Fight Against Fat Shifting to the Workplace

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Corporations, such as Sprint and Union Pacific Railroad, are using a variety of strategies to help obese employees with their weight reduction efforts or assist other employees in avoiding weight increases. Companies are reacting to an HHS report that revealed obesity generated a price tag of $117 billion in 2000 and is responsible for 300,000 annual deaths. What is evident is that technological innovations contribute to less physical movement and activity in the workplace, a slower metabolic pace and more impact on weight gain.

Government domestic functions, Corporations, Services information, Services, Social policy, Obesity, Weight loss

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A 21st-Birthday Drinking Game Can Be a Deadly Rite of Passage

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Lawmakers and police officers differ on how to stop a dangerous birthday practice in which 21-year-olds try to drink 21 shots in an hour.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Drinking places, Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages), Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Bars, saloons, etc., Bars (Drinking establishments), Young adults, Alcohol, Alcohol poisoning

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Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here

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The popularity of creating one's own Internet broadcast for others to download is growing.

Product development, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Internet multimedia broadcasting, Internet broadcasting

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