Psych Central June 17, 2011 By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Bulimia Among Young Boys in TaiwanA study from Taiwan of 16,000 school-age children trying to lose weight showed that children as young as 10 made themselves vomit. And the problem was more common in boys than...
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inhabitat.com 06/10/11 by Brit Liggett A boat made from 100% trash set sail from Taiwan this week with recycled plastic bottles keeping it afloat and old advertising sails pushing it along. The vessel, dubbed the Polli-Boat after its flotation device — a product called Polli Bricks — is the brainchild of Miniwiz, a Taipei-based...
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The China Post June 2, 2011 TAIPEI — Determined to help people keep off the pounds during this month’s Dragon Boat Festival, a team of nutritionists has introduced a set of low-calorie, high-nutrition recipes for zongzi, the delicacy most associated with the holiday. Traditional zongzi — glutinous rice with a sweet or savory stuffing...
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The China Post May 11, 2011 AIPEI — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday confirmed the first cluster of indigenous typhoid fever cases this year and urged the public to pay attention to food sanitation when ordering take-out meals.   
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Focus Taiwan 2011/03/21 Taipei, March 21 (CNA) The Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) unveiled a new boxed lunch Monday that it touted as healthier and endorsed by nutrition experts. Three new kinds of boxed lunch designed and supervised by Mackay Memorial Hospital went on sale that day at six stations — Songshan, Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung,...
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