Michigan is the only state that prohibits weight-based discrimination, according data from the Rudd Center.
Retrofit, a unique data-driven weight management company based in Chicago, has developed innovative ways to assist individuals as well as corporate clients lose weight by offering real world solutions to promote healthy workplace behaviors and eating habits.
Many medications are administered based on weight, usually in kilograms, so it helps to know the figure.
Comcast (nasdaq: CMCSA - news - people ) is about to throw its considerable weight behind internet-based telephony.
Federal per-cigar taxes, which vary based on weight and price, used to be capped at 4.9 cents but now are capped at 40.26 cents.
Part of the reservations system calculates the weight of the airplane based off passenger, fuel and luggage data, which is necessary for the airplane to safely take off.
He also indicates that it is rather challenging to figure out how to apply the same tax to e-cigarettes since the excises tend to be based on weight of tobacco.
Industry and government standards use a formula based on the weight of the birds.
Both telephone and internet-based treatment have produced weight loss comparable to an in-person intervention.
In a statement, Ofsted said Mr Schenk's "personal opinions" were "not based on the full weight of Ofsted's evidence base".
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On the extreme side, if investors only invest in index funds, individual equity prices would move solely based on their relative weight in the index.
Upon reaching a speed known as V2 (a calculation based on thrust, weight aboard the plane, airport elevation and outside temperature), pull back on the yoke, and away you go.
The PowerShares Dynamic Energy Fund (PXI) is a quant-driven fund that uses fundamental- and momentum-based factors to select and weight its holdings.
Currently, some doctors may use existing computer software to estimate how much additional radiation is required based on factors such as weight, height and age of the patient.
In fact, a little computer on the CJ1's center console calculates rotation speed to the knot, based on temperature, altitude and weight aboard.
The scientist calculated his findings based on data revealing the average weight of an American had increased by 10 pounds in the 1990s.
Pushing back can cause some "very touchy" conversations, however, says Becky Hand, a registered dietitian with the weight-loss and fitness website SparkPeople, based in Cincinnati.
Doctors make dosage adjustments based on the patient's weight.
The MAG has designed an assessment method, based on following a person's weight loss over a six-month period, to identify whether people are at risk of malnutrition.
In addition to a flat road tax, Plug-In America also thinks a tax based on the vehicle miles traveled plus weight should be considered, and that a suite of incentives -- both financial and nonfinancial -- should be enacted to spur EV adoption.
There are mathematical formulas that can help you figure this out based on your age, height, sex, weight and activity level.
Despite centuries of supposed weight-loss remedies from anti-obesity soaps, crash diets based on vinegar to even amphetamines, fads have failed.
Looking to shed weight and beef up a sleek new image as a Web-based media company, AOL is attempting to sell off its social networking site Bebo and instant messaging system ICQ.
Evercore Partners analyst Ken Sena reduced his rating on Yahoo to Equal Weight from Overweight, despite the potential acquisition of the company, based on his concern about the possibility that the company will choose to do a PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) deal.
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While the CPI at one time was the measure desired by the public, government efforts turned the CPI away from measuring the price changes in a fixed-weight basket of goods and services to a quasi-substitution-based basket of goods, which destroyed the concept of the CPI as a measure of the cost of living of maintaining a constant standard of living.
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In addition to ranking individual investors based on the value of their exits, we also gave weight to investors who had multiple exits.
The latest figures are based on a 2011 telephone survey that asked adults their height and weight.
Over the past 15 years they have successively introduced batteries based on different chemistries that produce much more electricity given the same weight.
But even if the 8% rule is no longer based on sound economics, it clearly still carries a lot of weight with government officials.
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