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  The State of Global Fertility This chart shows the fertility rate by country in 2021 (in births per woman). Statistica: Source World Bank Europe's Fertility Problem The average number of births per woman in the European Union was 1.53 in 2021, according to the latest available data by Eurostat. This figure has remained fairly stable over the last ten years (1.54 in 2011) In an interview with Le Monde, demographer Gilles Pinson explains that the differences between northern and southern European countries can be partly explained by the level of family-friendly employment policies, which are far more limited in southern Europe. Statistica Resource: Eurostat Fertility Rate Hits Record Low in England and Wales Statistics spanning back to before the Second World War received a new record low in 2020. In England and Wales the female fertility rate fell to 1.58. That's 0.5 less than the previous low of 2001 and 1.5 less than the wartime fall to 1.73 in 1941. Statistica Resource: Off

  SSIB Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior The Evolution of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior Abstract This review summarizes the formation of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), highlighting the many people whose commitment and perseverance brought together a wide range of disciplines for the common goal of investigating ingestive behavior and providing communication via scientific meetings. The goals and philosophy of the Society today are described along with the challenges it will face in the future. It concludes with the important message that excellence in science, combined with commitment to, and participation from, younger investigators, will ensure its continued success. The SSIB was officially incorporated on March 30, 1987 to serve a unique niche within the biological and behavioral sciences. Its initial vision was to serve as the “leading scientific organization for the study of ingestive behavior”. This mission continues to drive t

  STATISTA  is a Swedish firm that claims  it is e mpowering people with data, i nsights and facts across 170 industries and 150+ countries. At a hefty price of $199 month, billed annually which sounds like you have to have a yearly subscription. A starter account gets: Immediate access to 1m+ statistics Download as XLS, PNG, PDF & PPT Complete source information including background details If that does not get you enough there is a personal account for $549, again billed annually which give you access to all reports. HOWEVER, they do have a Basic Account for free which I started a week ago. You get a daily email with some starter statistics; usually a very brief article not larger than our posts with a graphic.  March 4 World Obesity Day Infographics

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Traditionally in the Christian calendar, Lent has been a time of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus recommends that we do these things in secret for God rather than publicly for our self-glorification before others.  Why is fasting important, and how does it relate to the practices of prayer and almsgiving?  In an article which I wrote for the Pray Tell: Worship, Wit & Wisdom blog , published on March 11, 2011, I focus upon the use of time as the key variable. We fast from certain things (less time spent in food preparation and eating) so that we can spend more time in the things that matter, namely love of God (prayer) and love of neighbor (almsgiving). With that rational in mind, I argue that today we should concentrate on fasting from television. The original article can still be accessed here: Television, Time Use, Lent and the Divine Office  

  Television: capturing America's attention at prime time and beyond. The ATUS is a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) survey that collects information about how people spend their time, along with individual and household characteristics useful in understanding how people use their time.1 In the core part of the survey, participants retrospectively report the activities they did on the previous day, when and for how long they did them, where they were, and who else was in the room with them or accompanied them during the activities. Using this information, BLS produces estimates of average time use for the civilian noninstitutional population ages 15 and older and various subpopulations. U.S. daily TV and digital viewing time 2024 | Statista

    Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility Chapter 2  Health, Unlimited Jerome Groopman "We doctors need you to help us think better. We need you to question us and to engage us.... It is really hard to be a doctor. But it is much harder to be a patient." How Doctors Think  by Jerome Groopman. a group of more than 650 people in Oxford Ohio who in 1975 had been asked to respond to positive and negative statements about aging. those who viewed aging as positive live seven and a half years longer lowering blood pressure and controlling cholesterol live about four years longer benefits of diet, exercise and not smoking about one to three years Certainty is a cruel mindset which prevents us from seeing possibilities and closes us to the world around us. We are either ill or healthy. The medical world knows best: we ought to know more about ourselves that anyone else. Health is a medical phenomenon. Granting permission mindlessly: the triumph of form over con

  A Guided Encounter with Langer: Counterclockwise Robert Greenleaf in Servant Leadership claimed that " prophetic voices of great clarity  and with quality of insight equal to that of any age" are speaking in our time. It is very important for servant leaders/followers to discern and affirm those prophets. Ellen J. Langer (Wikipedia)   is a social psychologist who was the first woman to be tenured in Harvard's psychology department.   This is her website.   She certainly has a high quality of insight into mindfulness and the psychology of possibility, especially in regard to aging, and health problems. Her first major book,  Mindfulness (The 25th Anniversary Edition , is rather abstract and technical, but very helpful in understanding her concept of "mindfulness" as applied to all aspects of life. Her most influential work  Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility  deals with aging and health deterioration. Most of us have experience with t

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