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		<title>Understanding body weight and height in metric units</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/05/understanding-body-weight-and-height-in-metric-units/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/05/understanding-body-weight-and-height-in-metric-units/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was inevitable that the selection of London to host the Olympic Games would bring into focus some of the consequences of the UK’s measurement muddle. Metric Views looks at one aspect, the measurement of body height and weight, measured &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/05/understanding-body-weight-and-height-in-metric-units/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prospects improve for food energy labelling using SI units</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/prospects-improve-for-food-energy-labelling-using-si-units/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/prospects-improve-for-food-energy-labelling-using-si-units/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our readers wrote to Sainsbury’s to ask that guideline daily amounts (GDAs) of energy shown on packaging should be shown in kilojoules, the SI unit, as well as or instead of kilocalories. He has received a reply that &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/prospects-improve-for-food-energy-labelling-using-si-units/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I became involved with measurement matters</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our readers has written to explain why he became interested in the campaign to complete Britain&#8217;s prolonged metric changeover. Ronnie Cohen wrote recently to Metric Views: &#8220;Out of all the bread-and-butter issues that top the political agenda, you &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bizarre 2/3 pint proposal to go ahead</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/bizarre-23-pint-proposal-to-go-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/bizarre-23-pint-proposal-to-go-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[litre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pint]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=1761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite widespread ridicule, the Government has persisted with the previous Government&#8217;s barmy proposal to introduce a 2/3 pint measure for draught beer and cider.  Under the pretence of  &#8220;removing unnecessary red tape&#8221;, it has actually resisted calls for genuine deregulation. &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/bizarre-23-pint-proposal-to-go-ahead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cultural metrication&#8217; and the NHS</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/03/cultural-metrication-and-the-nhs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/03/cultural-metrication-and-the-nhs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader of Metric Views from the USA raises the issue of measurement units in medical practice generally, or &#8216;cultural metrication&#8217; as he terms it. An article in Metric Views in December 2009 discussed the LACORS survey on weighing scales &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/03/cultural-metrication-and-the-nhs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Joules on the menu, please</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/03/joules-on-the-menu-please/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/03/joules-on-the-menu-please/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[calorie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food Standards Agency]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The very worthy proposal of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that menus should state energy values is undermined by its failure to use proper measurement units.  UKMA has responded by advocating joules rather than so-called “calories” (whatever they may be). &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/03/joules-on-the-menu-please/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Minister agrees it is time to clear up “very British mess”</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/02/minister-agrees-it-is-time-to-clear-up-%e2%80%9cvery-british-mess%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/02/minister-agrees-it-is-time-to-clear-up-%e2%80%9cvery-british-mess%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to UKMA’s patron, Lord Howe, the junior Health Minister, Baroness Thornton said she “absolutely agreed” that it is “time for all of us, in all parties,&#8230;. to work together to clear up this long-standing and very British mess.”  &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/02/minister-agrees-it-is-time-to-clear-up-%e2%80%9cvery-british-mess%e2%80%9d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tory spokesman supports centilitres of alcohol</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/01/tory-spokesman-supports-centilitres-of-alcohol/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/01/tory-spokesman-supports-centilitres-of-alcohol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a commendable outbreak of common sense, Conservative health spokesman, Andrew Lansley has proposed that, in order to clarify the amount of alcohol being consumed, bottles and cans should be labelled with the quantity of pure alcohol in centilitres rather &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/01/tory-spokesman-supports-centilitres-of-alcohol/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>NHS risking patients&#8217; lives with imperial scales</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/12/nhs-risking-patients-lives-with-imperial-scales/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/12/nhs-risking-patients-lives-with-imperial-scales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isaac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Six months after an official report warned of systemic negligence in medical weighing practice within the NHS, the Department of Health has failed to issue the necessary safety alert to hospital trusts to ensure that the report&#8217;s recommendations are implemented. &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/12/nhs-risking-patients-lives-with-imperial-scales/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Virgin London Marathon 2010</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/11/virgin-london-marathon-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/11/virgin-london-marathon-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Vlietstra, a frequent contributor to MetricViews, passes on some misgivings about on the 2010 London Marathon. The countdown to the 2010 Virgin London Marathon has already begun – anybody who is planning to enter should have started their training by &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/11/virgin-london-marathon-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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