American’s twenty first century issues and concerns.SADIONA ABAZAJ p.p.1 (2)
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American’s twenty first century issues and concerns.SADIONA ABAZAJ p.p.1 (2)
- 1. American’s Twenty-First Century Issues and Concerns
- 2. America is a vast and complicated place, and its population is the most diverse and heterogeneous on the planet. But which are some of the basic issues that have been frequently discussed and debated so far in this century in America? How are they affecting the American’s future? Introduction
- 5. In the United States, as many as 10 in 100 young women suffer from an eating disorder and 15 in 24 die. Males suffer a lower rate of anorexia, but they too are sometimes afflicted, and have a higher rate of bulimia and binge-eating disorders than anorexia. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia, are on the increase among teenage girls and often run in American’s families
- 6. There are not enough national research funds have gone to study these disorders and the public doesn’t have enough good information on them that is why a lot of Americans are facing eating disorders.FOOD ISSUES
- 8. Experts estimate that most food borne illnesses could be prevented if the right measures were taken to improve the U.S. food safety system. The U.S. food safety system has not been fundamentally modernized since its inception over 100 years ago.
- 10. Without regular checkups and childhood vaccinations, individuals and society as a whole may suffer.
- 12. According to a 2005 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), obesity-related illnesses kill over 112,000 Americans each year.
- 13. 25-30 percent of school-aged children in the United States are overweight or obeseHEALTH CARE ISSUES
- 16. The days of high quality jobs with decent wages, security, and full health and retirement benefits are a thing of the past.
- 17. It is suggested that the American economy needs to add around 150,000 jobs each month just to keep up with population growth.
- 18. Over 15 million Americans are unemployed, an increase of 8 million from the start of the recession. Nearly 6 million of those are considered long-term unemployed. Almost 40% of jobless workers have been out of work for 27 weeks or more.