Sentences with phrase «government studies show»

Government studies show that almost 75 percent of newborns are breast - fed, an amount that falls to 42 percent by 6 months and 21 percent at a year.

From any angle I look at it, the numbers from the government study showing the traditional Okinawan diet sounds quite reasonable to me.

The permit rule wasn't always enforced: One government study shows that 535 miles of streams were buried between 2001 and 2005.

Not exact matches

While their numbers differ, separate studies by the provincial government, Statistics Canada and the Fraser Institute all show a slight increase in household taxes under the HST, skewed toward higher - income households.

A number of Liberal party supporters and candidates on Twitter cited a government study on federally regulated industries showing that only 416 of those workers made minimum wage in 2008.

Bricker said those are safe numbers for Harper, noting that international studies show that governments with approval ratings over 40 per cent have a strong chance of getting re-elected.

Many studies have shown that early, stimulating education at a young age also has payoff for the government with lower health and welfare costs later on.

As shown in previous studies (www.3dpolicy.ca), the federal government has a relatively small structural deficit.

«The new study cuts through the government's spin to show that few low - and middle - income Canadians stand to benefit significantly from this policy.

The government recently released the results of a study showing that 47 percent of home buyers don't compare lenders when looking for a mortgage loan.

Last Thursday, the Office of Financial Research (OFR), part of the Federal boondoggle created under the Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation in 2010 to foster the illusion that the government was reining in risk on Wall Street, released a new study showing almost unfathomable levels of systemic and interconnected risk among the too - big - to - fail banks that cratered the U.S. financial system in 2008 and has left our economy still struggling to right itself.

When the Opposition leader noted in the House of Commons, in 2012, that a federal study had shown that Canada was falling prey to «Dutch disease» (named after the 1960s oil boom, which devastated other exports in the Netherlands), Conservative MP Kellie Leitch offered the government's response: «The leader of the Opposition wants to call Canadian employers a disease.»

Studies show that we do only slightly better — still earning a failing grade — on «civic knowledge,» dealing with the principles of American government and the basics of American history, for example.

A study of African - Americans conducted in 2005 by the Rand Corporation and Oregon State University showed that about 25 percent believed AIDS was produced in a government laboratory, and 12 percent believed the CIA created the virus.

As several studies are showing now, whole civilian barrio communities were razed by the hi - tech military invasion, displacing tens of thousands and killing many more than the 300 the U.S. government admits.

Sociological studies show that people are highly skeptical about professional politicians and all three branches of government.

The study also showed that Muslims in and around the Middle East believe that Islam has a major role to play in politics and government.

A few economists have done studies that show that the improvement is less than indicated, but they have not kept these up or urged their adoption by government officials charged with reporting economic statistics.

Meanwhile, Jack Anderson maintained that these same companies were being allowed to tone down, before its release, a government study which shows that oil spills have done great damage to the ocean.7 How can we act responsibly if we can't even find out what the facts are?

Election returns and public - opinion studies indicate discontent with some serious imperfections in recent liberal political policies and programs; studies also show that the general population does not want to give up the values of such programs and still wants additional selected government services.

Hearteningly, a University College London study showed how the steps taken to eat more healthily, such as cutting out meat, were the same as those to curb climate change — a win - win situation that more governments would do well to heed.

In follow - up studies, we did some modelling which showed it would only take 2 % of people to switch to healthier choices for traffic light labels to deliver the type of health benefits that would save the government money in the long term.

They are also hoping ongoing medical studies showing the benefits of the Snoo will lead to government and insurance company approval of the Snoo as a medical device.

South of the border, the American Chemistry Council is disputing the findings, saying, «the chemicals studied here are shown to be at extremely low exposure levels and well below government - set safe levels.»

DiNapoli and Cuomo have conducted separate studies showing that New Yorkers give over $ 40 billion more in taxes to the federal government than the state gets back, an imbalance that has doubled in recent years.

Confirmation that the UK Border Agency has revoked the London Met's highly trusted status, meaning its international students are not permitted visas to study in the UK, came as new figures showed the government was beginning to make progress on its goal of cutting back on immigration.

«With a recent government funded study showing low compliance with existing regulations in England on lead shot use, it's not surprising unacceptable numbers of wildfowl are still dying avoidable deaths from lead poisoning,» the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds» director of conservation Martin Harper said.

According to the Ghana Integrity Initiative, the African Automobile cars left to rot at the Institute of Local Government Studies even after the Judgment Debt Commission has concluded its work and some indicted officials by the Commission still holding public positions shows that the country has not put in enough effort and commitment in tackling corruption.

«Mark Boughton has shown remarkable leadership... as an advocate for the principles of limited government and economic growth at the state and local level,» said Connecticut Republican Chairman Jerry Labriola Jr. «When people ask me if Republicans can govern effectively at the local level, I tell them Danbury is a case study in effective governance, primarily because of Mayor Boughton.»

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

Studies by the Children's Mutual show that if the government matches the deposits of the poorest families, at age 18 the values of those funds for the poorest will be at the national average — currently # 10,000.

The former Cameron speechwriter turned columnist, claimed that: «A series of recent studies [none named] has shown the wave of migration under the last Labour government had no impact on unemployment, even among the least skilled.

A recent study by The Pew Trusts data show that an average state receives about 2 percent of its revenue as transfers from local governments.

He said studies have shown that as many as 100,000 daily soundings could create improvements to both weather and climate models that would benefit governments and industries.

First independent study shows US government got their sums right with estimate of 4.1 million barrels of oil

The study shows that over a recent period of more than three years, the U.S. federal government approved about 91 percent of labor certification applications from Asian immigrants and 90 percent from Canadian immigrants, but just 67 percent of applications from Latin American immigrants.

«From Brexit, Trump and support for Vladimir Putin in Russia to the nationalist, ultra - conservative government in Poland, studies from our and other labs show that collective narcissism systematically predicts prejudice, aggression and a tendency to interpret innocent behaviors as provocation to the national group,» she says.

It is in danger of swamping all efforts to cut greenhouse emissions elsewhere, according to a study which shows that predicted growth in air travel is incompatible with government promises to cut emissions.

The study shows that the private sector, predominantly the employers and unions that sponsor work - related drug benefits today, would save between $ 6.5 - billion and $ 9.6 - billion annually with comparatively little increase costs to government.

«Our study shows that universal pharmacare would save private citizens and corporations more than $ 8 - billion at a cost to government of less than $ 1 - billion.

While environmental issues are often cited as a major factor in cities and towns in pursuing sustainability, a new study shows that economic concerns can be just as important to local governments in adopting concrete sustainability plans.

The Series outlines many case studies showing effective partnership between religious leaders and groups with governments, public - sector agencies, and international development actors.

Just as oil and natural gas fields have been found to be emitting more methane than official government estimates suggest, a new study shows that more methane than previously thought may be leaking from the other end of that system — cities, where people actually use natural gas for heating and cooking.

If the study shows that using the salt substitute can bring down disease, Wu and Neal plan to lobby government leaders to introduce a substitute nationwide and subsidize its manufacture.

Sure, it's unlikely that the entire country will bulk up, but the study is intended «as a wake - up call to show what could happen if nothing changes,» said researcher Dr. Lan Liang of the federal government's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Several recent studies have shown that even light and moderate alcohol consumption is linked to higher cancer risk — yet when the California government proposed warning labels, alcohol companies fought back, giving new rise to a decades - long debate on the topic.

The investigators of this study, which was done at Arizona State University, was intrigued by a government, randomized clinical trial which showed that dieters following the Atkins diet showed greater weight loss at 3 to 6 months.

After decades of trashing eggs and cholesterol because of «conclusive studies» that showed eating them was harmful, in 2015 the U.S. government quietly said there is no evidence eating any amount of cholesterol is unhealthy.

The Round Up ready protein has properties of a dust mite allergen it shows the World Health Organization's criteria designed to prevent allergic proteins from then being introduced to genetically modified crops so those who are allergic to dust might end up being constantly triggered but getting back to our BT toxin, once the pro-GMO UK government that was funding this gene transfer study discovered the genes actually transferred and survived digestion, they pulled funding of the study, so we never looked at BT toxin.

Prior to the execution of this agreement, Louisville Metro Government conducted an economic and fiscal impact study that shows that DWP's festivals have over $ 63 million in estimated economic impact to Louisville annually.