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1. Obesity is a major ............... concern in America today. It is especially painful in teens, when self-
image can be shaky. Often,.......... hae come to hate e!ercise because they see it as a competition
thing where their physical awkwardness dooms ............. to failure. "arents want to help, and yet
many........... good intentions actually lead to greater weight gain. #ow can parents their obese teens$
One answer is .............participation in an e!ercise program. Often obese ..................teens come from
obese . %hen parents pressure .............. to e!ercise, while themseles indulging in an unhealthy
lifestyle, resistance is normal. &amily participation ................make lifestyle changes more fun, and
therefore less odious. &or best................ , change should be gradual--sudden dies into any e!ercise
progam rarely lasts-- and the focus should be on fun, and ................ on weight control or fitness.
"arents ............ pick e!ercise that does not include a competitie element--such as swimming, ..........,
hiking or biking--since obese teens tend to shy away .......... competitie sports. 'iet changes such as
fewer empty calorie snacks and less fast food, should be undertaken gradually and by the whole
family as a key to .......... health--not only by the obese teen. (oo often when diet ............are applied
only to the child with the )problem), they can seem like depriation or een punishment.
%hen the whole ............... is inoled, and attention is moed away from weight-control, and onto
fitness, health choices can be fun ................ *mpowering.
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-ost women in ,hana, %est , hae always combined an actie role in the economy, mainly as
farmers and traders, with an actie role as wies and of large families. (raditionally, ............helped
their mothers at home and at work, but now children go to ......... and can.t help as . #ow do working
mothers in ,hana cope their responsibilities in the home and on the job now$ (his article.............. the
changes that are taking place ,hana today.
-ost............. in ,hana--the educated and the illiterate, the urban and rural, the ............. and old--
work to earn an income in ............ to maintaining their roles as housewies and mothers. (heir
reputation for economic independence, self-reliance, and..................l work is well-known and
desered.
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-ost of ,hana.s working .............. are farmers and traders. Only one woman in fie, or een , can be
classified as simply housewies. *en these women often .............. money by sewing or by baking
and cooking things to . (hey also maintain egetable gardens and chicken farms. Indeed, the woman
who depends entirely upon her................. for support is looked upon with disfaor.
#ow do these working mothers .......... with their multiple responsibilities in the home and on the job$
(raditionally, the............ of motherhood hae been shared. -others and sisters, grandmothers and
nieces, all helped to .................. the children and carry out daily tasks, .................. housework, trading,
and farming actiities. As the family grew, ................ brothers and sisiters also helped to care for the
younger ones and helped in the home.
(oday, with more children ............ to school, with more people moing away ................... their
traditional homes where support from their family would be proided, how ........ the mother cope
with her many responsibilities$ /ot only must she continue ...............her income-producing
actiities, but she must take on such heay, time-consuming housework such as carrying water and
firewood, grinding and pounding, along her fre0uent burden of pregnancy, nursing, baby and
childcare.
1ome new ideas being tried. One of these is ................ planning to help reduce family si2e. ................
helpful solution is the day care center, but this is aailable mainly in ......................... areas, not in the
countryside, and usually the fees are too .............. for the poor. ,hanaians reali2e that more day care
centers are needed. ,hana today is looking..................... new ways to meet the needs of women and
their families so ...........................can continue to play their multiple roles in the .................. and in
the economy.
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