Sentences with phrase «affluent nations»
However, the ultimate factor underlying diseases of civilization is the collision of our ancient genome with the new conditions of life in affluent nations, including the nutritional qualities of recently introduced foods.
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How hard shall those who have riches, entire affluent nations of them, enter into the kingdom of God!
Wealthy nations would likely react to such conditions by increasing air conditioning usage, but less affluent nations such as Yemen would suffer.
The restricted availability of premature feeding formulas and supplies, incubators and other equipment in less affluent nations causes premature infants to be more often held and breastfed — hence, they more often survive.
The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. is the highest among affluent nations.
Am I just congratulating myself in order to get past the uncomfortable feeling that many people from affluent nations feel at enjoying luxury while visiting a nation rife with poverty?
With hindsight, we can now see that in February 1973, the U.S. (along with other affluent nations) was a few years into a massive social experiment.
That's well below the average of 12.6 percent for affluent nations.
Whereas more affluent nations will likely spend millions on structural flood barriers to protect existing coastal real estate, poorer regions with more transient populations may need to encourage settlement in safer inland areas.
Experts say the finding is the latest in a series of recent studies to indicate that the same four tobacco companies that U.S. public health advocates kicked out in the 1990s are still targeting the most vulnerable members of society — namely, children, teens and those trying to quit, with a focus on less affluent nations.
Even among the affluent nations of the western world, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting the poorer.
On the whole, those Protestants who favor the national system want to improve the quality and quantity of help to the poor, insuring that in an affluent nation such as ours noone goes hungry, unclothed, or homeless.
Hunger, poverty and homeless - ness are ever present, even in this affluent nation.
In the second round of discussion, the affluent nations claim that, after all, they produced most of this wealth, so they have a right to enjoy it.
Do you agree that if the developing nations are asked to reduce their population growth, the affluent nations should be willing to reduce their rates of consumption?
The means of helping the malnourished could be relatively simple if the affluent nations resolved that the reduction of deprivation is an important goal, and if the governments of developing nations made it an important priority.
Rather, the means could be relatively simple if the affluent nations resolved that the reduction of deprivation is an important goal, and if the governments of developing nations made it an important priority.
Some of those factors seem obvious: Living in destitution in an affluent nation is strongly associated with unhappiness.