Word: fasts
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...break, was ten days long. By contrast, this year’s reading period is only one week long—a full three days shorter. For many, this adjustment resulted in a far more hectic Thanksgiving recess than in years past, as students faced returning from break with fast-approaching paper due dates and impending exams. In the past, this arrangement would not be such a problem (the spring semester has always transitioned from classes directly into reading and exam period), but because reading period has been shortened from ten days to seven days in both the fall...
...school. Both France and England, for example, have banned vending machines selling junk food on school grounds. But the Spanish proposal goes further than those almost anywhere else in the world when it comes to controlling what goes on outside school hours. In fact, it would dramatically restrict how fast-food restaurants and junk-food companies reach out to their most eager customers...
...food choices, since we know that they don't always have the ability to make wise, informed decisions," says Roberto Sabrido, president of the Spanish Food Security and Nutrition Agency, the entity that drafted the proposal under the Health Ministry's direction. "We don't want them eating fast food just to get the toy." (See a special report on the science of appetite...
...Sabrido is adamant that the Happy Meal and its ilk pose a risk, pointing to a 2008 study by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research that found obesity among American children could be reduced 18% if fast-food advertising was banned. "Many scientific studies have clearly established a connection between advertising content and increased consumption when it comes to children," he says. "And increased consumption leads to obesity." (See the 10 worst fast-food meals...
...Read "Fast Antarctic Ice: Go, Speed Glacier...