Sentences with phrase «higher consumption levels»

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Also pretty cool is a feature on the app that can monitor your drink consumption and send you an alert when your estimated blood alcohol level is high.

«Europe has got one of the highest consumption rates of seafood globally,» says Clearwater spokeswoman Christine Penney, but she adds, «it's not a level playing field.»

Fueled by low prices, and an improving job market, consumption of gasoline in the U.S. rose by 2.6 per cent last year to 9.2 million barrels a day, the highest level since 2007, the government said.

For instance, agriculture has produced record levels for the past few years and yet inventories are the lowest in 40 years because consumption keeps going higher and higher, faster than production does.

More people from rural areas of China will move to urban areas, and then we will have a higher level of consumption.

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.

In the case of the household sector, both Mr. Flaherty and the Governor of the Bank of Canada are warning Canadians about their high debt levels and urging them to curtail their consumption and to reduce their debt.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

«Consumption is expected to grow moderately and residential investment to decline further from historically high levels,» he told reporters.

Spain's household savings rate fell to its lowest level on record in the third quarter of last year as high unemployment and wage deflation in the latest recession obliged them to devote more of their disposable income to consumption, according to figures released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

If policies that transfer income from poor to rich, and so suppress consumption, don't unleash savings into higher actual investment levels, they can easily cause instead a reduction in desired investment levels, so that paradoxically investment actually falls.

The pick - up in consumption in the March quarter appears to be continuing and is being supported by further increases in consumer confidence; household spending increased by 2 1/2 per cent in the June quarter and consumer confidence is now at its highest level in 4 years (Graph 3).

Travel and gasoline consumption are expected to be higher this summer compared to levels in 2014.

Unless central banks move beyond quantitative easing and actually print money to directly finance consumption or public investment, debt tends to be disinflationary, as high debt levels can calcify potential future growth and inflationary pressures.

This means that, instead of aiming at steadily higher levels of consumption, we in the affluent nations may have to cultivate asceticism — a deliberate reduction of the rates at which we use up material things.

As Jose Lutzenberger when Minister of Environment in Brazil, said: «If development is to be the continuation of the present mode and we must help the developing countries to reach our level of affluence, while the developed countries must still continue developing to even higher levels of consumption, then what we are doing is suicidal» (1991, p. 11).

Most large studies have found only a very small decrease in risk of colon cancer with the consumption of higher levels of dietary fiber and no decrease in risk of colon cancer recurrence, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Unlike sugar, honey or high fructose corn syrup, agave does not spike blood sugar levels; thereby avoiding the highs and lows of sugar and corresponding cravings and over consumption associated with roller coaster blood sugar levels.

Reformulation policies may also legitimise current levels of consumption of ultra-processed products in high - income countries and increased levels of consumption in emerging markets in the global South.

Whereas estimates from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and Living Costs and Food Survey are broadly comparable (123 mL / adult / day versus 168 mL / person / day), the British Soft Drinks Association's figures are threefold to fourfold higher.48 61 The level and pattern of consumption will determine the magnitude of the public health effects of a sugar sweetened drinks tax, as well as its effect on health inequalities.

In terms of own price elasticity values, a recent meta - analysis estimated an average own price effect for carbonated sugar sweetened drinks (a near equivalent of the category non-concentrated sugar sweetened drinks, which predominantly includes carbonated drinks) of − 0.93, larger than our value of − 0.81.51 Our estimated value is also at the lower end of the range of own price elasticities frequently cited for sugar sweetened drinks of − 0.8 to − 1.0, based on one large review.52 Our own price estimate is comparable to experimental data (a 25 % reduction for a 35 % price rise) in a canteen study.53 However, all these estimates may be influenced by US studies in which higher estimates may reflect higher levels of consumption.

The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared with the US may in part explain why the effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences with respect to other modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.

Due to the heavy consumption of processed vegetable oils and grain - fed meat & dairy products most people have very high levels of omega 6.

These countries in particular have higher levels of wine consumption than other parts of Asia and this translates into greater understanding of wine and greater potential for appreciation of Australia's fine wine offering.

Meanwhile Andrew White, AusVeg Deputy CEO said, «Given that Australian producers are required to comply with some of the world's strictest quality assurance standards before their products are made available for public consumption, it is high time the same level of scrutiny is applied to imported produce to ensure public safety.»

«Factors such as public awareness regarding the increase in obesity levels, as a result of high meat consumption, have led to the demand for meat substitutes,» the report said.

Though the United States was not the heaviest coffee - drinking nation at the time (Nordic countries, Belgium, and Netherlands all had comparable or higher levels of per capita consumption), due to its sheer size, it was already the largest consumer of coffee in the world by 1860, and, by 1920, around half of all coffee produced worldwide was consumed in the US.

China was the largest bottled water market in the world in 2015 with $ 16.4 bn in retail sales, and consumption is on the rise largely due to higher income levels and growing awareness of bottled water's health benefits, according to Mintel's Bottled Water China 2016 report.

Not all fruit is bad, but for those cutting back on their carb consumption, eating vegetables like raw peppers, cucumbers or celery will do them more good than eating fruits like bananas and grapes which have high natural sugar levels.

A low level of beer consumption was associated with a higher risk of all - cause mortality.133 A low level of wine consumption was associated with a lower risk of all - cause mortality.133 One glass of alcohol every two days was associated with a lower risk of all - cause mortality.133, 134

Farming in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) gives an opportunity for maximising farming conditions, reducing emissions of nutrients to the aquatic environment, reducing water consumption and for farming with a high level of bio-security.

Snack food exposures within these stores may contribute to higher levels of consumption and ultimately to increasing levels of obesity, particularly within socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

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).

Regular consumption of tomatoes will help to stabilize your blood sugar levels and injuries could heal faster due to the high content of vitamin C.

The results of a study in Finland suggest that young age at introduction of dairy products and high milk consumption during childhood increase the level of cow's milk antibodies in the children's systems.

Also the nations with the highest levels of dairy product consumption are the nations with the highest rates of osteoporosis.

Alcohol also causes higher degrees of depression and causes depression even at lower consumption levels.

Dr Philip Withington at the University of Cambridge has found that affluence rather than poverty has tended to drive consumption levels, especially among the middle classes and higher, even though legislation and enforcement is often focused on the poorer parts of the population.

Tests of whale meat for sale online in Japan last year revealed mercury levels as high as 47.5 times what is considered safe for human consumption.

Adherence to the MD components was defined as consumption levels above the group median for fruits, vegetables and legumes, nuts and seeds, whole grains, fish and poultry and a high ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fatty acids, as well consumption below the median of red meat, alcohol, and soft drinks.

For infants, consumption of aldicarb residue — mostly in potatoes, citrus and water — can reach 800 percent higher than the EPA's level of concern for health effects, while children between the ages of one and five can ingest 300 percent more than the level of concern, according to an Aug. 4 EPA memo.

«People may be less cautious about their use than they would be if they were taking a pill, so it is important to be sure that even a high level of consumption is safe before the products are sold,» Lucke says.

Higher nut consumption also has been linked to reductions in cholesterol levels, oxidative stress, inflammation, adiposity, and insulin resistance.

«Only extremely high doses have been shown to provide some level of protection, but these doses are significantly higher than what is recommended in a vitamin supplement, and the safety of long term consumption of high doses of vitamin C and E is not known,» said Dr. Lim.

Higher levels of physical activity were linked to the relationship between higher daily fruit and vegetable consumption and better cognitive perforHigher levels of physical activity were linked to the relationship between higher daily fruit and vegetable consumption and better cognitive perforhigher daily fruit and vegetable consumption and better cognitive performance.

Edward Giovannucci, an associate professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard and a coauthor of both studies, believes that calcium itself, at high levels of consumption, promotes this kind of cancer by depleting protective levels of Vitamin D.

When the family meal environment quality was better at age 6, higher levels of general fitness and lower levels of soft - drink consumption were observed at age 10.

«Earlier studies regarding lifetime alcohol consumption and risk of alcoholic cirrhosis reached opposite conclusions, for instance, whether a previous high level of alcohol amount predicted future risk, even after having cut down,» commented Dr. Askgaard.

Exposure to high levels of mercury, often from consumption of fish and other seafood, can damage developing brains, reducing children's IQs.

The study also found that while the USA and China have similar levels of freshwater consumption associated with their petroleum sectors, the international freshwater footprint of the USA is three times higher than that of China.