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Childhood obesity is a major national concern in the U.S., with about one third of minors overweight. A vast number of campaigns to reverse this have arisen in the last decade, such as Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign and the NFL’s Play60 campaign. However, the most progressive response is a prescription to take a step back from our modern technology-based society: doctors are now writing “Outdoor Activity” on Rx labels to overweight and obese children. “Outdoor Activity” prescriptions have been successful so far, not only improving youth’s health but also teaching them to love being outside. According to Kay Debrosse, who runs a Massachusetts recreation center, “They love the outdoors more now … They moan and groan when you tell them to get off their computer, but then they don’t want to come back inside.” These prescriptions resonate deeply with parents and patients because they are individually prescribed by a doctor, instilling a more committed attitude toward change. The g

This statistic shows the average price paid on daily basis for a hotel room at home and away by people from different countries in 2013. According to Statista, Indians spent on average 90 US dollars when traveling within their country and 150 US dollars when traveling outside their home country.   Interesting to note that India's daily rate spent with in country is quite low, only two countries in competition are offering lower rates than India, these are Malaysia and Thailand. On the other side, Indians are spending good when they visit a foreign national.  T his gives solid reason for other nationalities to visit India as it offers varieties at affordable rate.  Find more statistics at Statista

The travel and tourism industry contributed a total of 113.2 billion U.S. dollars to GDP in India in 2013 –  this accounted for 5.35 percent of India’s total GDP . The industry directly provided more than 22 million jobs in that year. Not only is India the second largest tourism market in Asia after China, the country was also ranked in the twenty  fastest-growing tourism destinations worldwide  by the World Travel and Tourism Council. Placed eleventh in the list, the direct contribution of travel and tourism to GDP in India is expected to grow an average of 6.4 percent annually between 2014 and 2024. In 2013, there were 6.85 million international tourist arrivals in India. This was a large increase from the 2.65 million seen just 13 years earlier in 2000. The  largest source market for visitors to India  was the United States, followed by the United Kingdom. In 2013, visitors in India spent 18.4 billion U.S. dollars. Outbound travel from India is also on the rise: approximately 8

There was a time, around 20 years ago, when Microsoft had around 90 percent market share in the computing market while other companies, most notably Apple, were fighting for relevance. A lot has changed since then. It began with the slow reemergence of Apple in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but it wasn't until the first iPhone was released in 2007 that the market was turned upside down. Within a couple of years, hundreds of millions of new computing devices were sold and Microsoft lost its dominant market position. Now it’s Windows that’s struggling to stay relevant while another operating system is as ubiquitous as Windows once was. It’s not Apple that has risen to dominance though - Mac OS and iOS still trail Windows in terms of market share. It’s Android that has taken over the reins from Microsoft. Android is a Linux based OS developped by Google. In 2014, it was Andriod leading the chart of shipment of mobile phones by operating system with 49% market share(more than 1bill