Word: danishes
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...second, larger study in the NEJM came to similar conclusions. By comparing the childhood medical records and adulthood hospital records of 276,835 Danish citizens born between 1930 and 1976, researchers found a distinct correlation between higher childhood body mass index (BMI) - the ratio between height and weight that is the standard for defining obesity - and a greater risk of future heart disease and heart disease-related death. According to the authors, it is the first study to conclusively link excess weight in childhood and health problems later on. What's more, the data showed that the correlation is linear...
...standards - where some nine million children are overweight - the children included in the Danish paper would have barely made the cutoff for "overweight." Merely being chubby it seems - let alone obese - can be a serious health risk. "Our study shows that even a few excess pounds or kilograms of weight can damage future health," Baker says...
...catch.” An entire classic in only 42 words! But why stop there? One could follow in the path of Foxtrot’s Peter, who uses the “Cliff’s CliffsNotes” for Hamlet. They read simply: “Danish prince dies...
...giant strides into Mead Hall and bellows, "I am Beowulf, and I'm here to kill your monster." That's how Hollywood turns a Danish warrior from an eighth-century Old English epic into a movie hero. Deep-voiced announcer: "He's big. He's bold. And he's boastful... He's Beowulf...
...Strand runs a consulting firm that does work for most of the world's big wireless carriers and gets 95% of its revenue outside Denmark. It could be based pretty much in any city with a good airport. He says he keeps Strand Consult in Copenhagen largely because his Danish employees are so willing to argue with him and confront conventional wisdom. "Danes can think out of the box," he says...