"Lightweighting" is the current industry buzzword - reducing the weight of packaging, while still providing the same protection.
Apart from developing more fuel efficient engines, the mileage of a car can be boosted by reducing the car weight.
Arguments loom over reducing the extra voting weight given to small countries, for a start.
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Objects which hitherto had to be cast in solid metal can be manufactured as hollow shapes, reducing their weight and the amount of precious metal used.
The company said it would be focussing on the design and manufacturing processes needed to produce a next generation composite wing, with the emphasis on reducing weight and aerodynamic drag.
Benjamin Griffith, an analyst at Caravan Capital Management, a global frontier fund for high net worth individuals, says the fund has been reducing its weight in Sri Lanka.
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He expects the iPad 5 will use an IGZO screen, cutting the thickness in half and reducing weight.
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Fuels savings by reducing weight is significant when you include the two pilot bags (50lbs), Cockpit Manuals (25lbs), and Flight Attendant Manuals ( 4 x 25lbs) that the iPAD will eventually replace. 175 lbs is the weight of a person.
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"One of the reasons that diets are so ineffective in producing weight loss for some people is that their bodies adjust to the reduced calories by also reducing their metabolism, so that they are 'defending' their body weight, " says Dr. Alan Saltiel, the lead researcher at the University of Michigan.
So the only sensible material for reducing a conventional car's weight while maintaining its strength is aluminium.
North Fork is trying to offset this by putting more weight on commercial mortgages and by reducing its exposure to the residential market.
Reducing calories and increasing exercise are definite prerequisites for results with any of the weight loss drugs or combinations.
Instead, the AHA advises dieters to drop pounds in the traditional way -- by reducing fat intake and aiming for a weight loss of two to four pounds each month.
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Reducing overall sitting time has also been a secondary goal and initiative that comes with the overall weight loss plan that a company designs.
No longer should people make decisions based on the idea that exercising a specific amount or reducing calories by a specific amount always results in predictable weight loss.
This is because they rely on static models of weight loss rather than dynamic models that account for the way the body adjusts to reducing food intake by reducing energy expenditure.
"Reducing weight doesn't necessarily reduce environmental impact, " says Jane Bickerstaffe, of Incpen - the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment.
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