Sentences with phrase «measure of health for»

For example, results can be thrown off by pregnancy or high muscle mass, and it may not be a good measure of health for children or the elderly.

Note: Whilst BMI can be a useful measure of health for the general population it may not work for all especially individuals with more muscle mass, some athletes, and specifically body builders.

Whilst BMI can be a useful measure of health for the general population it may not work for all especially individuals with more muscle mass, some athletes, and specifically body builders.

Not exact matches

Business Insider combined five measures of labor - market and general economic health for the 40 metropolitan statistical areas with the biggest 2017 populations to get a sense of where those big cities» economies stand.

In a new analysis, Business Insider culled data across five measures of labor - market and general economic health for the 40 metropolitan statistical areas with the largest 2017 populations.

Authors Mark Rovere and Brett J. Skinner found that although Canada is one of the biggest spenders on national health care within the 27 - member Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), it nevertheless ranked below average on most of the indicators measuring availability of medical resources and services.

That estimate comes from the Economic Policy Institute's (EPI) 2015 Family Budget Calculator, which measures the annual cost of necessities for one adult to live a secure, yet modest, lifestyle by estimating the costs of housing, food, transportation, health care, other necessities, and taxes.

(The health system uses a number of surrogate measures along the way to make sure that their members are on the right track — for example, lowering their blood sugar if they are at risk of diabetes.)

The system consists of custom vital signs monitors that continuously measure six core health parameters and wirelessly transmit that data to Android tablets for doctors and nurses.

Still, Apple's inclusion of reproductive measures in Health Kit, including menstrual cycles, addresses criticism that the company received last year for not incorporating these features.

The tax bill lowers the corporate tax rate from 35 % to 21 %, eliminates the penalty under the Affordable Care Act for failing to have health insurance, a narrower estate tax, and cuts the top effective marginal tax rate for S corporations to a top rate of 29.6 percent, among other measures that gives the biggest breaks to the wealthiest individuals and companies.

Republicans in the House of Representatives were told at a Monday night meeting that the stop - gap measure would extend funding through March 23, along with a year of defense funding and two years of funding for community health centers, lawmakers said.

Almost 340,000 individuals participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey and General Social Survey from 2009 to 2013, which permitted Statistics Canada to perform community - level measures of life satisfaction for 33 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and 58 economic regions across the country.

Also under threat may be another measure to usher in more detailed labeling requirements for menus at restaurants and grocery stores, which passed as part of the 2010 health overhaul known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare.

Depending on your area of expertise, or how you're developing content, you may attract different types of traffic or attract it in different ways, but traffic is still a vital measure for the health of your campaign.

Another way to measure the health of your industry or the demand for your product is by reaching out to consumers directly.

Its Cost of Living Index measures prices in 269 urban areas for housing, groceries, utilities, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services such as getting your hair done or going to a movie.

Powerful budget committees in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for school safety measures and access to mental health care.

One way or another, though, Mr. Scott has said he is determined to pass the gun package, which would also include significant funding for school safety and mental health measures, before the end of the annual legislative session, which is scheduled to wrap up on Friday.

YouGov BrandIndex's entire universe of 1,100 + consumer brands were measured year to year with its Index score, its chief measurement of brand health, which combines the average respondent scores for quality, value, general impression, satisfaction, reputation and willingness to recommend.

The company is also pressing the government to enact gun - reform measures, including a ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks; raising the minimum age to 21 for gun purchasing; universal background checks that include scrutiny of mental - health information and previous run - ins with the law; and an end to the background - check loophole for gun show and private sales.

For example, the federal government implemented a number of one - time measures, including $ 4.0 billion in 2002 - 03 for health care initiatives, $ 3.5 billion in 2003 - 04 for health care initiatives and agricultural support, $ 3.6 billion in 2004 - 05 for the Wait Times Reduction Fund and $ 9 billion in 2009 - 10 to support the auto sectFor example, the federal government implemented a number of one - time measures, including $ 4.0 billion in 2002 - 03 for health care initiatives, $ 3.5 billion in 2003 - 04 for health care initiatives and agricultural support, $ 3.6 billion in 2004 - 05 for the Wait Times Reduction Fund and $ 9 billion in 2009 - 10 to support the auto sectfor health care initiatives, $ 3.5 billion in 2003 - 04 for health care initiatives and agricultural support, $ 3.6 billion in 2004 - 05 for the Wait Times Reduction Fund and $ 9 billion in 2009 - 10 to support the auto sectfor health care initiatives and agricultural support, $ 3.6 billion in 2004 - 05 for the Wait Times Reduction Fund and $ 9 billion in 2009 - 10 to support the auto sectfor the Wait Times Reduction Fund and $ 9 billion in 2009 - 10 to support the auto sector.

Department of Corrections officials justify the soy - based meals as a cost - cutting measure, but increased health care costs and pending liability for not supplying life - sustaining meals have the potential to make the soy - based meals very expensive for the state of Illinois.»

It is not a perfect analogy but — except, of course, for the part in which analyses that use the number of bookshops as a proxy for literacy are widely ridiculed — it is nonetheless similar to what happens when the health of the Chinese economy is measured by the reported GDP data, or when second - order measures, such as the dependence of Chinese growth on debt, is estimated by looking at credit growth in relation to GDP growth.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): Also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the act included a variety of health - related provisions that extended health insurance coverage to many uninsured Americans, implemented measures designed to reduce health care costs, imposed requirements on health providers and insurance companies, and levied a broad range of taxes to help pay for expanded healthcare.

Economic health is sound enough for the market to expect the Fed to continue with its measured pace of rate increases.

Our proposals also include a number of other measures to improve workplace conditions: enhancing members» right to refuse dangerous work; specific measures to reduce stress for front - line workers and shift workers; improved collective agreement language on workplace harassment and discrimination; strong maternal health provisions; and fairness for injured workers.

The second problem is that in order to get some of its debt absolved, Puerto Rico agreed to impose the harsh austerity measures — reducing education and health spending, for instance — that hurt growth at the same time that thousands are fleeing to the mainland in search of economic opportunity.

For each age demographic, YouGov BrandIndex measured several of the biggest health insurers with its Quality score, which asks respondents «Is it high quality or low quality?»

, and by working to lower the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies in the first place — which means better sexual health education in schools, funding for birth control measures and education about using that birth control, promoting research into methods of safe male birth control, and creating an environment where the women in your life can come to you to discuss safe sexual choices.

Based on McCann's research concerning what the churches are doing in the field of mental illness and mental health, the authors of Action for Mental Health wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental healhealth, the authors of Action for Mental Health wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental healHealth wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental healthhealth....

(Happiness, by itself, is not an adequate criterion for measuring mental health because some people defend themselves against unconscious feeling of despair by a facade of «happiness.»

Although billions of dollars are being expended annually on family planning services in less - developed countries, and such programs have been promoted by various governments at the national level for four decades, there are only a few studies that have attempted to measure the demographic and health impact of family planning against a «control group» — a similar area which lacks the service.

The measure of relief is that Ratzinger has settled into his new role with apparent ease and seems to be in vibrant health for a man of eighty years.

Gay men have vigorously fought off the only public health measures that could significantly contain the spread of AIDS — contact tracing and testing of partners — methods long used for syphilis and other sexually transmitted afflictions.

Mental health is sometimes an elusive idea for many because it involves measuring the wellness of unseen factors like our emotional, psychological and social well - being.

Given the significance of this response to illness for a large proportion of the world's population, there has been considerable interest in recent years in measuring the efficacy of intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health in a scientifically rigorous fashion.

Though the Western myth is that the Catholic Church in the Third World is retarding public health measures for the sake of a theological nicety, that is certainly not the case on this continent.

The principle of solidarity, of the health of one working for the health of another, was transformed into an accounting system by which the merit of each member was theoretically measured in heaven, and all of it beyond what that member required put in a bank fur the help of others.

Arguing against the motion is Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.

I think RS supplementation may be a good measuring stick for the health of your gut.

In January 2013 the non-governmental organisation Sustain, supported by 61 health organisations, called for a 20 pence per litre excise duty on sugar sweetened drinks.4 In February, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called for a 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks as part of its enquiry into clinical and public health solutions to the obesity epidemic.1 Although the UK government has indicated a preference for voluntary approaches to the control of obesity, it has not ruled out fiscal measures.14 Clearly, the idea of a sugar sweetened drink tax is gaining traction in the UK, but its effect on health remains uncertain.

Arguing against the motion was Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.

The most comprehensive methodology for testing the chemical composition of unrecorded alcohol products was developed as part of the Alcohol Measures for Public Health Research Alliance (AMPHORA) project, a collaboration among 13 EU member states funded by the European Commission.

Rude Health's snack bars are an allotment full of fruit & veg in a fudgy bar with seeds & nuts thrown in for good measure.

NSF International is a global independent organization that writes standards and tests and certifies products for the water, food, health sciences and consumer goods industries to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment as well as offering a range of standardized and proprietary methods of measuring sustainability for organizations, products, processes, supply chains and services.

Among public health measures for the prevention of obesity are the need to restrict the consumption of energy - dense snacks and sugar - sweetened soft drinks and to increase the consumption of whole grains and energy - dilute vegetables and fruit (15).

Additional Accountability Requirements: The State Board of Education amended its Health, Wellness, and Safety Policy in 2006 to require the Department of Education to create a plan for measuring implementation of the wellness policy.

The health benefits of breastfeeding for both a mother and her baby are so significant that they make breastfeeding one of the most powerful preventative measures you can take for your child's health.

Because of its unique composition, breast milk is an ideal source of nutrition for infants, and studies have also shown that babies who are breastfed do better on a number of health related measures, including cognitive development.