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Compression Wear and Shapewear: Skin-Tight Apparel for Enhanced Performance and Well-Being
2014-12-08 11:06:00| Apparel & textile industry market research - from just-style.com
Compression wear and shapewear garments are skin-tight items of clothing which apply pressure to specific parts of the body.
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Climate change can change one's well-being
2014-07-01 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Pittsburgh Courier: For most of the nearly 30 years since Dr. Nicole Brodies asthma diagnosis, the athlete and Army veteran has been able to maintain an uninterrupted life, continuing to teach elementary school, coach a childrens team, and remain active. She was partly able to do this by moving her family from New York State to Atlanta for the warmer climate. When I arrived in Atlanta, my asthma was controlled with just [an] albuterol [inhaler] as needed, she said at a panel event last week. But in the last...
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UN: World's forests fundamental human well-being
2014-06-24 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A senior UN official has described the world's forests as "fundamental" to human well-being and survival. Eva Mueller, director of the Food and Agriculture Organization's Forestry Division, said trees provided a direct source of food, fuel and income. Commenting on the findings of the UN's State of the World's Forest report, she added forests habitats were home to an estimated 80% of global biodiversity. The report has been published at a UN forestry meeting in Rome, Italy. She added:...
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Mental well-being will suffer under changing climate, experts say
2014-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: In the wake of increasing fires, storms and drought, the most profound wounds may occur in the human psyche, according to experts. Mental health troubles are an insidious threat from climate change. Though less grisly than injuries and infections, mental illnesses can still be very costly. The World Economic Forum issued a study in 2011 that found mental health issues will lead to $16.1 trillion in lost economic productivity over the next two decades. Some of those losses stem from a changing...
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Yardsticks of health, wellbeing, and sustainability around the world
2014-05-18 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Examiner: About 700 million people in the developing world need eyeglasses but are lacking affordable vision correction. Beyond GDP: Birth weight, hours slept, eyeglasses among innovative yardsticks of well-being, wealth, says new research as Malaysia hosts UN-backed symposium: "Beyond Gross Domestic Product -- Transitioning into Sustainability." Sustainability is about the big picture of health around the world. How do you measure and look at yardsticks of sustainability in the developing world? You look...
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