WORLD
UNICEF reports that child mortality rate, that is, the number of live-birth children who die before the age of five, is down 27% since 1990. The organization noted particular progress in Laos, Bangladesh, Bolivia and Nepal. Factors contributing to the good news include healthier breast feeding practices, measles vaccination, vitamin A supplementation, the use of insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria, and prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. While much work remains to be done, particularly ins Sierra Leone, which has the highest child mortality rate in the world, the decrease is viewed as very good news. The latest numbers indicate that the rate continues to decrease, as it has fallen more than 60% since 1960.
To read more, visit http://news.aol.com/article/unicef-child-mortality-down-27-percent/172520?cid=14
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New York's Fashion Week Boasts Healthier Models
NY, USA
Fashion Week in New York: It's all about expression. Top-notch designers from around the world converge to unveil their latest and most exclusive creations in the form of runway fashion shows. The glitterati are in attendance, along with a slew of fashion correspondents who distill new trends from the cutting-edge pieces that glamorous models flaunt down the runway. And, sitting in front of their TV screens or flipping through magazines, young girls all over the globe begin to dream of one day becoming fashion models.
For decades, there has been a public outcry against the stick-thin women who, as they strut down the catwalk, set the standard for fashion and beauty. Young women and the people who love them have lamented the spread of eating disorders and psychological problems that too often accompany a little girl's journey towards professional modeling. With designers supplying their clothing in sizes 0 and 2 (that's "emaciated" and "waifish," for those of you who may be unfamiliar with women's sizes), it has long been impossible for any woman, no matter how beautiful, to realize the dream of modeling during fashion week without sticking to an extreme, and often unhealthy diet.
That's why it is good news indeed that this year, Fashion Week has finally jumped on the ever-expanding bandwagon of putting healthier women in the spotlight. According to Nian Fish, who chairs a fashion designers health initiative, models were up to size 4 (read: "thin") this year, and there wasn't a size 0 in sight. Furthermore, designers turned away from modeling their clothing on prepubescent 13 year-old girls.
"I think a lot of the direction from the designers has been a much healthier approach," said James Aguiar, co-host of Ultra HD's "Full Frontal Fashion." Avril Graham, executive fashion and beauty editor at Harper's Bazaar, agrees: "We're obviously going through a season of a less cookie-cutter look."
To my own (fashion-blind) eyes, this years models still look impossibly thin. But if there has been a step, even a tiny one, away from the skin-and-bones ideal that I've grown up with, I see it as a step in the right direction. Who knows, maybe next year we'll have the pleasure of seeing a nice rack or a juicy booty on New York's high profile stage!
To read more, visit http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/09/11/thin.models.fashion.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Fashion Week in New York: It's all about expression. Top-notch designers from around the world converge to unveil their latest and most exclusive creations in the form of runway fashion shows. The glitterati are in attendance, along with a slew of fashion correspondents who distill new trends from the cutting-edge pieces that glamorous models flaunt down the runway. And, sitting in front of their TV screens or flipping through magazines, young girls all over the globe begin to dream of one day becoming fashion models.
For decades, there has been a public outcry against the stick-thin women who, as they strut down the catwalk, set the standard for fashion and beauty. Young women and the people who love them have lamented the spread of eating disorders and psychological problems that too often accompany a little girl's journey towards professional modeling. With designers supplying their clothing in sizes 0 and 2 (that's "emaciated" and "waifish," for those of you who may be unfamiliar with women's sizes), it has long been impossible for any woman, no matter how beautiful, to realize the dream of modeling during fashion week without sticking to an extreme, and often unhealthy diet.
That's why it is good news indeed that this year, Fashion Week has finally jumped on the ever-expanding bandwagon of putting healthier women in the spotlight. According to Nian Fish, who chairs a fashion designers health initiative, models were up to size 4 (read: "thin") this year, and there wasn't a size 0 in sight. Furthermore, designers turned away from modeling their clothing on prepubescent 13 year-old girls.
"I think a lot of the direction from the designers has been a much healthier approach," said James Aguiar, co-host of Ultra HD's "Full Frontal Fashion." Avril Graham, executive fashion and beauty editor at Harper's Bazaar, agrees: "We're obviously going through a season of a less cookie-cutter look."
To my own (fashion-blind) eyes, this years models still look impossibly thin. But if there has been a step, even a tiny one, away from the skin-and-bones ideal that I've grown up with, I see it as a step in the right direction. Who knows, maybe next year we'll have the pleasure of seeing a nice rack or a juicy booty on New York's high profile stage!
To read more, visit http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/09/11/thin.models.fashion.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
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