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J&W Magazine, Summer 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Providence
J&W Magazine, Summer 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Providence
JWU Magazine
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Obesity, Educational Attainment, And State Economic Welfare, Martin W. Sivula Ph.D.
Obesity, Educational Attainment, And State Economic Welfare, Martin W. Sivula Ph.D.
Higher Education
For the first time in history, estimates of the overweight people in the world rival estimates of those malnourished. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2002) ranked obesity among the top 10 risks to human health worldwide. In the early 1960s, nearly half of the Americans were overweight and 13% were obese. Today some 64% of U.S. adults are overweight and 30.5% are obese. Even more alarming, twice as many U.S. children are overweight than were twenty years ago, a 66% increase. Non-communicable diseases impose a heavy economic burden on already strained health systems. Health is a key determinant of development …
J&W Magazine, Spring 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Providence
J&W Magazine, Spring 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Providence
JWU Magazine
No abstract provided.
Johnsonian 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Johnsonian 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Yearbooks
No abstract provided.
J&W Magazine, Winter 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Providence
J&W Magazine, Winter 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Providence
JWU Magazine
No abstract provided.
Affirmative Action: From Before Bakke To After Grutter, Peter Lehmuller, Dennis E. Gregory
Affirmative Action: From Before Bakke To After Grutter, Peter Lehmuller, Dennis E. Gregory
Administration Publications and Research
Affirmative action as a policy to solve past racism has existed since the civil rights movement in the mid-twentieth century. Since its inception there has been controversy as to whether affirmative action can stand legal scrutiny. If it can, then under what circumstances and for what programs may it be used? Since the "Bakke" case in 1978, a variety of lower federal courts have sought to determine whether diversity is a compelling state interest in higher education admissions and other related programs, or whether race may even be used as a factor in admissions. The recent Grutter and Gratz cases …
Johnsonian-Denver 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Denver
Johnsonian-Denver 2004, Johnson & Wales University - Denver
Yearbooks
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