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"LONDON: Satu kajian terbaru menyatakan kesukaran wanita terutama golongan isteri mengawal berat badan dan mengelak gemuk bukan disebabkan amalan pemakanan atau kurang senaman, sebaliknya berpunca daripada rasa bahagia dan selesa disamping pasangan.
Pakar pemakanan dan saintis berkata, hasil kajian mendapati turun naik berat badan seseorang wanita bergantung kepada sejauh mana kegembiraan dan kebahagiaan yang dinikmatinya.
'Pada peringkat awal hubungan, wanita biasanya melakukan amalan pemakanan ketat demi menjaga penampilan dan ketika ini berat badan turun secara purata 2.2 kilogram sebulan.'"
"Bagaimanapun, keadaan berubah apabila wanita mula berasa selesa dengan pasangannya. Rancangan perkahwinan yang menjadikan wanita gembira akan menyebabkan berat badan bertambah, sebelum berkurangan semula selepas bayi dilahirkan," kata seorang daripada penyelidik.
Sebuah firma pengurusan berat badan yang turut membuat kajian ke atas 3,000 wanita berkata 'kaum hawa' menghadapi lima tahap turun naik berat badan dalam hidup mereka dan ia berbeza antara satu sama lain.
"Emosi wanita mempunyai kesan yang amat besar terhadap kesihatan dan berat badan," kata Jane McCadden dari firma berkenaan yang dipetik sebuah akhbar tempatan.
Beliau berkata, tempoh hayat seseorang wanita menyaksikan berat badan mereka turun naik mengikut fasa baru dalam kehidupan, percintaan dan status keluarga.
"Kajian kami juga berjaya menjelaskan betapa sukarnya untuk wanita mengekalkan berat badan sepanjang hayat mereka. Walaupun ada masanya mereka berjaya mengurangkannya, tabiat pemakanan yang buruk akan berulang dan mereka kembali berdepan masalah itu," katanya.
Beliau berkata, kajian menunjukkan bahawa separuh daripada responden bersetuju bahawa berat badan mereka bergantung kepada sejauh mana kegembiraan yang dialami. � Agensi
"BERN: Sebuah zoo di Switzerland sanggup mengupah sekumpulan pakar motivasi profesional dan penghibur bagi menghiburkan serta menaikkan semangat haiwan di taman berkenaan.
Media tempatan melaporkan semalam, skuad penghibur dan pencetus semangat itu yang bakal memulakan tugas mereka Januari depan, bertujuan mengelak haiwan berasa bosan.
Selain memberi ceramah dan pelbagai aksi hiburan mencuit hati, haiwan di zoo itu akan turut disajikan dengan pelbagai permainan. - Agensi"
"ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - An Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria, a hospital director said.
Ghazala Khamis, 27, was in good condition at the hospital after having a blood transfusion during her Caesarean section due to bleeding, said Emad Darwish, director of the El-Shatbi Hospital where she gave birth.
The newborns, four boys and three girls, weigh between 3.2 pounds and 6.17 pounds and are in stable condition, Darwish said. They have been placed in incubators in four different hospitals that have special premature baby units, he said.
"This is a very rare pregnancy — something I have never witnessed over my past 33 years in this profession," Darwish said.
Darwish decided to carry out the Caesarean section at the end of Khamis' eighth month of pregnancy due to the pressure on her kidneys.
Khamis, the wife of a farmer in the northern Egyptian province of Beheira, already has three daughters. She was admitted to the hospital two months ago."
"SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore man with a penchant for sniffing women's armpits was sentenced to 14 years in jail and 18 strokes of the cane for molesting his victims, a local newspaper reported Friday.Link
The 36-year-old, who the Straits Times said was mentally unstable, had previous convictions for drug and sex-related offences.
He molested 23 women over the course of 15 months, smelling their armpits and touching them in lifts, staircase landings and their homes, the paper said. He was caught after a housewife reported him to the police."
A Chinese man has pierced his head with 2008 needles to commemorate the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.Link
LinkAs a fully paid-up monster of the deep, it should have swatted aside any angler with the temerity to try to catch it with a mere rod and line.
But this record-breaking Atlantic halibut bit off more than it could chew when it took on heroic Soren Beck.
As it fought to escape, Mr Beck's small boat had to chase it across the Arctic waters off Norway to prevent either rod or line snapping.
Once the energy-sapping fight was over it took three men to haul the 30-stoner aboard. Back on land, they found it measured 8ft 1in in length, 6ft 4in around the middle and weighed in at 443lb, 24lb more than the previous record for a line-caught halibut.
And if Mr Beck had managed to get it to a British market it would have made around £2,200.
The Dane, who was on holiday, was angling in waters which have given up some giant halibut in recent years.
The biggest, caught by a commercial fisherman, was 63st. Halibut typically reach maturity at ten years and average 3ft 4in in length.
"Australian scientists are trying to crack the mystery of how a tiny lizard found its way inside a chicken’s egg."Link
"TIRANA: Seekor kucing yang mengejar tikus di sebuah stesen jana kuasa menjadi punca terputusnya bekalan elektrik selama 72 jam di kebanyakan kawasan di ibu negara Albania, kata jurucakap syarikat bekalan elektrik, semalam.
“Seekor kucing dan tikus berlari sehingga masuk ke kabel bervoltan tinggi, kata jurucakap syarikat itu sambil menunjukkan gambar haiwan itu terkena kejutan elektrik.
Katanya, mereka mengambil gambar itu kerana kejadian seperti itu tidak pernah berlaku sebelum ini. - Reuters"
Abu Dhabi: At least three people were killed and nearly 350 injured in a horrific 60 vehicle pile-up on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway near Ghantoot on Tuesday.Link
However, Gulf News has learnt that the death toll could be five. The 25km stretch of the UAE's busiest highway from Abu Dhabi to Dubai was closed for more than five hours, resulting in huge tailbacks during rush hours.
Police said among the 347 injured, six people were critical, while 39 suffered medium injuries. The remaining suffered minor injuries. Police said 25 vehicles caught fire following the accidents caused by poor visibility due to the thick fog and lack of attention by motorists.
ROME: Seorang lelaki Itali menuntut ganti rugi sebanyak �140,000 (RM952,000) selepas mendakwa kekerapan isterinya berleter menyebabkan dia mengalami mati pucuk.Link
Sergio Vinucci, dari Parma, mengemukakan bukti perubatan di mahkamah yang menyokong dakwaannya bahawa leteran isterinya menyebabkan dia amat tertekan dan membawa kepada masalah mati pucuk.
“Dia cuma tahu merungut. Ini menjadi punca saya amat tertekan dan hilang kemampuan sebagai lelaki. Saya mahukan pampasan,” katanya. - Agensi