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The nation’s happiest students with the best quality of life are at Rice University, according to the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review’s “The Best 376 Colleges.” And that’s according to the students.

For the third year in a row, the students surveyed for the annual college guide ranked Rice No. 1 for best quality of life. The new edition also ranks Rice No. 1 for happiest students.

The rankings are based on a survey of 122,000 students at 376 schools during 2010-11 and the previous two school years. An average of 325 students at each school participated in the survey. Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges, plus three colleges outside the U.S., are profiled in the book.

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com

People who stop smoking often replace cigarettes with food. A new study says the weight they gain may increase their diabetes risk in the short term. Type two diabetes is common in people who eat too much and exercise too little and those with a family history of it.

Smoking is another risk factor. But quitting smoking may carry a temporary risk. The study found that smokers who quit had a seventy percent increased risk of developing diabetes in the first six years. That was compared to those who had never smoked.

The risks were highest in the first three years. And the risk returned to normal after ten years of not smoking.

The researchers say weight gain is probably to blame for the increase. But they say smokers should stop anyway — and the real message is not to even start. Type two diabetes interferes with the body’s use of insulin. The substance produced by the pancreas normally lowers blood sugar during and after eating. Over time, high blood sugar can lead to blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and nerve damage. The study is from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. It appears in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Another American study says obesity has become as great a threat to quality of life as smoking.
It compared losses in what are called “quality-adjusted life years.” The study found that losses from obesity are now equal to, if not greater than, those from smoking.

These days, there are fewer smokers in the country but more people who are extremely overweight. The findings are based on questions about health-related quality of life in government telephone surveys. The study is from Columbia University and the City College of New York. It appears in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

And another study has linked each hour of watching television daily to an eighteen percent increased risk of death from heart disease. The study of adults in Australia also found an increased risk of death from others causes. The findings are published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Lead author David Dunstan at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Victoria says the body was designed to move. He says even if people have a healthy body weight, sitting for long periods of time still has an unhealthy influence on blood sugar and blood fats.

And thats the VOA Special English Health Report.

(Adapted from a radio program broadcast 13Jan2010)

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Yoga – Union of Mind, Body and Spirit. Claire Diab, renown “Guru” of yoga teaches a class at The American Yoga Academy, a registered Yoga Alliance School, has trained over 300 students in its yoga teacher certification programs and exposed thousands of additional students in the various aspects of yoga through classes, seminars and lectures in the workplace, board retreats and community events in the US and abroad. http://www.americanyogaacademy.com

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The Academy’s experienced instructors are Registered Yoga Alliance Teachers. Each seasoned instructor offers a wealth of knowledge about yoga and its application to modern day life.

CLAIRE E. DIAB is the founder of The American Yoga Academy is an internationally renowned Yoga Therapist, Fitness Specialist and Inspirational Speaker with over 18 years of experience. She teaches throughout the United States and internationally with Deepak Chopra. Claire is an Professor of Asian Studies at Seton Hall University, teaching one of the most popular courses on campus: Zen and Yoga. She is the Director of the Chopra Center Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Teacher Training Program, East and West Coast. Claire is currently working on her Doctorate on Leadership and Spirituality.

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My big junior high school has about 850 students, making it the largest in the prefecture. This is a video I made of the school one day.

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