Elementary Schools Weighing Students

In Georgia, a new state law is requiring schools to weigh students twice each year, track their body mass index, and post the information on their websites in an effort to try to get a control over childhood obesity. Some people feel that this is an invasion of the children’s privacy and could be traumatic for the kids.

Study Says Social People Get Fat and Worriers Lose WeightA new study from Japan finds that outgoing people are more at risk for being overweight and t

A new study from Japan finds that outgoing people are more at risk for being overweight and there is a link between weight, body mass index, and personality. The study is based on more than 30,000 people in northeastern Japan who were between the ages of 40 and 64. They were quizzed on their height and weight and given a personality test. The test concluded that outgoing men were 1.73 times more likely to be obese and outgoing women were 1.53 times more likely to be obese than people that were worriers.

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Online Church Collections

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese church in Cincinnati, Ohio has made online collections an option for its 230 parishes and 110 parochial and diocesan schools in their 19 county region. They want to make giving easier for people and for them to be more regular in giving to the church. They will still keep the collection basket during Mass. This change is suppose to go with the modern changes in society and technology and with less people carrying cash and more people using credit cards and ATM cards and the Internet to make transactions. Some churches around the nation already have ATMs placed inside their church.

Visit the Roman Catholic Archdiocese church Website: http://www.catholiccincinnati.org