And tablets are very good for information consumption, an activity that many of us do a lot of.
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The effect held good when other possible factors, such as alcohol consumption and physical activity, were taken into consideration.
Oh happy day for the neo Keynesian and central planner as it has again befallen to government consumption to support activity.
While no one will dispute the fact that many of our current habits concerning food consumption, physical activity, stress management and sleep deprivation could use some positive invigoration.
These are big ticket items that are sensitive to credit conditions and indicative of both business activity and consumption.
They statistically controlled for a wide number of other potential risk factors, such as alcohol consumption, calorie intake, activity levels, and family history of cancer.
To keep from packing on pounds, experts say, limit food consumption to your hours of peak activity.
The reliance on self-reporting weight, height, activity, and soda consumption in some studies rather than independent measuring and verification might confound their reliability, as might small sample sizes.
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As a result of very specific changes to the economic activity and corresponding energy consumption levels, a more granular analyses will be required than is previously provided by traditional load forecasting methods.
Oil consumption is closely tied to economic activity.
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There is oil consumption in just about every aspect of economic activity.
They looked at all kinds of factors that can affect our weight such as TV watching, changes in physical activity levels, smoking and the consumption of all kinds of food and drink.
Rather, HFCS supporters argue that obesity is as much a function of a corresponding decline in physical activity during the same period that HFCS consumption increased.
At the same time, a pickup in personal consumption does feed business sentiment and could lead to increased activity.
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It also shows the growing impact and large potential of collaborative consumption companies, which are redefining the meaning of economic activity in a highly Internet-connected population where sharing and renting among peers in some cases replaces ownership and buying.
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Coming off a 2011 holiday season that witnessed consumers purchasing tablets at a torrid pace, the recent exponential growth in sales promises to spur the consumption of games, which numerous studies indicate are the number one activity on tablet devices.
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We lose more future economic activity by collecting taxes this way than we do by taxing consumption or immovable property.
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Pediatricians could be focusing on recommending less television viewing, for instance, and more physical activity, as well as advising parents to limit children's consumption of juices and sugar-sweetened beverages.
The digitization of legal and illegal consumption of film means sales and piracy both are easier to track, with much of the activity creating a digital trail.
Researchers say the reason for the surge is partly because Americans are getting older and fatter, and possibly because of the country's decline in physical activity and some undefined changes in the American diet such as an increase in fat consumption.
Turkmenistan also has a population of only about 5 million, and little real domestic industrial activity, which means that the domestic demand for this energy is quite low, at a consumption rate of 21 bcm in 2009.
Global energy consumption is expected to increase by about 50% between now and 2035 due to population growth and increasing economic activity, with non-OECD countries accounting for 84% of this increase.
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