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Web surfing may not be main reason for teenage weight gain

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Web surfing may not be as big a factor in teenage weight gain as how many excess pounds children are carrying around at the start of adolescence, a Swiss study suggests. “Nowadays Internet use is almost a necessity to survive in this world, as youths are asked to use this technology,” lead study author Yara Barrense-Dias of the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

Eagle backs up Golden in Arc

Eagle Top will defend the honour of British older horses when he lines up for the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday, as red-hot favourite Treve was eased to odds against with a number of firms on Thursday.

Western Digital sells stake to China's Tsinghua for $3.8b

Western Digital has bagged a $3.8 billion (around £2.5 billion, or AU$5.38 billion) investment from China’s Tsinghua University in what is the largest technology investment by a Chinese firm in the US. First reported by Bloomberg, the share purchase is just the latest in a number of deals carried out by Chinese firms to exert their global influence and its thought that it will give Western Digital the added might