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Obesity

2009-02-05T22:40:30Z

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'''Obesity''' is a medical classification regarding an extreme and unhealthy level of excessive body weight. It is a more serious classification on the [[Body Mass Index]] (BMI) scale than ''overweight''. Some consequences of obesity include Type 2 [[diabetes]], strain on joints, and an increased risk of [[stroke]] and [[heart attack]]. Obesity has become more common in the [[United States]] and is increasing in many developed countries.

Obesity has many causes, including some that are choice and controllable such as sinful overeating ([[gluttony]]) and/or lack of exercise. It can also be caused by improper hormone production or other malfunctions of various brain structures, including in particular the [[hypothalamus]] (site of the reward pathways, [this action=release of serotonin=feeling of pleasure]) and [[thyroid]] gland.
Obesity is most dangerous among the children and the elderly, whose bones, [[liver]]s, and [[lung]]s are too weak to deal with the excess weight and fat. Obesity can significantly shorten a person's lifespan.

Many in the medical establishment consider obesity to be an illness<ref>[http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/4650.php Is Obesity a Disease?] Medical News Today</ref>, in the sense that it is a serious medical condition, but disagree about the root causes of non-hormone related obesity. The medical world is nearly unanimously agreed that obesity is a big problem in the Western world, and in fact becoming a problem world wide.<ref>"... when it comes to obesity—which dominates nutrition problems even in some of the poorest countries of the world—it is the calories that count." [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=eating-made-simple Eating Made Simple] - Scientific American</ref>

Liberals' answer to this problem has been to shift responsiblity from those who are overeating (not including people with medical factors that cause the problems), to regulating how much fat can be in foods, what foods can be served at what resturants, and trying to put financinal penalities on resturants that serve "fatty" foods.

The rise in obesity in more economically developed countries has correlated with in increase in liberalism. The rate of Obesity increase in the USA has corresponded with whether there has been a democrat or republican president in office. For example during Bill Clinton's presidency the rate of obesity increase was a staggering 10% higher than during [[Ronald Regan]]'s and [[George H. W. Bush]]'s presidency. <ref>http://www.obesityinamerica.org/trends.html</ref>

==World issues on Hunger vs. Obesity==
It has been noted that world obesity has risen, yet there is still an endless problem with starvation and hunger and malnutrition in both America and the world at large. A growing problem is food distribution being horded and poorly distributed by groups like the United Nations, as well as poor food choices made by the less fortunate who would rather spend limited dollars on treat-like foods than on (admittedly harder to cook and less tasty, but better for you) choices like beans, rice, and canned vegetables. Liberals tend to deny the roles of personal choice and problems like greed in the UN, rather blaming the "establishment" for the entire problem of both hunger and obesity.

==See also==
*[[American Medical Association]]
*[[Doctor]]
*[[Gluttony]]
*[[Naturopathy]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

[[category:diseases]]

Obesity

2009-02-05T22:39:33Z

BParry:

'''Obesity''' is a medical classification regarding an extreme and unhealthy level of excessive body weight. It is a more serious classification on the [[Body Mass Index]] (BMI) scale than ''overweight''. Some consequences of obesity include Type 2 [[diabetes]], strain on joints, and an increased risk of [[stroke]] and [[heart attack]]. Obesity has become more common in the [[United States]] and is increasing in many developed countries.

Obesity has many causes, including some that are choice and controllable such as sinful overeating ([[gluttony]]) and/or lack of exercise. It can also be caused by improper hormone production or other malfunctions of various brain structures, including in particular the [[hypothalamus]] (site of the reward pathways, [this action=release of serotonin=feeling of pleasure]) and [[thyroid]] gland.
Obesity is most dangerous among the children and the elderly, whose bones, [[liver]]s, and [[lung]]s are too weak to deal with the excess weight and fat. Obesity can significantly shorten a person's lifespan.

Many in the medical establishment consider obesity to be an illness<ref>[http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/4650.php Is Obesity a Disease?] Medical News Today</ref>, in the sense that it is a serious medical condition, but disagree about the root causes of non-hormone related obesity. The medical world is nearly unanimously agreed that obesity is a big problem in the Western world, and in fact becoming a problem world wide.<ref>"... when it comes to obesity—which dominates nutrition problems even in some of the poorest countries of the world—it is the calories that count." [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=eating-made-simple Eating Made Simple] - Scientific American</ref>

Liberals' answer to this problem has been to shift responsiblity from those who are overeating (not including people with medical factors that cause the problems), to regulating how much fat can be in foods, what foods can be served at what resturants, and trying to put financinal penalities on resturants that serve "fatty" foods.

The rise in obesity in more economically developed countries has correlated with in increase in liberalism. The rate of Obesity increase in the USA has corresponded with whether there has been a democrat or republican president in office. For example during Bill Clinton's presidency the rate of obesity increase was a staggering 10% higher than during [[Ronald Regan]]'s and George H W Bush's presidency. <ref>http://www.obesityinamerica.org/trends.html</ref>

==World issues on Hunger vs. Obesity==
It has been noted that world obesity has risen, yet there is still an endless problem with starvation and hunger and malnutrition in both America and the world at large. A growing problem is food distribution being horded and poorly distributed by groups like the United Nations, as well as poor food choices made by the less fortunate who would rather spend limited dollars on treat-like foods than on (admittedly harder to cook and less tasty, but better for you) choices like beans, rice, and canned vegetables. Liberals tend to deny the roles of personal choice and problems like greed in the UN, rather blaming the "establishment" for the entire problem of both hunger and obesity.

==See also==
*[[American Medical Association]]
*[[Doctor]]
*[[Gluttony]]
*[[Naturopathy]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

[[category:diseases]]

Rhodium

2009-01-29T00:31:34Z

BParry:

'''Rhodium''' was discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, in Rhodesia.<ref>http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/pages/rhodium.html</ref> It is commoly found in platinum ores and in the horn of the Rhinoceri. Rhodium is now produced by nickel refining and mining in [[Montana]], [[USA]].

{{Element | name=Rhodium | symbol=Rh | anumber=45 | amass=102.9055 amu | state=Solid | class=Transition Metals | cstructure=Cubic face centered | color=Silvery-white | date=1803 | discname=William H. Wollaston | origname=From the Latin ''rhodon'', meaning rose, as its diluted salts produce a rosy solution. | uses=Used as a coating to prevent wear on high quality science equipment as well as in headlight reflectors, telephone relays, fountain pen tips and aircraft sparkplugs. | obtained=Produced as a by-product of nickel refining, but is also found in its natural state in [[Montana]], [[USA]]. }}

== Discovery ==

Wollaston discovered it while on Safari in Rhodesia. He was studying local minerals and came across platinum ore. The baked the platinum ore at the equivalent of gas mark 5 (or 300 kelvin) and then proceeded to dissolve it in a solution of Sodium Potassamide.
When he added Hypochloric acid to this solution, rhodium was formed as a precipitate (changing the previously rosy solution into a bright green color.)

== Properties ==

== Uses ==

== References ==

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[[Category:Elements]]
[[Category:Metals]]

Rhodium

2009-01-29T00:31:04Z

BParry:

Rhodium

2009-01-29T00:30:49Z

BParry:

'''Rhodium''' was discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, in Rhodesia.<ref>http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/pages/rhodium.html</ref> It is commoly found in platinum ores and in the horn of the Rhinoceri. Rhodium is now produced by nickel refining and mining in [[Montana]], [[USA]].

{{Element | name=Rhodium | symbol=Rh | anumber=45 | amass=102.9055 amu | state=Solid | class=Transition Metals | cstructure=Cubic face centered | color=Silvery-white | date=1803 | discname=William H. Wollaston | origname=From the Latin ''rhodon'', meaning rose, as its diluted salts produce a rosy solution. | uses=Used as a coating to prevent wear on high quality science equipment as well as in headlight reflectors, telephone relays, fountain pen tips and aircraft sparkplugs. | obtained=Produced as a by-product of nickel refining, but is also found in its natural state in [[Montana]], [[USA]]. }}

== Discovery ==

Wollaston discovered it while on Safari in Rhodesia. He was studying local minerals and came across platinum ore. The baked the platinum ore at the equivalent of gas mark 5 (or 300 kelvin) and then proceeded to dissolve it in a solution of Sodium Potassamide.
When he added Hypochloric acid to this solution, rhodium was formed as a precipitate (chainging the previously rosy solution into a bright green color.)

== Properties ==

== Uses ==

[[Category:Elements]]
[[Category:Metals]]

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2009-01-28T23:52:04Z

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