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Note to young men: Fat doesn’t pay well
Men who are already obese as teenagers could grow up to earn up to 18 percent less than their peers of normal weight. So says Petter Lundborg of Lund University, Paul Nystedt of Jönköping University and Dan-olof Rooth of Linneas University and Lund University, all in Sweden. The team compared extensive information from Sweden, the […]
Building to take note of individual human thermal comfort: Women feel the cold more than men
Because people in developed countries spend about 90% of their time indoors, their sense of warmth becomes one key comfort factor for interior spaces. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new method for assessing the individual thermal comfort experienced by different user groups. The design of energy efficient buildings — such as […]
Health Insurance For College Students: Take Note Of These Tips
Noel Carrillo was nervous this summer about his lack of health insurance. “I was a little bit scared because things happen all the time,” said the 26-year-old Westwood resident. But now that he’s headed to medical school at UCLA[1], help has arrived. Like millions of other students across the nation, he’s covered by a university […]