Found 12 resource(s) in 'Looking at You', for February 2020.
Looking at You (all articles) for February 2020
Love, actually? Keeping love going Stressful for men Romance is not everything! Men and doctors Could an ambulance even find you? Teenage couch potatoes Never underestimate a tortoise Best time for stress? Middle of the day ‘Tap and go’ – straight into debt ** Love, actually? “Hello, I am a millionaire and part-time army officer,... (1745 words)Looking at You (all articles) for February 2020
Love, actually? Keeping love going Stressful for men Romance is not everything! Men and doctors Could an ambulance even find you? Teenage couch potatoes Never underestimate a tortoise Best time for stress? Middle of the day ‘Tap and go’ – straight into debt ** Love, actually? “Hello, I am a millionaire and part-time army officer,... (1745 words)Love, actually?
“Hello, I am a millionaire and part-time army officer, and spend my time at my numerous houses and yachts throughout the world. Even though we have never met, I am in love with you. I would like to meet you, and share my paradise with you, but first I need you to send me £500... (531 words)Keeping love going
Here is some good news: the divorce rate has fallen to the lowest level for nearly 50 years. It seems that the many children of divorce have in their turn decided to stick at their marriage, and thus avoid the trauma of splitting up. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows that divorce has... (116 words)Stressful for men
Men’s stress levels increase when their partner starts earning more than 40 per cent of the household income. Their stress levels are also high when the man is the sole earner. “Neither of the extreme scenarios is good for male mental health,” according to Dr Joana Syrda, a researcher at Bath University. It recently published... (175 words)Romance is not everything!
Almost two thirds (60 per cent) of the single adults in the UK have deliberately chosen their single lifestyle, with more women (66 per cent) than men (53 per cent) opting for the single life. There are two good reasons, according to the findings of a recent study: a desire for independence, and a weariness... (95 words)Men and doctors
Men do not like doctors. In fact, eight out of ten men would prefer to endure an illness rather than seek help from their GP. (This will not surprise many wives.) Despite recent campaigns urging them to take their health seriously, a survey by BUPA has found that 48 per cent of men would only... (80 words)Could an ambulance even find you?
You and your friends know where you live, but could a 999 crew find you? Paramedics warn that too many people do not make their house numbers clear. That means paramedics are wasting valuable time looking for clues as to which house is which, while shrubs and rubbish bins often obscure the numbers. In an... (114 words)Teenage couch-potatoes
Do you have teenagers? What are they doing at the moment? Chances are, they are glued to their phone. The World Health Organisation has warned that some 80 per cent of teenagers in Britain do not take enough exercise, and that a couch-potato lifestyle has become their norm. Girls are even less active than boys,... (106 words)Never underestimate a tortoise
They may be asleep at the moment, but tortoises are not the stay-at-homes couch potatoes that you may think they are. In fact, so many have been leaving their homes to go on walk-about, that now the RSPCA is advising that they be microchipped. The charity rescued almost 1,000 tortoises last year. Experts advise that... (101 words)Best time for stress? Middle of the day
If you have a stressful confrontation coming up, such as a row with your partner, or at work, try and have it in the middle of the day. That is the time when your body is functioning most efficiently, and when you can best cope with stress. Both early morning and late evening are never... (112 words)‘Tap and go’ – straight into debt
The increasing use of contactless payments is leading young people into debt. A recent study has found that one in five Londoners below the age of 45 are struggling to pay their debts, because of the ease of making ‘tap and go’ payments. Now more than one in 10 young people are thinking of stopping... (106 words)
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