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The Effects of a "Fat Tax" on the Nutrient Intake of French Households
No full textThis article assesses the effects of a "fat tax" on the nutrient intake of French households across different income groups using a method that estimates the nutrient elasticities of French households. We estimate a complete demand system by aggregating an individual demand system over cohorts. The use of a cohort model is justified by the incompleteness of our data. We find that a "fat tax" would have ambiguous and extremely small effects on the nutrient intake of French households, and its associated economic welfare costs would be similarly weak.Household survey data, demand system, nutrient elasticities., Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,
Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution
No full textWaist-hip ratio (WHR) is a measure of body fat distribution and a predictor of metabolic consequences independent of overall adiposity. WHR is heritable, but few genetic variants influencing this trait have been identified. We conducted a meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide association studies for WHR adjusted for body mass index (comprising up to 77,167 participants), following up 16 loci in an additional 29 studies (comprising up to 113,636 subjects). We identified 13 new loci in or near RSPO3, VEGFA, TBX15-WARS2, NFE2L3, GRB14, DNM3-PIGC, ITPR2-SSPN, LY86, HOXC13, ADAMTS9, ZNRF3-KREMEN1, NISCH-STAB1 and CPEB4 (P = 1.9 × 10⁻⁹ to P = 1.8 × 10⁻⁴⁰) and the known signal at LYPLAL1. Seven of these loci exhibited marked sexual dimorphism, all with a stronger effect on WHR in women than men (P for sex difference = 1.9 × 10⁻³ to P = 1.2 × 10⁻¹³). These findings provide evidence for multiple loci that modulate body fat distribution independent of overall adiposity and reveal strong gene-by-sex interactions
Old and new in fat grafting
No full textThe author traces the evolution of fat grafting over the years and shows the potential clinical applications in the different areas of the body
Exercising exclusions : Space, visibility, and monitoring of the exercising fat female body
No full textThe author’s aim is to inspect the position of the fat (female) body in the field of exercise. Specifically, the author is interested in fat women’s experiences of their treatment while exercising in public, and argues that, in particular, public spaces for exercise, such as gyms and swimming pools, are currently discursively and concretely constructed as “exclusive” spaces for the normative bodied. Bodies that are deemed non-normative, such as fat bodies, are often made either invisible or intolerable in the discourse of physical activity and exercise. Consequently, public spaces for exercise such as gyms or swimming pools are seen as out of bounds for non-normative bodies and this is reflected in fat people’s experiences of their treatment doing exercise. Fat women in particular experience disrespectful treatment in such places: they are harassed, ridiculed, and commented on. As the material, the author uses a public discussion concerning fat people and exercise that took place in the Finnish media in the spring of 2015, and the author aims to show that to make physical activity and exercise more attractive to fat people, more attention should be paid to its discursive and practical construction as a space for all bodies.peerReviewe
Impact of foods with health logo on ssaturated fat, sodium and sugar intake of young Dutch adults
No full textObjective Health logos are introduced to distinguish foods with ‘healthier’ nutrient composition from regular foods. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of changed food compositions according to health logo criteria on the intake of saturated fat, sugar and sodium in a Dutch population of young adults. Design Foods in the Dutch food composition table were evaluated against nutrient criteria for logo eligibility. Three replacement scenarios were compared with the nutrient intake ‘as measured’ in the Dutch consumption survey. The foods not complying with health logo criteria were replaced either by ‘virtual’ foods exactly complying with the health logo criteria, with real 2007 market shares (scenario I) and 100 % market shares (scenario II), or by existing similar foods with a composition that already complied with the health logo criteria (scenario III). Results The percentage reduction in nutrient intake with the current 2007 market shares of ‘health logo foods’ was -2·5 % for SFA, 0 % for sodium and -1 % for sugar. With a 100 % market share these reductions would be -10 % for SFA, -4 % for sodium and -6 % for sugar. This may lead to a reduction of -40 % for SFA, -23 % for sodium and -36 % for sugar in the most optimal replacement scenario. Conclusions With ‘health logo foods’, available in 2007 and current consumption patterns, small reductions can be achieved for SFA and sugar. For additional reductions, lowering the fat/sodium content of meat (products) towards health logo criteria and drinks without sugar towards limits far below health logo criteria would be the most effective reformulation strategy
ANALYSIS, SIMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LINEAR BLOCK CODES USING A MICROCONTROLLER
No full textLinear Block Code (LBC) is a methode which is used to detect and correct an error in data transmission
through communication channel. In this research, LBC was simulated by using two software simulators and
then was implemented in a hardware which was based on microcontroller. We have tested these simulators
and device. We concluded that they could run well. The bit transfer rate in the hardware device is 2 bit/s.
Hence this is a low rate, but it is needed in order that user could manipulate error manually in the time of data
transfer. This device also had another limitation, i.e. the type of data error. The type of data error that could
be made during data transfer limited only to the flipping from 1 to 0. Implementation by using ATMEGA 8
gave another limitation which was the maximum size of G matrix. So, user could only input the size of G
matrix as large as m=10 and n=10. This limitation was caused by the size of data memory in ATMEGA 8
which was 2 KB. We could solve this particular problem by using external memory or using a higher
microcontroller specification
Performance of LED Lights Installed on DKI Jakarta Streets (Case Study on Pattimura Street & Satrio Street, South Jakarta)
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DESIGNING CODEC TO IMPROVE CHIP PERFORMANCE FOR LOW POWERED UNRELIABLE COMPONENTS
No full textThis research introduces a new innovation in a chip design so far, chip fabrication technology has reached the nanometer scale where the issue of unriliable components become cruciapl wherean error on the chip level can damage the overall permormance of a system. This research seek to test methods of design architecturing a new codec that can achive shannon limit without reducing the chip performance
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