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...January, the average American gains 2-3 kg. This is a problem for all Westerners - especially children, who are increasingly at risk for obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Candy and other sweets marketed to kids are double health risks. Not only are they packed with calories that tend to get stored as extra kilos, but their high sugar content can also cause blood-glucose levels to spike - a particular concern for diabetics, whose insulin can't even out those peaks efficiently. But the holidays are a minefield we can navigate, doctors and dietitians insist. By enforcing a few simple rules...
Terry summed up the importance of Friday night’s event, stating, “Some people tend to run away from problems they think are too large, like homelessness, and retreat into their own lives. I think that we can enjoy our lives at the same time we help others and last night is more proof of that...
...Whenever we’re bored, we tend to watch it,” Ahn says. The group’s most devoted members indulge freely—in two weeks time, Ahn herself has had a quadruple helping. But the allegiance does not stop there. In addition to boughs of holly and a real Christmas tree, Ahn and her roommates decided to use Love Actually as a decorative theme. Any passerby will see their door draped with a red ribbon—“like the cover of the DVD,” Ahn explains?...
...curious “Lacrosse guy” and the classic “freshman couple in love.” The show is based on “how we [students] see things here at Harvard,” says Pepi, who also admits that the writers tend to “blow up stereotypes” for the enjoyment of their viewers...
...While established democracies operate on the principle that dividing the electorate over the direction of a nation is an essential part of the political process, national liberation movements tend to prize unity above all else. And that tradition may yet compel Barghouti to back down. (In doing so, of course, he would not only demonstrate his dedication to the greater good, but also put down a marker for his own claims to succeed the aging Abbas within a few years.) Still, by declaring his candidacy in the first place, Barghouti has exposed the massive fissures at the heart of Palestinian...