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...trend in the right direction. Far from being an excuse not to exercise, Wang sees the data as a wake-up call for parents and teens. "The important message is that compared to the recommendations for physical activity, the physical activity of American adolescents is still at a very low level," says Wang. "We still need to make a greater effort to promote physical activity. Even if it does not explain obesity, it has many other beneficial effects...
...Thankfully, in the face of mounting bad news on the budget front, Hatoyama is not stubbornly clinging to pledges of fiscal austerity. Major spending cuts have been rendered unrealistic by the current economic climate. Falling real wages and low business investment mean Japan's recovery is fragile. A recent Nikkei newspaper survey showed that 38% of top Japanese executives rated the likelihood of another downturn next year as high or somewhat high. The biggest risk, cited by 69% of respondents, was "the effect of fiscal stimulus measures wearing off." Hatoyama appears to be willing to continue stimulus spending under...
...effort to make this vital structural change, the DPJ has recognized a simple fact long denied by predecessors: consumer spending is weak because household income is so low relative to GDP. Real wages per worker have fallen every year but one since 2001. In response, the DPJ, in its policy manifesto used to win the election, came up with a series of programs that will not only put more money into the pockets of consumers but also ease the financial burdens of child-rearing. Programs would include a child allowance of $3,000 per year per child, free medical care...
...that keeps track of them, talk to anyone in General Santos and you'll hear otherwise. Supplies of fresh, local skipjack dropped 50% last year, says Miguel Lamberte, the port's manager. This August, the amount of both frozen and fresh skipjack being unloaded was at an all-time low, he says. "And it's still going down...
...Academy's "curriculum" runs the gamut from a 10-week math-literacy course to a multipart social-etiquette class to a one-day session on attendance and truancy that teaches parents about "compulsory education and attendance law." It's all targeted toward families in need: parents of children at low-performing schools and residents of housing projects and emergency shelters. Of course, there's no guarantee that the people who need these programs the most will actually take advantage of them - you can't force parents to care, no matter how many free classes you offer. Still, says Harvard...