The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?I'm all for encouraging healthy behaviourOvereating and smoking are voluntary behaviors, and they are not the tobacco company's or food company's fault. If I were you boss and saw this kind of behavior (always blaming someone else for something...
MY RECENT column ( "Your Choice Could Be: Slim Down or Pay Up," Aug. 28) on the so-called fat tax, where employers require overweight workers to lose the pounds or pay higher insurance premiums, really fired up Daily News readers. Here are a few of their comments: Actuarially, ...
It’s one of the last untapped energy sources, and one in which the United States leads the world. It’s not just renewable, but almost impossible to get rid of. We’re talking about fat. At about 3,500 calories to the pound, a 300-pound American contains the energy equivalent in fat of...
Ask any dieter, and they'll tell you they've tried low-fat diets and low-carb diets and most likely are about to dig in to a high-protein meal. Consumer packaged goods companies are sitting up and paying attention and, to meet this need, have repositioned low-carb bars as high-protein offerings....
Fewer than half of Americans realize there are two types of dietary fat that actually help their hearts, a new survey shows. So, while many have heeded the warnings about the cardiovascular dangers of trans fats and saturated fats, the American Heart Association AHA now thinks people need to pay...
Byline: AS I AM tired of repeated robberies in my area. Every April a large thud on the doormat means I've had my pocket picked and been done up like a kipper. Above-inflation rises in council tax year on year show no signs of abating. ...
IT'S NOT JUST FAVORABLE GENETICS: The French may be slim because they're more in tune with their appetites than we are, according to food scientists at Cornell University. In interviews with hundreds of people in Chicago and Paris, Parisians reported using internal cues like whether they felt hungry to tell...
There's no market that isn't giving us a hard time right now. The stock market is faltering, the housing market is slumping, and prices at the supermarket, gas station, and everywhere else you shop are on the rise. With all this pressure on your finances, let's review how you can...
TOKYO AFP — Men who sleep fewer than five hours a night run greater risks of becoming obese and of having high levels of blood sugar that could lead to diabetes, a Japanese study showed. Lack of sleep triggers a hormone in the blood which stimulates the appetite,...
BRUSSELS AFP — The European Trade Union Confederation ETUC launched a drive for higher wages on Wednesday, arguing that corporate fat cats were ill-placed to call for moderation. The initiative will culminate on April 5 with 30,000-40,000 people from across Europe expected to march in Ljubljana during a...
Debbie Chambers, 36, Fenham, pil-ates teacher: I think we should help overweight people through diets and activity. Sarah Boyd, 30, Walker, teacher: If they are looking for help then that is fine but otherwise it is up to them to help themselves. Jennifer Blease, 20, Jesmond,...
IT will be no surprise to council house tenants that they are set to have inflation-busting rent rises. A 4.7% increase from April will take average weekly rents up from pounds 56.42 to pounds 59.07. Small beer perhaps in total terms, but still above inflation. ...
LIKE many football fans, Whitley Bay manager Ian Chandler has had his fill of the Premiership and the fat cats who go with it. Although Chandler enjoyed his day in the sun against Preston in the FA Cup, he insists that top-flight football today isn't as entertaining as...
THERE'S SOME SERIOUS thought behind the Frappuccino. It is no accident that people are willing to pay over four bucks for a cup of joe and that the average Starbucks customer visits eighteen times per month. Ever see a Starbucks go out of business? Of course not. Starbucks has grown...
Good deeds hold more value than fat wallets in the tight weave of the Friendly Favors Web community. The free social network -- founded by a Walnut Creek man before MySpace arrived on the scene -- encourages people worldwide to extend a helping hand whenever the...
Good deeds hold more value than fat wallets in the tight weave of the Friendly Favors Web community. The free social network -- founded by a Walnut Creek man before MySpace arrived on the scene -- encourages people worldwide to extend a helping hand whenever the...
Scarlett Johansson has spoken out on the way to romance her, so if you are a young man looking to pull an A-list babe, pay close attention. "I think it's the full picture," the 22-year-old star tells People magazine. "I look at a guy and think he has...
Your cartoon (April 19) on people complaining about the loss of cheap labor if illegal aliens were deported was missing a few panels. Where was the caption showing a medical insurance consumer complaining her health insurance premiums had gone down with fewer uninsured emergency room and delivery...
UNION chiefs have slammed fat cat bosses at Standard Life after it emerged they'd given themselves a whopping pounds 5million in pay last year - while axing thousands of jobs. The pension firm's top three executives raked in the benefits of cost-cutting measures which have seen...
Now more than ever, people are paying attention to the contents of lunch boxes and cafeteria trays. Scrutinizing meals and snacks for calorie and fat content is very popular these days. But with the Food and Drug Administration's recent tentative decision to allow the sale of...
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