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...burns off. As far as the average U.S. teen is concerned, the study suggests, the culprit behind weight gain is not a decrease in exercise but an increase in consumption. Of course, that doesn't mean teens are getting adequate exercise: Wang analyzed data from nearly 16,000 high school students between the ages of 15 and 18, who took part in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's longitudinal Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, about their physical activity. He and his team found that in 2007, only 34.7% of teens met federal physical activity recommendations, which call...
...survey also found that teens' overall rate of daily exercise had not changed much since 1991, when the study sample was first asked to report their participation in gym classes in school and their level of physical activity at home. The percentage of teens attending daily gym class has stayed relatively steady since 1991; on average, the yearly change in the proportion of students participating was less than 1%. The percentage of ninth- through 12th-graders getting adequate levels of moderate physical activity - exercise such as slow bicycling, fast walking or pushing a lawn mower, which did not make participants...
...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 for children, free education through high school at public schools and a number of tax cuts...
...athletes often mix spit and sweat while battling for hours? "The real-world value of skipping this tradition is negligible," says Tom Fekete, chief of infectious diseases at Temple University School of Medicine. Even the head of emergency preparedness for the Vancouver games, virus expert Dr. Bonnie Henry, thinks a handshake moratorium is excessive. (Can these Canucks get on the same page? "Tell Dr. McCormack to call me," Henry says with a laugh...
...their laptops, reviewing a new crew schedule. On Oct. 27 the FAA revoked their licenses; commercial flying is a game with no room for error. And yet pilots' jobs are getting harder. Cost-cutting has trimmed starting pay at major airlines to $36,000--little more than a grade-school teacher's. Multiple short flights make it difficult for regional pilots to squeeze in adequate rest. The national air-traffic system relies on antiquated radio and radar; a teenager with an iPhone has more-advanced technology. There are ways to make the skies safer. Improving life in the cockpit would...