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Big Trouble.(obesity a world-wide problem)
The world has a weight problem. Within the past decade obesity rates have shot up by 50 percent, rising from 200 million people in 1995 to 300 million in 2003. Even places more familiar with famine than fat are starting to worry about their waistlines. Africa now has weight-loss clinics. In a recent survey in India--home to half the world's undernourished population--55 percent of women between 20 and 69 were found to be overweight. Twenty percent of Chinese adults are overweight. Brazil's childhood-obesity rate has jumped 239 percent in a generation--four times the growth rate for youth in the United States. This March, the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) revealed ...
- Industry defends drug ads before House.
- News wire article from: United Press International June 13, 2001 700+ words
...restrictions. "A 1999 survey by the FDA found that those who liked (drug) ads outnumbered those who did not two to one, and 86 percent said the ads help them keep up with new drugs," said Glover. "Pharmaceutical advertisements raise awareness of conditions...
- Who Will Fill The Jobs Economic Development Creates?(High tech workers needed...
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Koenig, John May 1, 2001 700+ words
...jobs for all Floridians. The unemployment rate statewide is currently below four percent. In the state's major metropolitan areas, it is below three percent. Demographic conditions indicate that, barring a severe recession, unemployment...
- Traveling Made Easier.(SkyRoll garment bag)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Dickey, Beth May 1, 2001 700+ words
...this.'" There was. Chernoff quit his day job to patent and market SkyRoll (www.skyroll.com), which he bills as the world's first roll-up garment bag. Its cylindrical design promises to cut down on wrinkles and meet the airlines' tough new...
- Checking In.(hotel restaurants)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Tolf, Robert W. May 1, 2001 700+ words
...Cafe; Citrico's; Victoria & Albert's Walt Disney World has been leading the parade with such sensations as the California...surrounds by introducing local palates to their own version of New World cuisine, whisking up imaginative and natural sauces, assembling...
- Latin American Trade Will Benefit Small Firms.(Brief Article)(Column)
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal ZION, LEE May 28, 2001 700+ words
...could do for all of the New World. Richard Feinberg, director...he said. "Only about 10 percent of the county's output is...import duties of 20 to 25 percent, with additional taxes of 20-25 percent in most of Latin America...
- Service Denial Attacks Overwhelming Internet.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Graves, Brad May 28, 2001 700+ words
...Attacks can range from minutes to several days. Some 2 percent lasted longer than five hours. * The majority of attacks monitored...overwhelm existing measures to counter such attacks. * One to 3 percent of attacks studied hit infrastructure components like name...
- Isis Licenses Its Costly Diabetes Drug Development.(Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc....
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal WEBB, MARION May 28, 2001 700+ words
...to daily insulin injections as the disease progresses, he added. Some 16 million Americans are affected by diabetes; 90 percent suffer from Type II diabetes, Isis said. The rising number of older Americans and greater prevalence of obesity and sedentary...
- ViaSat Profits, Sales Up.(ViaSat Inc. announces annual net income)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Allen, Mike May 28, 2001 700+ words
...firm's commercial business. A former large defense contractor, ViaSat derived 62 percent of its sales from the commercial sector last year, 'vs. 24 percent in the prior fiscal year. It ended the year with a sales backlog of $236 million...