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...obvious question is, Why? Spouses share meals and a backyard, but the researchers found a much smaller risk of gaining weight - a 37% increase - when one spouse became obese. Siblings share genes, but their influence, too, was much smaller, increasing each other's risk 40%. Fowler believes the effect has much more to do with social norms: whom we look to when considering appropriate social behavior. Having fat friends makes being fat seem more acceptable. "Your spouse may not be the person you look to when you're deciding what kind of body image is appropriate, how much...
Another fan, in between high-fiving his bros and rocking his crooked Boston College Eagles hat, shouted at the children to stop and gave them the thumbs down. Yet another young man slapped his face with both hands—over and over—in obvious pain and frustration. The Hungarian Horntails got a long ovation, seemingly as much in relief as in appreciation...
Politicians, especially those who have run or are running for president, support New Hampshire’s primary. This is an obvious point, but it further demonstrates the savvy of New Hampshire voters. New Hampshirites wield the product of their first in the nation status, which is exposure, to retain more of that same product in the future. No politician who hopes to win the New Hampshire primary can say to those same voters that the primary should be moved back in the name of giving a more representative (or simply different) state a chance. This is a tough position...
...only one of very, very many sponsored by the German Federal Center for Health Education. I have yet to see a subway station without such an ad, and there are well over 300 subway stations here. They showcase all different kinds of produce—not only the obvious cucumbers and bananas, but also less likely models like lemons and potatoes—and diverse catchy slogans, like the words “Poppt sicher!” above a condom-covered ear of corn. (“Poppen” means to pop, but I can only assume...
...obvious problem with this verse is that it makes no mention of sanctuary or even immigrants. Land is simply saying you should obey the law. And he acknowledges that there are times when obeying a law - he names the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 - is contrary to Judeo-Christian morality...