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    Duty of care Issue: Does defendant (David or the Bright Smiles Dental Surgery) owned duty of care to plaintiff (Tony)? Rules: * The neighbour principle: In Donoghue v Stevenson1, Lord Atkin concluded that we all owe a duty of care to our “neighbors”, meaning those persons who we should have in mind when we are contemplating actions that we take as we go about our business and private lives. * Neighbour Defined: “My neighbors are persons who are so closely and directly affected by

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    On the morning of August 9, 1969, three LAPD officers arrived at 10050 Cielo Drive (Bugliosi 7). The scene that awaited them was horrendous. In the driveway, in a parked car, the body of Steven Parent was found. He was shot four times and stabbed once. Laying about eighteen or twenty feet past the front door of the house, Voytek Frykowski had been shot twice, beaten over the head with a blunt object thirteen times, and stabbed fifty-one times. Also discovered on the lawn was coffee heiress Abigail

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    When country music began in America, there were no professional musicians. The typical musician sang only to entertain himself, his family or at local events. There is evidence of square dance-like events as far back as the 1830s (with origins in European country dancing). At first, most country music was either sung by itself or played on a lone fiddle or banjo. A good fiddler was a very popular person and was often asked to perform at events ranging from weddings to cattle drives. There was no

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