THE FAT INDUSTRY – IS A BIGGER WORLD UNAVOIDABLE?

 The world superpower of obesity, the USA, continues to be closely followed by an ever-expanding Australia.  Many industries in America are now catering to large customers with super-sized products – including toilets that can support 500kg!  We may soon be upgrading our world in a similar way.  READER’S DIGEST explains the latest offerings from ‘big’ business.

GADGETLAND – JAPAN’S WEIRD & WONDERFUL GIZMOS

Australians may like to think they embrace technology, but the Japanese are living in a weird and wonderful world of the very latest gadgets.  From singing toilets to talking lifts, and from moving car park spaces to robot skeletons that help the old & disabled to walk.

BACK PAIN BREAKTHROUGHS

Back pain is an epidemic, with an estimated 25-percent of adults suffering from it during the past three months.  READER’S DIGEST profiles the latest advances in treating the condition – from the use of stem cells to re-growing healthy bones in our spines.

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SNIPPETS AND FUN FACTS IN NOVEMBER’S READER’S DIGEST

*Tech-savvy parents-to-be are googling their future bub’s name to ensure there is not much competition and their progeny stands out in cyberspace

*Married blokes don’t do as much housework as live-in boyfriends – the moral? Move in together but don’t marry!

*The Vatican launches its own charter airline for trips from Rome to Lourdes. Headrests carry the slogan: “I’m searching for your face Lord.”

*A study by Liverpool John Moores University in the UK found that rock stars really do “live fast and die young” and are twice as likely to die young than the rest of us