Word: delayer
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...second part of the study, Francis' team looked at the same children two years later, at age 5. This time, the kids were tested on whether they could resist temptation and delay gratification from food. Each child was asked to pick a favorite among M&Ms, animal crackers and pretzels and was then placed in a room with two piles of the chosen snack - one large pile, one small. Before leaving the room, the experimenter told the children they could eat from the smaller pile at any time, but if they wanted to eat from the larger pile, they...
...second study, Lumeng found a similar association between the inability to delay gratification in 4-year-olds (again with favorite foods) and weight gain by age 11. Of the 805 children in the study, 47% had trouble with self-restraint; those kids were 30% more likely to be overweight seven years later, compared with other children in the study. The findings indicate that learning self-control may be an important way for children to manage their weight - a logical theory, familiar to anyone who has struggled with self-discipline and impulse regulation to keep from packing on the pounds...
...researchers who studied the relationship between self-control and weight gain in youngsters enrolled in a government study. In two papers published this week in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, scientists found that preschool-age children who had trouble with self-control and the ability to delay gratification gained more weight by the time they were preteens than those who were better at regulating their behavior. (See nine kid foods to avoid...
...their labor-market policies to ensure that once recovery comes, new jobs are created in sufficient numbers to swiftly bring the jobless rate back down again. But ask him about the German short-work measures, and he's skeptical. "They can't stop rising unemployment," he says, "they just delay it." Indeed, in its latest economic forecast released March 31, the OECD expects unemployment in Germany to rise from its current 8.6% to 11.6% by the end of 2010 - higher than many of its European neighbors - despite the special job-preservation measures. The organization expects Japan's unemployment rate will...
...Merkel and Sarkozy expressed fears at their joint appearance that there will be insufficient commitment to regulating the financial markets and to clamping down on tax havens. A list of such havens could be published at the summit "or in a couple of days," said Sarkozy yesterday, but further delay would be unacceptable. British officials say they support publication of such a list. The point of disagreement is on timing, but there's optimism this rift can easily been overcome...