Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia - Obesity
Obesity is a condition where the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and mammals is increased to the point where...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Cultural And Social Significance
Obesity - Culture and obesity. In several human cultures, obesity is associated with attractiveness, strength, and fertility. Some of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Cultural And Social Significance
Obesity - Culture and obesity. In several human cultures, obesity is associated with attractiveness, strength, and fertility. Some of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central Obesity: Encyclopedia - Central Obesity
Central obesity (or 'apple-shaped' or 'masculine' obesity) occurs when the main deposits of body fat are localised around the abdomen and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-obesity Drug: Encyclopedia - Anti-obesity Drug
Anti-obesity drugs include all pharmacological treatments intended to reduce or control weight. Because these drugs are intended to alter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Socialism: Encyclopedia - Socialism
Socialism Part of the Politics series History of socialism Democratic socialism Christian socialism Communism Libertarian socialism Socia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Significance: Encyclopedia - Significance
Significance can refer to: statistical significance significant figures significance, a stock issue in policy debate. Other related ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Utopian Socialism: Encyclopedia - Utopian Socialism
Utopian Socialism is a term used to define the first currents of modern Socialist thought. Utopian socialists never actually used this na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture: Encyclopedia - Culture
The word culture, from the Latin colere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generally refers to patterns of human activity and the sym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Social Significance
In commerce, this generation is seen as an important target. Cellular phones, contemporary popular music, movies, television programs, vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Disease - Social Significance Of Disease
The identification of a condition as a disease, rather than as simply a variation of human structure or function, can have significant so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Software - Social Significance
Free software - Positive Social Outcomes. Free software is generally available at little to no cost (it is gratis). When free software...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Significant Other: Encyclopedia Ii - Significant Other - Social Science
Its usage in both psychology and sociology is different from its colloquial use. In psychology, a significant other is any person who has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gesture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gesture - Social Significance
Gestures play a major role in many aspects of human life. Many animals, including humans, use gestures to initiate a mating ritual. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Variability: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Variability - Social Significance And Valuation Of Human Variability
Human beings rarely give all possible values for a given parameter the same value, though not all people agree on the values or relative ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube - Cultural Significance
The Danube is mentioned in the title of a famous waltz by Austrian composer Johann Strauss, An der schönen, blauen Donau (By the Beautif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Freising: Encyclopedia Ii - Freising - Cultural Significance
Freising is one of the oldest settlements in Bavaria gaining importance by becoming a major religious center of Bavaria in the early midd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diner: Encyclopedia Ii - Diner - Cultural Significance
In television and cinema (e.g. The Iron Giant), diners and soda fountains symbolize the period of prosperity and optimism in the United S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Cultural Significance And Philosophy
The goth subculture is best seen as a late offshoot of romanticism and neoromanticism, with its fascination with the importance of the in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oak: Encyclopedia Ii - Oak - Cultural Significance
The oak is a common symbol of strength and endurance, and is the national tree of the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. A nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vega: Encyclopedia Ii - Vega - Cultural Significance
The star has been the subject of many 'firsts' in Astronomy; in 1850 it became the first star to be photographed, and in 1872 the first t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Type: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Type - Social Significance
In Nazi Germany much research was done to associate blood type with personal characteristics. Especially, researchers tried to associate ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Cultural Significance
Charlemagne's reign is often referred to as the Carolingian Renaissance because of the flowering of scholarship, literature, art, and arc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Cultural Significance
Charlemagne, being a model knight as one of the Nine Worthies, enjoyed an important afterlife in European culture. One of the great medie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlemagne - Cultural Significance
Charlemagne enjoyed an important afterlife in European culture. One of the great medieval literature cycles, the Charlemagne cycle or the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Constructionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Constructionism - Social Constructionism In Sociology And Cultural Studies
Berger and Luckman's work has been influential in the sociology of knowledge, including the sociology of science, where Karin Knorr-Cetin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Socialism In China Since The Cultural Revolution
In 1965, Wenyuan wrote a thinly veiled attack on the deputy mayor of Beijing, Wu Han. Over the six months that followed, on behalf of ide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Tai: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Tai - Cultural Significance
In total, there are 22 temples, 97 ruins, 819 stone tablets, and 1,018 cliff-side and stone inscriptions located on Mount Tai. A flight o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Central Obesity - Associations
Central obesity is common in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and Syndrome X, and it is associated with a statistically higher risk of he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sailor Fuku: Encyclopedia Ii - Sailor Fuku - Cultural Significance
Sailor fuku has a nostalgic charactistic for former students and is often associated with relatively carefree youth. Imitation Sailor Fuk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Verlan: Encyclopedia Ii - Verlan - Cultural Significance And Similar Phenomena In Other Languages
Verlan is not so much a language as a means to underline certain words. The fact that a lot of verlan words refer either to sex or drugs ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tocharian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Tocharian Languages - Cultural Significance
The existence of the Tocharian languages and alphabet was not even guessed at, until chance discoveries in the early 20th century brought...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haxey Hood: Encyclopedia Ii - Haxey Hood - Cultural Significance
Despite it being a very rough game there are very few injuries and little damage. Most injuries that there are come from too much beer be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Max And Moritz: Encyclopedia Ii - Max And Moritz - Cultural Significance
Busch's classic tale of the terrible two (now in the public domain) has since become a proud part of the culture in German-speaking count...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Campbell: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Campbell - Cultural Significance
Mary Campbell is widely known of in Northeast Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania, and is spoken of as an example of courage and fortitude. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Domestic Sheep: Encyclopedia Ii - Domestic Sheep - Cultural Significance
For centuries, sheep have had associations with many cultures, especially in the Mediterranean area and Wales, where they form the most c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sento: Encyclopedia Ii - Sento - Social And Cultural Aspects
Sento - Communication. The public bath is a very special area for communication and interaction. In normal life, most people define the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loyalty: Encyclopedia Ii - Loyalty - Social And Cultural
Loyalty, one can surmise, began with fellow-feeling for one's family, gene-group and friends. Loyalty comes most naturally amongst small ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palaestra: Encyclopedia Ii - Palaestra - The Palaestra As An Athletic Cultural And Social Center
The palaestra was a prominent feature in Greek society, the significance of athletic competition - and by extension, physical beauty - tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Dragon - Cultural Significance
Chinese dragon - Number nine. The number nine is considered lucky in China and Chinese dragons are frequently connected with it. For ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pickup Truck: Encyclopedia Ii - Pickup Truck - The Cultural Significance Of The Pickup
Pickup truck - The pickup in American culture. Americans have a special fondness for the pickup truck, and it has developed a mythos th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pickup Truck: Encyclopedia Ii - Pickup Truck - The Cultural Significance Of The Pickup
Pickup truck - The pickup in American culture. Americans have a special fondness for the pickup truck, and it has developed a mythos th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pickup Truck: Encyclopedia Ii - Pickup Truck - The Cultural Significance Of The Pickup
Pickup truck - The pickup in American culture. Americans have a special fondness for the pickup truck, and it has developed a mythos th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ole Worm: Encyclopedia Ii - Ole Worm - Scientific And Cultural Significance
In medicine, Worm's chief contributions were in embryology. The Wormian bones (small bones that fill gaps in the cranial sutures) are nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I Ching's Influence: Encyclopedia Ii - I Ching's Influence - Significance For Chinese Culture
From its mythological origins in prehistory (see Fu Hsi) and the earliest dates of recorded history in China, the I Ching has been added ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John 11:35: Encyclopedia Ii - John 11:35 - Cultural Significance
In some places in the western English-speaking world, the phrase "Jesus wept" is a common expletive, curse or minced oath spoken when som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Mosque Of Djenné: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Mosque Of Djenné - Cultural Significance
The entire community of Djenné takes an active role in the mosque's maintenance via a unique annual festival. This includes music and fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Separatism: Encyclopedia Ii - Separatism - Social/cultural Separatism
Queer nationalism, e.g. Lesbian-feminist separatism refers to the use of sexual orientation as a particular for of separatist political s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emotion: Encyclopedia Ii - Emotion - Relation To Cultural And Social Factors
Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse Sadness Sorrow Surprise It is not clear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Social Democracy 1945-70
As a result of the failure of the Popular Fronts and the inability of Britain and France to conclude a defensive alliance against Hitler,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-obesity Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-obesity Drug - Side Effects
Some anti-obesity drugs have severe and often life-threatening side effects. (See, for example, Fen-phen.) These side effects are often a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-obesity Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-obesity Drug - Limitations Of Current Knowledge
The limitation of drugs for obesity is that we still do not know fully the neural basis of appetite and how to modulate it. Appetite is c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-obesity Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-obesity Drug - Mechanisms Of Action
Anti-obesity drugs operate through one or more of the following mechanisms: Suppression of the appetite. Increase of the body's metaboli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May Fourth Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - May Fourth Movement - Historical Significance And The New Cultural Movement
The people in the movement talked about a wide range of different topics and to a wider range of people than ever before. Introducing 白...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Museums And Cultural Institutions In New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Museums And Cultural Institutions In New York City - Sites Of Historical Significance
List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City - World Trade Center Site. International Freedom Center World Trade Center ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Griffith University: Encyclopedia Ii - Griffith University - Sporting Social And Cultural
Griffith University also boasts a wide array of cultural, intellectual, sporting and social groups. One of the most notable groups on cam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laz Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Laz Language - Social And Cultural Status
Laz has no official status in either Turkey or Georgia, and no written standard. It is presently used only for familiar and casual intera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empty Nest Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Empty Nest Syndrome - Social And Cultural Factors
Empty nest syndrome has become more prevalent in modern times, as the extended family is becoming less common than before in earlier gene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Averroes: Encyclopedia Ii - Averroes - Significance
Averroes is most famous for his translations and commentaries of Aristotle's works, which had been mostly forgotten in the West. Before 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warsaw Ghetto: Encyclopedia Ii - Warsaw Ghetto - Social And Cultural Life In The Ghetto
Despite the enormous hardships of day-to-day life, the Judenrat and youth movements succeeded in organizing various institutions and orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Squash Sport: Encyclopedia Ii - Squash Sport - Cultural And Social Aspects Of Squash
The relatively small court and low-bouncing ball makes the game harder to master than its American cousin racquetball, as the ball may be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Status Of Religious Freedom In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Status Of Religious Freedom In Germany - Social And Cultural Dimension
While church and state in Germany are legally separated and have been so since the Weimar Republic, there remains the fact that any Germa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - The Crisis Of Socialism
Socialism as a self-conscious international movement has been in crisis since the demise of the Soviet Union because many people of socia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Constructionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Constructionism - Degrees Of Social Construction
Though social constructionism contains a diverse array of theories and beliefs, it can generally be divided into two camps: Weak social c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Constructionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Constructionism - The Anatomy Of A Social Constructionist Analysis
Social construction" may mean many things to many people. Hacking, having examined a wide range of books and articles with titles of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Constructionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Constructionism - The Anatomy Of A Social Constructionist Analysis
"Social construction" may mean many things to many people. Hacking, having examined a wide range of books and articles with titles of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Third World Socialism
During hundreds of years America was "the new world", and naturally, Europe became "the old world". Both the old and the new world became...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claddagh Ring: Encyclopedia Ii - Claddagh Ring - Significance
The ring's distinctive design features two hands clasping a heart surmounted by a crown. The elements of this symbol are often said to co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Socialism - Socialism And The Mixed Economy
As remarked above, some self-described socialists, especially those who identify as social democrats, but also including (for example) th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Constructionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Constructionism - Notes
[1] Numbering begins with 0 for consistency with Hacking's usage. [2] The distinction between "quarks themselves" and "our idea (or conce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Constructionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Constructionism - Early Precursors To Social Constructionism
In the tradition of sociology of knowledge, what seems real to members of a social class arises from the situation of the class, such as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Numerology: Encyclopedia Ii - Numerology - Esoteric Significance Of Numbers
The following summarizes the beliefs of some modern numerologists. The association of various meanings to specific numbers in the time of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Numerology: Encyclopedia Ii - Numerology - Esoteric Significance Of Numbers
The following summarizes the beliefs of some modern numerologists. The association of various meanings to specific numbers in the time of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Social Democracy To 1917
One of the first modifications of Marx's principles was made in the late 19th century, when many political theorists broke with the Marxi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Class: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Class - Sociological Class
Schools of sociology differ as to which social traits are significant enough to define a class, although when sociologists speak of "clas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Socialism And Communism 1917-39
Image:Leon-trotsky.jpg The aftermath of the First World War produced an upsurge of radicalism in most of Europe and also as far afield as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turbo-folk: Encyclopedia Ii - Turbo-folk - Social And Pop-culture Aspects Of Turbo-folk
Initially dismissed as benign lowbrow entertainment targeting consumers' basic instincts, turbo folk began to acquire a deeper social dim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Threefolding: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Threefolding - Three Kinds Of Increased Social Seperation
Steiner sought three kinds of Social Separations which has become known as Social Threefolding. Social Threefolding - Separation between...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Dynamics: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Dynamics - The Foundation Of Social Dynamics
Society and culture are things that we are emotionally bound to and have no immediate alternative for. Sociology and psychology deal with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Capital: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Capital - Definitions
In The Forms of Capital (1986) Pierre Bourdieu distinguishes between three forms of capital: economic capital, cultural capital and socia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Socialism - Socialism In China 1945-65
Through the Second World War, the Chinese Communists under the leadership of Mao Zedong and the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Tai: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Tai - Natural Significance
Mount Tai is a tilted fault-block mountain with height increasing from the north to the south. It is the oldest example of a paleo-metamo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bloke: Encyclopedia Ii - Bloke - Australasian Significance
While the term, strictly speaking, only means "man", the word "bloke" has been adopted into Australasian culture to mean substantially mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Social Psychological Theories
Some of the theories and topics within social psychology address issues which apply to individuals within an interaction, and some discus...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About Obesity: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Obesity
  Obesity As usual, the interpretation of this dream depends on you. You may be concerned about your looks and fear that you are ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Local Cultural Heritage: Social Studies Dictionary - Local Cultural Heritage
Definition and meaning of Local Cultural Heritage   Local Cultural Heritage People who share characteristics of race, ethnici...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Local Cultural Heritage: Social Studies Dictionary - Local Cultural Heritage
Definition and meaning of Local Cultural Heritage   Local Cultural Heritage People who share characteristics of race, ethnici...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ethnic Celebrations, Cultural Celebrations: Social Studies Dictionary - Ethnic Celebrations, Cultural Celebrations
Definition and meaning of Ethnic Celebrations   Ethnic and/or Cultural Celebrations Ethnic and/or cultural celebrations are s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Causes
Obesity - Causative factors. When energy intake exceeds energy expenditure, fat cells (and to a lesser extent muscle and liver cells) t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Causes
Obesity - Causative factors. Obesity is believed to be caused by excessive caloric intake accompanied with insufficient caloric expendi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Controversies
There is continuous debate over obesity, at several levels. While scientific evidence for particular risks and treatments is fairly firm,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Controversies
There is continuous debate over obesity, at several levels. While scientific evidence for particular risks and treatments is fairly firm,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Complications
Obesity, especially central obesity (male-type or waist-predomimant obesity), is an important risk factor for the "metabolic syndrome" ("...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Complications
Obesity, especially central obesity (male-type or waist-predomimant obesity), is an important risk factor for the "metabolic syndrome" ("...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Therapy
The mainstay of treatment for obesity is an energy-limited diet and increased exercise. In studies, diet and exercise programs have consi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Definition
Obesity is a concept that is being continually redefined. In humans, the most common statistical estimate of excess fat mass is the body ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Definition
Obesity is a concept that is being continually redefined. In humans, the most common statistical estimate of obesity is the body mass ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obesity: Encyclopedia Ii - Obesity - Therapy
The mainstay of treatment for obesity is an energy-limited diet and increased exercise. Although adherence to this regimen can cure obesi...   » Read the article