Show A6 — TheHerald Journal Logan' Utah Friday April 23 2004 World I I Coiilba ireuDegs odd plaoD to stadly (SaaoDtoDDaDDD® Resolution alleged widespread inmate abuse GENEVA (AP) — Cuba avoided a showdown with the United States on Thursday by withdrawing a resolution from the top UN hitman rights body that called for an investigation into the treatment of prisoners at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay Cuba AP photo pedestrian speaking on a mobile phone walks past a' series of old red British phone boxes modeled into a work of art in Kingston town centre south west London on Thursday British Telecom have announced they are going to scrap another 10000 phono bbxes over the next 18 months due to the increase in mobile phone use A Bye-by- e red booths The resolution alleged widespread abuses at Guantanamo where few of the more 600 ter' rorism suspects being held by US authorities have been charged with crimes or given access to lawyers But Cuban Ambassador Jorge Mora Godoy told the commission he would not ask for a vote on the resolution because US “threats and blackmail" had ensured its hostilities failure rights issue" It's not a human The Cuban resolution called “Tangible is the fear of for an investigation by the Western countries and some in commission’s experts on torLatin America to stand up with ture judicial independence and dignity to the fascist practices of the US administration lest arbitrary detention It was introduced April 15 immediand receive they reprimands retaliations" he said ately alter tlie UN rights with 10 US officials in Geneva watchdog voted 22-2- 1 abstentions to call on the comdeclined to comment on Mora munist country to “refrain Godoy 's allegations that they from adopting measures which had bullied countries into votcould jeopardize the fundaing against the resolution ' mental rights the freedom of Before the start of the meeting US Ambassador Richard expression and the right to due ' Williamson told reporters: process of its citizens" The Guantanamo resolution “The United States has authorwas expccied to ignite fierce ity under the law of armed conflict to detain enemy debate at the commission which ends Friday combatants for the duration of Study: Anti -soft drink campaigns in schools reduce child obesity LONDON (APt — School programs discouraging carbonated drinks appear to he effective in reducing obesity among children a new study suggests ' — the first research to document that such programs work A high intake of sweetened carbonated drinks probably 'contributes to childhood obesity and there is a growing movement against soft drinks in schools But until now there have been no studies showing that efforts in cut children's soft drink consumption would do' any good The study outlined this week on the Web silcof the British Medical Journal found "ditch the fizz" that a one-yeboth discouraging' campaign sweetened and diet soil drinks led to a decrease in the percentage of elementary schixil children who were overweight or obese The improvement occurred after a modest reduction in — less than a can consumption ' ii day Representative’s of the soft drink industry contested the implications of the results ' 'Hie study "reduced the average daily' consumption of carbonated soft drinks by about 50 milliliters or 35 calories — half the reduction wits in diet carbonated soft drinks This represents about 2 percent of a child's calorie Drink Association said in a statement The group said carbonated drinks provide only a fraction of children's daily calories and therefore should not he blamed for the childhood obesity epidemic However other experts were impressed “If a simple targeted mes- sage aimed at kids can decrease development of obesity by whatever means that’s groundbreaking" said Dr David Ludwig who runs a pediatric obesity clinic at Children's Hospital in Boston but was not connected with the study Previous studies of school programs — some 1 - ar ' intake np a significant amount" the British Soft Inbrief anti-obesi- ty casting millions of dollars — have been disappointing Such programs which inducted reducing dietary fat or trying to get kids to exercise more largely failed to show any meaningful impact The investigators studied 644 children aged 7 to in six primary schools in Christchurch England during : 1 1 the 2001-200- 2 school year: Half the classes participated in a program discouraging both regular and diet sodas and stressing the benefits of a healthy diet while the oilier half did not All students kept a diary of their soft drink consumption over one Thursday Friday and Saturday at the beginning of the experiment and again for another three days at the end “They were told that by decreasing sugar consumption they would improve overall well-bein- and that by reduc- - g ing the consumption of diet carbonated drinks they would FAFFORDABIiB benefit dental health" said the scientists diabetes doctors and nurses at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in southern England The program involved a one- hour session given to each participating class four times during the' schcxil year The percentage of overweight and obese children increased by 75 percent in the group that did not participate and dipped by 02 percent among thase who did United Democrats HEALTH INSURANCE Political Action Committee The Two Party System Provides' True Checks and Balances Join Now! 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