Sentences with phrase «american consumption levels»

(The Vancouver - based ecologist William Rees points out that to support the world's present population at North American consumption levels «would require the equivalent of two more planet Earths.»

Not exact matches

I suspect that Japanese consumption is more equal than in the US, and that the upper 50 % of Americans consume at far higher levels than in Japan, while the bottom 50 % are closer to Japanese levels.

What does it mean, concretely, as applied to consumption, possessions, poverty and wealth, to live responsibly in a world that cries for justice and that probably can not sustain American levels of consumption?

Under the philosophy of development built on the illusion that change and growth are the same as progress and that any move, especially if it goes in the direction of control and exploitation of nature is to be desired, we have set up the Euro - American culture as the mark of development, and the acceptable level of human consumption.

A 1955 study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, showed that consumption of buckwheat lowered total cholesterol while improving HDL cholesterol levels.

Children's health experts fear a future trade deal with the US could undermine UK efforts to reduce sugar consumption and import American levels of diet - related diseases alongside their produce.

It is not too surprising that sodium consumption is higher now than it was seventy years ago, considering the increasing amount of processed foods that make up the «typical American diet» (remember, the more processed a food, the higher its sodium content and the lower its potassium levels).

- On any given day, 20 percent of Americans account for nearly half of U.S. diet - related greenhouse gas emissions, and high levels of beef consumption are largely responsible, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan and Tulane University.

Recent studies that examine links between sodium consumption and health outcomes support recommendations to lower sodium intake from the very high levels some Americans consume now, but evidence from these studies does not support reduction in sodium intake to below 2,300 mg per day, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

The American Heart Association generally recommends that people eat fish at least twice a week, limiting their consumption of large, predatory fish that might have higher mercury levels.

A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition outlined a link between high levels of vitamin C consumption with fewer wrinkles, compared with those who consumed far less vitamin C and more carbohydrates and fat.

He says the Australian diet contains more fat and oils than the American diet and that the consumption of fruits and vegetables is well below recommended levels.

Cow's milk and dairy consumption have been found to be significantly correlated with acne levels in Americans.

There is no set level for children, although the American Academy of Pediatrics has discouraged any caffeine consumption for young people, citing concerns about «its effects on the developing neurologic and cardiovascular systems and the risk of physical dependence and addiction.»

This misconception arose from American scientist Ancel Keys landmark Seven Countries Study where he demonstrated a correlation between the consumption of saturated fat in the diet with blood cholesterol levels and heart disease.

Truth: A recent study found that women with the highest levels of estrogen in their blood had the lowest levels of cognitive function; in Japanese Americans, tofu consumption in midlife is associated with the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease in later life.

We can not sustain American levels of beef consumption especially if everyone eats grass fed beef, which by the way requires many more resources and produces 50 % more methane than grain fed beef.

The World Health Organization recommended less than 10 % of calories from added sugar based on its assessment of higher consumption and adverse health outcomes.4 With the evidence of higher added sugar consumption and adverse health outcomes accumulating, the American Heart Association recommended that total calories from added sugar should be less than 100 calories / d for most women and less than 150 calories / d for most men.5 Our analysis suggests that participants who consumed greater than or equal to 10 % but less than 25 % of calories from added sugar, the level below the Institute of Medicine recommendation and above the World Health Organization / American Heart Association recommendation, had a 30 % higher risk of CVD mortality; for those who consumed 25 % or more of calories from added sugar, the relative risk was nearly tripled (fully adjusted HR, 2.75).

If the population is destined to swell to 9 billion, isn't it better that the consumption level of those people be closer to the Mexican standard, than the American one?

The gift that is American energy is seen in some key numbers: domestic crude oil production reaching more than 9 million barrels per day last month, the highest level in more than two decades, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA); total U.S. net imports of energy as a share of energy consumption falling to their lowest level in nearly 30 years during the first six months of this year; gasoline prices dropping to an average of $ 2.47 per gallon last week, their lowest point since May 2009, according to the Lundberg Survey Inc..

The report showing that the source of alcohol made no difference does help puncture one explanation for what has come to be called the «French paradox,» the low level of heart disease seen in that country despite consumption of what Americans would describe as an unhealthy, fat - rich diet.