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Carol Devine, the lead author of the study, which was published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, launched the analysis after a 2006 study that she had conducted revealed that participants' work schedules were a primary obstacle to better nutritional habits. "Working parents are really busy people," she says. "We wanted to delve into this group and figure out what it was about their jobs that might influence the food strategies they used...
There are so many. Biologically, they're so close to us. Their brain is almost identical. We have fascinating similarities in social behavior: kissing, embracing, holding hands, shaking the fist. These things are done in the same context that we do them and clearly mean the same kinds of thing...
...education classes and potentially in high-school civics or human-development classes as well. The government should also purchase TV and radio advertisements warning about distracted driving. Gory public services announcements will help in the short term, but we should also try to send messages that reinforce good behavior, such as praising those who don’t text by calling them smart drivers or responsible citizens...
...maximize its effectiveness, a national bill on cellphone use in cars should be enacted quickly. While text messaging has been around for a decade, its recent proliferation means that etiquette is still changing and attitudes toward acceptable behavior are still receptive to molding. Americans need to get the message immediately that texting while driving is seriously unsafe, lest the notion that one must text back immediately, no matter the activity, become a permanent part of our culture...
Wendell Potter may be the ideal whistle-blower. The former head of corporate communications for health-insurance giant Cigna, Potter turned against his old colleagues in June to testify before a congressional committee about what he viewed as the health-insurance industry's "duplicitous" behavior in the current health-reform debate. In his testimony, Potter outlined specific techniques insurers employ to "dump the sick" and protect stock price at all costs. His testimony was logical, specific and convincing, but that's only part of what makes Wendell Potter a perfect turncoat in the eyes of the pro-reform movement. (Watch...