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Being fat 'is as bad as smoking' |
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Monday, 02 March 2009 11:03 |
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 It has been estimated that, by 2012, there will be 1m obese children in England. Being overweight or seriously underweight as a teenager curbs life expectancy as much as smoking 10 cigarettes a day, a study suggests. |
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Diet, exercise could cut cancer rates by third |
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Friday, 27 February 2009 08:55 |
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 A third of common cancers could be prevented if people shifted to a sounder diet, exercised more and controlled their weight, researchers said on Thursday.
The figure does not include the benefits of tackling cancer by stopping smoking. Tobacco use alone accounts for about a third of cancers. |
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:29 |
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By : Rupa Damodaran  KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia has cut its benchmark interest rate again, this time down to two per cent to help lower borrowing costs and support domestic demand. In a statement yesterday, the central bank said the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) -- which determines banks' lending rates -- would be reduced by another 50 basis points while the ceiling and floor rates of the OPR have been reduced to 2.25 per cent and 1.75 per cent respectively. |
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Telling Us to Go Shopping - A Look Back at Bush's Economic Missteps |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 14:49 |
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By JUSTIN FOX 
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Bush didn't call for sacrifice. He called for shopping. "Get down to Disney World in Florida," he said. "Take your families and enjoy life, the way we want it to be enjoyed." Taken on its own, this wasn't such a horrible sentiment. But Boston University historian Andrew Bacevich has made a convincing case that it was part of a broader pattern of encouraging financial irresponsibility. "Bush seems to have calculated — cynically but correctly — that prolonging the credit-fueled consumer binge could help keep complaints about his performance as Commander in Chief from becoming more than a nuisance," Bacevich wrote in the Washington Post in October. Now we're paying the bill. |
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How Consumers Shop Differently Today |
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009 16:25 |
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By Sean Gregory Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009  The American shopper is dazed and confused. What do I really want, versus what do I really need? Sure, I can afford the plasma television now, but should I save that $2,000, in case I get laid off tomorrow? Can I really tell my snobby friends that I now shop at — egads — Walmart? To gauge the mindset of the American consumer, and the state of shopping during this recession, TIME checked in with respected retail expert Paco Underhill, the CEO of Envirosell, a consulting firm, and author of Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping. |
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