Word: diets
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...poorer countries, the same price hike has left low-income families struggling to maintain a minimal diet. Egypt, which subsidizes bread prices for its poorest citizens, had to shell out an extra $850 million on wheat last year, and the UN blames rising food prices for difficulty in meeting many of its Millennium Development goals in Sub-Saharan Africa...
That's because Muto must be approved by Japan's parliament-and some opposition party politicians say he's the wrong man for the job. Members of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which controls the upper house of the Diet, complain that Muto, a career bureaucrat who has spent some 35 years in the Ministry of Finance, will be too cozy with Fukuda's administration at a time when the central bank needs to exercise leadership and independence. After growing relatively briskly over the last five years, Japan's economy now appears to be slipping into a malaise...
...liked it a lot. The economist has devoted almost every waking hour since July working as McCain's unpaid senior policy adviser. "It is the hardest thing I have ever done," says Holtz-Eakin, 50. "I can live for an extended period of time on Twizzlers and Diet Coke...
...guides. Demetri—who is lactose intolerant—said he was happy with HUDS last semester but has been having trouble finding good sources of protein. He said that he has received e-mails from other lactose intolerant students who have been reduced to a cereal-based diet. Henderson said the letter bodes well: “They’re willing to make compromises. It shows that they’re listening to students.” —Staff Writer Esther I. Yi can be reached at estheryi@fas.harvard.edu...
...daily basis. JoAnn E. Manson ’75, a Medical School professor and the chair of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said that she and her colleagues started working on the study in 1992 with the hope of understanding the role of diet and other factors in health problems such as cardiovascular diseases. “High blood pressure is a highly prevalent health problem in the U.S.,” Manson said. “Even a small reduction in risk through lifestyle modifications is important.” The American Heart Association?...