Parents, Save Up: Cost Of Raising A Child Is More Than $233K

January 10, 2017

Expecting a baby? Congratulations! Better put plenty of money in your savings account.
The Department of Agriculture says the estimated cost of raising a child from birth through age 17 is $233,610, or as much as almost $14,000 annually. That’s the average for a middle-income couple with two children. It’s a bit more expensive in urban parts of the country, and less so in rural areas.
The estimate released Monday is based on 2015 numbers, so a baby born this year is likely to cost even more. It’s a 3 percent increase from the prior year, a hike higher than inflation.
Since 1960, USDA has compiled the annual report to inform – and probably terrify – budget-preparing parents. State governments and courts also use the information to write child support and foster care guidelines. The main costs include housing, food, transportation, health care, education, clothing and other miscellaneous expenses.
Things to know about how much it costs to raise a child:
Up to a third of the total cost is housing, accounting for 26 to 33 percent of the total expense of raising a child. USDA comes up with those numbers by calculating the average cost of an additional bedroom – an approach the department says is probably conservative, because it doesn’t account for those families who pay more to live in communities that have better schools or other amenities for children.
The cost of raising a child varies in different regions of the country. Overall, middle-income, married-couple families in the urban Northeast spent the most ($253,770), followed by those in the urban West ($235,140) and urban South ($221,730). Those in the urban Midwest spent less ($217,020), along with those in rural areas ($193,020).
USDA estimates the annual housing cost per child in urban areas is $3,900, while it’s $2,400 in rural areas.
There were also differences depending on income. Lower-income families are expected to spend around $174,690 per child from birth through 17; higher-income families will spend a whopping $372,210.
The average middle-income family earns between $59,200 and $107,400 before taxes.
After housing, child care, education and food are the highest costs for families. For a middle-income couple with two children, food costs make up about 18 percent of the cost of raising a child. Child care and education costs make up 16 percent.
Education costs have sharply risen since 1960, when USDA estimated that those expenses were around 2 percent of child-rearing expenses. The report says this growth is likely due to the increased number of women in the workforce, prompting the need for more child care.
The numbers don’t even include the annual cost of college, which the government estimates is $45,370 for a private college and $20,090 for a public college.
New parents may flinch at the costs of diapers and baby gear, but it’s going to get worse. While a child costs around $12,680 when he or she is between 0 and 2, a teenager between 15 and 17 costs around $13,900 annually.
USDA says food, transportation, clothing and health care expenses all grow as a child ages. Transportation costs are highest for the oldest children, perhaps because they start driving, and child care and education costs are highest for six and under.
There is some good news for big families. Families with three or more children spend an average of 24 percent less per child. USDA says that’s because children often share bedrooms in bigger families, clothing and toys are handed down and food can be purchased in larger and more economical packages. Also, private schools and child care providers may offer sibling discounts.
In contrast, one-child households spend an average of 27 percent more on the single child.

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Markets looking for more clues on Trumponomics

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January 10, 2017

The bond market is wrestling with the Trump trade — and could continue to do so until the incoming administration and Congress can provide more details about their programs — particularly tax reform.
Buyers have been piling into Treasurys, sending prices higher and yields lower against a wall of uncertainty. At the same time, there is a giant short position, which can also help send yields lower as investors cover.
The Treasury market, particularly at the long end, has been attracting buying for a variety of reasons — one of which is the lack of clarity around the same programs of President-elect Donald Trump that drove yields sharply higher in the weeks after Election Day.
Another is the uncertainty about what is going on with China’s volatile currency. There is also higher demand for Treasurys by investors who are hedging corporate bonds, and corporate debt issuance in the first five trading days of the year was a whopping $62 billion for investment grade debt alone.
But Treasury strategists see the Trump trade as an important theme, now that the 10-year yield has retraced from its post election high of 2.64 percent on Dec. 15 to 2.36 percent Monday.
« Obviously we had strong corporate issuance. To start the year with that kind of a bang is very unusual. It’s weighing on yields. The 10-year was at 1.60 before the election. Even at 2.35, it’s 75 basis points higher. A lot of this is based on forward expectations of the new administration’s policy, » said Boris Rjavinski, rate strategist at Wells Fargo. « Some of the policies could be implemented very quickly. Some could involve protracted fights. »
Goldman Sachs economists, in a note, said they expect the tax reform process to begin in March or April in the House of Representatives. They expect the House proposal to include « border adjustment, » or a tax on imported goods , as well as limitations on what interest corporations deduct. But the outlook for other issues is less clear, they wrote. That would include infrastructure spending and trade policy, including possible tariffs.
« The pace of implementation is now beginning to be questioned to some extent, and I don’t think anyone is really doubting we will get tax reform or fiscal stimulus, visa vis lower tax rates, » said Mark Cabana, head of short end rate strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
« We are in a big wait and see mode as to how policy will be implemented in the near term, » Cabana said.
Cabana said the market has been watching how the new Congress has been dealing with repealing Obamacare, its first act of the new session. « There may be some defunding, but there’s not a clear path of what it will be replaced with, » he said.
Economists have not built much extra growth into their 2017 forecasts from the Trump programs, though markets were lifted in a « reflation » trade on the hope that the economy would be boosted. The overhaul of corporate taxes was a big factor behind the optimism that has driven the Dow about 9 percent higher since the election, and there was hope that Congress and the White House would agree to a plan this year.
« Those micro details are definitely starting to permeate the conversation, » said George Goncalves, head of rate strategy at Nomura. « I’m amazed it took that long, but there was a lot of hope and excitement around it. It’s a new year. »
In the weeks after the election, stocks rallied, the dollar gained and bond yields rose as traders viewed the combination of a Republican Congress and Republican White House as a strong setup for quick passage of tax and regulatory reform and fiscal stimulus. But in recent sessions, the market has watched every development in Congress with more interest than usual.
« We’re setting up for some showdown in the Senate with Cabinet-level confirmation hearings. That has reduced slightly some of the optimism that we would see something happen quickly in the second half of the year, » said Cabana.
On Tuesday, markets will also keep an eye on the confirmation hearing of Sen. Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. There is also a hearing for retired Marine Gen. John Kelly as Homeland Security secretary.
The confirmation hearing of former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State is scheduled for Wednesday. Also on Wednesday is Trump’s first news briefing since the election.
« There could be something interesting coming out of the hearings and his press conference. They’re forcing us to multitask, » said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities. « Where the 10-year was — that was a pretty significant move in a short period of time. Some of that moderation we’re seeing is not just happening there. It’s happening in the financials. »
Financial stocks have led the market higher since Election Day, with about a 17 percent gain. The S&P financial sector slid 0.8 percent Monday. Hogan said the pattern was also the same in what was a broader reflation trade.
Stocks ended Monday mixed with the Dow down 76 to 19,887, and the S&P 500 off 7 at 2,268. But Nasdaq closed at a record high of 5,531, up 10, lifted by a move higher in biotechs and Apple.
« All of the real rapid rotation trades needed some relief and to take a breather here. The real thing to me is they’re being replaced by something else. When the financials pulled back here with the 10-year, tech and health care jumped in significantly, » Hogan said. Financials had been rising on the idea that interest rates would be going higher and could move higher even more quickly, if Trump’s programs spark economic growth and inflation.
Goncalves said Treasurys have also benefited from some of the contradictions around the proposals. For instance, the idea of a border tax may harm the corporate supply chain and that would not be positive for growth.
« Because they’re not fleshed out, they’re inconsistent. They want a stronger dollar, but that’s bad for manufacturing. How do you square all these things? » he said. « Some of the macro implications of changing how business is conducted itself falls into the uncertainty category for sure. »
Besides watching Congress Tuesday, there is some data including JOLTs, job opening data and wholesale trade, both at 10 a.m. There is also NFIB small business survey at 6 a.m.
There is also a $24 billion three-year note auction Tuesday, the first of three auctions this week. The 10-year and 30-year auctions would be more important Wednesday and Thursday.
« I think the uncertainty factor around all this stuff also helps bring back more money into Treasurys, » Goncalves said.
He said the auctions could be like a « litmus test » for the market, and while they could support rates, he said yields could be even lower after the inauguration, as the markets sort out what the new administration will do.
« The U. S. economy and global economy has worked so hand in hand, that that’s going to cause friction … and that could raise risk premiums, and draw a bid for Treasurys. That may be what’s happening as well, » he said.
« They’ve been letting the currency slowly weaken. A weaker dollar would help stabilize the China situation because they are so dollar pegged, » Goncalves said. The currency has been volatile in both directions lately. « It was a controlled kind of weakening of the currency in response to both the outflows and speculative behavior that was happening as well. «

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Exploiting fear of Muslims? The far right has nothing on liberal Hollywood

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January 10, 2017

Long before Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of banning Muslims from entering the U. S. or creating a registry for those who already live here, there was a master fear monger who made the president-elect’s divisive rhetoric seem like child’s play.
It capitalized upon the terror of 9/11 by portraying most Muslims (even those who are American) as terrorists, cast a suspicious eye toward anyone who looked remotely like Sallah from “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and pretty much ensured that Westerners would know Islam through only the prism of suicide bombings, religious extremism and oppressed women in burkas.
When it comes to exploiting fear of the other for personal gain, the far right has nothing on liberal Hollywood.
Television producers, writers, actors and network execs – many of whom have openly criticized ultra-conservative politicians for their intolerant views – have done more to popularize Islamophobia over the last 15 years than all of Trump’s campaign proclamations.
“There has never been liberal Hollywood when it comes to the portrayal of Muslims on TV,” says professor and author Jack Shaheen , who’s been researching the subject since the mid-1970s and served as a cultural consultant on films such as “Three Kings” and “Syriana.” “They’ve reinforced the idea that many Americans now have – that all Muslims are terrorists. They knew they could get away with it because no one was going to protest. They’ve been playing to the balcony, and in doing so, they’ve been getting the ratings.”
That dynamic grew exponentially after the 9/11 attacks: While President George W. Bush delivered dozens of speeches about how ours was not a war against Islam but “a campaign against evil,” network television was busy putting the finishing touches on the series that came to embody TV’s narrative about our war against evil Islam.
Eight weeks after the attacks, Fox released “24,” a series steeped in scheming, swarthy Muslims and the heroic efforts of a very nonswarthy Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). The series outlasted both of Bush’s terms and spawned an army of like-minded shows.
The next phase in television terrorism drama included Showtime’s “Sleeper Cell,” which arrived with the tagline “Friends. Neighbors. Husbands. Terrorists,” and “Homeland,” where the mere act of a man praying toward Mecca signaled foreboding events. And with a title like “Tyrant,” it was clear that FX’s drama about an American Arab family was no “Cosby Show.”
Even network TV’s good Muslims, like Sayid on “Lost” or Alex of “Quantico,” were defined by their connection to Saddam’s Republican Guard or terror groups who kill in the name of Islam.
“It’s like the LGBT community 30 years ago,” says Sue Obeidi, director of the civil rights advocacy group the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Hollywood bureau. “Every time there was a gay character on TV or in film, the story line would be about AIDS. Almost all Muslim story lines up to now are connected to terror. Even if they end up being a good person, it’s often discovered under a cloud of suspicion.”
There is no doubt that homegrown terror attacks in the U. S. – from San Bernardino to Orlando – have helped bolster arguments that art is only reflecting reality.
But as University of North Carolina professor Charles Kurzman and David Schanzer, Duke University professor and director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, wrote in a 2015 research paper , “Law enforcement agencies in the United States consider anti-government violent extremists, not radicalized Muslims, to be the most severe threat of political violence that they face.”
Television of late has been trying to adjust to a changing world by developing more diverse narratives and investing in more projects by creators and writers of color, including Shonda Rhimes (“Scandal”), Kenya Barris (“blackish”) and Nahnatchka Khan (“Fresh Off the Boat”). But despite the number of shows that have Islamic terror elements in their plots – from “Madam Secretary” to “CSI” – Muslims behind the camera are rare.
That lack of representation was glaringly evident in the fifth season of “Homeland,” when graffiti that read “ ‘Homeland’ is racist” in Arabic made it into a scene. Artists hired to decorate the wall of the fictional Syrian refugee camp slipped the words in, and there was no one else on set with enough knowledge of the Arab world to catch their subversive message.
“Hollywood is not necessarily biased toward a particular political view, but it is biased toward what does and doesn’t make money,” says author Reza Aslan, who recently co-created an ABC pilot for a comedy about an American Muslim family in the age of Trump. “Since 9/11, the market wanted these almost comic book characterizations of Muslims as the bad guy. But that market has dried up. It’s not interesting anymore. They want different narratives about Muslims and Middle Easterners, and networks are looking for ways to do that.”
Characters who arrived during the seemingly endless presidential campaign of the last year and a half have definitely signaled a shift.
In HBO’s critically lauded “The Night Of,” we met Nasir Khan (Riz Ahmed), an average college student accused of a crime that had nothing to do with terrorism; his journey through the legal system highlighted an institutional prejudice.
Aziz Ansari’s Netflix series, “Master of None,” depicts him as a struggling actor who finds himself in all sorts of painfully normal situations – bad dates, flubbed job interviews, disappointing his immigrant parents – situations far too commonplace for TV’s Muslims before him. “If we don’t do it, who else is going to do it?” Ansari said, explaining why he created the show.
Yet in an unforeseen twist, Trump’s election has potentially accelerated the interest in more nuanced story lines involving actors like Ansari.
“Right after the election – I’m talking the day or two days after – we had people in the industry reach out to us: the USA Network, Amazon, Hulu, a major network,” says civil rights advocate Obeidi. “They have directives from their networks to watch for Islamophobic tones. Not that the studios were giving directives for Islamophobic story lines before, but now they’re saying, ‘We need consultants because our studio wants to be careful of certain red lines.’ That’s all new.”
The recent presidential election is such an extraordinary moment in American history, says Aslan, that there’s a new drive among the network and studio executives he’s met with to create a counter narrative to Trump’s.
“They want to make a statement about American ideals and the people who make this country what it is, whether that is focusing on minority groups, African American, Muslims, Jews, or whether it’s just simply presenting a different side of the American story,” Aslan says. “But I can say with absolute confidence the industry has been galvanized by this election.”
And whether you believe it or not, television is the frontline of shaping public perception. Even when it comes to depicting the oh-so-mysterious Muslim.
“It’s pop culture that’s going to change opinions about how people feel about one another,” says Obeidi. “Government can protect our rights as citizens – or maybe now with Trump it won’t – but it’s really TV and film that changes the way people feel about one another.”

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Tailor made in Tel Aviv

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January 10, 2017

“There’s no challenge in dressing models,” says designer Raziela. “Making clothes for real women is the real trick.”
Seated on an oversized, wornin brown leather couch in her Dizengoff boutique, Raziela shares thoughts on the fashion industry. The veteran designer was a pioneer of the Tel Aviv fashion scene, opening a store on Dizengoff Street ages before the rest of her peers caught on.

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LOOK: Internet on ‘beast mode’ over Emma Watson doll

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January 10, 2017

As the screening date of Disney’s live-action film of “Beauty and the Beast” fast approaches, many dolls resembling Belle and Beast have popped out of stores in the US.
But internet users were “turned off” with the physical appearance of a specific doll, which should look like the tale’s protagonist, played by Emma Watson.
A photo of the Belle doll sparked online annoyance when William Herrington, a Colorado-based photographer and doll collector, saw the figurine being sold at a local mall. He posted pictures of the doll on Flickr.
In an interview with Buzzfeed , Herrington shared his dismay by calling the doll “atrocious.” “I knew that Disney Store’s live-action dolls are never 100 percent accurate to the actors, but this one was atrocious!” he said. “Her face was shiny and covered in freckles and her head looked like it was being ripped open and torn where the hair was rooted into the head.”
When asked if the toy resembled the actress, he said, “As for any resemblance to Emma…There really isn’t any.”
Several Twitter users echoed Herrington’s impressions of the Belle doll, with some comparing it to Justin Bieber, Jennifer Garner and Caitlyn Jenner. “When you order an Emma Watson doll online but a Justin Bieber doll in a yellow dress and a wig arrives instead,” one user tweeted.
Aside from Watson, the Bill Condon-directed movie stars Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad and Luke Evans.
“Beauty and the Beast” will deliver joy to Disney fans starting March 17. Gianna Francesca Catolico
LOOK: All eyes on Belle, Beast in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ mag pic
LISTEN: Emma Watson sings as Belle in ‘Beauty and the Beast’

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Golden Globes 2017: In pictures

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January 10, 2017

The Crown star Claire Foy (centre) and other cast and crew members celebrated the Netflix show’s double win.
Emma Stone is in pole position for the Oscars after her Golden Globe for best actress in a musical or comedy film.
Evan Rachel Wood broke with tradition and wore a suit on the red carpet. « I’ve been to the Globes six times, and I’ve worn a dress every time. And I love dresses, but I wanted to make sure that young girls and women knew they aren’t a requirement, » she said.
A pregnant Natalie Portman, pictured with husband Benjamin Millepied, was up for best actress in a film drama for Jackie.
But in one of the night’s surprise results, she lost out to French film star Isabelle Huppert, who won for her role in Elle, directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Amy Adams was also nominated for best actress in a film drama – and was joined on the red carpet by Arrival co-star Jeremy Renner.
Ruth Negga was among their rivals in that category, nominated for her role in Loving.
Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross won best actress in a comedy or musical TV series, and dedicated her win to « all the women of colour, and colourful people ».
Moonlight triumphed in the closely-fought battle for best film drama.
Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon, who are starring in a forthcoming HBO series, teamed up to present an award.
Dev Patel (right) helped his Lion co-star Sunny Pawar reach the microphone.
Rogue One actress Felicity Jones was among the other stars turning on the style on the red carpet.
Hailee Steinfeld was nominated for best actress in a film musical or comedy for The Edge of Seventeen
Lily (daughter of Phil) Collins was also in that category – but neither could compete with Emma Stone.
The young Stranger Things cast looked particularly dapper – their show was up for best TV drama series.
Janelle Monae, Naomie Harris and Brie Larson also walked the red carpet. Harris was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in Moonlight.
Michelle Williams was nominated for best supporting actress in a motion picture for Manchester By The Sea, but lost out to Viola Davis.
Actress Blake Lively joined husband Ryan Reynolds, who was nominated for best film comedy or musical actor – but lost out to the other Ryan (Gosling).
Justin Timberlake and his wife Jessica Biel posed for photographers as they arrived for the ceremony.
Felicity Huffman was nominated for best actress in a mini-series or TV movie for American Crime.

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The Prophetic Moment the iPhone Was Unveiled 10 Years Ago

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January 10, 2017

Steve Jobs promised on Jan. 9, 2007, at the Macworld convention in San Francisco that he and the crowd together would « make some history together. » Tens years later, and over a billion units sold, it’s become clear how the iPhone has profoundly changed the way that consumers interact with their phones.
« Today, Apple is going to re-invent the phone, » Jobs said at the convection, wearing his trademark black mock turtleneck and jeans.
« I think we’re gonna hit a grand slam with this, » Jobs said in an interview with ABC News at the time.
Six months later, on June 29, 2007, the iPhone finally went on sale, and thousands of customers lined up at Apple stores across the country to be among the first to purchase the device for one of two possible retail prices : $499 for a 4 GB model and $599 for an 8 GB model.
Check out the video above to revisit the shock and awe created by the iPhone when it was first unveiled to the public.

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Productivity gap yawns across the UK

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January 10, 2017

Productivity, or more precisely the lack of productivity, is one of the great puzzles of the British economy at the moment.
Productivity growth since the credit crunch has been dreadful and that matters, because unless we make more and work more efficiently we cannot pay ourselves more.
In an attempt to understand what is going wrong, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is bringing all its productivity statistics together and conducting new research. It throws up some interesting details and possible explanations about what is going wrong.
Output per hour worked increased by 0.4% in the three months to September last year, that is an improvement but according to (ONS) economist Richard Heys: « It is still weak compared to that experienced in the recent past. »
Part of the reason for low productivity lies in Britain’s regions. While London and south-eastern England have productivity well above the national average and equal to the levels seen in rival economies like France and Germany, the rest of the country lags behind.
Tower Hamlets, which includes the financial district of Canary Wharf, is the most productive part of the country, a huge 79% more productive than average.
Powys in central Wales is the least productive and, overall, Wales and Northern Ireland have productivity levels 19% below the national average.
The only towns in the country that have above average productivity are London, Aberdeen (centre of the off-shore oil industry) and Bristol (a high tech and aviation industry hub).
The least productive city is Sheffield, once home to a huge steel industry but now lagging well behind; Sheffield is 19% less productive than the national average.
This part of the productivity puzzle is perhaps the best understood. The most productive industry is finance and that is concentrated in London, while many regions suffer from poor infrastructure and communications and have never recovered from the loss of major parts of their economy in previous decades: mining, heavy engineering, ship building and many more.
Perhaps more interesting, is new research by the ONS into the efficiency of family-owned and run manufacturing firms.
That found well-structured management practices were better among larger businesses, multinationals and family-owned businesses that were not managed by members of the owning families. To put it bluntly the management of family-run firms (which make up more than half of all manufacturing companies) is awful.
Even a small improvement in management would see a huge boost in productivity in such businesses.
At first sight this might seem strange, but there is a fairly obvious explanation.
What are the odds that the best-qualified and most competent person in the world to run a business just happens to be the son or daughter of the current boss?
As one economist has put it, this is like selecting the children of previous gold medallists to be members of the country’s next Olympic team, rather than picking the best athletes.
There is also the issue of how such companies will attract top staff if they know nepotism means they will never make it to the top, which helps explain why the handling of promotions was one of the issues most associated with productivity.
Solving the productivity gap in the UK will not be an easy job, certainly better regional policies would help, but just convincing family- run firms to appoint competent outsiders to run their business would also have a huge effect.

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Weekend practice alone ‘has poignant health benefits’

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January 10, 2017

Cramming all your endorsed weekly practice into one or dual weekend sessions is adequate to furnish critical health benefits, a investigate suggests.
And being active but handling 150 mins of assuage activity a week was still adequate to revoke a risk of an early genocide by a third.
The findings are formed on a consult of about 64,000 adults aged over 40 in England and Scotland.
Health experts pronounced eloquent practice was pivotal to improved health.
Researchers from Loughborough University and a University of Sydney analysed information on a time people spent doing practice and their health over 18 years.
They found that no matter how mostly people exercised in a week or for how long, a health advantages were identical as prolonged as they met a activity guidelines. Fighting a flab
This was good news for people with a bustling lifestyle who incited into “weekend warriors” in sequence to fit in all their endorsed earthy activity, they said.
Compared with those who didn’t practice during all, people who did some kind of earthy activity – either frequently or irregularly – showed a revoke risk of failing from cancer and from cardiovascular illness (CVD), that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
“Weekend warriors”, who did all their practice on one or dual days of a week, were found to revoke their risk of failing from CVD by 41% and cancer by 18%, compared with a inactive.
Those who exercised frequently on 3 or some-more days per week reduced their risks by 41% and 21%.
Even a “insufficiently active” lowered their risk by a poignant volume – 37% and 14%, a researchers said, essay in an essay published online in JAMA Internal Medicine. How most earthy activity should we do?
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Dr Gary O’Donovan, investigate author and consultant in earthy activity and health, from Loughborough University, pronounced a pivotal was doing practice that was “purposeful, and finished with a goal of improving health”.
“You are not going to pester or mount your approach to health,” he said.
He combined that a joining to an active lifestyle was customarily accompanied by other healthy lifestyle options, that done a certain disproportion regardless of physique mass index (BMI).
But Dr O’Donovan pronounced nobody nonetheless knew a best approach of assembly a weekly endorsed practice total. ‘Every small counts’
The investigate can’t uncover a approach couple between earthy activity and a rebate in health risks in individuals.
But endless investigate has shown that practice and a healthy diet can revoke a risk of a operation of diseases – such as cancer, heart illness and type-2 diabetes – as good as assisting to control weight, blood vigour and revoke symptoms of depression.
Justin Varney, inhabitant lead for adult health and wellbeing during Public Health England (PHE), said: “The limit health advantages are achieved from 150 mins of assuage activity per week.
“However, each small depends and only 10 mins of earthy activity will yield health benefits.”
PHE’s How Are You quiz gives we a health measure and links to giveaway internal information, apps and collection to urge that score.

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China voices concern about North Korea statements on ICBM test

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January 10, 2017

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (UPI) — China expressed concerns regarding North Korea ‘s repeated threats to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, according to Xinhua news agency.
Beijing is taking the statements seriously, including the most recent announcement issued Sunday that reiterated an earlier statement Kim Jong Un made during his New Year’s speech.
On New Year’s Day Kim said the country had reached the last stage of preparing a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile that may be capable of targeting the U. S. mainland.
Pyongyang said the launch would take place at an arbitrary time and place determined by Kim. The statement has raised the threat level in South Korea, where the military is monitoring the situation.
Lu Kang, China’s foreign ministry spokesman, told reporters Monday that Beijing fears a situation that only escalates tensions in the region.
« The United Nations Security Council has clear rules for North Korea regarding its use of ICBM technology to test missiles, » Lu said. « In this complex and sensitive situation, China asks all relevant parties to not engage in acts that will raise tensions. »
The spokesman also said China is closely watching for new developments, and that the country is ready to play its « given role » for the sake of peace and stability in the region.
Lu’s statements on Monday was in part a response to remarks U. S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on NBC’s « Meet the Press » on Sunday.
Carter had said North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs are a « serious threat » that it would shoot down any missile if aimed at « us » as well as « friends or allies. »
The latter statement has raised Beijing’s concerns, according to Yonhap.