UMnyango Wezolimo ulinganisela ukuthi, ngo-2012, abantu base-United States abangamaphesenti angu-14,5—okuyingqikithi yabantu abayizigidi ezingu-49—“babengaqiniseki ngokuthi bazoba nakho yini ukudla, noma babengakwazi nhlobo ukuthola ukudla okwanele okungahlangabezana nezidingo zamalungu emikhaya yabo” phakathi nalowo nyaka.

Inhlolo-vo eyenziwa kubafundi basenyuvesi yembula ukuthi abesifazane abangaba amaphesenti angu-56 nabesilisa abangamaphesenti angu-41, bavuma ukuthi bazitika ngotshwala, ngokwalolu cwaningo okusho ukuphuza okungenani izingilazi ezingu-8 (kwabesilisa), kube izingilazi eziyisithupha (kwabesifazane) ngesikhathi esisodwa.

Ososayensi abathatha amasampula engxenyeni yolwandle ejule ngamamitha angu-11 000 ebizwa ngokuthi i-Mariana Trench, bathola ukuthi kunenqwaba yamabhaktheriya nezinye izinhlobo zezilokazane ezincane eziphila kuleyo ndawo—naphezu kokuba kumnyama bhuqé, ukucindezela kwamanzi kunamandla nokubanda kwamanzi kuqhaqhazelisa amazinyo. Esikhathini esingaphambili, bekucatshangwa ukuthi zingaba yingcosana kakhulu izinto eziphilayo ezindaweni ezijule njengaleyo.

Emzamweni wokunqoba ukwanda kokukhuluphala ngokweqile, muva nje iziphathimandla zaseDubai zithembise izakhamuzi ukuthi noma ubani onciphisa umzimba zizomnika igremu elilodwa legolide, ngaleso sikhathi okwakuyinani elalicishe libe ngu-R390, ngekhilogremu ngalinye anciphe ngalo. Ukuze abantu balithole leli golide, kwakufanele babhalise bese bencipha okungenani ngamakhilogremu amabili phakathi nenyanga ka-Ramadan.