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...director of the Australian Centre for Health Promotion, notes that high blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as physical inactivity, are more prevalent in the population than obesity. "Yet obesity has captured the hearts and minds of the media," says Bauman. "And it's done that because it's graphic. It is depictable. It's boring to show physical inactivity, because it's just people being inert." Likewise, increasing weight is relatively easy to measure, he says. "So all of a sudden we have an epidemic of obesity interest. Not that we haven't got a problem with obesity...
...President's speech, filled with graphic details of terror plots, is clearly part of the ongoing White House campaign to shift the terms of the political debate over national security issues. As the Democrats are pointing to U.S. difficulties in Iraq and demanding the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the White House has begun to reemphasize the continuing terror threat to America - an issue that has tended to favor Republicans. The question of what legal rights Congress should legislate for detained terror suspects is also highly contentious, and putting it on the legislative agenda less than a month before...
Drawn to the Dark Side UNCOVERED: Decades before the graphic novel became trendy, a few Japanese cartoonists were turning out gekiga (dramatic pictures), darkly realistic comic strips that appeared in lowbrow magazines in 1960s Japan. It was a prosperous time for the nation, but viewed through the gimlet eye of gekiga pioneer Yoshihiro Tatsumi, industrialization brought not wealth but alienation and cultural confusion. Nearly 40 years after initial publication, Tatsumi's bizarre, tabloid-inspired manga remains relevant?and this fall, non-Japanese readers will be able to sample the best of it when Abandon the Old in Tokyo, a collection...
Whether it's the first day of college or kindergarten, there's a new look this fall for every back-to-school experience. One recurring theme: a return to grunge, from playground-worthy graphic Ts to dorm-destined thermal loungewear. College Counseling...
Classic kids' clothing purveyor Best & Co. will be offering a little bit of British style--or "kit," as the company calls it--on its website bestnco.com when it introduces popular British brand Hackett. The line includes graphic rugby shirts ($62), right, toggle coats, button-down shirts, and corduroy jackets...