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I think there is good research that shows that nutrition is critical for a child's brain and for concentration and learning at school. So whether breakfast is provided at home or at school, as a pediatrician, I do see a difference in kids that get good nutrition in the morning, such as protein, fresh fruit and enough calories, and how they function during the day at school, while adults may be able to focus and concentrate better with poorer nutrition, with kids, they cannot necessarily control that, and they might be more distracted and less able to sit and learn if their basic needs such as sleep and nutrition aren't getting met. – Tanya Altmann	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Brexit would make some people very rich – but most voters considerably poorer. – George Soros	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Today, there are speculative forces in the markets much bigger and more powerful. And they will be eager to exploit any miscalculations by the British government or British voters, brexit would make some people very rich – but most voters considerably poorer. – George Soros	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Leaving the EU is a one-way ticket to a poorer Britain. – England Chancellor George Osborne	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The timing here couldnt be poorer. – Sona Menon	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It could be related to a variety of effects – such as poorer access to healthy food, less opportunity for physical activity, perhaps greater psychological stress which of itself might increase diabetes risk. – Nigel Unwin	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
You'll get them, yes, they are very boring tax returns. No big money from speeches, no major investments. Unfortunately - unfortunately - I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate. – Bernie Sanders	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Those less likely to receive optimal care tend to be poor, ethnic minority and the elderly, the consequence of this is that these groups are deprived the opportunity to benefit from scientific advances in care and are at increased risk for poorer outcomes. – Roshan Bastani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
However, our results demonstrate that even when African-Americans came to the hospital for care, they had poorer outcomes in hospitals that treated a lower proportion of African-Americans. – Philip Okafor	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
At this time of rapid brain development, these infants are exposed to procedures for their medical care, such as heel pokes to draw blood, tube insertions to help them breathe, medications etc., exposure to these invasive procedures is associated with slower brain development and poorer cognitive outcomes. – Jill Zwicker	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Patients who are treated in long-term care, rehabilitation and psychiatric facilities without the benefit of ah EHR may be at risk of poorer coordination of services and potentially lower quality of care. – Ann Kutney-Lee	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As the economy has suffered from the crisis, unemployment has risen ... particularly in poorer areas and amongst the young people, so the debate on employment has always been very sensitive, and there was a reluctance to address it. – Sigrid Kaag	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is a heavy drinking problem in our poorer populations. – Denis Viljoen	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What we have got to do is to involve people in the political process in a way that we have not done. The reason that the rich get richer, everybody else gets poorer, is big money controls what goes on in Congress. The answer though to that is a political revolution involving people in the political process. – Bernie Sanders '	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The study data suggested that poorer overall physical functioning was associated with falls and that incontinence was a marker for poor physical functioning. – Glenn Brassington	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They will have less access to food and poorer body condition come spring, then when they migrate north they may not make it. – Dan Yparraguirre	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The poorer the city, the richer the Mont de Piete. And we are uncomfortable with that. – Etienne Lambert	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If the EU prompts such a change then we will effectively be heading towards a free market for labor in the European Union, as we know, the view is that markets regulate themselves, one consequence being that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Another view is that markets are unpredictable, hence the old certainties many in football are used to could disappear. – Simon Chadwick	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Australia is basically paying blood money to a much poorer, less developed state with a shoddy record of refugee protection to take people that Canberra doesn't want, when they get there, the refugees will find huge hurdles to integrate, jobs that are few and far between, and a resentful local population wondering why this group should get a time-limited year of Australian assistance when ordinary Cambodians do not. – Phil Robertson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
When we talk about the two Quebec refineries together, we then see a much poorer performance by Irving. – Catherine Abreu of the Ecology	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
A rich person who has no love in his heart is poorer than a poor person who has no money in his pocket. – Debasish Mridha, M.D.	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Doctors prey on them for surgeries when they don't need it, it's a bit like having a size 8 shoe and wanting a size 11. You can't make the foot bigger ; it's a very complex set of bones. If you try to make [ the penis ] bigger, you stop it working most of the time. Most of them start off with a psychological problem, with an average or slightly small penis. They have surgery, end up $ 50,000 poorer with a deformed penis and a lot more psychological trouble. – Gordon Muir	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We also found that children with ADHD and sleep problems had poorer school attendance and their parents had poorer mental health and work attendance, we wanted to see if we could change some of these outcomes by improving the child’s sleep. – Harriet Hiscock	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
More variable glucose levels can indicate a poorer diet or a more unsteady metabolism, and chronic inflammation from the body's excess exposure to glucose can lead to issues like diabetes or cardiovascular disease. – James Betts	Found on CNN 9 years ago

I think there is good research that shows that nutrition is critical for a child's brain and for concentration and learning at school. So whether breakfast is provided at home or at school, as a pediatrician, I do see a difference in kids that get good nutrition in the morning, such as protein, fresh fruit and enough calories, and how they function during the day at school, while adults may be able to focus and concentrate better with poorer nutrition, with kids, they cannot necessarily control that, and they might be more distracted and less able to sit and learn if their basic needs such as sleep and nutrition aren't getting met.

– Tanya Altmann

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Brexit would make some people very rich – but most voters considerably poorer.

– George Soros

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Today, there are speculative forces in the markets much bigger and more powerful. And they will be eager to exploit any miscalculations by the British government or British voters, brexit would make some people very rich – but most voters considerably poorer.

– George Soros

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Leaving the EU is a one-way ticket to a poorer Britain.

– England Chancellor George Osborne

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The timing here couldnt be poorer.

– Sona Menon

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

– Nigel Unwin

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

You'll get them, yes, they are very boring tax returns. No big money from speeches, no major investments. Unfortunately - unfortunately - I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Those less likely to receive optimal care tend to be poor, ethnic minority and the elderly, the consequence of this is that these groups are deprived the opportunity to benefit from scientific advances in care and are at increased risk for poorer outcomes.

– Roshan Bastani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

However, our results demonstrate that even when African-Americans came to the hospital for care, they had poorer outcomes in hospitals that treated a lower proportion of African-Americans.

– Philip Okafor

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At this time of rapid brain development, these infants are exposed to procedures for their medical care, such as heel pokes to draw blood, tube insertions to help them breathe, medications etc., exposure to these invasive procedures is associated with slower brain development and poorer cognitive outcomes.

– Jill Zwicker

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Patients who are treated in long-term care, rehabilitation and psychiatric facilities without the benefit of ah EHR may be at risk of poorer coordination of services and potentially lower quality of care.

– Ann Kutney-Lee

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As the economy has suffered from the crisis, unemployment has risen ... particularly in poorer areas and amongst the young people, so the debate on employment has always been very sensitive, and there was a reluctance to address it.

– Sigrid Kaag

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is a heavy drinking problem in our poorer populations.

– Denis Viljoen

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What we have got to do is to involve people in the political process in a way that we have not done. The reason that the rich get richer, everybody else gets poorer, is big money controls what goes on in Congress. The answer though to that is a political revolution involving people in the political process.

– Bernie Sanders '

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The study data suggested that poorer overall physical functioning was associated with falls and that incontinence was a marker for poor physical functioning.

– Glenn Brassington

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They will have less access to food and poorer body condition come spring, then when they migrate north they may not make it.

– Dan Yparraguirre

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The poorer the city, the richer the Mont de Piete. And we are uncomfortable with that.

– Etienne Lambert

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If the EU prompts such a change then we will effectively be heading towards a free market for labor in the European Union, as we know, the view is that markets regulate themselves, one consequence being that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Another view is that markets are unpredictable, hence the old certainties many in football are used to could disappear.

– Simon Chadwick

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Australia is basically paying blood money to a much poorer, less developed state with a shoddy record of refugee protection to take people that Canberra doesn't want, when they get there, the refugees will find huge hurdles to integrate, jobs that are few and far between, and a resentful local population wondering why this group should get a time-limited year of Australian assistance when ordinary Cambodians do not.

– Phil Robertson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

When we talk about the two Quebec refineries together, we then see a much poorer performance by Irving.

– Catherine Abreu of the Ecology

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A rich person who has no love in his heart is poorer than a poor person who has no money in his pocket.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Doctors prey on them for surgeries when they don't need it, it's a bit like having a size 8 shoe and wanting a size 11. You can't make the foot bigger ; it's a very complex set of bones. If you try to make [ the penis ] bigger, you stop it working most of the time. Most of them start off with a psychological problem, with an average or slightly small penis. They have surgery, end up $ 50,000 poorer with a deformed penis and a lot more psychological trouble.

– Gordon Muir

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We also found that children with ADHD and sleep problems had poorer school attendance and their parents had poorer mental health and work attendance, we wanted to see if we could change some of these outcomes by improving the child’s sleep.

– Harriet Hiscock

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

More variable glucose levels can indicate a poorer diet or a more unsteady metabolism, and chronic inflammation from the body's excess exposure to glucose can lead to issues like diabetes or cardiovascular disease.

– James Betts

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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