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The Husky Howler – 2020-21 Issue 8 April 2021 The Husky Howler Lagoon Opens Early Eating Disorders Can We Get Vac- Eating disorders are a big problem in our This Year! world. They are caused by depression, fear cines for Teens? of being fat, too much weight loss, etc. There are five different types of eating dis- orders. Anorexia nervosa: when you scared of gaining weight and you create bad eating habits and you lose too much weight. Bulimia nervosa: eating on day and not eating to reset. And only eating a little and exercising a lot can make you lose too many calories will cause you to vomit. Binge eating: eating a lot of food in a short amount of time. When they do this, they lose control and are unable to stop. Pica: eating nonedible things. Such Several new vaccines have been released recent- as soap, cloth, talcum powder or dirt, over ly. Many adults have had the opportunity to get a time of at least a month. Rumination dis- vaccinated, but this leads us to wonder: Are order: is repeatedly regurgitating food af- teens getting vaccinated too? Do we need them? ter eating. Are they just as effective on teens, as they are This year, Lagoon amusement park has opened up on adults of a certain age? Will we be able to early. The opening date was on March 20th just have a normal summer after getting the vaccine? before spring break. Lagoon opened their park ear- The website aappublications.org states, “The ly because the 2020 season was impacted by the AAP recommends everyone 16 and older who Covid-19 pandemic, which made it harder for peo- meet the criteria for a priority group get vac- ple to go to the park. The park is open to guests on cinated against COVID-19 and continues to weekends till early June 2021. The campgrounds push for trials in younger children and teens.” will open on May 8th and be available every week- But the available data on COVID-19 vaccines end until June when they open it up during the centers entirely on adults not kids or teens. Most week. children are not yet authorized to even receive Lagoon is known for some of its unique rides in- the shots that they give the adults. With an ex- cluding Cannibal which has one of the worlds big- Eating disorders should be focused on ception for 17- and 16-year-olds; last year, Pfiz- gest drops on a roller coaster. The ride takes you more often. 81% of 10-year olds are afraid er expanded its adult trial to these older teens. up a 208-foot tower descending at a vertical angle of being fat so they start eating less and Although few have been vaccinated, as the of 116 degrees. Another one of Lagoon’s unique less. Some of them break the habit and group is not prioritized to get the shots yet; The rides is Wicked. The riders start this ride through a some end up having an eating disorder. World Health Organization also recommended dark tunnel with a loud boom before launching up Every 62 minutes one person dies from emergency use of this vaccine for 16- and 17- a 110-foot vertical hill at 40 mph. The new ride, eating disorders. Which means 23 people year-olds. die a day from eating disorders. And 30 called Primordial, will not open until next season. But luckily, the work to fill in the data gap on million people in the U.S alone have eat- Construction was delayed by the pandemic. kids and COVID-19 vaccines is now gaining ing disorders. Be sure to get passes to lagoon this year. You steam. Pfizer is testing their vaccine in adoles- would not want to miss out on all the fun! There are things cents as young as age 12. Moderna is currently we can do to recruiting for a clinical trial for 12- to 17-year- -Taylor Sutterfield help. My friend olds and AstraZeneca announced the start of a and I, in my last trial for children ages 6 to 17. (These are all dif- school, did a ferent types of vaccines.) It would be Pfizer’s project on eat- vaccine, as the company is the farthest along ing disorders. It with testing in adolescents, that we would be was called the me to we project. We did more likely to get. research about eating disorders for about Although severe illness from COVID-19 is three months. We called eating disorder much less common in children than adults, kids clinics and asked if we could do anything. have not come out unscathed. More than three Most said they were good, but my friend's million cases of COVID-19 have been reported aunt worked at one. We ended up calling in children in the United States, according to the her and she gave us a few ideas. We chose American Academy of Pediatrics. Expected side to make blankets for the girls in the clinic. effects of the COVID-19 vaccines are pain at Here are some ideas for helping with the injection site, headache, and fatigue. awareness. Just the act of being aware is one of the nicest things you can do. I do But it is going to take getting everyone vaccinat- think we need to be more caring and kind ed to stop the virus so us teens can go back to to the people with eating disorders. I do school in a normal fashion — without masks, believe being aware, taking time to care, without having to social distance, without all of and loving them is the best thing you can the things that we’ve had to deal with this last do. Eating disorders are a big problem and school year. –Claire Brown we need to help. -Julia Torman Feature What Makes a A Young Talent She has been in 13 commercials, 7 prints, and Big Mac Special? 2 voice overs. She has managed to keep her young career a secret from her peers, until now. Her name is Clarie Brown, an actor and The Differences Be- a model for the TMG since she was two tween Leotards, Sin- years old! She does commercials with glets, and Unitards most of the people in her family, her sisters There are many different have been in many types and forms of leotards. productions with her. This includes your classic Claire says “I’m lov- leotards: the singlet and the McDonald’s is a well-known food chain res- ing it!”. How she unitard. The classic leotard taurant that you probably know about. If managed to keep it a is what you see the gym- you don’t, have you been living under a secret for so long is very impressive, she was nasts wear during the Olym- rock for the past 66 years? But I will be cov- discovered when a student found one of her pics. They look like a one- ering not the McDonalds chain itself but one ads on Pinterest and began to dig for more piece swimsuit. A leotard is of its most popular entrees they have, the information. When Claire realized her secret a one-piece garment that BigMac. The BigMac first debuted on April was definitely out she helped us find her ads covers the body from the 22, 1967 and was created by Jim Delligatti. and told us all about what she does. Claire crotch to the shoulder. It is normally made from It was originally called Aristocrat which Brown says “Its very fun, and I love skipping lycra or spandex. There are different sleeves that was changed because customers had trouble may be seen on this type of leotard. The main type pronouncing it. It then became the Blue- that you see have a tank top sleeve, the second ribbon Burger for a short time until finally most seen, mainly in competition, is the long sleeve Esther Glickstein Rose, a secretary for the leotard. There are also other variations for style. advertising team came up with the name A wrestling singlet is a one-piece BigMac which was laughed upon. But like tightly fitted, colored uniform. gum on a shoe, it stuck, and eventually be- They are tightly fitted so that it came the official name. After releasing, the will not give the opponent an ad- BigMac was a big success and is why it is school for it.” Sounds like reason enough for vantage of being able to grab the still on the menu to this day. But we haven’t her to continue working. Claire makes money other wrestler’s clothing. The yet answered the question of what makes it working for this company and she says “the bright colors make it so it is easi- special. Some people may say it’s the dou- money mostly goes to a college fund”. Good er for the referee to see which ble patty or three bun pieces, but the defin- opponent pinned the other. The ing specialty of this fine delicacy is the spe- singlet is normally made with cial sauce. This sauce was kept such a mys- spandex like most types of skin- tery that many people wondered about it and tight athletic clothing. tried to recreate it until McDonalds finally A unitard is a piece of released the sauce recipe to the public. The clothing with stretchy recipe is as follows mayonnaise, sweet pick- fabric that covers from le relish, yellow mustard, and ketchup with the neck to the knees or vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, and feet.