It remains far behind Facebook, which boasts 701 million active users, according to the report, though Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg last year claimed more than a billion active accounts. Still, the volume of Google Plus accounts suggests naysayers were too hasty in calling its demise. Like many social networking services, Google Plus has won over a devoted core of users.

Obesity campaigners cautioned the results should not be seen as a green light to “let yourself go” when reaching middle age but added there was evidence gaining weight can be useful in protecting against fatal diseases. Prof Hui Zheng, a sociologist at The Ohio State University, said: “The main message is for those who start at a normal weight in early adulthood, gaining a modest amount of weight throughout life and entering the overweight category in later adulthood can actually increase the probability of survival.” Prof Zheng and colleagues analysed 8,329 participants in the Framingham Heart Study 4,576 parents and 3,753 of their children. Residents of the Massachusetts town have been tracked since 1948.

Students can’t always play music loudly, especially if they are going to be living with someone. That’s where a pair of on or over ear headphones come in to help. The wireless Jabra Move is a sound pick, and comes with a mic so they can make calls as well.

That has changed what people value in their consumer goods. A just released by the Global Fashion Agenda, an international organization devoted to helping the fashion industry become more sustainable, found that 75% of consumers around the world view sustainability as extremely or very important, and mentions of sustainability with regards to fashion in social media have spiked between 2015 and 2018.But how can you tell the difference between brands that market themselves as sustainable and ones that actually make sustainable products? it a good thing that brands are feeling pressure to keep up with consumer demand for sustainable companies and products, says Andrew Chung, who has been investing in sustainable startups since 2006, first at Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures, then through his own company, 1955 Capital. Now the challenge is to distinguish between brands that are making serious, holistic commitments to sustainability, and brands that are making more superficial tweaks.

Aside from Stewart and Campbell, another independent, Shauna Sylvester, also hoped for the labour body’s support.And what makes covering politics such a laugh loaded activity was, in this case, watching Sylvester’s crew as they attempted to make a silk purse out that sow’s ear of rejection. Don’t you know, crows her campaign manager and veteran political operative Trish Webb, Sylvester is now the “only truly independent candidate.” Which is to say no party and no significant civic organization is stepping up to back her. And, of course, she will carry on right to the finish line next October.That brings me to the latest poll by Research Co.