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Big Benefits Are Seen From Eating Less Salt |
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Saturday, 23 January 2010 07:42 |
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Source: http://www.30yearchallenge.com/wp-content/uploads/salt.jpg By PAM BELLUCK
Published: January 20, 2010 In a report that may bolster public policy efforts to get Americans to reduce the amount of salt in their diets, scientists writing in The New England Journal of Medicine conclude that lowering the amount of salt people eat by even a small amount could reduce cases of heart disease, stroke and heart attacks as much as reductions in smoking, obesity and cholesterol levels. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 23 January 2010 07:48 |
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Malaysians not ready to give up subsidies, says Ismail |
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:10 |
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By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal PUTRAJAYA, Jan 18 — Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob believes that Malaysians are generally not ready for a total scrapping of fuel subsidies, and that the government would only do so if there was a consensus from the public. His response came despite internal government discussion that removing all subsidies in the country could save Malaysia some RM50 billion a year. The government currently subsidises fuel, gas, flour and sugar. |
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Loan sharks force 100,000 families into debt this year |
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Monday, 18 January 2010 22:23 |
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 Households in £82 million debt to illegal lenders after taking out doorstep loans to fund Christmas More than 100,000 of the UK’s poorest families will be crippled with £82 million of debt this year, after borrowing from loan sharks to fund Christmas, research has found. Families took out an estimated £29 million in illegal doorstep loans over the festive period, at an average of nearly £300 per household. With interest rates on illegal loans averaging 825 per cent, households can expect to pay back over £800 during 2010. This suggests many families will still be paying off their debt next Christmas. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2010 22:31 |
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Screen kids for obesity, recommends US panel |
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:02 |
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Published: Monday January 18, 2010 MYT 1:30:00 PM
CHICAGO: An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behaviour treatment if they need to lose weight - a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children.
Treating obese kids can help them lose weight, the panel of doctors said in issuing new guidelines Monday. But that’s only if it involves rigorous diet, activity and behaviour counselling. |
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Monday, 18 January 2010 17:16 |
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 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — While it appears that the government has decided on a piecemeal removal of subsidies, some Cabinet members, senior government officials and economists believe that a complete withdrawal would benefit the country more. The Malaysian Insider understands from government officials that a total removal of subsidies for fuel, gas, flour and sugar could save the government up to RM50 billion a year. Some Cabinet members and government officials are understood to be mulling the idea of biting the bullet, instead of doing it little by little. |
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