Sentence examples for support efforts to avoid from inspiring English sources

Its use would greatly reduce the numbers of UK infants classified as underweight and support efforts to avoid excess weight gain in infancy.

It was explained that this acceleration (in weight but not length) would "support efforts to avoid future childhood obesity" because more infants would be identified as having a high body mass index (BMI) [ 17].

Adoption of the WHO 2006 Growth Charts would set a markedly lower standard of weight gain beyond the age of 4 months for UK infants and could support efforts to avoid future childhood obesity.

The new charts do "support efforts to avoid future childhood obesity" [ 17], but this is irrelevant if practitioners have not received adequate training on how to interpret growth against a prescriptive standard and if support mechanisms for parents with an infant diagnosed as "high risk for childhood obesity" are not in place.

But in private meetings with Democratic legislators this week, Mr. Spano's aides have supported the legislators' efforts to avoid the property tax increase by including the anticipated money from a sales tax increase.

"I strongly support Senator McConnell's efforts to avoid a default on our nation's debt, and the last-case emergency proposal he outlined yesterday to ensure that Republicans aren't unduly blamed for failure to raise the debt ceiling," said Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona.

He complains that Greenspan has supported the banks in efforts to avoid making meaningful disclosures about their investments in derivatives.

■ The office has also raised questions about weaknesses in Washington's efforts to avoid contracting with those who support the Taliban and its investment in projects, like hospitals, that Afghans cannot sustain.

In addition, an exploration of adolescent girls' efforts to avoid SHS exposure and the effectiveness of their strategies could inform interventions to promote and support girls and young women in their efforts to avoid SHS.

Hence, special efforts to avoid this phenomenon are needed.

Some couples said they appreciated the efforts to avoid chaos.