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...Several points from the report sparked questions from professors—including the spread of student to faculty ratios across divisions and the financial condition of FAS. History professor Charles S. Maier '60 noted the disparity between high concentrator to faculty ratios for undergraduates in the social sciences relative to other disciplines. Maier said that the concentrator to faculty ratio in the social sciences was nearly 10:1 while the ratio for the humanities was closer...
...Gerald Berenson. We examined all the children in this town for lipids, blood pressure, weight and height, skin-fold thicknesses, smoking, alcohol consumption - anything we thought might be related to heart disease in adulthood. Of those children, the ones who had a body mass index (or BMI, a ratio of weight to height that's commonly used to define overweight) in the 95th percentile or higher when compared to a CDC reference population - as 18% of American children now have - about two-thirds grew up to be very obese as adults, with a BMI of 35 or higher...
...According to National Geographic, soy-based biodiesel such as is used in Harvard’s fleet, contains 2.5 units of usable energy for every unit of energy used in its production (which compares favorably to corn ethanol’s ratio of 1.3:1), and decreases the emissions of carbon dioxide by 68 percent compared to standard diesel...
...narrative begins with the fictional mother—whose waist-to-hip ratio is already Barbie-esque—bringing her daughter to the office of “Dr. Michael,” an overly muscular male with a medical degree. Here, the mother explains to her daughter: “As I got older my body stretched and I couldn’t fit into my clothes any more. Dr. Michael is going to help fix that and make me feel better.” When the girl asks if the operations will hurt, the mother answers...
Children were also measured for body mass index, a ratio of weight to height that is used as an indicator of health risks...