user: IN: One out of 122 humans today has been forced to flee their home, U.N. says
The number of people who have been forced to flee their homes has reached a staggering level, with 2015 on track to break previous records, according to a United Nations report released Friday.

People who have been forcibly displaced — including those who fled domestically as well as international refugees and asylum-seekers — has likely "far surpassed 60 million" for the first time, reads the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees report. Last year, 59.5 million had been displaced.

"In a global context, that means that one person in every 122 has been forced to flee their home," the agency said in a statement.

[8 reasons Europe’s refugee crisis is happening now]

Forced displacement "is now profoundly affecting our times," High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said in a statement. "It touches the lives of millions of our fellow human beings – both those forced to flee and those who provide them with shelter and protection. Never has there been a greater need for tolerance, compassion and solidarity with people who have lost everything."

War in Syria has become the "single biggest generator worldwide of both new refugees and continuing mass internal and external displacement," the agency said. More than 4 million Syrians are now refugees – compared t0 less than 20,000 in 2010. Following Syria, most refugees come from Afghanistan, Somalia and South Sudan.

[Anne Frank and her family were also denied entry as refugees to the U.S.]

The report, which covers the first six months of 2015, found that by June, the world had 20.2 million refugees – nearly 1 million more than a year before. An average of 4,600 people flee their homes daily, and nearly 1 million refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to get to Europe so far this year.

Turkey, Pakistan and Lebanon host the most refugees. Such a massive flow of people from country to country has also put a strain on host nations, and left unmanaged, this "can increase resentment and abet politicization of refugees," the report notes.

These numbers come out at a time when several European nations are grappling with how to manage the flow of people seeking safe haven. Just this week, a Danish proposal to seize jewelry and cash from refugees has sparked international criticism.

Elahe Izadi is a general assignment national reporter for The Washington Post.
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OUT: 2015 is on track to be a record-breaking year for the sheer volume of people forcibly displaced, according to a United Nations report.


IN: Study: Exercise benefits white women
"If all consumers exercised...obesity wouldn't exist." ---PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi

But is that really all it takes?

On one hand, it seems obvious: The more physical activity you get, the slimmer you will be. Yet this conventional wisdom applies primarily to white women, according to a new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Obesity expert Dong-Chul Seo, an associate professor of Indiana University, examined a national sample of more than 12,000 people and found, as you might expect, that obesity rates generally declined as the amount of weekly leisure-time physical activity—a combination of “working out” and moderate activity--increased.

But Seo also found racial and gender differences: White women had the steepest decreases, especially when they met the minimum national standards of 450 to 750 MET (metabolic equivalent) minutes per week. (A brisk 30-minute walk would be about 100 MET.) This wasn't always the case for men and women who were African American or Hispanic.

Seo speculates that job-related physical activity might influence obesity rates. A recent study, for example, found that Hispanics were more likely to engage in manual labor and less likely to make exercise a regular part of their lifestyle than whites. Though moving around heavy loads can burn off calories, it doesn’t necessarily create an energy deficit, said Seo.

“They may be taking in more calories to maintain their energy balance. Thus I would say, ‘yes, there are times when exercise can fail us when you do not engage in exercise on a regular basis or you eat too much than needed to maintain energy balance."

The study did not control for diet, which would be a “daunting, if not impossible task,” said Seo. If he had, he suspects he would see clearer patterns between genders and racial or ethnic groups. Though it’s possible that his findings reflect that white women have a better diet and enjoy exercising more, he suggests there may be “little difference in caloric intake among white women than other gender/ethnic groups.”

The bottom line? Health officials have been saying it for years: Focus on both diet and exercise—calories in and calories out--to keep your weight down. Keying on just one factor often results in overcompensation. People who walk 30 minutes and then drink a soda, for example, have taken in more calories than they’ve burned.

Or, forget about losing weight and simply exercise for all the other health benefits it brings, said Dr. Julie Lumeng, an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics and communicable diseases at the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Lumeng, an obesity expert whose research has shown obese children are more likely to be bullied, regardless of race, gender or socioeconomic status, was not involved in Seo’s study.

"(The weight loss question) is a red herring," Lumeng said. "People (who exercise) get hung up on how much weight they've lost and don't notice that their blood pressure has dropped and their cholesterol levels are better."

Added Seo: In the short-run, I would emphasize lifestyle physical activity and reducing the portion size, sodium, fat, and sugar content for the food available in restaurants as well as on our home table.”

For another perspective on the study, read Yoni Freedhoff's blog entry:"Sorry Oprah. Apparently only white women can work it off."
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OUT: "If all consumers exercised...obesity wouldn't exist." ---PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi But is that really all it takes? On one hand, it seems obvious: The more physical activity you get, the slimmer you will be. Yet this conventional wisdom applies primarily...


IN: Alexis Tsipras Clinging to Power as Syriza Rebellion Gathers Pace
ATHENS—Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the country’s unloved bailout deal are staggering on despite a split in the ruling Syriza party, but it isn’t clear for how long.

In a vote completed early Thursday, the Greek parliament passed austerity measures needed to secure a fresh bailout, although a number of Mr. Tsipras’s Syriza...
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assistant: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the country’s unloved bailout deal are staggering on despite a split in the ruling Syriza party, but it’s not clear for how long.