Xperia X8 Hits Indian Shores For Rs. 13,900

Sony Ericsson has just announced the availability of the Xperia X8 in India for a street price of just under Rs.14,000. This puts it right between the X10 mini and the X10 mini pro.

The X8 features a larger 3.0-inch scratch resistance capacitive screen with a higher 320x480 resolution. To balance this out and keep the price down, the camera is now a 3.2MP fixed focus which seems to be the only major downside to this phone as off now.

The X8 comes with Android 1.6 that hopefully should be upgradable to 2.1 along with the X10 mini and pro. The rest of the features are pretty much the same with 3G, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, microSD support upto 16GB, Stereo FM, etc.

The X8 looks like a very good alternative for all those who found the X10 mini's screen to be a bit too small. While this doesn't have a slide out QWERTY keyboard, the larger size of the screen should make texting a lot more bearable.

Xperia X8 Hits Indian Shores For Rs. 13,900

Lifestyle Interventions Seemingly Aid Obese & Overweight Adults

Getting rid of excess fats may not be all that difficult, or at least the following article suggests so.

A groundbreaking study claims that lifestyle interventions, including physical activity and structured weight loss programs, can result in extreme weight loss for overweight, obese and severely obese adults.

With obesity spreading like a forest fire especially among African American women, the findings seem to be beneficial.

Lifestyle Interventions Seemingly Aid Obese & Overweight Adults

National statistics suggest that 68 percent of the population is overweight and obese. Individuals revealing a BMI of 25 or greater may fall into the category of combined overweight and obesity. Scientists affirm that overweight or obese people have heightened chances of developing diabetes and high blood pressure.

The one-year intensive lifestyle intervention study of diet and physical activity was triggered on a randomized group of 130 severely obese adult individuals without diabetes. Participants were divided in two groups to examine weight loss for a period of one year. Triggered from February 2007 the follow-up continued through April 2010.

Experts add, “In conclusion, intensive lifestyle interventions using a behavior-based approach can result in clinically significant and meaningful weight loss and improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors in severely obese persons.

It is also clear that physical activity should be incorporated early in any dietary restriction approach to induce weight loss and to reduce hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) and abdominal fat.

Our data make a strong case that serious consideration should be given by health care systems to incorporating more intensive lifestyle interventions similar to those used in our study. Additional studies are clearly needed to determine long-term efficacy and cost-effectiveness of such approaches.”