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I guess we can't totally blame Trump.  But incivility in the workplace is becoming an epidemic, according to a new study. As reported at newswise.com, condescending comments, put-downs, and sarcasm have become commonplace, and here, well, okay, I won't blame Trump. OK, so I'm making fun, but it turns out this is a serious concern because experiencing such rude behavior, well, makes us rude, too.  And then it just spreads. The study found that it reduces our own self-control and makes us respond in kind.  And now what kind of a workplace do you have? "People who are recipients of rudeness at work feel mentally fatigued, as a result, because uncivil behaviors are somewhat ambiguous and require employees to figure out whether there was any abusive intent," say the authors.   "This mental fatigue, in turn, leads people to act uncivil toward other workers.  In other words, they pay the incivility forward." While curt remarks and other forms of incivi...

Childhood obesity news boring you to death?  Maybe this will ring your bell.  It costs $19,000 per child more for obese children than normal-weight ones for healthcare, according to a new study.  Not your problem?  But it is, because it often comes out of taxpayers' pockets. “Reducing childhood obesity is a public health priority that has substantial health and economic benefits,” newswise.com quotes lead study author Eric Andrew Finkelstein, Ph.D., M.H.A. “These estimates provide the financial consequences of inaction and the potential medical savings from obesity prevention efforts that successfully reduce or delay obesity onset.” Obesity is a known risk factor for a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. Roughly one in three adults and one in five children in the United States are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Addressing obesity in adults requires efforts to prev...