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The U.S. Supreme Court in June issued two highly anticipated decisions addressing same-sex marriage in cases that resonated nationwide and in California.
In United States v. Windsor, the High Court ruled that a key part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional on equal protection grounds. On the same day, the Court also issued its decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry, a case on California?s Proposition 8, which defined marriage to exclude same-sex couples.
The cases are significant for employers because they are likely to have ripple effects on state, federal and local laws, in particular those dealing with employee benefit plans, taxation and immigration.
The DOMA case
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New IOM report lays out plan to determine effectiveness of obesity prevention effortsPublic release date: 2-Aug-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Jennifer Walsh news@nas.edu 202-334-2138 National Academy of Sciences
WASHINGTON -- The United States lags behind other international plans to evaluate obesity prevention efforts, and the country needs to know whether these efforts are having their intended impact, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The committee that wrote the report concluded that more systematic and routine evaluations could help determine how well obesity prevention programs and policies are being implemented and which interventions work best. The committee also recommended specific national and community plans for evaluation of obesity prevention efforts.
Investment in obesity program and policy evaluation is too sporadic, presenting serious barriers to understanding the impact of interventions and the need for future investments, the committee said. Moreover, current data monitoring systems inadequately track progress of some programs, and such monitoring is needed at both the national and community levels. Although many monitoring systems exist, the national systems lack adequate leadership, coordination, infrastructure, guidance, accountability, and capacity. Furthermore, local communities do not have the necessary guidance, capacity, data, and resources for assessing the status of obesity, identifying prevention needs, monitoring obesity prevention actions, evaluating their short-term outcomes, and tracking their long-term effects on obesity reduction.
To guide future efforts to inform and improve obesity prevention at the national, state, and community levels, the committee designed separate but interdependent national and community obesity evaluation plans that prioritize activities and leverage existing resources. The plans provide frameworks for obtaining end-user input, choosing indicators and measures for data collection and analysis, and improving the evaluation structure -- specifically the success of policy and environmental strategies recommended in the 2012 IOM report Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation.
Evaluation efforts lack an agreed-upon set of core indicators that could be used at the national and community levels for measuring and comparing progress in obesity prevention. As a starting point for developing the core set, the committee identified 83 indicators about which data are currently collected that could be incorporated into the national and community evaluation plans and provide guidance to improve the infrastructure and capacities of longer-term evaluations.
The evaluation plans outlined in the report will not be fully realized, however, without coordinated changes across multiple federal, state, and local government agencies and departments in collaboration with other nongovernmental partners responsible for obesity prevention-related activities, the committee said. It recommended the creation of an obesity task force or other entity to oversee and lead the implementation of the national plan and provide support to the community plan. In addition, relevant federal agencies, state and local health departments, and other pertinent organizations should enhance evaluation efforts through improved data collection, common guidance, access to and dissemination of data, work-force ability, capacity to address disparities and health equity, and integration of a systems approach in evaluation efforts.
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The study was sponsored by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. A committee roster follows.
Contacts:
Jennifer Walsh, Senior Media Relations Officer
Rachel Brody, Media Relations Assistant
Office of News and Public Information
202-334-2138; e-mail news@nas.edu
http://national-academies.com/newsroom
Twitter: @NAS_news and @NASciences
RSS feed: http://www.nationalacademies.org/rss/index.html
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalacademyofsciences/sets
Additional Resources:
Project Page
Report brief
Indicators for Measuring Progress in Obesity Prevention
Table - Measuring Progress in Obesity Prevention: Indicators and Data Sources
Full Report
Pre-publication copies of Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts: A Plan for Measuring Progress are available from the National Academies Press on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu or by calling 202-334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242. Reporters may obtain a copy from the Office of News and Public Information (contacts listed above).
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Food and Nutrition Board
Committee on Evaluating Progress of Obesity Prevention Efforts
Lawrence W. Green, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. (chair)
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco
Christina Bethell, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
School of Medicine, and
Director
Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
National Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland
Ronette R. Briefel, Dr.P.H.
Senior Fellow
Mathematica Policy Research Inc.
Washington, D.C.
Ross C. Brownson, Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
Brown School of Social Work and School of Medicine
Washington University
St. Louis
Jamie F. Chriqui, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Health Policy Center
Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois
Chicago
Stephen Fawcett, Ph.D.
Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Professor
Department of Applied Behavioral Science, and
Director
Work Group for Community Health and Development
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Brian R. Flay, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Public Health, and
Co-Director
Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium
Oregon State University
Corvallis
Deanna M. Hoelscher, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
School of Public Health
University of Texas
Austin
James W. Krieger, M.P.H., M.D.
Chief
Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
Public Health Seattle & King County
Seattle
Laura C. Leviton, Ph.D.
Senior Adviser for Evaluation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, N.J.
K.M. Venkat Narayan, M.D.
Hubert Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology, and
Professor of Medicine
Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta
Nico P. Pronk, Ph.D.
Vice President, and
Health Science Officer
Health Management
HealthPartners Inc.
Bloomington, Minn.
Lorrene Ritchie, Ph.D.
Director of Research
Atkins Center for Weight and Health
University of California
Berkeley
Elsie Taveras, M.P.H.
Chief
Division of General Pediatrics, and
Director
Pediatric Population Health Management
Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston
STAFF
Leslie J. Sim
Study Director
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New IOM report lays out plan to determine effectiveness of obesity prevention effortsPublic release date: 2-Aug-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Jennifer Walsh news@nas.edu 202-334-2138 National Academy of Sciences
WASHINGTON -- The United States lags behind other international plans to evaluate obesity prevention efforts, and the country needs to know whether these efforts are having their intended impact, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The committee that wrote the report concluded that more systematic and routine evaluations could help determine how well obesity prevention programs and policies are being implemented and which interventions work best. The committee also recommended specific national and community plans for evaluation of obesity prevention efforts.
Investment in obesity program and policy evaluation is too sporadic, presenting serious barriers to understanding the impact of interventions and the need for future investments, the committee said. Moreover, current data monitoring systems inadequately track progress of some programs, and such monitoring is needed at both the national and community levels. Although many monitoring systems exist, the national systems lack adequate leadership, coordination, infrastructure, guidance, accountability, and capacity. Furthermore, local communities do not have the necessary guidance, capacity, data, and resources for assessing the status of obesity, identifying prevention needs, monitoring obesity prevention actions, evaluating their short-term outcomes, and tracking their long-term effects on obesity reduction.
To guide future efforts to inform and improve obesity prevention at the national, state, and community levels, the committee designed separate but interdependent national and community obesity evaluation plans that prioritize activities and leverage existing resources. The plans provide frameworks for obtaining end-user input, choosing indicators and measures for data collection and analysis, and improving the evaluation structure -- specifically the success of policy and environmental strategies recommended in the 2012 IOM report Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation.
Evaluation efforts lack an agreed-upon set of core indicators that could be used at the national and community levels for measuring and comparing progress in obesity prevention. As a starting point for developing the core set, the committee identified 83 indicators about which data are currently collected that could be incorporated into the national and community evaluation plans and provide guidance to improve the infrastructure and capacities of longer-term evaluations.
The evaluation plans outlined in the report will not be fully realized, however, without coordinated changes across multiple federal, state, and local government agencies and departments in collaboration with other nongovernmental partners responsible for obesity prevention-related activities, the committee said. It recommended the creation of an obesity task force or other entity to oversee and lead the implementation of the national plan and provide support to the community plan. In addition, relevant federal agencies, state and local health departments, and other pertinent organizations should enhance evaluation efforts through improved data collection, common guidance, access to and dissemination of data, work-force ability, capacity to address disparities and health equity, and integration of a systems approach in evaluation efforts.
###
The study was sponsored by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. A committee roster follows.
Contacts:
Jennifer Walsh, Senior Media Relations Officer
Rachel Brody, Media Relations Assistant
Office of News and Public Information
202-334-2138; e-mail news@nas.edu
http://national-academies.com/newsroom
Twitter: @NAS_news and @NASciences
RSS feed: http://www.nationalacademies.org/rss/index.html
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalacademyofsciences/sets
Additional Resources:
Project Page
Report brief
Indicators for Measuring Progress in Obesity Prevention
Table - Measuring Progress in Obesity Prevention: Indicators and Data Sources
Full Report
Pre-publication copies of Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts: A Plan for Measuring Progress are available from the National Academies Press on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu or by calling 202-334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242. Reporters may obtain a copy from the Office of News and Public Information (contacts listed above).
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Food and Nutrition Board
Committee on Evaluating Progress of Obesity Prevention Efforts
Lawrence W. Green, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. (chair)
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco
Christina Bethell, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
School of Medicine, and
Director
Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
National Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland
Ronette R. Briefel, Dr.P.H.
Senior Fellow
Mathematica Policy Research Inc.
Washington, D.C.
Ross C. Brownson, Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
Brown School of Social Work and School of Medicine
Washington University
St. Louis
Jamie F. Chriqui, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Health Policy Center
Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois
Chicago
Stephen Fawcett, Ph.D.
Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Professor
Department of Applied Behavioral Science, and
Director
Work Group for Community Health and Development
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Brian R. Flay, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Public Health, and
Co-Director
Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium
Oregon State University
Corvallis
Deanna M. Hoelscher, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
School of Public Health
University of Texas
Austin
James W. Krieger, M.P.H., M.D.
Chief
Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
Public Health Seattle & King County
Seattle
Laura C. Leviton, Ph.D.
Senior Adviser for Evaluation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, N.J.
K.M. Venkat Narayan, M.D.
Hubert Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology, and
Professor of Medicine
Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta
Nico P. Pronk, Ph.D.
Vice President, and
Health Science Officer
Health Management
HealthPartners Inc.
Bloomington, Minn.
Lorrene Ritchie, Ph.D.
Director of Research
Atkins Center for Weight and Health
University of California
Berkeley
Elsie Taveras, M.P.H.
Chief
Division of General Pediatrics, and
Director
Pediatric Population Health Management
Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston
STAFF
Leslie J. Sim
Study Director
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(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co forecast a slightly more upbeat 2014 than expected on Thursday as Chief Executive A.G. Lafley tries to get the world's largest household products maker back on track without sacrificing profitability.
P&G reported lower quarterly earnings but they still topped the company's muted expectations from April. The shares rose 1.4 percent to $81.47.
P&G, maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers, brought back Lafley in late May to replace Bob McDonald, who had struggled to respond to thrifty consumer spending, sparked by the recession, create new product hits, and expand in fast-growing international markets.
In the two months since he returned, Lafley has done a "deep dive" to figure out what needs fixing. He said the current fiscal 2014 would be a "transition" year, with fiscal 2013 a "stepping stone."
P&G forecast 2014 core earnings per share rising 5 percent to 7 percent, including an expected hit of 6 percentage points from foreign exchange fluctuations. Before Thursday, expectations were high that P&G's outlook would be much weaker than the 6.7 percent growth that analysts anticipated.
"This strikes me as better than the whisper numbers that I had been hearing," David Kolpak, equity research analyst at Victory Capital Management. "I think that's prudent, that's what he ought to be doing at this point. You don't want to overpromise out of the gate."
With Lafley back at the helm, P&G sees more opportunities to cut costs, such as trimming marketing expenses as a percentage of sales, and wants to better understand what consumers want. He has already split P&G into four businesses, hoping the new structure will boost efficiency.
"We know we're not winning like we know we can," Lafley told analysts and investors on a conference call.
"We simply have to execute better," he added later.
NO MORE QUARTERLY FORECASTS
Lafley returned one month before the fiscal year ended, so recent gains in market share and sales came under McDonald.
Under McDonald, P&G cut production and marketing costs and came out with products such as Tide Pods, which has seen some early success. Under a $10 billion restructuring announced in February 2012, P&G has cut 7,000 jobs through June, or 1,300 more than its target.
P&G's quarterly net profit dropped nearly 50 percent but core earnings per share, which strip out various factors and are more closely watched by Wall Street, fell just 4 percent.
"To me, this is the quarter that they really needed to have. It wasn't a blowout quarter, but I don't think anybody expected that," said David Blount, co-portfolio manager at Eagle Asset Management, which owned more than 350,000 P&G shares at June 30.
P&G said it would no longer give quarterly forecasts, instead providing an annual outlook with updates as the year progresses. It wants investors to focus on longer-term growth.
P&G expects organic sales, which strip out the impact of currency changes, acquisitions and divestitures, to rise 3 percent to 4 percent as the overall market grows at about 3.5 percent.
Blount said the annual sales forecast looked conservative since P&G usually talks about beating the market, not performing like the rest of the industry.
Rivals include Europe's Unilever and L'Oreal and U.S. companies such as Colgate-Palmolive Co , Kimberly-Clark Corp , Energizer Holdings Inc and Clorox Co .
While cost savings and improved productivity are necessary, "sales growth is the key here," Blount said.
P&G's core earnings per share fell to 79 cents from 82 cents a year earlier, beating its April forecast of 69 cents to 77 cents and analysts' average estimate of 77 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Sales rose 2.2 percent to $20.66 billion, topping analysts' average target of $20.55 billion.
Also Tuesday, Clorox said its quarterly profit increased to $1.37 per share, topping the analysts' view of $1.34, while sales rose less than expected. The bleach maker stood by its fiscal 2014 forecast, but said the recent rise of the U.S. dollar and volatile commodity prices could weigh on results.
Through Wednesday, P&G's stock had climbed 2 percent since Lafley's May return.
Clorox fell 0.6 percent to $85.45.
(Reporting by Jessica Wohl in Chicago; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn and Jeffrey Benkoe)
EXCLUSIVE: There?s a ton of curiosity and criticism about Universal?s Scarface reboot since both the 1932 Chicago bootlegging film and 1983 Miami cocaine-dealing versions were so iconic. Understanding that, the studio according to my sources has been refining the script with several screenwriters and drafts while keeping all names and details?under wraps. ?Universal has been through a couple of drafts and now is very high on the current draft.?The first stop is the director.?This is before any conversations on talent or timing.? I?ve learned that the studio is in final talks with?British director David Yates who directed the final four films in the Harry Potter film series (#s 5, 6, 7, and 8 from 2007-2011) ? and in my opinion should have won some Oscar nominations for them as?the franchise grew dark and?interesting under his helming. Though he normally works at Warner Bros,?Yates has been the subject of considerable chatter over which film projects he?d do next.?A prolific?TV director?known for?his gripping?British TV?six-part political thriller?State Of Play (2003) and the?Emmy-winning?The Girl In The Caf? (2005), Yates is a founding member of Directors UK. He now is much in demand with the finish of the Harry Potter franchise. On Scarface, he will be tasked?with updating the?crime saga?so it?lives up to?the Ben Hecht/Howard Hawks/Paul Muni and Oliver Stone/Brian De Palma/Al Pacino classics?since both became?part of?popular culture.?This is?not a remake or sequel?but a reboot of a crime kingpin?who through a ruthless campaign of?ambition goes in hot pursuit of?his American Dream ? whatever that is in this decade.?Ethnicity and geography were important in the first two versions so expect the same here. Former Universal head Marc Shmuger and his Global Produce banner is producing along with Martin Bregman who produced the Pacino version.
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EXCLUSIVE: There?s a ton of curiosity and criticism about Universal?s Scarface reboot since both the 1932 Chicago bootlegging film and 1983 Miami cocaine-dealing versions were so iconic. Understanding that, the studio according to my sources has been 
refining the script with several screenwriters and drafts while keeping all names and details?under wraps. ?Universal has been through a couple of drafts and now is very high on the current draft.?The first stop is the director.?This is before any conversations on talent or timing.? I?ve learned that the studio is in final talks with?British director David Yates who directed the final four films in the Harry Potter film series (#s 5, 6, 7, and 8 from 2007-2011) ? and in my opinion should have won some Oscar nominations for them as?the franchise grew dark and?interesting under his helming. Though he normally works at Warner Bros,?Yates has been the subject of considerable chatter over which film projects he?d do next.?A prolific?TV 
director?known for?his gripping?British TV?six-part political thriller?State Of Play (2003) and the?Emmy-winning?The Girl In The Caf? (2005), Yates is a founding member of Directors UK. He now is much in demand with the finish of the Harry Potter franchise. On Scarface, he will be tasked?with updating the?crime saga?so it?lives up to?the Ben Hecht/Howard Hawks/Paul Muni and Oliver Stone/Brian De Palma/Al Pacino classics?since both became?part of?popular culture.?This is?not a remake or sequel?but a reboot of a crime kingpin?who through a ruthless campaign of?ambition goes in hot pursuit of?his American Dream ? whatever that is in this decade.?Ethnicity and geography were important in the first two versions so expect the same here. Former Universal head Marc Shmuger and his Global Produce banner is producing along with Martin Bregman who produced the Pacino version.