July 19, 2014

Childhood Obesity Weighs on WHO
http://www.voanews.com/content/childhood-obesity-weighs-on-who/1960537.html
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND ?. If current trends continue, the World Health Organization warns there will be 70 million obese children globally by 2025. WHO reports the number of overweight or obese infants and children has increased from 31 million globally ...


AIDS conference attendees, WHO spokesman on downed Malaysian jet
http://www.nola.com/health/index.ssf/2014/07/aids_conference_attendees_who.html
American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile brought down the aircraft, but it was not yet clear who fired it. A precise number of passengers who were bound for the conference could not immediately be determined. The 20th ...


Americans Who Exercise Most Feel Best About Appearance
http://www.gallup.com/poll/173948/americans-exercise-feel-best-appearance.aspx
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans who report exercising for 30 minutes every day in the past week feel best about their physical appearance, while those who exercise no more than one day in a given week feel the worst. Seventy percent of Americans who ...


Who Is to Blame? Crash Investigators Face Struggle
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/blame-crash-investigators-face-struggle-24618349
To figure out why a Malaysian jetliner fell from the sky, investigators will use the wreckage of any missile found to determine where it came from and who fired it, experts said Friday. That may be easier said than done in the middle of a war zone. The ...


Mom Who Left Kids in Hot Car May Avoid Prosecution
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mom-left-kids-hot-car-avoid-prosecution-24619612
Taylor told police that she wasn't able to find a baby sitter for the boys, who were 2 years and 6 months old at the time. A witness found the infant crying hysterically and sweating profusely as temperatures inside the SUV exceeded 100 degrees ...


Who Done It: The Danger Of Assigning Ownership To Anonymous Feedback
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joefolkman/2014/07/18/who-done-it-the-danger-of-assigning-ownership-to-anonymous-feedback/
When people receive anonymous 360 feedback there is a natural human tendency to look at the data and attempt to figure out ?who done it?. It's an interesting mystery and often people state with great confidence that they ?KNOW.? We often advise our ...


Study: Women Who Post Sexy Pics Online Are Viewed as Less Intelligent, Less ...
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/study-women-who-post-sexy-pics-online-are-viewed-as-92063068024.html
Women who post provocative pictures of themselves on Facebook and Instagram are overall viewed as less intelligent and less friendly, according to a new study by the Journal of Psychology of Popular Media Culture. Researchers surveyed the reactions of ...


WHO can't fully deal with Ebola outbreak, health official warns
http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-who-ebola-20140718-story.html
Efforts to address the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in 40 years also have been hindered by the failure of some countries to implement the WHO's International Health Regulations, which went into effect in 2007, Dowell said. The regulations require ...