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Staying safe on the road in a gig economy – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

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If you’ve ever driven a car or ridden a motorcycle on a short-term contract, chances are you’ve participated in the gig economy. In fact, millions of adults in the UK are now participants in the system as drivers and riders, whether they’re aware of it or not. But how can you and other road users stay safe?

What is the gig economy?

The term ‘gig economy’ is used to describe the 1.1 million people in the UK who work in a free market system in which temporary positions are common place. The gig economy is made up of three main components; the independent workers paid by the gig, the consumers who require a specific service or a particular item delivered; and the companies that connect the worker to the consumer.

For individuals working within the system, a job is usually for a specified period of time, whereby freelance and self-employed

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Dyer & Butler Ltd – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

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From their Safety, Sustainability and Training Director, Steven Broom, being awarded Print

Health and Safety Influencer of the Year 2019, to winning a number of President and Gold Medal Awards across a variety of divisions, Dyer & Butler Ltd enjoyed an outstanding 2019.

As one of the first winners of the Influencer of the Year Award, we recently caught up with Steven to find out Dyer & Butler Ltd’s impressive awards history, and how winning a RoSPA Award has benefited both himself and his organization…

What benefits does winning a RoSPA Award have for your organisation?

RoSPA is a well-respected brand for the advancement of safety standards within the Dyer and Butler info

industry and the association that we have had with RoSPA over the years underpins our commitment to maintaining these standards within our organisation. The benefit of being able to show that we are RoSPA award winners provides us with an instantly recognizable

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Overweight US Adolescents Eat More Ultra-Processed Foods

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September 21, 2022 · 7:00 PM

“One little piece won’t hurt . . .”

An article in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found an association between overweight/obesity and consumption of ultra–processed foods in US adolescents.

The study looked at 3,600 adolescents who reported their food intake over a 24-hour period. The results are pretty strong: the more ultra-processed food consumed, the greater the odds of overweight and obesity.

Jan at The Low Carb Diabetic blog reported that:

Ultra-processed foods make up ‘two-thirds of calories consumed by children and teens’
Experts from Tufts University in Massachusetts studied two decades of dietary data to 2018 and found that the amount of calories young people consumed from ultra-processed foods jumped from 61 per cent to 67 per cent.

I’m not paying for the JAND scientific report so I don’t know how they defined ultra-processed foods. The definition varies quite

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“Mobile Train” Could Promote Longevity

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August 13, 2022 · 7:00 AM

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London researchers introduce the idea of “mobile train.”

Dietary self-discipline and dietary restriction end in resistance train for our cells. Triggered by calorie restriction or bodily train, our cells find yourself producing transcription elements that result in safety towards oxidation, irritation, atherosclerosis, and carcinogenic proliferation. Within the long-term, this leads to longevity and a lower in most cancers, T2DM [type 2 diabetes], myocardial infarction, and stroke. Since centuries previous, research on people, rhesus monkeys, and multilevel organisms have demonstrated the advantages of calorie restriction with out malnutrition. Periodic fasting and calorie restriction present will increase in regeneration markers and reduces in biomarkers for diabetes, CVD [cardiovascular disease]most cancers, and getting older.

The current overview concluded that longevity could be elevated by moderation of food plan and train. Analysis reveals {that a} concoction of the various diets modernly

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