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...looking to lose weight, here's a simple tip: don't dine with the skinny dude who stuffs his face. According to a study that will appear in the April 2010 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, both the size and the consumption habits of our eating companions can influence our food intake. And contrary to existing research that says you should steer clear of eating with heavier people who order large portions, it's the beanpoles with the big appetites you really need to avoid. "They're big trouble," says Gavan Fitzsimons, a marketing professor at Duke...
...Robot - they also ate significantly more if the actor was skinny. "It's our intuition sometimes that you don't want to eat with big people because you're afraid you'll eat more," says Fitzsimons. "In fact, the opposite is true." (See how hula hoops can help you lose weight...
...main climate question for the G20 was how to finance global carbon emission reductions, and how to help developing nations that stand to lose the most from climate change adapt to a warmer world. That latter issue is a chief sticking point for the ongoing U.N. climate negotiations, in which governments are working to produce a successor to the Kyoto Protocol at the Copenhagen summit in December. While poor nations have demanded funds to help them develop sustainably and prepare for warming, rich nations have so far been slow to promise money. "Climate financing is going to be absolutely...
...issue later in the year - with just three months to go before Copenhagen. "You do want your finance ministries working on this," says Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. "But they need to be on the hook for this, or they will lose the option to carry it into Copenhagen...
...Bankruptcy, though, is not seen as an option because of the harmful ripple effects it could inflict on Japan's struggling economy. "If JAL [significantly] shrinks domestic routes, other political problems might emerge" as prefectural airports lose traffic and money, says Hosoya. In the past, the government has typically propped up airlines to maintain routes and the number of airports - which are often a source of local pride rather than a reflection of traveler demand. "Basically, the country is losing money to save the network," Hosaya says. Soon it may be losing money to save its largest airline...