Sentences with phrase «higher than that of an adult»

The BPA exposure of infants can be 12 times higher than that of adults, and exposure to BPA early in life can damage still - developing reproductive organs.

The recommended protein percentage range for growth is 22 % to 32 % of dry matter (DM), higher than that of adults [27].

Not exact matches

Vurtego is one of the companies that are manufacturing these special pogo sticks that can let you jump higher than the height of an average adult.

The fact is, a higher proportion of teenagers work at a minimum wage job in most provinces across Canada today than a decade ago (49 per cent across Canada, 70 per cent in Ontario in 2016), but a growing proportion of adults have been doing so as well.

Most parents are aware that over the course of an adult's working life, high school graduates can expect, on average, to earn $ 1 million less than those with a bachelor's degree and are 50 percent more likely to be unemployed.

«At a time when young adults and families are struggling more than ever to pay for higher education, they simply can't afford to have more financial support eliminated by this tax plan,» said Reid Setzer, Young Invincibles» director of government affairs.

Perhaps most impressive may have been the $ 124.5 million raked in by the young - adult weeper The Fault in our Stars, which was produced for only around $ 12 million — but still made more than a number of high - priced bombs like Warner Brothers» (TWX) Edge of Tomorrow.

Sixty - nine percent of adults with an income more than $ 75,000 utilize the network, a percentage much higher than its counterparts (LinkedIn came in second place with 38 percent)

TGI Fridays» adult beverage sales are «significantly higher» than the industry standard of 12 %, says Matt Durbin, vice president of beverage and bar innovation at the chain.

The science doesn't lie: A 2011 Harvard study found that adults with the highest concentration of BPA in their urine had significantly larger waists and odds of being obese than those in the lowest quartile.

Lower - income adults obtained a significantly greater proportion of added sugars from stores than did higher - income adults.

But given the rise of news organizations aimed at younger adults, and the relatively high news consumption rates of young adults on social media and elsewhere, the reality may be more challenging for news organizations than that.

Lower - income (IPR < 1.0) adults consumed significantly more added sugars and derived a significantly greater proportion of added sugars from grocery stores than did higher - income adults (IPR ≥ 4).

The share of adults in highest - income households more than doubled, from 4 % in 1971 to 9 % in 2015.

Working for themselves is also top of mind for many millennials with 74 per cent saying they thought of owning their own business, 11 percentage points higher than the average Canadian adult.

Among youth — who use e-cigarettes at higher rates than adults do — there is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use increases the risk of transitioning to smoking conventional cigarettes.

Fallon shares his amazement of the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by saying, «They're speaking out with more guts, passion, conviction and common sense than most adults.

A study by LifeWay Research reveals that «more than two - thirds of young adults who attend a Protestant church for at least a year in high school will stop attending church...

The poll showed that support was highest among liberals and adults under age 30, with more than 60 percent of respondents in those categories favoring legalization.

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.

The number of adult cattle processed in the eastern states for the January — March period, also as reported by MLA, was 4pc higher than the same time last year, but down 9pc from 2016 levels.

Serving over 20 million guests annually, Main Event offers state - of - the - art bowling, more than 100 virtual and interactive games, multi-level laser tag, chef - inspired dining and a high - energy, full - service bar, making it the perfect place for families, young adults and groups of all ages to Head for Fun.

4) Weight Control: As part of a calorie - conscious eating regime, almonds, which are high in monounsaturated fats, can help obese adults lose weight easier than a diet high in complex carbohydrates, according to a study in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders.

They found that children and adolescents had higher average daily consumption of such foods than adults, potentially posing a health risk.

Since babies spend most of their sleeping time in the deepest stage of sleep, there is a high likelihood they will sweat at night more than older children and adults.

It is vital to learn these lessons in high school as the adult world is much less forgiving than high school — and young adults with behavioral or developmental problems often experience deeper feelings of failure as they move into their adult identity.

«This may be of particular concern in child and adolescent athletes where head injury rates are often higher than in adult athletes,» says the statement.

These parents are looking for a comprehensive academic program and they realize that the development of their child into a fulfilled adult requires more than intellectual attainment, it involves social skills, self - knowledge, vision and will to aim high and overcome obstacles.

The long - term study of more than 3,000 men and women in Copenhagen found that those who were breastfed for 7 to 9 months averaged IQ scores that were 6.6 points higher at age 27 than adults who were nursed for 1 month or less.

When it comes to bullying, we should hold adults to a much higher code of conduct than children since child bullies do not have control over their target's physical or psychological health or future like adults do who may be in the powerful position of teacher or coach.

Surely, we hold adults to a higher code of conduct than children.

Those babies that received the additional nutrition had achieved a fat mass that was 22 % to 38 % higher than those given standard formula by the age of 5 to 8 years, a situation that is known to predispose individuals to becoming overweight as adults.

A parenting stress study by Florida State University professor Robin Simon and Vanderbilt University's Ranae Evenson found that parents have significantly higher levels of depression than adults who do not have children.

Somehow though, we expect our children to have a higher level of impulse control than we as adults have.

In fact, an important study in 1996 confirmed that children are exposed to higher levels of radiation from devices than adults.

Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse have a four - time higher lifetime risk of depression than do their non-abused counterparts (Briere & Elliot, 1994).

More than 40 percent of Americans support a ban on youth playing contact football up until entering high school, according to a survey of 1,003 adults by the Robert Morris University Polling Institute Powered by Trib Total Media.

Furthermore, a child who is obese by age 12 has more than a 75 percent chance of becoming an obese adult, at risk for Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, high blood pressure, gallbladder disease, asthma and certain cancers.

There is a big difference in child and adult obesity rates in France, with northern regions having higher rates of obesity than in the southern regions of France.

Additionally, because infants inhale significantly higher air volume per body weight than adults and sleep a longer time, they experience about 10 times as much inhalation exposure as adults when exposed to the same level of VOCs, the researchers said.

Interestingly, a separate study of Japanese adults (between 40 - 79 years of age) had similar results: Sleeping more or less than 7 hours was associated with higher mortality (Tamakoshi and Ohno 2004).

In 2008, when voter turnout rates were at or around record highs, fewer than half (44.9 percent) of adults in households making less than $ 30,000 per year voted, according to Census Bureau data.

Of the policy areas within the metro mayor's remit, housing (12 per cent) and business support (8 per cent) are a higher priority than transport (3 per cent) or adult skills (2 per cent).

We have a skills gap that continues to grow; 41 % of New Yorkers have a high school diploma or less and the young adult unemployment rate is more than double the state rate at 10.5 % with New York City at a rate of 14 %.

But SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson, in a hearing on the budget before state lawmakers Tuesday, pointed out that while full - time enrollment may be down at SUNY's community colleges, a large chunk of their population is made up of adult learners, who are far more likely than fresh - out - of - high - school students to study part time and require more services.

It found that adults in Williamsburg, Bushwick, Bed - Stuy and East New York had higher rates of emergency room visits for asthma than other neighborhoods.

Mortality rates among adults 18 - 64 have increased every year of Obamacare except 2012 and are now higher than at any time during the 2002 - 2010 period.

His résumé is beefier than those of many adults: He is vice chair of the organization of state high - school

In 2010, 19.34 percent of the state's adult population backed Cuomo — seven points higher than this year.

Adults in the Community of Madrid who say to perform high or mild levels of total physical activity present higher levels of mental health than those performing low levels of physical activity.