Sentence examples for wording of risk from inspiring English sources

The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention Tobacco Control Act, which gave FDA the authority to regulate tobacco, mandated that the agency issue requirements for cigarette labels large enough to make up 50% of the front and rear panels of the package, with specific wording of risk warnings, including "color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking".

A second meeting determined the precise wording of risk factors and, where applicable, the values and thresholds of numerical variables.

A second meeting determined the precise wording of risk factors and, given the paucity of published evidence, we assigned risk values and thresholds of numerical variables.

His goal: to spread the word of risks and persuade regulators to declare a moratorium on new nanotechnology research until there is an established protocol for safety and a public discussion on the impact of the technology.

Taleb has been doing experiments with London Business School psychologist Dan G. Goldstein and found that the precise wording of how risk is presented influences people greatly.

In other words effects of risk factor and age are largely additive.

Previous research has highlighted the effects of presentation, wording and 'framing' of risk information on both clinicians' and patients' interpretation of numerical data and its impact on treatment choice [ 6- 11].

In other words, instead of risking thousands of dollars and a year or more of your life on something you're not even sure you want or need to do, invest a little of your time and energy in research that will help you crystallize the best path for you, whatever it may be".

Some psychologists who specialised in decision making have also recommended the use of numbers, not words, for description of risk [ 6].

Use of the words "chance" instead of "risk" for having a deaf or hearing child and "deaf or hearing" instead of "affected or unaffected" can help in removing cultural bias.

Table 3 displays the wording of the resulting risk assessment.