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But overemphasis on weight or group weigh-ins can trigger fat prejudice, weight-based teasing, or the ostracizing of larger children, or, cause children to react to healthy eating messages by adopting extreme approaches to dieting and consequently losing weight to a degree that negatively impacts their health.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Guiding Girls on Weight 2009
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Eisenberg ME, Neumark-Sztainer D, Story M. Associations of weight-based teasing and emotional well-being among adolescents.
References 2010
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Aircraft weight has little effect on congestion because a plane waiting to take off or land is delayed by roughly the same amount of time as a jumbo jet as by a small private plane; thus, weight-based landing fees bear little relationship to airport congestion.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Matt and certain commenters are confusing 2 separate options (a) variable landing fees by time of day (higher at 5pm than 10pm) (b) the simpler option of moving from weight-based landing fees (Citations pay less than 737s even though they use almost the same runway/ATC “capacity”).
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The FDA will also consider requiring weight-based dosing instructions alongside age-based instructions on packaging, along with a universal measuring cup for all children's formulas.
FDA considers new dose instructions for kids' pain relievers 2011
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With weight-based pricing, the average self-serve ticket is $6.32, compared with $5.61 at a traditional store, says a TCBY spokeswoman.
Yogurt Chains Give Power to the People Jaime Levy Pessin 2011
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Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Health Care, which makes Tylenol, has asked the FDA to formally amend rules governing over-the-counter products to allow for weight-based dosing and to allow the instructions on children's packages to include infant instructions.
Panel Calls for Label Changes on Acetaminophen Products Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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The FDA will also consider requiring weight-based dosing instructions alongside age-based instructions on packaging, along with a universal measuring cup for all children's formulas.
FDA considers new dose instructions for kids' pain relievers 2011
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Even in health care settings, women face widespread weight-based stigmatization, which often leads them to delay or avoid seeking necessary preventive care.
Christine Ferguson: Shifting Focus: From Body Image to Health Consciousness 2010
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Its price, however, was 120,000 dollars, a value at the time greater than the weight-based cost of the Hope diamond.
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