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- Education 'protects' poor women from fattening effects of rising wealth
- Calcium, vitamin D improve cholesterol in postmenopausal women
- Voters using smartphones made fewer errors in mock election
| Education 'protects' poor women from fattening effects of rising wealth Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:54 AM PST Obesity levels among women in low- and middle-income countries tend to rise in line with wealth as they purchase more energy-dense foods, but a new study suggests that more educated consumers make better food choices that mitigate this effect. The study showed that in middle-income countries, obesity levels among women with secondary or higher education are 14-19% lower than less-educated women of similar wealth. The study showed that in middle-income countries, obesity levels among women with secondary or higher education are 14-19 percent lower than less-educated women of similar wealth. |
| Calcium, vitamin D improve cholesterol in postmenopausal women Posted: 05 Mar 2014 09:53 AM PST Calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause can improve women's cholesterol profiles. And much of that effect is tied to raising vitamin D levels, finds a new study. Whether calcium or vitamin D can indeed improve cholesterol levels has been debated. And studies of women taking the combination could not separate the effects of calcium from those of vitamin D on cholesterol. But this study is helping to settle those questions because it looked both at how a calcium and vitamin D supplement changed cholesterol levels and how it affected blood levels of vitamin D in postmenopausal women. |
| Voters using smartphones made fewer errors in mock election Posted: 04 Mar 2014 06:50 AM PST Voters who cast their ballots via smartphones made fewer errors than they did when voting via traditional methods in a mock election, according to new research. Researchers found that while there are no consistent differences in efficiency and perceived usability between the smartphone-based system and other voting systems, smartphone owners made fewer errors on the mobile voting system than when they used traditional voting methods. |
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