Jodkowska et al. 2011 stresses that, the growing global epidemic of obesity among children, adolescents and adults is generally considered to be caused by inappropriate nutritional behaviour and too low level of physical activity. Nutritional behaviour include the content of the meal, the size of the portion of the product and the frequency of their consumption, the number, regularity and duration of the meals during the day, their preparation and their consumption, family meals. Watching television and using computers reduces energy expenditure.

The study of Jha et al. 2013 analysed data of the U.S. National Health Interview Survey related to smoking and smoking-cessation histories from 113,752 women and 88,496 men 25 years of age or older and determined the causes of deaths by end of 2006. The mortality among smokers was due to neoplastic, vascular, respiratory, and other diseases related to smoking.

The death rate among smokers was about three times that among those who had never smoked. Life expectancy was shortened by more than 10 years among the current smokers, as compared with those who had never smoked.

The consume of high-fructose corn syrup in 2011 was the lowest amount since 1997. The average American ate 131 calories worth of corn sweeteners a day this year, down 16 percent from 2007, according to the USDA. [1]

President Obama is planning to green-light the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. EPA chief Lisa Jackson resigned protesting against the project. Jackson has told insiders that the president will approve the project in March or April. Pipeline advocates charge it would be irresponsible to kill Keystone because it would create a windfall of jobs and economic activity. Critics say the process of extracting oil from the tar sands produces excessive greenhouse-gas emissions. [1]

Nanoparticles in fertilizers, plant protection products, wastewater sludges, industrial discharges and biodegradation of surface coatings become access to the environment and are assimilated by plankton and algae entering the food web as such. [1]

Reports suggested a neuroprotective effect of the Cannabis sativa plant. The cannabis resin, Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta(9)-THC) acts on a G-protein coupled receptor in the brain. Endogenous cannabinoid compounds regulate the neuronal excitability. Researchers are hopeful that endocannabinoid-based therapies may reduce excitotoxic and oxidative cell damage as well as neuroinflammation. [1]

The endocannabinoid system, including endogenous ligands ('endocannabinoids' ECs), their receptors, synthesizing and degrading enzymes, as well as transporter molecules, has been detected from the earliest stages of embryonic development and throughout pre- and postnatal development. [1]

Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, 72 is the former chairman of the energy and mining giants Royal Dutch Shell and Anglo-American, and a current board member of Saudi Aramco and Accenture. [1]

He was a managing director of Shell in 1995 when the the Brent Spar platform sank and the execution of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa took place. [2]

Micronutrients and stroke
According to Larson 2012 diets high in magnesium and potassium may reduce the risk of stroke. High intake of sodium increases the rosk of stroke. However, the role of specific fatty acids, dietary cholesterol, and combinations of vitamins in the aetiology of stroke is unclear. [1]

Long-chain omega-3 PUFAs