Word: wonderingly
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...According to the Oxford dictionary, obese means "grossly fat," and gross means "repulsive." No wonder parents are reluctant to accept that their child may be obese. The negative connotations of our terminology for overweight and obesity undermine efforts to help parents grapple with the implications of obesity for their children. My steadygrow program (www.steadygrow.com) offers an alternative, inclusive terminology based on weight zones A0 to A3+, the goal being A1. Wider use of this terminology will revolutionize our ability to communicate healthy weight messages to parents and children. Dr. Felicity Breen, Havelock, New Zealand...
...Afghans believe that the Taliban offers a better alternative to the current government, but many are convinced that it will be around longer. When foreign troops can't even clear a 25-mile (40 km) road through Taliban country to deliver equipment to the dam project, it's little wonder that villagers along the route aren't willing to stand up against the insurgents in their midst. "Until we establish security, the dam will do nothing to win the loyalty of the local population," says Captain Doug Beattie, a British soldier who has done two tours in Kajaki...
...wonder if the critics would be so quick to condemn if they viewed the story another way. There is certainly troubling anecdotal evidence that some of the girls set out to get pregnant together. But other girls talk about a different kind of resolution. What if the "problem" in evidence at Gloucester High has more to do with the rejection of abortion than the acceptance of teen pregnancy...
Whether a girl--or a woman--decides to end a pregnancy or see it through is as complex an emotional and moral and medical calculation as she ever faces. But I wonder if some soft message has taken hold when the data suggest that more women facing hard choices are deciding to carry the child to term. This has been the mission of the crisis-pregnancy-center movement, the more than 4,000 centers and hotlines and support groups around the country that aim to talk women out of having abortions and offer whatever support they...
...longer than half an hour without eating. Everywhere my daughter goes, from preschool to library story time to gymnastics class, she is bombarded with sweets, snacks and "juice" boxes containing nothing but empty calories. When society at large makes it so difficult to limit unhealthy foods, it's no wonder that we are facing an epidemic. Kimberly Muschong, MASON, MICH...