But school-owned housing can also cost more, though the price may include meals.

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They include high fat diets, fast food meals and reduced physical activity.

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Meals include amounts spent for food, beverages, taxes, and related tips.

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Run by a friendly British couple, all five rooms are lovingly restored, meals include ingredients from the hotel's organic garden, and animal-lovers will revel in the presence of half a dozen friendly canines.

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Meals also usually include malum, a salad of chopped leafy greens and coconut, crispy poppadoms (a large circular piece of thin, spiced bread), dal (a type of lentil stew), coconut sambal (a spicy condiment), home-made chutney and of course, fragrant steamed rice.

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