Workplace Weight

New study links obesity to workplace

28.05.2011 | Source:

Pravda.Ru

New study links obesity to workplace. 44455.jpegAccording to new study – today’s workplace is one of the causes of obesity in America. This was determined by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA.

To find this, the information from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics were analyzed from the 1960s to 2008. From this information it was determined that in today’s jobs men burn approximately 142 less calories a day than they did in the past, while women burn 124 less, EpostMediareports.

to read more go to:   http://english.pravda.ru/news/health/28-05-2011/118039-obesity-0/

 

Minus 200 Million…

What If 200 Million People Go Missing on Saturday?

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer
Date: 20 May 2011 Time: 11:14 AM ET
Judgment Day
According Christian tradition, the rapture is the day when believers will ascend to heaven and be rewarded with everlasting life.
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According to the predictions of Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping, May 21 will be the day of the rapture, when God calls believers to heaven to live in everlasting paradise.

By Camping’s estimation, that means the Earth will be 200 million souls lighter by Sunday morning. [Infographic: A Brief History of Doomsday]

While there’s no reason to believe that Camping’s doomsday predictions are more reliable than the hundreds of failed end-of-the-world predictions throughout history, the loss of 200 million people all at once would be the largest single population decrease in human history. It’s safe to say the world would take notice — but the effects of such a mass disappearance would depend on where believers were concentrated.

to read more go to: http://www.livescience.com/14251-200-million-rapture-12.html