"We can say that 50 percent of the burden of obesitycan be contributed by having no leisure time physical activity."

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

The WFP also aids home owners faced with the added burden of providing food for refugees from the fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

Anders says the Space Shuttle program and the International Space Station have been a burden on taxpayers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

But,strong opposition came from many countries, especially Germany and France in fear of increasing the debt burden.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

"Today,about 85 percent of the burden of chronic diseases is concentrated in low and middle income countries,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

It also eases the burden on police and security forces as a first line of security.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

"We are prepared to put more troops into Afghanistan, there must be burden-sharing among the alliance,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

There have been strong statements from world leaders on the need to forge agreement, even though differences on timing, approach,burden sharing and funding remain.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Yet it accounts for 17 percent of the global HIV/AIDS burden.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

At first,food aid helped some families ease the burden.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

"In terms of the burden of disease, it increased for everyone, but in particular it was black women who had 31 percent more in 2008 quality-adjusted life years lost compared to black men.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

A recent progress report on HIV/AIDS says Botswana is one of the nine Southern African countries that continue to bear the global burden of HIV/AIDS, with each country having an adult prevalence of more than 10 percent. The government's national AIDS control program has boosted testing,prevention and treatment efforts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

"If senators refuse to debate about a profound crisis affecting every single citizen, the nation must ask 'What do you fear?' ,'And whose voice do you speak and whose interest do you vote?" Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky disagreed, saying the bill will make soaring health care costs go even higher, and place a greater burden on average Americans.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23