Urging your overweight partner to diet may have the opposite effect on their eating habits. A study found that both women and men tended to react negatively to such well-meaning encouragement, leading to binge eating or extreme dieting. Experts say a better approach is to look for ways you both can eat healthy and get more exercise. Source Link
Social media is now part of life for most American adults. A new survey found that three out of four adults say they use an online social networking site. It’s not just young people, because 43-percent of those 65 and older use social media. And 30-percent of adults are expressing themselves in short bursts on Twitter. Source Link
Forget about the toy versions -- real smartphones are playthings for many a young child. A parent’s survey found that one-in-four children younger than age 5 use a smartphone. By age nine, it’s 40-percent of children with a phone, and just over half of 13-year olds have a phone of their own. Only 10-percent of parents say they’ve uncomfortable giving their child a phone. Source Link
