a b c d e f g Guerrero, Amadís Ma. (2014). "Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio: Grand lady of Philippine puppet theater" . Retrieved 23 October 2018. The meaning of ‘Hong’ makes this a cute Asian girl name. It means ‘pink’, and has its origins in Vietnamese. 143. Hiromi

Expecting your little girl to turn into a beauty of grace, then choose Meixiu. It means ‘beautiful grace’. 172. Michelle UNICEF, WHO & World Bank Group (2016). Levels and Trends in Child Malnutrition. Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates. Key Findings of the 2016 Edition.Anna is quite an old and traditional name, but ‘old is gold’. Anna means ‘gracious’. Its famous namesake is Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong. 119. Azumi Tony Abbott’s government has come under fire for its handling of diplomatic relations with our near neighbours in Asia – and for abandoning his predecessor’s Asian Century approach to foreign policy. Predicted ethnic disparities in obesity calculated using each of the eight regression models are given in tables and charts below. As noted the ethnic disparity in obesity compares to White British children in the same deprivation quintile and is highlighted in the tables. A positive value for the disparity indicates that children in the given ethnic group and deprivation quintile have, on average, a higher prevalence of obesity than corresponding White British children. A negative value for the disparity indicates that children in the given ethnic group and deprivation quintile have, on average, a lower prevalence of obesity than corresponding White British children. Main findings

In the early stage of her career, she studied Japanese traditional theatre (supported by Office of Asian Pacific Affairs ASPAC), South East Asian traditional theatre (supported by the Ford Foundation), and international children’s theatre (supported by the Toyota Foundation). Her research into traditional theatre of the Philippines was supported by the University of the Philippines' Office of Research Coordination, Zarzuela Foundation of the Philippines, Inc., and the American Philosophical Society. This research convinced her of the necessity of a theatre for young audiences using Asian and Filipino folktales and utilizing puppets inspired by Japanese Bunraku and Indonesian wayang (rod puppets and shadow theatre styles). [1] Early career [ edit ] Separate multivariable logistic regression models were built for each sex and year group measured by NCMP: Year 6 boys, Year 6 girls, Reception boys, and Reception girls. A binary obesity variable (yes/no) was used as the dependent variable in all models. Two sets of explanatory variables were considered from those available in NCMP data which are known to influence child weight status. [footnote 9] [footnote 10] The first set of explanatory variables includes pupil age in months, quarter of measurement (in the academic year), national deprivation quintile, summary ethnicity, government office region, and the urban or rural status of the lower super output area ( LSOA) of the child residence. The second set of explanatory variables includes, in addition, child height. Deprivation and ethnicity were modelled with an interaction term to accommodate possible differences in the socioeconomic gradient of obesity between ethnic groups.For instance, one does not want to erroneously conclude that rote learning helps to improve children’s maths skills, simply because this technique is often practised within east Asian schools. Indeed, the fact that children of east Asian heritage perform just as highly in the Australian education system (whose schools and teachers do not routinely use such techniques) would actually seem to contradict such views.” Lian is a Chinese name meaning ‘lotus flower’. Lotus flower has deep spiritual significance, and represents ‘detachment’. In spite of being in the dirty waters, the lotus flower is detached from the water and remains pure. 162. Machi The disparity in predicted obesity prevalence for Year 6 Asian girls compared to equivalent White girls is on average less than ±1% across deprivation quintiles and models. This is considerably smaller than the predicted disparity for Year 6 Asian boys compared to equivalent White boys.

In 1995, she received the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award in Literature for One Act Play for Dalawang Bayani. [6] Ethnic disparities in obesity prevalence are in general greater in Year 6 than in Reception, and there are smaller disparities between the sexes in Reception than in Year 6. The NCMP is an annual programme that measures the height and weight of over 1 million children in Reception (aged 4 to 5 years) and Year 6 (aged 10 to 11 years) in state maintained schools in England. Although the NCMP only covers certain age groups, it includes the majority of children in those year groups. This study uses NCMP data collected in the 2016 to 2017 school year when there was an overall 95% participation rate. [footnote 5]Childhood obesity is one of the most serious global public health challenges of the 21st century. [footnote 1] Obese children and adolescents are at an increased risk of developing various health problems and are more likely to become obese adults; [footnote 2] there is a clear need for understanding and early prevention. Lapeña-Bonifacio, known as Tita Amel to her students, was born in Binondo, Manila and attended Arellano North High School. In 1953, she completed her first degree, a bachelor's degree at the University of the Philippines in literature with an interest in set design. [1] In 1956, she became a Fulbright scholar and obtained her Master of Arts degree in speech and theatre arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1958. [6] She wrote her first play, Sepang Loca, in 1957 and followed this up with Rooms the following year. Both works won awards in the Wisconsin Playwrighting Competition and were staged at the University of Wisconsin Play Circle Theater, with the author herself designing Sepang Loca. The two plays were later published in literary journals in the United States. [3] If you are a peace lover, Yasushi is the name you must choose. Yasushi means ‘honest and peaceful’ in Japanese. 100. Yoshiaki