Obesity, the uncontrolled epidemic The 2009 OECD report that we have previously referred to on other subjects gives an alarming picture of obesity in the developed world. Many indicators show that the developing world is inexorably following this trend. France is still well placed (but for how long?), having the 7th lowest obesity incidence of [...]
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Obesity, the uncontrolled epidemic
Publié par 18 June 2010 dans Le billet, Offre de formation et Recherche. 0 CommentairesWhat means expertise?
Publié par 24 May 2010 dans Le billet, Offre de formation et Recherche. 1 CommentairesMalcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers (we have previously referred to his book, Blink) see article in Time on line, of 13 November 2008, in English, explores the concept of success in many very different fields. He starts from the hypothesis that the basis for success is long, hard work, which he estimates at 10,000 hours: [...]
Redefining health care (3): organ transplants
Publié par 19 May 2010 dans International, Recherche et Stratégie. 0 CommentairesMichael Porter and Elisabeth Olmsted Teisberg in Redefining Health Care (pages 133-34, free access in English) give the organ transplant system in the USA as concrete example of the success of a health care policy based on outcomes. In the USA government intervention in organ transplants was motivated by public outcry over the fairness of [...]
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