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Eating larger portions of earlier in the day helps keep tabolism fired up throughout remainder of the day, studshow. By eating more food during breakfast and lunch meals, it may help people feel less hungry later at night and avoid excess calorie consumption. The typical American diet is the reverse: most people eat the largest meal of the day at night, which can lead to unwanted weight gain.
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Inverted pyramid-style food consumption plays role in weight loss management skills By Devin.Wilmott @iowastatedaily.com
A three-month study done by researchers from Tel Aviv University in 2012 divided 93 overweight participants into two groups: the breakfast group and dinner group. Both groups were given the same amount of daily calories to consume. The breakfast group participants allotted 50 percent of their daily calories at breakfast, 36 percent at lunch, and 14 percent at dinner. The dinner group did the oppo-
site, eating 14 percent of their allotted calories for breakfast, 36 percent at lunch and 50 percent at dinner. After the 12-week period, the breakfast group lost more weight, had a more significant decrease in body fat percentage, increased HDL cholesterol levels and maintained stable insulin levels. This was due to a bigger breakfast and an inverted pyramid style of eating, with most calories being consumed in the morning.
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he average American ate more than 6,000 calories on Super Bowl Sunday. To burn that many calories, a person would have to run a marathon, or 26.2 miles. The Super Bowl kicked off at 5 p.m., along with the alcohol and never-ending binge on wings and tortilla chips. Not including the calories already eaten before 5 p.m., the munching hours did not end until the Patriots took the win. The United States Department of Agriculture found that the average American consumes around 3,800
calories per day, while the USDA caloric recommendations focus on a 2,000 calorie diet. Dietary models like MyPlate provide information about what to consume to achieve optimal balance of food groups and dietary health. However, what the initiative does not show is how to properly balance those required foods. The disconnect lies between when food should be consumed and knowing how much food one’s metabolism is able to process at one sitting. “Even though we have an abundance of food in the United States, that’s not the problem,” said Claudia Peterson, senior in diet and exercise. “The problem is consumers not being
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Discrimination bans help put LGBT community at ease By Morgan.Kelly @iowastatedaily.com Those who identify as a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning community can take a bit of ease in knowing Iowa bans discrimination based on gender identity. Iowa is one of 19 states to adopt policies that protect people from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation as well as gender identity, according to alcu.org. Three states have adopted a state-wide employment nondiscrimination law that covers only sexual orientation and not gender identity: New Hampshire, New York and Wisconsin. Gender is different from sex in that gender is a social construction of roles, appearances as it relates to “masculinity” and “femininity.” According to IMPACT, an LGBT health and development program at Northwestern University, there are more than 40 terms used to describe or identify gender. Gender identity is how someone chooses to identify themself. Melissa Mundt, assistant city manager, said Iowa, as a whole, is further along than some of the surrounding states and that’s something to be proud of. South Dakota, Nebraska and Missouri don’t have protective policies for gender identity or sexual orientation discrimination, and Wisconsin only protects people based on their sexual orientation, according to alcu.org. “There are 37 states that have legalized marriage, but only 18, plus D.C., have nondiscrimination policies to protect those same-sex partners. That means there is an overlap of 16 states
where you can get married and then get fired the next day for being gay,” said Adam Guenther, president of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Ally Alliance. While Ames and Iowa State have their own set of policies, Nicci Port, Iowa State University’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender faculty and staff association chairperson, said they just reiterate what the state’s policies say. ISU policies match the state’s for a reason, Mundt said. Civil rights cases can be dealt with in Ames or taken to the state level. “It really depends on how many investigators are available and if they feel they have the right skill set for the job. It all depends case by case,” Mundt said. Port said she has always been lucky and hasn’t had to overcome any hurdles when it came to looking for employment or buying property in Iowa. “My wife and I were able to buy a house in Gilbert, with no issues getting a loan or a realtor,” she said. “We did disclose that we were a same-sex couple because we don’t want to give our money to them. If they have a problem, we will go somewhere else.” Guenther said he was able to apply for campus jobs without worrying he wouldn’t get hired because he was the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Ally Alliance president. “Without these policies, I might have some hesitation in doing that, or maybe I wouldn’t be able to put [my presidency] on [my resume] at all,” Guenther said. It puts his mind at ease, he said. “I am able to be out and not worry about harassment or [being] discriminated against just because I’m gay,” Guenther said.
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Citizen scientists helped identify and tag the “yellowballs” in this image, created by Spitzer Space Telescope. ISU Professor Charles Kerton works on the Milky Way Project with a team of 35,000 citizen scientists to map star formations.
Yellowballs detection guides other astrological discoveries By Kyndal Reimer, Contributor to the Daily A smile swelled across Charles Kerton’s face as he contemplated what he believes to be the most satisfying thing about the Milky Way Project. “The serendipity of it all is more than I could’ve asked for.” Kerton, an associate professor of physics and astronomy, has been working rigorously as a member of the Milky Way Project since it’s establishment in 2010. The Milky Way Project is an online network consisting of around 35,000 volunteers who come
together to assist in the mapping of massive star formations in the Milky Way Galaxy. The volunteers are more accurately known as “citizen scientists”. There are no requirements to become a citizen scientist. The only thing that is demanded is the desire to help. “It’s interesting because they’re clearly not looking for fame,” Kerton said, “I believe they participate because they’re contributing to a real science project. It’s a mixture [of] someone who has a hobby, but also someone who wants to contribute. It’s a very satisfying feeling.” It was this kind of participa-
tion that led to the discovery of “yellowballs”. Yellowballs were detected shortly after the project began. Citizen scientists kept asking the question, “What are these yellow, glowing balls?” Kerton and his team of scientists are in charge of interpreting the raw data coming in from the citizen scientists. After years of research, the team came to a conclusion about the phenomenon that is yellowballs. “To put it simply, yellowballs are a stage that massive stars go through after they’re formed. It’s
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