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...Kids Vs. Obesity As a registered dietitian and nutrition consultant to the Cartoon Network, I commend you on your coverage of the epidemic of obesity facing American children, as well as its impact on parents and teachers [June 23]. You highlighted what I consider to be a main culprit in this dilemma: portion distortion. Instead of attempting to impose restrictions, if the hypothetical "bite diet" were followed - cut off a bite of each food on your plate (except vegetables) - people would significantly reduce calories without deprivation or reducing taste. Small steps produce big results. Bonnie Taub-Dix, Woodmere, New York...
...wrong to attribute a significant part of the increase in Amazon deforestation to biofuels, as Mr. Grunwald does. First, suggestions that Brazil is a major culprit in global warming are not supported by scientific facts or reliable statistics. Second, the growth rate of Brazilian emissions has been on the decline primarily because of decreasing rates of Amazon rain-forest deforestation, which is the main source of carbon emissions in Brazil, and increasing use of ethanol fuel. Furthermore, from 1970 to 2005 the use of ethanol in our energy mix has averted the emission of 644 million tons...
...wrong to attribute a significant part of the increase in Amazon deforestation to biofuels, as Mr. Grunwald does. First, suggestions that Brazil is a major culprit in global warming are not supported by scientific facts or reliable statistics. Second, the growth rate of Brazilian emissions has been on the decline primarily because of decreasing rates of Amazon rain - forest deforestation, which is the main source of carbon emissions in Brazil, and increasing use of ethanol fuel. Furthermore, from 1970 to 2005 the use of ethanol in our energy mix has averted the emission of 644 million tons...
Having brutally slashed costs, staff and service over the past decade, the big airlines still lose money. High fuel prices are a culprit, triggering American's $328 million first-quarter loss, but so is excess capacity, which keeps airlines from raising prices enough to earn a profit. The skimping has turned flying into an ordeal for most passengers. And new "open skies" agreements that have deregulated international travel give better-capitalized foreign airlines more access to travelers to and from the U.S. This accretion of failure has caused some in the industry to lose faith. "There really is no such...
...second culprit for blunders in affective forecasting is “presentism,” or when people allow current conditions to dictate perceptions of the past and the future. A person who is currently hungry overestimates how hungry he will be in the future, and therefore overbuys at the grocery store. On a full stomach, presentism results in the opposite effect...